Monbiot on speed cameras and the real war
in [UK Drivers]
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From: Ret. on 28 Jul 2010 11:48 Squashme wrote: > On 28 July, 10:23, Chelsea Tractor Man <mr.c.trac...(a)hotmail.co.uk> > wrote: >> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:20:11 -0700 (PDT), Squashme wrote: >>>>> What is? >> >>>> whining >> >>> "If you say that someone is whining, you mean that they are >>> complaining in an annoying way about something unimportant." Web >>> definition. >> >>> Unimportant. >> >> I refer you to your "pavements" comment. >> >> We all know that a ton of car is potentially more dangerous than a >> push bike, endlessly repeating that is pointless. >> -- > > We all know that a ton of car is potentially more dangerous than a > push bike > We all know that a ton of car is potentially more dangerous than a > push bike > We all know that a ton of car is potentially more dangerous than a > push bike > We all know that a ton of car is potentially more dangerous than a > push bike > We all know that a ton of car is potentially more dangerous than a > push bike > We all know that a ton of car is potentially more dangerous than a > push bike > We all know that a ton of car is potentially more dangerous than a > push bike > We all know that a ton of car is potentially more dangerous than a > push bike > We all know that a ton of car is potentially more dangerous than a > push bike > We all know that a ton of car is potentially more dangerous than a > push bike > We all know that a ton of car is potentially more dangerous than a > push bike > We all know that a ton of car is potentially more dangerous than a > push bike > u.s.w. > > Pointless? > > OK, my work here is done. Off to the boot fair, on my bike. Well there you go. One useful advantage of a car. You wouldn't get many goods to peruse at a cycle saddle-bag sale would you......? -- Kev
From: David on 28 Jul 2010 11:55 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:sqKdnaXJVpCxrs3RnZ2dnUVZ8iGdnZ2d(a)bt.com... > The pavement is the road surface. > > Go away and learn something before trying to educate your betters. > I don't know where you come from but in the UK the pavement is the path on the side of the road.
From: David on 28 Jul 2010 11:57 "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:raqykb881tsz.m8f0af3hbxoz.dlg(a)40tude.net... > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:22:12 +0100, David wrote: > >> The pavement is something people walk on. > > Brit. > a raised paved or asphalted path for pedestrians at the side of a road. > any paved area or surface used as a walkway. > N. Amer. > the hard surface of a road or street. This is a UK newsgroup.
From: Dr Zoidberg on 28 Jul 2010 12:14 "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:1l7x11nrgroao$.517nbif6ldct.dlg(a)40tude.net... > On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:49:25 -0700 (PDT), Squashme wrote: > >> "Penning might have fallen for another tabloid myth: that speed >> cameras are unpopular. The most recent poll whose results I can find >> shows that 82% of British people surveyed approve of them, and that >> the percentage has been rising." > > The IAM think its falling (from much higher levels than I imagined As more people get done for driving in what they feel is a safe manner, this is inevitable. > - it > would be nice to know the wording of the question - because all I seem to > hear are moans) Indeed. Without knowing the wording it's pointless looking at the answers. -- Alex
From: Brimstone on 28 Jul 2010 12:32
"David" <none(a)selectfire.co.uk> wrote in message news:i2pjtr$cs8$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:sqKdnaXJVpCxrs3RnZ2dnUVZ8iGdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >> The pavement is the road surface. >> >> Go away and learn something before trying to educate your betters. >> > > I don't know where you come from but in the UK the pavement is the path on > the side of the road. > Colloquially, yes. It's also the footway and other dialect terms. But, in road construction terms highways are paved or unpaved therefore the whole of the road surface is a pavement. |