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From: ian field on 18 Nov 2009 10:47 "Wicked Uncle Nigel" <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote in message news:eEC9PBRH7pALJANe(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk... > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, SpamTrapSeeSig > <no-one(a)nospam.demon.co.uk> typed >>In article <vCcRuiP$ioALJA7S(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk>, Wicked Uncle Nigel >><wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> writes >>>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Krusty >>><dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> typed >>>> >>>>No I don't, I buy insurance because the law requires me to. I don't buy >>>>insurance because a crane might fall on my car, or I might get hit by a >>>>meteor, or a falling tree, or a badger that someone's launched from a >>>>trebuchet >>> >>>That happened to me once. >>> >>>Although I'm not totally sure it was a badger. It might have been a >>>penguin. It was going pretty fast. >> >>If it left a set of six slash marks in two sets of three, it was a badger. >>If just a single slash, probably a penguin. A trail of feathers would also >>be a good clue. > > Good point. It was definitely a badger then. > > Or possible a nun. > > It might have been a nun. A frozen chicken would do it.
From: Austin Shackles on 21 Nov 2009 16:27 On or around Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:29:59 -0000, "Oily" <martinhill100(a)nospambtconnect.com> enlightened us thusly: > >"Adrian" wrote.......... > >> Higgins gurgled happily, sounding much >> like they were saying: >> >> > Not sure why you would want to ban using fog lights with dipped lights. >> > That's usually the best combination as full beams just bounce straight >> > back at you in fog. >> >> Unless the fog's so thick that dip bounces back - in which case, sides + >> fogs... > >But we don't get fogs so thick anymore, so ban the fog lights, make 'em >purely ornamental so posh chavs can have the bling but they don't work. > That won't work, they want 'em to illuminate. It does make a useful chav/numpty indicator, I suppose. -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms... ------------------------------------------------\ >> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them. a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!
From: Austin Shackles on 21 Nov 2009 16:29 On or around Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:30:57 +0100, Higgins <the.best.names.are.gone(a)gmail.com> enlightened us thusly: >Not sure why you would want to ban using fog lights with dipped lights. >That's usually the best combination as full beams just bounce straight >back at you in fog. You serious? or just winding me up? Fog lamps, properly fitted, make a shorter and lower beam than dipped heads, so using them in addtion to gains you nothing other than to create more glare or dazzle. Unless, I suppose, your dipped lamps are unbelievably useless. They're only useful in fog so thick that dipped heads make excessive glare. -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms... ------------------------------------------------\ >> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them. a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!
From: Austin Shackles on 21 Nov 2009 16:33 On or around Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:12:17 -0600, kenney(a)cix.compulink.co.uk enlightened us thusly: >In article <hdu24o$v43$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid (Krusty) wrote: > >> So you happily dazzle other people to satisfy your unfounded >> paranoia. > > Daylight fog on UK motorways with a white car and you find that most >tail lights are less visible than the vehicle. It's even worse in spray. > > Ken Young for the same reason you shouldn't rely on sidelights to make it visible from the front. In daytime fog or serious spray, you need dipped head on to make the motor visible, side lights are a waste of time. Except those 21W ones the volvos and saabs used to have... -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms... ------------------------------------------------\ >> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them. a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!
From: Austin Shackles on 21 Nov 2009 16:34
On or around Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:11:22 +0000 (UTC), "Krusty" <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> enlightened us thusly: >Ace wrote: > >> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:17:23 +0000 (UTC), "Krusty" >> <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: >> >> > kenney(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: >> > >> >> In article <hdu24o$v43$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> >> dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid (Krusty) wrote: >> >> >> >> > So you happily dazzle other people to satisfy your unfounded >> >> > paranoia. >> >> >> >> Daylight fog on UK motorways with a white car and you find that >> most >> tail lights are less visible than the vehicle. It's even >> worse in >> spray. >> > >> > How many times have you crashed into the back of a car because you >> > didn't see it? >> >> Didn't see how close it was and the fact that it was slowing down in >> heavy fog? Once. >> >> Well, it was a lorry, actually. And some many years ago. No rear >> window brake light repeaters. >> >> FWIW I use my rear foglight in reduced visibility, whatever the cause, >> but always turn it off when there's a car behind me. So it's only on >> to guard against something not seeing me from some distance until it's >> too late to spot if I need to brake hard. > >If everyone did the same, the world would be a happier place (& I'd get >far fewer headaches when sat on the M5 for a couple of hours). Indeed, it would. -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms... ------------------------------------------------\ >> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them. a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too! |