thanks rich, I have pm'd you

anybody going from Soho area, fancy beer before etc...?
new guy seeks pals - have own bike and teeth

Head to The Lamb on Lamb's Conduit street. Quite a few people meet there for a few drinks before riding wildly together to CM.

I should be there around 5.30pm.

This will be my first CM, looking forward to it.

If anyone gets to the front head for Islington as I need to go for drinks there afterwards ;-)

What time, roughly, does the CM finish and, generally, where?

Whenever and wherever, it's kind of the point. Generally finishes about 2100 - 2200. Where can be anywhere, but generally central ish.

Or, if it gets boring, bail out early and go to the Jon Snow.

Thanks.

I suppose there is a certain logic in naming a pub after a pioneer of epidemiological method and celebrated anaesthetist.

How will I know that it is over?

The pump where he found the source of the London Cholera epidemic is close by. I'll wait for d0cA to weigh in here...

There's this fat bird on a penny farthing that starts singing.

that is my favourite bit ;)

I think the pump was paid for by John Snow in order to help stop the epidemic, by providing clean water.

John Snow (1813 - 1858)


John Snow ©

Snow was a British physician who is considered one of the founders of epidemiology for his work identifying the source of a cholera outbreak in 1854.
John Snow was born into a labourer's family on 15 March 1813 in York and at 14 was apprenticed to a surgeon. In 1836 he moved to London to start his formal medical education. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1838, graduated from the University of London in 1844 and was admitted to the Royal College of Physicians in 1850.
At the time, it was assumed that cholera was airborne. However, Snow did not accept this 'miasma' (bad air) theory, arguing that in fact entered the body through the mouth. He published his ideas in an essay 'On the Mode of Communication of Cholera' in 1849. A few years later, Snow was able to prove his theory in dramatic circumstances. In August 1854 a cholera outbreak occurred in Soho. After careful investigation, including plotting cases of cholera on a map of the area, Snow was able to identify a water pump in Broad (now Broadwick) Street as the source of the disease. He had the handle of the pump removed, and cases of cholera immediately began to diminish. However, Snow's 'germ' theory of disease was not widely accepted until the 1860s.
Snow was also a pioneer in the field of anaesthetics. By testing the effects of controlled doses of ether and chloroform on animals and on humans, he made those drugs safer and more effective. In April 1853, he was responsible for giving chloroform to Queen Victoria at the birth of her son Leopold, and performed the same task in April 1857 when her daughter Beatrice was born.
Snow died of a stroke on 16 June 1858.

OK

I was drunk when I read the plaque.

i think it should go to grays inn road to highlight the danger of hgvs, after what happened to the rider there

So are people going to be at the Lamb around 5:30?

That's the plan. You in Horatio?

Yup. See you there then - I'll take off now so I don't have to push too hard on the clown bike.

i'll be there.

closer to 6 for me

at waterloo not the pub

Anyone going fancy picking up some ski poles from Sainsburys Ed for me?

Let me know.

J

Doh MOH
http://www.londonfgss.com/post239878-5375.html

Gah.

lovely eveining.

i am going to cm.

Well that was fun, particularly the woman who jumped out of her car at King's Cross having a fit of hysterics.

Nice to meet you Skullhead.

really good cm this time round... I even shouted "arrospok" at someone on a really orange and white bike :) Probably gonna be my last one in a while, moving back to FInland next month, ya see.

would have done, but someone beat me to it and i was on the mass. where were you, stompy?

anyway, was a good one: woman at kings X was class, and you can't beat a rave under smithfields ;-) best bit for me was bumping into some old friends at the foundry as the mass wound down riding towards east london. nice one everyone who made it :-)

Yeah, was an especially good one this time. Huge crowd, booming sound system, reasonably quicker pace. All good. Going through Holborn underpass was great fun!

Didn't see you there d0cA. Also lost Hillbilly, Seb, Ed, Teddy etc after like 10 mins. Did you guys shoot to the pub early?

I found Hillbilly, Seb, Ed et al at the pub by 8...:P

Nice to meet you all!!!

yeah we headed to the jon snow after we got turned around by lincoln's inn. we thought it was time. i nearly got squashed by an angry taxi driver (literally about an inch to spare) as he sped by us. but fun night out. good seeing everyone.

A few pics below

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginja_a...7606380958652/

A mob of bicyclists riding in Seattle with the monthly Critical Mass demonstration injured a motorist after an altercation.

http://www.komonews.com/news/25943149.html

Far out man, those guys are freaking hard core. F*ck that.....wasn't there for it....but not really in the spirit, is it??