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From: Ian Dalziel on 27 Dec 2009 09:12 On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:40:17 -0000, "Norman Wells" <cmotd(a)dibblers-pies.co.am> wrote: >Ian Dalziel wrote: >> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:58:15 -0000, "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> >> wrote: > >>> Well the ETA on mine is not fixed so I am not sure what you mean. >>> If I am on clear motorway, I gain time. In traffic I lose it. >> >> Indeed. So the ETA when you set off bears little relation to your - >> erm - estimated arrival time? > >No, it's exactly right all the same. > >What it may not have any resemblance to, at least until later in the >journey, is the actual time of arrival. But then a satnav isn't to know >you'll have a craving for a Pukka Pie in the Newport Pagnell services, is >it? > If it bears no relation to the time you arrive, it's not actually much bleedin' use, is it? It shouldn't be beyond the wit of machine to set realistic averages for country roads, and to allow for probable stops at traffic lights. Pukka Pies might be a bridge too far, though. -- Ian D
From: Ophelia on 27 Dec 2009 09:18 "Ian Dalziel" <iandalziel(a)lineone.net> wrote in message news:1qmej55c8anvkthbjmc638bktfe7gn3r1s(a)4ax.com... >>Well the ETA on mine is not fixed so I am not sure what you mean. If I am >>on clear motorway, I gain time. In traffic I lose it. > > Indeed. So the ETA when you set off bears little relation to your - > erm - estimated arrival time? > > ;-) LOL yers I can see why you would think so .. but, .it usually it isn't too far out! We drove from Oxford to Glasgow last saturday. Our ETA on start was 4.15pm We stopped a few times for drinks, food, to walk the dog etc. We lost time during those stops, obviously.. and at road works, but I made up the time on clear runs on the motorway. In the event we arrived at 4.05pm :)) I am not going to complain about that. I have a Garmin Nuvi btw.
From: Ophelia on 27 Dec 2009 09:19 "Norman Wells" <cmotd(a)dibblers-pies.co.am> wrote in message news:ltJZm.2088$Us7.1717(a)newsfe24.ams2... > Ian Dalziel wrote: >> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:58:15 -0000, "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> >> wrote: > >>> Well the ETA on mine is not fixed so I am not sure what you mean. >>> If I am on clear motorway, I gain time. In traffic I lose it. >> >> Indeed. So the ETA when you set off bears little relation to your - >> erm - estimated arrival time? > > No, it's exactly right all the same. Ahhh he is quite right:)) > What it may not have any resemblance to, at least until later in the > journey, is the actual time of arrival. But then a satnav isn't to know > you'll have a craving for a Pukka Pie in the Newport Pagnell services, is > it? See my other post:)
From: Cynic on 27 Dec 2009 10:22 On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:01:40 +0000, Ian Dalziel <iandalziel(a)lineone.net> wrote: >>>It is not irrelevant. You have to avoid solid bits in the way of the >>>vehicle you are driving. However low your vehicle, there are solid >>>bits intruding into the carriageway wich it is advisable to avoid. >>But bridges ain't one of them for a car driver. >Of course they are - driving into a bridge pillar can be severely >injurious to health. You will not hit any bridge pillars if you stay on the road. Bridges are as irrelevant to car drivers as trees. -- Cynic
From: Cynic on 27 Dec 2009 10:31
On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:12:29 -0000, "Mr X" <invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote: >> I could explain to you how to land an aeroplane or hover a helicopter >> every day for months, but unless you actually attempt it yourself many >> times, you will not be able to achieve it. >> >10,000 hours in fact. No, nothing like that. 5 or 6 attempts will usually achieve an adequate performance. About 10 times as many before it starts to become automatic. >I wonder how much time pilots have in the air? No that relevant. There is a saying about 10000 hour pilots - you get one type that has 10000 hours experience, and another type that has had a one hour experience 10000 times. Sitting in the left seat for 10 hours with the aircraft on autopilot is not really flying experience, but is logged in the same way as 10 one-hour flights of a bush pilot. -- Cynic |