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Mar 08
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Batty says:
Seant- an excellent list to be sure.
As for traffic calming devices- my (intended) new house has a relatively lot of through traffic, and it would be a good idea for some of this type of structure. Unfortunately, what they tend to do here is insert speed humps and my philosophy is that whomever requests these things from the council is the person who would end up having them sited outside of their house. That would be more of a trouble than the traffic. Perhaps I could buy an old car and parking wildly askew (how far away from the curb can one park before it is deemed double parking?), or ask for time limited parking in the street?
Another thing about motoring which I simply detest is speed cameras. They put people out of work and make everyone paranoid abou their speed rather than the road conditions; and covert mobile speed cameras, which are now in my state, are even worse. If Satan needed a general, I am sure the vicious bastard who had that idea and propagated it would be the man for the job.
Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha.
Oct 09
Posts: 355
motormojo says:
White Merc Sprinter vans. Possessed of the power to weight ratio of an F15 and driven by the horned deciples of Beelzebub (or so it would appear).
GT "They're washing the streets with the blood of your kind" I also like "Cindy got religion, she got it once before" Same source I think !
@motormojo- Do you think Cindy got religion twice in the back of a Sprinter van then?
Nov 09
Posts: 3074
gtrslngr says:
motormojo ;
Hmmmn . Did Richard Thompson record a version of "Cindy" that I don't know about ? Thats who wrote the song my quote is from " House of Cards " Richard and Linda Thompson recorded it and Robert Plant just did a re-make . Ahhh its the Robert Plant CD you're referencing as he did both tunes on the new CD ! Highly recommended to all by the way .
Ahh again , but you did remind me of something else in motoring I simply cannot stand . R/V's Caravans , what ever you call them in the Colorado Mountains on a two lane road . Bleah ! Slow as pigs in a mud bog . Too ( bleep ) wide to safely pass . The things should be banned from any narrow mountain road . Sorry seant !
The only good R/V is s drowned R/V
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Batty ; No silly . She caught it from the drummer !
Cindy might have got her religion in the back of a Merc Sprinter - The way they are driven on UK roads (flat out all the time) - somethings going on in the back there !
GT - And there I was being all smart arse ! So the reference elswhere to "selling England by the pound" has nothing to do with " me I'm just a lawnmower - you can tell me by the way I walk" ? Or have I just had a very difficult couple of days !!
motormojo .
Nope ! got that one right as well ( Selling England by the Pound ) Just had it in my head with House of Cards that RT had written it and had forgotten Plant recorded both songs . So spot on there mate . Still say Cindy caught it from the drummer though . ( maybe in a Sprinter ? ) Rule # 1 in the Rock Band Book of Road Rules - Blame the drummer for everything .
How many musicians in a five piece rock band ? Four ....... plus a Drummer . What question will you never hear at any rehearsal/sound check ? Lets get the drummers opinion . Sorry . Couldn't resist .
Feb 09
Posts: 1794
seant says:
gtrslngr said: Ahh again , but you did remind me of something else in motoring I simply cannot stand . R/V's Caravans , what ever you call them in the Colorado Mountains on a two lane road . Bleah ! Slow as pigs in a mud bog . Too ( bleep ) wide to safely pass . The things should be banned from any narrow mountain road . Sorry seant !
I'll join you on caravans, although I have a sneaking admiration for anyone who develops the considerable skills to become a good hauler of these inherently unstable carbuncles. And you've got a point about those top-heavy lumbering US RV's I'm sure. But modern European motothomes are far more nimble. Providing you tie down all the cutlery the smaller ones can be driven like motormojo's White Sprinter vans, should you choose - and I have to admit that, on occasion, I have!
Feb 07
Posts: 4496
bertandnairobi says:
Bad road surfaces, unsequenced traffic lights and idiots who won´t let me past them even though I´ve been 2cm from their tailpipe for more than 40 minutes. These are annoying, the more so when I want to get somewhere in a smooth hurry. Oh, people who don´t know how to indicate at roundabouts. And mobile telephone users. Rage!
Dec 06
Posts: 1804
car4mh says:
All this talk of mobile homes cluttering up the world's scenic drives has reminded me of the horror of the house truck. They are the reason I have vowed to always separate accommodation from transportation when travelling.
The house truck is perhaps the perfect anti-car, built with a great deal of peace, love and recreational substances but no automotive enthusiasm whatsoever upon the dilapidated chassis of whatever tired truck or bus can be bartered for organic knitwear, aromatherapy oils, an astrological reading and some life-affirming crystals. Guaranteed to turn the mildest-mannered gentleman driver into a rabid, seething 'outoftheway, peasants!' lights-flashing tailgater when encountered on a winding 2-lane country road. I don't know if Europe or America has any of these (if they did exist they would more likely be reviewed by Kevin McCloud than His Clarkson-ness) but to encounter one of these mobile chalets on a sunday morning backroads blast is a fate worse than Ssangyong ownership.
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