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From: Lars Chance on 26 Apr 2010 06:36 BT Humble wrote: > JohnO wrote: >> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:39:58 -0700 (PDT), Marty H <hytram(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> was that a F-111C or the D? >>> >>> seeing the F-111D had the newer Mark II avionics, he should have seen >>> you and thus avoided the situation >>> >>> mh >> D as in for diesel? How many MPG? > > Nah Johno, the F111C was the one we bought in the sixties, where the > ignition key switch was in the dash. The F111D has it on the steering > column. > And a full-synchro four-on-the-floor! -- Elsie.
From: Moike on 26 Apr 2010 08:07 JohnO wrote: > On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:39:58 -0700 (PDT), Marty H <hytram(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Apr 26, 7:30 pm, Kevin Gleeson <kevinglee...(a)imagine-it.com.au> >>> I'm walking down the road and an F111 comes in under ground following >>> radar at 700km/h. Oops SMIDSY. >> was that a F-111C or the D? >> >> seeing the F-111D had the newer Mark II avionics, he should have seen >> you and thus avoided the situation >> >> mh > > D as in for diesel? How many MPG? > > Johno > > Cider moit? > Don't they all run on diesel? Moike
From: JL on 26 Apr 2010 08:46 On Apr 26, 6:22 pm, G-S <ge...(a)castbus.com.au> wrote: > JL wrote: > > On Apr 24, 10:15 am, Lars Chance <lars.cha...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Kevin Gleeson wrote: > >>> On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:42:40 GMT, Lars Chance > >>> <lars.cha...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>> Kevin Gleeson wrote: > >>>>> Along these lines, I had to go down to Kent St in Sydney CBD the other > >>>>> day to pick up a security pass for another one of our buildings. > >>>>> Coming back I crossed Kent St after checking for traffic and saw none > >>>>> so wandered over the road. It is a quiet little street and there are > >>>>> road works going on so cars are avoiding it as it is bottlenecked. As > >>>>> I nearly got to the other side of the street a bicycle screamed past > >>>>> me and abused me for not looking. He was flying. Way faster than I'd > >>>>> drive any car or motorcycle through there. Estimate he may have been > >>>>> doing 60 kph. He nearly hit me. I felt the wind from him as he went > >>>>> past. (snip) > >>>> So you admit you were 100% in the wrong and you probably caused the > >>>> subsequent crash (after the *law abiding* cyclist had to avoid the > >>>> jaywalking non-attention-paying obstacle) yet you still try and put the > >>>> blame on *him*!! > >>>> You belong in aus.cars Kev! > >>> I was not in the wrong. I was crossing a clear street. This guy was > >>> traveling way too fast for the conditions. > > >> If the guy was travelling on it, it wasn't clear was it? > >> >> There were bollards around > >>> the road, I had checked the road (I've managed to cross roads for > >>> nearly 50 years now and survive so think I have got an idea how to do > >>> it without accident). HE was totally out of an appropriate zone. He > >>> went on the inside of me and the footpath on the other side of the > >>> road just as I was about to reach the other side. > > >> He was on the road obeying the rules (including the speed-limit), you > >> were crossing illegally. > >> He saw you, you didn't see him. > >> He swerved and avoided you (while on the roadway) yet you maintain HE > >> was in the wrong!! > > > Logic failure. Regardless of any illegality Kev may or may not have > > made, the requirement to give way to pedestrians who have a green walk > > signal is absolute, and not relieved by any other negligence. > > > JL > > However if the pedestrian walks when the pedestrian walk signal is red > the situation IS different and the driver isn't automatically at fault. Are yer sure G-S ? JL (noting also that the road rules aren't truly unified yet so there may be NSW / Vic differences still)
From: G-S on 26 Apr 2010 17:11 Lars Chance wrote: > BT Humble wrote: >> JohnO wrote: >>> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:39:58 -0700 (PDT), Marty H <hytram(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> was that a F-111C or the D? >>>> >>>> seeing the F-111D had the newer Mark II avionics, he should have seen >>>> you and thus avoided the situation >>>> >>>> mh >>> D as in for diesel? How many MPG? >> >> Nah Johno, the F111C was the one we bought in the sixties, where the >> ignition key switch was in the dash. The F111D has it on the steering >> column. >> > And a full-synchro four-on-the-floor! > > Yah but to be fair they did retro-fit the earlier C model with one of those after market 3 on the floor shifters so it looked like the later one. G-S
From: G-S on 26 Apr 2010 17:13
Moike wrote: > JohnO wrote: >> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:39:58 -0700 (PDT), Marty H <hytram(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Apr 26, 7:30 pm, Kevin Gleeson <kevinglee...(a)imagine-it.com.au> > >>>> I'm walking down the road and an F111 comes in under ground following >>>> radar at 700km/h. Oops SMIDSY. >>> was that a F-111C or the D? >>> >>> seeing the F-111D had the newer Mark II avionics, he should have seen >>> you and thus avoided the situation >>> >>> mh >> >> D as in for diesel? How many MPG? >> >> Johno >> >> Cider moit? >> > Don't they all run on diesel? > > Moike Actually it's closer to kerosine... G-S |