From: Phil Bradshaw on 4 Mar 2007 13:22 Knight Of The Road wrote: > "Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote > > > > I do of course exclude DIY motorists who are capable of their own >> mantenance, like the suss ones who clean their own sensors, but it >> must be very difficult for them in this age of increasing car >> complexity and vulnerability. > > > > Not like your Land Rover eh, Doug? > > LOL
From: Clive Coleman. on 4 Mar 2007 14:55 In message <slrneultvl.2r6i.davidt-news(a)outcold.yadt.co.uk>, David Taylor <davidt-news(a)yadt.co.uk> writes >, since a significant (?) amount of petrol has been dumped, Where are you going to "dump" that much petrol? I would guess that only the refineries have the wherewithall and what will they do with it other than recycle it or blend it away. It's still fuel, and a way to use it will be found. -- Clive.
From: Brimstone on 5 Mar 2007 03:57 Huge wrote: > On 2007-03-04, Brian Robertson <brianrobertson@[nospam]> wrote: >> Adrian wrote: >>> Brian Robertson (brianrobertson@[nospam].com) gurgled happily, >>> sounding much like they were saying : >>> >>>> It is called capitalism. It is nasty, selfish, and ordinary people >>>> always get screwed. >>> >>> <awaits better suggestion> >> >> How about regulated capitalism, the sort of thing we had before that >> evil woman got into number 10. > > Ah, a Thatcher bigot. She's gone. Get a life, loser. So has William the First, but the effects his actions are still with us.
From: Doug on 5 Mar 2007 04:50 On 4 Mar, 19:08, "Knight Of The Road" <russiatruck...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "Doug" <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote > > > I do of course exclude DIY motorists who are capable of their own > > > mantenance, like the suss ones who clean their own sensors, but it > > must be very difficult for them in this age of increasing car > > complexity and vulnerability. > > Not like your Land Rover eh, Doug? > Indeed. As I recall it was pretty basic with no electronics. At the time the damage that such vehicles caused was not generally realised, unlike now where it is known but drivers like you just carry on regardless of the damage they are causing on a daily basis. -- UK Radical Campaigns www.zing.icom43.net "The car, more of a toilet than a convenience".
From: Brimstone on 5 Mar 2007 05:02
Doug wrote: > On 4 Mar, 19:08, "Knight Of The Road" <russiatruck...(a)hotmail.com> > wrote: >> "Doug" <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote >> >> > I do of course exclude DIY motorists who are capable of their own >> >>> mantenance, like the suss ones who clean their own sensors, but it >>> must be very difficult for them in this age of increasing car >>> complexity and vulnerability. >> >> Not like your Land Rover eh, Doug? >> > Indeed. As I recall it was pretty basic with no electronics. At the > time the damage that such vehicles caused was not generally realised, > unlike now where it is known but drivers like you just carry on > regardless of the damage they are causing on a daily basis. Whereas you merely encourage the increase in unnecessary international movement of goods and produce, eh Doug. |