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From: Dr Ivan D. Reid on 17 Nov 2009 17:28 On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:08:47 +0000 (UTC), A.Clews(a)DENTURESsussex.ac.uk <A.Clews(a)DENTURESsussex.ac.uk> wrote in <hdulav$3t0$3(a)south.jnrs.ja.net>: > Thus spake Oily (martinhill100(a)nospambtconnect.com) unto the assembled multitudes: > Needn't be just fog; a motorway with heavy trucks all around you in a > downpour can be pretty bloody scary BTDT, in the gathering rush-hour gloom on the ring-road around Brussels -- with a broken front brake-line... > and might merit the temporary use of fog lamps. I opted to stop at the first motel I saw. Next day it snowed on me in the Eiffel mountains, and I arrived back in Untersiggenthal with bronchitis. She was almost worth it. -- Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
From: Dr Ivan D. Reid on 17 Nov 2009 17:33 On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:36:06 -0800 (PST), Ned Ludd <callinicus1953(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in <fec463f1-d2ac-4671-aa5c-c408739cbcfc(a)e23g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>: > Hi guys > I don't know, you turn your back for five minutes and 25 posts pop up. > Re Flying nuns, rather than step sideways a horrible thought occurred, > and I am bound for Hell for thinking it, but the thought of looking up > a Nun's habit popped into my mind. Now where did I leave my > medication? I just looked up a nun's habit -- google returned 214,000 hits... -- Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
From: steve auvache on 17 Nov 2009 21:39 In article <Oo-dnYMGnc0PbZ_WnZ2dnUVZ8o2dnZ2d(a)bt.com>, Oily <martinhill10 0(a)nospambtconnect.com> writes > But >I don't break down with total electrical failure, I tend to maintain my >machinery. fx: googles "24hr bulk popcorn home delivery". -- steve auvache
From: steve auvache on 17 Nov 2009 21:46 In article <hdv72a$vam$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Krusty <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> writes >Ace wrote: > >> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:17:23 +0000 (UTC), "Krusty" >> <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: >> >> > kenney(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: >> > >> >> In article <hdu24o$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). I am sitting here reminiscing about the good old days when I have been taken by surprise and had to slow down quick and have to say that it happens a lot less these days than it did when I first started out and about. It is all about speed and traffic density innit. If you is slowed down to the pace of the mist as you tend to be on today's crowded roads then they are not needed at all. Opposites probably apply. -- steve auvache
From: Oily on 18 Nov 2009 05:36
"steve auvache" wrote........ > > But > >I don't break down with total electrical failure, I tend to maintain my > >machinery. > > > fx: googles "24hr bulk popcorn home delivery". > > steve auvache Money wasted for a stately home. |