From: Marc on 24 Nov 2009 15:19 Conor wrote: > In article <heh3fj$u8r$1(a)aioe.org>, Silk says... > >> If you really want to see people busy doing nothing, you need the Civil >> Service. > > I was offered a job in June working for DWP Jobcentreplus. I declined > it. > Back too bad to move paper around?
From: Conor on 24 Nov 2009 15:21 In article <7n2staF3k6d16U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Bod says... > Many roads have gradients and troughs where a car > in the distance cannot be seen because it is in a > dip in the road. However you'd see the "halo" of light from their headlights... > Without seeing a long way ahead > it would be stupid to overtake any vehicle in > front without clear line of sight. > For that reason alone, it makes sense for the > vehicle in front to put their main beam > on(whenever possible) to also assist any vehicle > behind. > Nope, still not even remotely convinced. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Silk on 24 Nov 2009 15:23 On 24/11/2009 19:58, Colin Irvine wrote: > On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:45:20 +0000, Silk squeezed out the following: > >> Of course, "good" driving is a different thing >> altogether, as we can include things that come under the general heading >> of technique, such as courtesy > > such as briefly putting your headlights on main beam to help a > following driver overtake you? > Where in the Highway Code does it say to do that?
From: Colin Irvine on 24 Nov 2009 15:26 On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:23:43 +0000, Silk squeezed out the following: >On 24/11/2009 19:58, Colin Irvine wrote: >> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:45:20 +0000, Silk squeezed out the following: >> >>> Of course, "good" driving is a different thing >>> altogether, as we can include things that come under the general heading >>> of technique, such as courtesy >> >> such as briefly putting your headlights on main beam to help a >> following driver overtake you? >> > >Where in the Highway Code does it say to do that? Since when is courtesy restricted to the contents of the Highway Code? -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: Steve H on the road on 24 Nov 2009 15:30
"The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1j9p87l.ebb1vx165fc07N%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk... > SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Silk <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> >> > Let's be honest, you have to have a bit of a screw loose to want to get >> > on one. >> >> No moreso than you have to be to aspire to driving a Skoda minicab. > > Steve, where did you dig up this idiot? Even by normal Usenet standards, > he's a bit 'special'. uk.rec.driving. By the standards of that place, he's relatively sane. -- SteveH In Cheltenham. |