Cyclists Unnoticed National Terrorist Squad

[Tony Dyson]

I wouldn't have minded getting caught up in the 1978 bicycle race promo by the pop group Queen!

 

[rorywquin]

I wouldn't have minded getting caught up in the 1978 bicycle race promo by the pop group Queen!

I used to have that poster on my bedroom wall. Came with one of their albums.

 

[Blobcat]

I used to have that poster on my bedroom wall. Came with one of their albums.

I expect you did...

 

[monty1]

Trouble especially when they are in a group then you've got no chance , ****** inconvenience .

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worst nightmare lol

 

[Botus]

Can you not see the pollution caused by all the cars that have to slow to a crawl behind one cyclist on a country road, and then have to wait for a gap and accelerate past them? And the cyclist will boldly state that he's saving the planet!

this is really the issue, a lack of road building and now deliberate council led draconian madness clogging up the streets.... its driving up pollution, road rage, and road deaths, keeping people from their families and breaking down a functioning society ... it has NOTHING to do with the environment. It is ALL to do with taking away our liberty and they are manipulating niave cyclist as part of the army of fools locking us up.

Its like all the cretins using Alexa et al. They are using ANY tool they can think of to entrap and enslave us... they have won! its a oneway street to the Vaccination booth that will (in x doses time) mean they get to spend your pension contributions

 

[Tony Dyson]

I used to have that poster on my bedroom wall. Came with one of their albums.

Me too but mine was on my site office wall at Al Garrafah reservoir and pumping station in Qatar, someone broke in one night and stole it!, just the poster

 

[Chrishazle]

When were you there? I was in Dukhan (other side of the peninsular) March 1976-79 working for QPC/QPPA!

 

[Tony Dyson]

When were you there? I was in Dukhan (other side of the peninsular) March 1976-79 working for QPC/QPPA!

I was in and around Doha working for Weir Pumps on Water and Sewerage projects and the Power Stations down by the Airport '77-'78 then Dukhan for Al-Kubaisi who took over from Turriff Taylor '78-'80 working mainly for the oilfield contractors there, Haliburton, Santa-Fe, our main competitors there were Mothercat.
Did you ever get out to the Halul Island offshore Oil Storage and transfer facility? that was a scary place to work

 

[Chrishazle]

No, I was initially a drilling engineer then drilling supervisor for QPC/QPPA, worked extensivly with Halliburton (cementing and acidizing mainly) and with Santa Fe on both rigs they had working there - in fact broke out as a drilling supervsor on their Rig 93, which led to lots of profitable work elsewhere over my working years!! We should compare photos - I have a complete book of our time there.

 

[Tony Dyson]

No, I was initially a drilling engineer then drilling supervisor for QPC/QPPA, worked extensivly with Halliburton (cementing and acidizing mainly) and with Santa Fe on both rigs they had working there - in fact broke out as a drilling supervsor on their Rig 93, which led to lots of profitable work elsewhere over my working years!! We should compare photos - I have a complete book of our time there.

Small world eeh? I have some photo's going back to that time although travelling and a divorce has taken most, I'll have a root around tomorrow and see what I can find. Some characters I remember from Dukhan were 'The Plastic Yank' a Brummie who spent 6 weeks in the US with Santa-Fe and turned up in Dukhan wearing a Ten Gallon Hat, Cowboy Boots and the thickest Texan Drawl you ever heard! And Julian, a Liverpudlian who worked for Al-Kubaisi but spent most of his days socialising and developing his network among QPPA and associated contractors, a fat little fellow who looked like a Mexican with his moustache? Anyway I'll be accused of thread hijacking if not too careful

 

[rorywquin]

I was in and around Doha working for Weir Pumps on Water and Sewerage projects and the Power Stations down by the Airport '77-'78 then Dukhan for Al-Kubaisi who took over from Turriff Taylor '78-'80 working mainly for the oilfield contractors there, Haliburton, Santa-Fe, our main competitors there were Mothercat.
Did you ever get out to the Halul Island offshore Oil Storage and transfer facility? that was a scary place to work

Wow you guys were really in the early days there - I was there in the early 2000s and again for 2 years just before I retired (in 2017) both jobs on petrochemical work (ExxonMobil & Shell).

 

[Tony Dyson]

Wow you guys were really in the early days there - I was there in the early 2000s and again for 2 years just before I retired (in 2017) both jobs on petrochemical work (ExxonMobil & Shell).

I returned a handful of times on site visits while doing some work for a UK Consultancy in 2005-6 on the Qatar Foundation Project where I made a couple of visits back to Dukhan for a looksee and it was completely unrecognisable from what it was, most of Doha too for that matter!

 

[rorywquin]

I returned a handful of times on site visits while doing some work for a UK Consultancy in 2005-6 on the Qatar Foundation Project where I made a couple of visits back to Dukhan for a looksee and it was completely unrecognisable from what it was, most of Doha too for that matter!

Yep even from the early 2000s to 2015, I could not believe the changes. Western ex-pats have pretty much been replaced by Filipono and Indian etc expats. I was working for Chiyoda (Japanese company) and of a staff of about 2000 I was one of about 10 western (white?) ex-pats.

Staying on topic, one of the nice (few these days) things about Qatar is that you rarely see a cyclist.

 

[Tony Dyson]

Yep even from the early 2000s to 2015, I could not believe the changes. Western ex-pats have pretty much been replaced by Filipono and Indian etc expats. I was working for Chiyoda (Japanese company) and of a staff of about 2000 I was one of about 10 western (white?) ex-pats.

Staying on topic, one of the nice (few these days) things about Qatar is that you rarely see a cyclist.

Yes and understanding the psyche of the local population, cyclists would be considered as fair game in their battle for space on the tarmac!

 

[rorywquin]

Yes and understanding the psyche of the local population, cyclists would be considered as fair game in their battle for space on the tarmac!

Yea the last time I was there (for 2 years), I opted not to have a car and drive. I had a hotel apartment across the road from the office and hired a driver or taxi if I needed a car. Even then (when I was not driving) the local drivers used to get me worked up.

There is a new young crop of rich, spoiled Qataris who are terrible on the roads.

As you say cyclists would be fair game.

 

[rf065]

Even then (when I was not driving) the local drivers used to get me worked up.

There is a new young crop of rich, spoiled Qataris who are terrible on the roads.

As you say cyclists would be fair game.

I was in Doha 3 years ago, the standard of driving was absolutely shocking, at the same time, I've never seen so many really expensive cars on the roads, or even parked up in the street and never seeming to move anywhere.

 

[Botus]

Yea the last time I was there (for 2 years), I opted not to have a car and drive. I had a hotel apartment across the road from the office and hired a driver or taxi if I needed a car. Even then (when I was not driving) the local drivers used to get me worked up.

There is a new young crop of rich, spoiled Qataris who are terrible on the roads.

was there in 2018 everyone drives a monster truck it was embarrassing to see a range rover next to a nissan patrol or such as it was about 1/3rd the size

as for the roads - wow - I updated a sat nav the day before I went - it was no use all all - every road changes by the day - drive down a 4 lane highway to a complete dead end - they just started building another road - must have been more roads under construction than they has the year before - planners must use spaghetti

only bad driving I spotted was the odd rich hoodie trying to hit 125 when the rest were at 60, other than that no different to here

 

[rorywquin]

- I updated a sat nav the day before I went -

The first time I went, I was into geocaching and was able to take a paper map, calibrate it to my gps and have a rough idea of where I was in Doha. It wasn’t street accurate but helped us get around back then.

 

[rorywquin]

was there in 2018 everyone drives a monster truck it was embarrassing to see a range rover next to a nissan patrol or such as it was about 1/3rd the size

as for the roads - wow - I updated a sat nav the day before I went - it was no use all all - every road changes by the day - drive down a 4 lane highway to a complete dead end - they just started building another road - must have been more roads under construction than they has the year before - planners must use spaghetti

only bad driving I spotted was the odd rich hoodie trying to hit 125 when the rest were at 60, other than that no different to here

Our offices were above the Ford dealer. I’m 6’2” and my shoulder barely reached the low part of the bonnet of a F150.

 

[flying haggis]

what pees me off with cyclists is they expect you to pass leaving a huge gap then they zip through the lanes of queueing traffic with, usually a couple of inches clearance between them and the stationary cars. Hypocrites of the first order!