La Colombe Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Well, apart from the poor chap who was killed racing, although there's nothing unusual about that, I think this might have been the best TT like ever! Amazing luck with the weather. One might have expected God to be a tad more vindictive on that front what with his big day being fannied around with somewhat but no, He seemed to be on board with the new schedule! No rain whatsoever until the evening of the last day. No red flags. And no dead visitors. Amazing. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asthehills Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, La Colombe said: Well, apart from the poor chap who was killed racing, although there's nothing unusual about that, I think this might have been the best TT like ever! Amazing luck with the weather. One might have expected God to be a tad more vindictive on that front what with his big day being fannied around with somewhat but no, He seemed to be on board with the new schedule! No rain whatsoever until the evening of the last day. No red flags. And no dead visitors. Amazing. “No dead visitors” There are some dead impressed ones. Some dead set to return. Some dead keen to relocate here. Dead impressed with the racing. There are loads of them. Loads of dead tired business owners and staff who have just done enough business in a couple of weeks to ensure the rest of us can enjoy their facilities in deepest, darkest February. Lastly there are tens of thousands of visitors and hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide who are dead happy that they didn’t have to read all the negative bollocks on here or bump into any of the miserable tits who want to see the festival scrapped. Roll on TT 2024 Edited June 11, 2023 by Asthehills 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 14 minutes ago, La Colombe said: Well, apart from the poor chap who was killed racing, although there's nothing unusual about that, I think this might have been the best TT like ever! Amazing luck with the weather. One might have expected God to be a tad more vindictive on that front what with his big day being fannied around with somewhat but no, He seemed to be on board with the new schedule! No rain whatsoever until the evening of the last day. No red flags. And no dead visitors. Amazing. The roads were closed quite a lot though, so I guess we can count on your criticism for next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, Asthehills said: they didn’t have to read all the negative bollocks on here or bump into any of the miserable tots who want to see the festival scrapped. Yeah, whiny little brats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asthehills Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, La Colombe said: Yeah, whiny little brats. Takes one to know one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Raekwon Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 7 hours ago, Amadeus said: Mountain closed due to someone walking along the road again. Those 3 almost identical photos really add to the story, nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Why would they close the road for that pedestrian? Bizarre. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 30 minutes ago, La Colombe said: Why would they close the road for that pedestrian? Bizarre. Suppose it was seen as the safe option before deploying the taser. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 4 hours ago, Asthehills said: I love this, and the same happened all around the circuit. That’s great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercenary Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 1 hour ago, HiVibes said: Suppose it was seen as the safe option before deploying the taser. It is a slight quirk of the Isle of Man that road safety is concentrated on removing 'unsafe' walkers to allow tourists on powered two wheelers to whizz around at 160mph completely uninhibited by speed limits, pedestrians, oncoming traffic or any other inconveniences that may slow them down and force them to limit themselves to the visibility available 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 7 hours ago, Mercenary said: It is a slight quirk of the Isle of Man that road safety is concentrated on removing 'unsafe' walkers to allow tourists on powered two wheelers to whizz around at 160mph completely uninhibited by speed limits, pedestrians, oncoming traffic or any other inconveniences that may slow them down and force them to limit themselves to the visibility available It's not really. Same would happen in the UK if someone was walking along the M6. Some people are just stupid. You might not like motorbikes going at ludicrous speeds on open roads - I don't particularly - but that doesn't mean it's a good idea to walk amongst them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 7 hours ago, Mercenary said: It is a slight quirk of the Isle of Man that road safety is concentrated on removing 'unsafe' walkers to allow tourists on powered two wheelers to whizz around at 160mph completely uninhibited by speed limits, pedestrians, oncoming traffic or any other inconveniences that may slow them down and force them to limit themselves to the visibility available its only cos the mountain is/was still one way , when it goes back to two way you can walk and cycle up there all you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asthehills Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 14 minutes ago, WTF said: its only cos the mountain is/was still one way , when it goes back to two way you can walk and cycle up there all you want. If you are a lunatic. Nobody in their right mind would walk or cycle on that road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeCurious Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, Asthehills said: If you are a lunatic. Nobody in their right mind would walk or cycle on that road Shhh.... don't let the active travel bods hear you. Next thing you'll have a shared footpath/cycle path all the way from the hairpin to the Creg. Which, like Lezayre Road, will be a white line about a meter from the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 2 hours ago, wrighty said: It's not really. Same would happen in the UK if someone was walking along the M6. Some people are just stupid. You might not like motorbikes going at ludicrous speeds on open roads - I don't particularly - but that doesn't mean it's a good idea to walk amongst them. Its not the same as the M6 at all. The M6 is a motorway. Its an offence to walk or cycle on a motorway. Saying people shouldn't cycle or walk on our roads because they are unsafe seems pretty weird to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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