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From: Ian on 30 Dec 2009 04:18 "Roland Perry" <roland(a)perry.co.uk> wrote in message news:BuwwSZJTomOLFA1p(a)perry.co.uk... > In message <T5ydnfzMBZNoWaTWnZ2dnUVZ8nKdnZ2d(a)brightview.com>, at > 08:59:41 on Tue, 29 Dec 2009, Ian <idh(a)henden.co.uk> remarked: >>Many people are perfectly able to navigate from one end of the >>country >>to another without either map or SatNav. >> >>But when you need to find a particular address in an unfamiliar >>place, >>then SatNav wins hands-down. > > Yesterday I managed to get to Central Sheffield without a map, and > even to Sheffield Station without a map (I've never driven to > either, before) but I don't think I'd have found my destination, > which was 100yds from the station as the crow flies, but over a mile > by roads-open-to-private-cars, without the Satnav. But I think you would agree that railway stations are usually signposted for the benefit of road users, whereas 23 Culverley Road Catford is not.......... >
From: Ian on 30 Dec 2009 04:20 "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message news:hhdseo$elo$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Ian wrote: >> >> Two absolutely identical coaches (Volvo B10s) - same series of >> registration - each carrying different height indications (by a >> factor of 6"). Both were on rail replacement between Basingstoke >> and Woking during the summer - and the difference was sufficient to >> cause the driver of one of them to seek a different route. >> >> There is no defined size, font, format.... it can often end up as >> something written in Tippex on a convenient bit of spare space in >> the cab. Some are in Imperial, others (more modern buses) are in >> metric. Sometimes both Imperial and metric are displayed.... with >> inaccurate conversion!!! > > They must be in imperial (metric is optional) and at least 40mm > high. > They may be up to 150mm inaccurate ( +40mm for metric conversions). > There are also a FOAL of exceptions. > http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1997/19970530.htm Then someone needs to tell those responsible for putting the signs into the buses...... :o)
From: Roland Perry on 30 Dec 2009 04:32 In message <-KGdnfERsJFVh6bWnZ2dnUVZ7rCdnZ2d(a)brightview.com>, at 09:18:11 on Wed, 30 Dec 2009, Ian <idh(a)henden.co.uk> remarked: >> Yesterday I managed to get to Central Sheffield without a map, and >> even to Sheffield Station without a map (I've never driven to >> either, before) but I don't think I'd have found my destination, >> which was 100yds from the station as the crow flies, but over a mile >> by roads-open-to-private-cars, without the Satnav. > >But I think you would agree that railway stations are usually >signposted for the benefit of road users, whereas 23 Culverley Road >Catford is not.......... That's exactly my point. I didn't need the satnav for the former, but did find it useful for the latter. -- Roland Perry
From: Adrian on 30 Dec 2009 04:48 Alex Potter <spambin(a)ap-consulting.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> The £100 one-owner-from-new 205 I bought at the start of the year's >> been damn near flawless. > Yebbut, they're like hens' teeth, I should think. No, not really. This was parked up just round the corner with a "For Sale" in the window.
From: Steve Firth on 31 Dec 2009 12:07
Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > You're driving an artic and turning round in a tight yard and you snag > your red susie which then snaps, Don't your stockings then fall down? |