It's Hard Out Here For A Wimp
Mar 14th 2006, 1:58 am
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Re: IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A WIMP
Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of
besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy
>> I want this recorded somewhere!
>Why? I've conceded as much before.
I know. I want the points.
>BTW, you probably will get to Unst by
>public transport even if only partly, though the only time I've been to
>any part of Shetland was by private transport. (I was flown there in a
>4-seater aircraft.)
You could get a train to Aberdeen then take the ferry to
Shetland, not sure how you would progress from there or get to
the places we want to go, like Northmavine and Muckleflugga area
There are some buses on Unst
famous most northern bus stop:-
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/shet022.htm"
There may be across Yell too, I didnt actually see any on either
island.
>> its called competitive arguing.
>How do you think you're doing? :)
Ahead on points :-)
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besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy
>> I want this recorded somewhere!
>Why? I've conceded as much before.
I know. I want the points.
>BTW, you probably will get to Unst by
>public transport even if only partly, though the only time I've been to
>any part of Shetland was by private transport. (I was flown there in a
>4-seater aircraft.)
You could get a train to Aberdeen then take the ferry to
Shetland, not sure how you would progress from there or get to
the places we want to go, like Northmavine and Muckleflugga area
There are some buses on Unst
famous most northern bus stop:-
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/shet022.htm"
There may be across Yell too, I didnt actually see any on either
island.
>> its called competitive arguing.
>How do you think you're doing? :)
Ahead on points :-)
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Mike Reid
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Mar 14th 2006, 2:08 am
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Re: IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A WIMP
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:48:42 +0000, The Reid
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to Martin
>>The reason is the time it takes to get to a city centre and the rotten
>>public transport provided to get there.
>I find the trains into the centre of London fine, although it
>does stop a little early (no, I'm not taking the night bus back)
>>It's also cheaper for two people to travel by road than by rail.
>much cheaper by train into Central London
>>BMW Drivers: Score 100 points for David :-)
>Martin scores -100 for pathetic stereotyping.
Mike scores 0 for thinking everybody lives in London.
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Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to Martin
>>The reason is the time it takes to get to a city centre and the rotten
>>public transport provided to get there.
>I find the trains into the centre of London fine, although it
>does stop a little early (no, I'm not taking the night bus back)
>>It's also cheaper for two people to travel by road than by rail.
>much cheaper by train into Central London
>>BMW Drivers: Score 100 points for David :-)
>Martin scores -100 for pathetic stereotyping.
Mike scores 0 for thinking everybody lives in London.
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Martin
Mar 14th 2006, 2:09 am
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:48:42 +0000, The Reid
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to Martin
>>>>Every four years?
>>>one is almost 4 and the other 6 or 7.
>>You change the leased car every four years.
>when I had leased cars they were changed every 3 years.
>>One of our cars is 10 and the other is 8.
>congratulations. What's your excuse for two cars, Mr Responsible?
We both needed a car. What's yours?
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Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to Martin
>>>>Every four years?
>>>one is almost 4 and the other 6 or 7.
>>You change the leased car every four years.
>when I had leased cars they were changed every 3 years.
>>One of our cars is 10 and the other is 8.
>congratulations. What's your excuse for two cars, Mr Responsible?
We both needed a car. What's yours?
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Martin
Mar 14th 2006, 2:09 am
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Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:48:42 +0000, The Reid
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>congratulations. What's your excuse for two cars, Mr Responsible?
>We both needed a car.
For some years Herself and I both needed a car: we had one.
More recently we have each needed a car: we have one each.
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>On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:48:42 +0000, The Reid
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>congratulations. What's your excuse for two cars, Mr Responsible?
>We both needed a car.
For some years Herself and I both needed a car: we had one.
More recently we have each needed a car: we have one each.
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Mar 14th 2006, 2:17 am
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:57:17 +0000, The Reid
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of
>besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy
>>Of course, it also lets me see some of
>>the idiotic things some drivers get up to.
>Drivers are people, they are as likely to be stupid (or not) as
>everybody else! How much of your time do you spend getting wound
>up about drivers?
>>I saw a woman texting while driving earlier today.
>Okey dokey, lets rant about drivers to keep you happy. Ready?
>A women just got nicked for putting her makeup on while driving.
>Interestingly the media seemed to think that steering with her
>knees was the issue, while of course looking in the make up
>mirror is the real idiocy. For some reason people seem to think
>that two hands on the steering wheel is important when its
>largely irrelevant to having an accident, while observation is
>crucial but clearly not considered so by all the idiots with
>various bits of junk hanging from the interior mirror. Maybe I
>blame the emphasis put on the 10 to 2, feeding the wheel, not
>crossing hands instruction given to learner drivers, as if it
>mattered in a modern car.
>Another bloke crashed after his throttle allegedly jammed open,
>allegedly he was on phone to AA and police who followed him with
>4 patrol cars (what for? Haven't they got any real criminals to
>catch) and a helicopter. Allegedly he burnt the brakes out
>keeping speed down, then his 8 year old BMW (give Martin
>something to fuel his bias)
A guy a work had a BMW catch alight and burn out when it was still
under guarantee.
>318 auto equipped with �3000 Hi-Fi
>(�300?) accelerated to 130 (top speed new about 120) for 60 miles
>(!) before he hit a roundabout and escaped uninjured. He said he
>would buy another Beamer as it saved his life in the crash and
>would be giving up driving for good, was inexperienced and ex
>trucker. (various "news"papers)
>Nobody told him to switch the f***** engine off (or take it out
>of gear
He was told to take it out of gear (BBC), it was an automatic gear box
and it was jammed. Switching off the ignition locks the steering on
most cars, try it next time you are doing 150 km/hour.
>). It seems large numbers of people think the steering
>lock will come on if you do that, or that you cant steer without
>the power steering, presumably including the police and the AA?
I posted a link to this report at the weekend.
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Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of
>besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy
>>Of course, it also lets me see some of
>>the idiotic things some drivers get up to.
>Drivers are people, they are as likely to be stupid (or not) as
>everybody else! How much of your time do you spend getting wound
>up about drivers?
>>I saw a woman texting while driving earlier today.
>Okey dokey, lets rant about drivers to keep you happy. Ready?
>A women just got nicked for putting her makeup on while driving.
>Interestingly the media seemed to think that steering with her
>knees was the issue, while of course looking in the make up
>mirror is the real idiocy. For some reason people seem to think
>that two hands on the steering wheel is important when its
>largely irrelevant to having an accident, while observation is
>crucial but clearly not considered so by all the idiots with
>various bits of junk hanging from the interior mirror. Maybe I
>blame the emphasis put on the 10 to 2, feeding the wheel, not
>crossing hands instruction given to learner drivers, as if it
>mattered in a modern car.
>Another bloke crashed after his throttle allegedly jammed open,
>allegedly he was on phone to AA and police who followed him with
>4 patrol cars (what for? Haven't they got any real criminals to
>catch) and a helicopter. Allegedly he burnt the brakes out
>keeping speed down, then his 8 year old BMW (give Martin
>something to fuel his bias)
A guy a work had a BMW catch alight and burn out when it was still
under guarantee.
>318 auto equipped with �3000 Hi-Fi
>(�300?) accelerated to 130 (top speed new about 120) for 60 miles
>(!) before he hit a roundabout and escaped uninjured. He said he
>would buy another Beamer as it saved his life in the crash and
>would be giving up driving for good, was inexperienced and ex
>trucker. (various "news"papers)
>Nobody told him to switch the f***** engine off (or take it out
>of gear
He was told to take it out of gear (BBC), it was an automatic gear box
and it was jammed. Switching off the ignition locks the steering on
most cars, try it next time you are doing 150 km/hour.
>). It seems large numbers of people think the steering
>lock will come on if you do that, or that you cant steer without
>the power steering, presumably including the police and the AA?
I posted a link to this report at the weekend.
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Martin
Mar 14th 2006, 2:21 am
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:15:20 +0000, The Reid
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Christ, does that
>mean I could turn into Martin/already have?
I thought you were going through a Mixi crossed with Runge
argumentative phase?
Why don't you post on uk.rec.gardening or do you?
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Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Christ, does that
>mean I could turn into Martin/already have?
I thought you were going through a Mixi crossed with Runge
argumentative phase?
Why don't you post on uk.rec.gardening or do you?
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Martin
Mar 14th 2006, 2:26 am
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:31:21 +0000, The Reid
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of
>besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy
>>> I shared a hire car with a guy, who not only drive at 150km/hour most
>>> of the time, but sent silly text messages whilst he doing it.
>>I've been in cars with people chatting away on their phones. It makes me
>>very uncomfortable,
>me too, and I don't care about hands free. There's something
>about a phone conversation that takes peoples attention away
>from driving.
>>but I usually don't know them well enough to think
>>of a way of bringing it up tactfully.
I've heard Air France pilots doing it when they are sober ...
One totally ignored shouts of "Pull Up! Pull up! Too Low Too Low"
because he was too busy chatting to somebody on the phoen.
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Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of
>besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy
>>> I shared a hire car with a guy, who not only drive at 150km/hour most
>>> of the time, but sent silly text messages whilst he doing it.
>>I've been in cars with people chatting away on their phones. It makes me
>>very uncomfortable,
>me too, and I don't care about hands free. There's something
>about a phone conversation that takes peoples attention away
>from driving.
>>but I usually don't know them well enough to think
>>of a way of bringing it up tactfully.
I've heard Air France pilots doing it when they are sober ...
One totally ignored shouts of "Pull Up! Pull up! Too Low Too Low"
because he was too busy chatting to somebody on the phoen.
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Martin
Mar 14th 2006, 2:29 am
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Following up to Martin <[email protected]> :
>On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:15:20 +0000, The Reid
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> Christ, does that
>>mean I could turn into Martin/already have?
>I thought you were going through a Mixi crossed with Runge
>argumentative phase?
>Why don't you post on uk.rec.gardening or do you?
He posts as "Puce". ;-)
How're the fuchsias coming along Mike? Did you find a suitable variety?
BTW I haven't seen Mixi for a while, I don't think I killfiled him.
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Tim C.
>On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:15:20 +0000, The Reid
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> Christ, does that
>>mean I could turn into Martin/already have?
>I thought you were going through a Mixi crossed with Runge
>argumentative phase?
>Why don't you post on uk.rec.gardening or do you?
He posts as "Puce". ;-)
How're the fuchsias coming along Mike? Did you find a suitable variety?
BTW I haven't seen Mixi for a while, I don't think I killfiled him.
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Tim C.
Mar 14th 2006, 2:41 am
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Tim C. <[email protected]> writes:
> BTW I haven't seen Mixi for a while, I don't think I killfiled him.
Google Froups says he's on his holidays in comp.publish.prepress,
alt.support.short, rec.music.makers.piano, alt.support.diet,
alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt.
Given that that's only today, and that he only has his 10-second
oil-breaks to look at Usenet in, it's no wonder he can't fit in rte as
well.
Des
> BTW I haven't seen Mixi for a while, I don't think I killfiled him.
Google Froups says he's on his holidays in comp.publish.prepress,
alt.support.short, rec.music.makers.piano, alt.support.diet,
alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt.
Given that that's only today, and that he only has his 10-second
oil-breaks to look at Usenet in, it's no wonder he can't fit in rte as
well.
Des
Mar 14th 2006, 2:57 am
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Following up to Des Small <[email protected]> :
>Tim C. <[email protected]> writes:
>> BTW I haven't seen Mixi for a while, I don't think I killfiled him.
>Google Froups says he's on his holidays in comp.publish.prepress,
>alt.support.short, rec.music.makers.piano, alt.support.diet,
>alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt.
>Given that that's only today, and that he only has his 10-second
>oil-breaks to look at Usenet in, it's no wonder he can't fit in rte as
>well.
He can't afford a holiday!
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Tim C.
>Tim C. <[email protected]> writes:
>> BTW I haven't seen Mixi for a while, I don't think I killfiled him.
>Google Froups says he's on his holidays in comp.publish.prepress,
>alt.support.short, rec.music.makers.piano, alt.support.diet,
>alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt.
>Given that that's only today, and that he only has his 10-second
>oil-breaks to look at Usenet in, it's no wonder he can't fit in rte as
>well.
He can't afford a holiday!
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Tim C.
Mar 14th 2006, 3:08 am
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:29:22 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Following up to Martin <[email protected]> :
>>On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:15:20 +0000, The Reid
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Christ, does that
>>>mean I could turn into Martin/already have?
>>I thought you were going through a Mixi crossed with Runge
>>argumentative phase?
>>Why don't you post on uk.rec.gardening or do you?
>He posts as "Puce". ;-)
and not Janet?
>How're the fuchsias coming along Mike? Did you find a suitable variety?
>BTW I haven't seen Mixi for a while, I don't think I killfiled him.
He is hibernating.
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Martin
wrote:
>Following up to Martin <[email protected]> :
>>On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:15:20 +0000, The Reid
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Christ, does that
>>>mean I could turn into Martin/already have?
>>I thought you were going through a Mixi crossed with Runge
>>argumentative phase?
>>Why don't you post on uk.rec.gardening or do you?
>He posts as "Puce". ;-)
and not Janet?
>How're the fuchsias coming along Mike? Did you find a suitable variety?
>BTW I haven't seen Mixi for a while, I don't think I killfiled him.
He is hibernating.
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Martin
Mar 14th 2006, 3:10 am
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:57:58 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Following up to Des Small <[email protected]> :
>>Tim C. <[email protected]> writes:
>>> BTW I haven't seen Mixi for a while, I don't think I killfiled him.
>>Google Froups says he's on his holidays in comp.publish.prepress,
>>alt.support.short, rec.music.makers.piano, alt.support.diet,
>>alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt.
>>Given that that's only today, and that he only has his 10-second
>>oil-breaks to look at Usenet in, it's no wonder he can't fit in rte as
>>well.
>He can't afford a holiday!
Maybe we need to have an rte holiday in alt.support.diet .
I wonder if he is a plant expert?
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Martin
wrote:
>Following up to Des Small <[email protected]> :
>>Tim C. <[email protected]> writes:
>>> BTW I haven't seen Mixi for a while, I don't think I killfiled him.
>>Google Froups says he's on his holidays in comp.publish.prepress,
>>alt.support.short, rec.music.makers.piano, alt.support.diet,
>>alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt.
>>Given that that's only today, and that he only has his 10-second
>>oil-breaks to look at Usenet in, it's no wonder he can't fit in rte as
>>well.
>He can't afford a holiday!
Maybe we need to have an rte holiday in alt.support.diet .
I wonder if he is a plant expert?
--
Martin
Mar 14th 2006, 3:15 am
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:09:36 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:48:42 +0000, The Reid
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>>congratulations. What's your excuse for two cars, Mr Responsible?
>>We both needed a car.
>For some years Herself and I both needed a car: we had one.
>More recently we have each needed a car: we have one each.
We both need a car, but we have two.
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Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:48:42 +0000, The Reid
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>>congratulations. What's your excuse for two cars, Mr Responsible?
>>We both needed a car.
>For some years Herself and I both needed a car: we had one.
>More recently we have each needed a car: we have one each.
We both need a car, but we have two.
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Martin
Mar 14th 2006, 3:28 am
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Following up to Martin
>>>One of our cars is 10 and the other is 8.
>>congratulations. What's your excuse for two cars, Mr Responsible?
>We both needed a car.
everybody thinks they "need" two cars.
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>>>One of our cars is 10 and the other is 8.
>>congratulations. What's your excuse for two cars, Mr Responsible?
>We both needed a car.
everybody thinks they "need" two cars.
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Mike Reid
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Mar 14th 2006, 3:28 am
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Following up to Tim C.
>How're the fuchsias coming along Mike? Did you find a suitable variety?
????? I usually ask about veg growing.
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Mike Reid
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>How're the fuchsias coming along Mike? Did you find a suitable variety?
????? I usually ask about veg growing.
--
Mike Reid
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