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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2008 at 15:42
Originally posted by Neil Neil wrote:

£1 = e1 may be good for local attractions in the UK.  People will be visiting places nearer to home instead of disappearing to Spain or Greece twice a year.  Our steam railway is already noticing a slight upturn in passenger figures and Santa trains are sold out.  www.gwsr.com
 
Every cloud etc.Smile
 
It also means that European visitors are spending loads more money in the UK, especially in London - it might just save a few retail businesses - and it's probably not doing exports too much harm either; none of which makes up for all the negative effects, but certainly mitigates things a bit.
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The stupidity of people in this country never fails to amaze me.
 
 
the 21-year-old said she had felt there were times when using a phone while driving was acceptable.

She told the court: "I didn't think I should be chatting away when manoeuvring roundabouts, but in the right conditions..."

Prosecutor Alan Blake replied: "In the right conditions on the M40 at 70mph?"

She added: "I probably would have slowed down."

She also told the court she could send and receive messages without taking her eyes off the road.

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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

The stupidity of people in this country never fails to amaze me.
 
 
the 21-year-old said she had felt there were times when using a phone while driving was acceptable.

She told the court: "I didn't think I should be chatting away when manoeuvring roundabouts, but in the right conditions..."

Prosecutor Alan Blake replied: "In the right conditions on the M40 at 70mph?"

She added: "I probably would have slowed down."

She also told the court she could send and receive messages without taking her eyes off the road.

 
Sould be an automatic lifetime ban in my book Angry Too stupid to be ever allowed to own a car.
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Originally posted by Vicky Garten Vicky Garten wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

The stupidity of people in this country never fails to amaze me.
 
 
the 21-year-old said she had felt there were times when using a phone while driving was acceptable.

She told the court: "I didn't think I should be chatting away when manoeuvring roundabouts, but in the right conditions..."

Prosecutor Alan Blake replied: "In the right conditions on the M40 at 70mph?"

She added: "I probably would have slowed down."

She also told the court she could send and receive messages without taking her eyes off the road.

  
Sould be an automatic lifetime ban in my book Angry Too stupid to be ever allowed to own a car.
Exactly. Did I mention that it was also raining at the time?
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I've been trying to figure out for eons what this thread is all about. Am I correct in thinking that it's one of those Seinfeld things?

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What's a Seinfeld thing?
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Never ever under-estimate the power of stupidity - believe me, you do so at your own cost.



On a slightly different subject, but still involving stupidity and driving... drinking

We were watching Police Camera Action (sorry ) the other night, which was the usual pre Christmas, dont drink & drive etc etc affair, part of which got a group of people together, all of whom admitted to D&D on a regular basis.

In a controlled environment, they drank the usual amount they'd consider OK to consume & still be able to drive & then used a car simulator with the sort of results you'd expect. So far, so predictable...

What I didn't expect was the results obtained using a police regulation breathaliser (limit for driving = reading of 35)

Bear in mind, the people tested during the programme had varying amounts of alcohol, the smallest being 4 glasses of wine & the upper being (if I remember rightly) 10 Malibu & Cokes, only 2 people failed the test & they were by no means the heaviest drinkers (the person on the Malibu frenzy only blew a reading of 4!). The presenter himself had 5 large vodkas & only blew a reading of 28..

Naturally, the readings depend on body size, the time you last ate & to an extent the type of alcohol consumed, but to me, this didn't matter.

What was supposed to be a programme reinforcing the message of why you shouldn't drink & drive effectively proved that police breathalisers are an arbitrary method of checking anyway & you can guarantee the wobbling classes came away from the programme thinking "screw it, as long as I eat beforehand, I can drink what I like"... which to an extent, appears to be true.

Scary stuff...

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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2008 at 06:49
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

What's a Seinfeld thing?



Some kind of shed roofing material, I think

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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Vicky Garten Vicky Garten wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

The stupidity of people in this country never fails to amaze me.
 
 
the 21-year-old said she had felt there were times when using a phone while driving was acceptable.

She told the court: "I didn't think I should be chatting away when manoeuvring roundabouts, but in the right conditions..."

Prosecutor Alan Blake replied: "In the right conditions on the M40 at 70mph?"

She added: "I probably would have slowed down."

She also told the court she could send and receive messages without taking her eyes off the road.

  
Sould be an automatic lifetime ban in my book Angry Too stupid to be ever allowed to own a car.
Exactly. Did I mention that it was also raining at the time?
...it's gross negligent manslaughter - a hefty prison sentence should be mandatory.
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Just finished work... until 2009 - Wa-hey! Whoopieeee! W00t! Big smile
 
And to top that - my first real pay-rise in 5 years and a nice Christmas bonus to boot! Big smileBig smileBig smile
 
Of course that Alistair Darling fellow's helped himself to a sizable chunk of that and gave it to a certain Gordon Brown esq. to spend of fast beer, loose cars and warm women with his chums in Threadneedle Street. which is only fair I guess, considering the amount of help they gave me over the past year - how well I remember the long nights the three of us spent huddled around a monitor debugging data-capture software that was returning every other byte when the hardware was taken down to -55ºC ... happy days. I only hope they remember to deposit an appropriate portion of their bonuses into my bank account under my mattress when the time comes.
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Please don't talk about pay rises and bonuses. Cry
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sorry Embarrassed it's been so long since I've had either I got carried away Wink
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Points: 19867 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2008 at 08:52
Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

I've been trying to figure out for eons what this thread is all about.
 
I think it would be fair to say that the thread posesses both a totality and an otherness...Ermm
 
in fact I'd go as far as to suggest that the otherness belonged to others...Confused
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Points: 19867 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2008 at 08:55
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Never ever under-estimate the power of stupidity - believe me, you do so at your own cost. 
 
might it be inappropriate of me to suggest that 'stupidity' might be defined as expecting to find an intelligent and well researched documentary on ITVs programming schedule??....Wink
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Please don't talk about pay rises and bonuses. Cry
 
I fear I'm forced to second your emotions, Alan...Cry
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Points: 7456 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2008 at 09:23
Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

I've been trying to figure out for eons what this thread is all about. Am I correct in thinking that it's one of those Seinfeld things?


Hmmmmm.   Let               me               see


Ah.That's it.



It's               a               Werthers        thing

Edited by Man Erg - December 19 2008 at 09:24

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Never ever under-estimate the power of stupidity - believe me, you do so at your own cost. 

 

might it be inappropriate of me to suggest that 'stupidity' might be defined as expecting to find an intelligent and well researched documentary on ITVs programming schedule??....Wink




ITV?

Have you seen Panorama recently...?

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Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Please don't talk about pay rises and bonuses. Cry
 
I fear I'm forced to second your emotions, Alan...Cry
What makes it worse is that this year is the first one in ages where I've actually got myself into bonus territory, and now there isn't going to be any because of a number of merchant bankers (and that's meant as rhyming slang) at the top who've lost all our money.
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It's all a long way away from when I worked in a bank mumblemumble years ago - guaranteed profit sharing bonus (usually around 10% of salary ), guaranteed Xmas bonus (usually about 5 - 10% ).



Mind you, I was only on £1,995 pa in those days

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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:





ITV?

Have you seen Panorama recently...?
 
oh, don't get me started on Jeremy 'Favourite of the 'Daily Mail/ Radio 2/ Blue Rinse/ Little Chef/ Richard & Judy' axis of evil' Vine, or you might have to escort me to the Ranting Room....AngryOuch
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