Are there any Delphi users on this list actually using Delphi right now or are we all too busy drooling over Apple products that Delphi doesn't support and getting our knickers in a twist over road transport issues?
J But since everyone else has chimed in, my contribution on the cycling issue. What are the annual registration, licensing, insurance and WOF costs for your bicycle? "free" - as usual - comes with a price. I ride my bicycle *occasionally* for leisure - I would very much like the roads to be more bicycle friendly, but I don't expect that to happen for free. In the meantime I ride my bicycle where it is safe and permitted to do so. I also do not presume to judge someone simply for being alone in their vehicle. I do not know how far they have had to travel or how much further they have yet to go. Bicycles are simply not practical for long journey's, and not everyone has the benefit of a workplace equipped with shower facilities. I also do not know what equipment or materiel the driver may be carrying in their boot or in the vehicle with them, that may simply be impossible to carry on a bicycle or even a moped. Even if they do not have far to travel to get to their workplace, I would not presume to think that they might not have to make a more substantial journey - or be available/capable of making a journey - later in the day, or have to be able to travel to a customer site or meeting as quickly as legally possible to minimize the impact of travel time on their working day. And in Auckland anyone needing to cross the harbour bridge to get to/from work or during the course of their working day simply cannot afford the planet the luxury of a bicycle, or even a moped under a certain engine capacity - the law simply won't allow it. (should the law change to allow it? maybe, but currently it doesn't). But why let such practical considerations get in the way of a sense of moral superiority, eh? If only everyone lived within practical cycling distance of their work and nobody had to do a job that involved anything more than staying in one place all day waiting to cycle home. Of course, that itself would all come at a price too - you would lose mobility of labour and much of the choice that you currently enjoy in the range of possible workplaces you may be employed or areas that you may choose to live. We may dream of a return to the lifestyle of a pastoral society, but it's simply not going to happen, at least not until the oil runs out and we're forced into it. From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Leigh Wanstead Sent: Friday, 29 January 2010 3:35 p.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Apple iPad - OT I ride bicycle in Auckland around 10 years. Auckland road is not fit for riding bicycle. Most road does not have proper cycle way. The cycle way is not continuous. And the road suppose to ride bicycle is only around 20 cm wide and shared with cars. And car runs very fast. It is so easy to be hit by the car in Auckland. I guess riding bicycle is far more easy to be killed than driving car. So to look after myself not to be hit by the car, riding on pavement is quite acceptable. Anyway the pavement most of the time is empty. I saw most car have four seats and only one driver sitting in the car which wastes lots of natural resource moving around. Remember we only have one earth to live. From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Cameron Hart Sent: Friday, 29 January 2010 2:27 p.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Apple iPad - OT Imho it is not getting stuck behind bikes that gets car drivers irate, but the flaunting of the road rules demonstrated by cyclists. Car drivers start thinking it is unfair every time they see one ride through a red light, or fail to indicate, or ride double/triple, or skip from road to footpath as it suits, and unless everyones is following the same rules it starts to turn into two sides - them against us. You start resenting cyclists because they are not following the rules you are required to. Maybe they should address this imbalance by bringing into effect some things like cycle licenses (so you know they are qualified and even know the road rules), headlights, brake lights, and indicators. Maybe they need a WOF and cycle registration. Bring us all onto an equal footing and more respect for cyclists might be found. It is easy to be tolerant of others when it is a level playing field. cameron From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Robert martin Sent: Friday, 29 January 2010 10:23 a.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Apple iPad - OT What an idiot. I think what most of the nasty drivers forget is that for every cyclist on the road its one less car for them to get stuck behind. However I must admit the Dyers pass road is terrible to drive up / down especially with the Lycra brigade riding two a breast up a thin winding road. No excuse for nocking people off the road or for driving a hummer ! Rob On 29/01/2010 9:53 a.m., Conor Boyd wrote: Basically the need for a bit more tolerance from both cyclists and car-drivers to sharing the road. Exacerbated this week by a guy who lives in Cashmere, drives a black Hummer (plate WARNIN with a surround that says "does not play well with others"), and who posted online this week that he had knocked 2 cyclists into the kerb in the last 6 months and was quite prepared to do the same again, but who subsequently half-heartedly apologised after he realised that he was easily identifiable as Richard Freeman, the co-owner of the Sign of the Takahe cafe/restaurant and a number of other businesses who look like they will be taking a bit of a dent in patronage from now on. Front page news in the Press on Wednesday I think it was. Following by an alleged case of car-passenger assault on a cyclist at the bottom of Dyers Pass Road yesterday morning. Neither side are completely blameless, and it's a small minority on either side who make it seem more of a car/cyclist war than it actually is, or than it should be. Personally, I'm glad I've got a commute that mostly sticks to quieter roads than the main arteries. C. _____ From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Robert martin I come in from the other side (St Albans). Whats happening in Cashmere? I'm obviously out of the loop :) On 29/01/2010 9:23 a.m., Conor Boyd wrote: Likewise. Although we won't mention the current Cashmere-based shenanigans. _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
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