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From: Adrian on 30 Jun 2010 10:37 Clive George <clive(a)xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > On 30/06/2010 14:56, mileburner wrote: >>> "need" and "forced" are probably the wrong words here. >> How else are they going to get past? Fly? > Do you have your tongue somewhere other than in the middle of your mouth > here? If so, I think your satire might be a little too subtle for this > group. It's mileburner. Anything's possible.
From: mileburner on 30 Jun 2010 11:25 Mike P wrote: > On 30 June, 14:56, "mileburner" <milebur...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >> "Clive George" <cl...(a)xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message >> >> news:6IKdnRG2v8myqrbRnZ2dnUVZ8hirnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk... >> >> >> >>> On 30/06/2010 12:57, mileburner wrote: >>>> "bod"<bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >>>> news:890om3FmhjU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>> Most of the higher-risk roads are in north-west England, >>>>> Yorkshire and the >>>>> Humber and the East Midlands, while Scotland has the highest risk >>>>> rating of all the regions. >> >>>>> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100630/tuk-one-in-10-uk-roads-are-high-... >> >>>> There are several of these so-called 'high risk' type of roads >>>> near me. One >>>> of them has blind bends. These blind bends mean that when there is >>>> oncoming >>>> traffic, overtaking drivers cannot always see oncoming traffic >>>> ahead. The other road is a straight line stretch of single >>>> carriageway 'A' road and because the limit is only 60mph (and some >>>> drivers observe the limit) it means that drivers who want to drive >>>> faster need to overtake, sometimes they >>>> are forced to do so quite dangerously. >> >>> "need" and "forced" are probably the wrong words here. >> >> How else are they going to get past? Fly? > > Er? Duh.. wait until a safe spot to overtake appears.. > > I've often wondered about your posts and your brainpower. This one > seems to prove you don't have much. I guess the irony did not shine through. As a general rule, driver mentality is such that you must always overtake a vehicle which is not going as fast as you would like it to. Thus, these slow moving vehicles are the cause of any accident which arises.
From: mileburner on 30 Jun 2010 11:27 Adrian wrote: > Clive George <clive(a)xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much > like they were saying: > >> On 30/06/2010 14:56, mileburner wrote: >>>> "need" and "forced" are probably the wrong words here. > >>> How else are they going to get past? Fly? > >> Do you have your tongue somewhere other than in the middle of your >> mouth here? If so, I think your satire might be a little too subtle >> for this group. > > It's mileburner. Anything's possible. Interesting to note that some people actually took the comment seriously. Perhaps there was some truth in the utterly absurd...
From: Adrian on 30 Jun 2010 11:38 "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > As a general rule, driver mentality is such that you must always > overtake a vehicle which is not going as fast as you would like it to. No, it isn't.
From: Ian Jackson on 30 Jun 2010 11:40
In message <jadm261ekq6i187ngnpebts071hi5kpgrv(a)4ax.com>, The Peeler <peelingthe(a)invalid.admin> writes >On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:09:58 +0100, bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> >wrote: > >>The Peeler wrote: >>> On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:02:11 +0100, bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> The Peeler wrote: >>>>> On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:38:44 +0100, bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Most of the higher-risk roads are in north-west England, Yorkshire and >>>>>> the Humber and the East Midlands, while Scotland has the highest risk >>>>>> rating of all the regions. >>>>> They drink, you know. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> And their whippets do as well. >>> >>> If you had to work 18 hours a day down pit, you'd drink too. >> > >> > >> >> If I had to work those sort of hours down a pit, I think I'd top >>myself.....after a bloody good drinking session, of course. > >Sheer luxury. When I were a lad... When I was a lad, we actually HAD pits. -- Ian |