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I was going to tack this on to a post but accidentally marked the whole damn
thread 'as read'! (Seems my mouse has got more sense than I have... :-)

I wanted to make the point (it was the Armmstrong Siddeley Sapphire thread)
that the difference between 'motoring' 50 years ago, when I were a lad and
would go out for the day in me dad's lorry (which I learned to drive at the
age of 12), is that if a car came tearing up behind you with his headlights
on full beam you would actually pull over to let him pass as it would
certainly have been an emergency. Nowadays, if the same thing happens, you
'give him the finger' and a dab on the brakes, just to *lern the fukka*.....

How times do change. (Motoring, like music replay, has gone the way of the
'quick, easy, convenient and utterly *soulless*'.....)

Also, anybody interested in the recently increased in 'vinyl traffic' here
might be interested also to see some views from 'further afield', as
expressed in some of the links on this site:

http://aca.gr/paper26.htm

(Don't forget - 'travel broadens the mind'....!! ;-)

(Can't agree with the 'brush up' remark on this one though:
http://forums.klipsch.com/idealbb/vi...?topicID=47761 - 'Strabo'. The V15
is better with the brush down, +0,2gm and an 'at rest' start which is made
easy with a quarter-turn twist on a substantial record clamp - as good as a
'snot trough' any day..... :-)

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"Keith G" wrote in message
...
I wanted to make the point (it was the Armmstrong Siddeley Sapphire
thread) that the difference between 'motoring' 50 years ago, when I were a
lad and would go out for the day in me dad's lorry (which I learned to
drive at the age of 12), is that if a car came tearing up behind you with
his headlights on full beam you would actually pull over to let him pass
as it would certainly have been an emergency. Nowadays, if the same thing
happens, you 'give him the finger' and a dab on the brakes, just to *lern
the fukka*.....

I still pull over to let them pass.
As often as not there is a speed trap round the
next bend:-))


Iain

Then and now....
 

"Iain M Churches" wrote in message
...

"Keith G" wrote in message
...
I wanted to make the point (it was the Armmstrong Siddeley Sapphire
thread) that the difference between 'motoring' 50 years ago, when I were
a lad and would go out for the day in me dad's lorry (which I learned to
drive at the age of 12), is that if a car came tearing up behind you with
his headlights on full beam you would actually pull over to let him pass
as it would certainly have been an emergency. Nowadays, if the same thing
happens, you 'give him the finger' and a dab on the brakes, just to *lern
the fukka*.....

I still pull over to let them pass.
As often as not there is a speed trap round the
next bend:-))


Or Pinky coming in the opposite direction, driving like a 'hooligan' in the
middle of the road....

(45 mph with his radio on full blast, windows down and wearing a baseball
cap..... :-)

Enough of this, I think it's time to let him go....

Then and now....
 

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:37:46 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

Or Pinky coming in the opposite direction, driving like a 'hooligan' in the
middle of the road....

It's always wise to remember that the guy coming the other way might
drive like you do! :-)

(45 mph with his radio on full blast, windows down and wearing a baseball
cap..... :-)

Nah, I'm more of a 95mph with Radio 4, aircon on and wearing a smile.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Then and now....
 

"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:37:46 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

Or Pinky coming in the opposite direction, driving like a 'hooligan' in
the
middle of the road....

It's always wise to remember that the guy coming the other way might
drive like you do! :-)

(45 mph with his radio on full blast, windows down and wearing a baseball
cap..... :-)

Nah, I'm more of a 95mph with Radio 4, aircon on and wearing a smile.


*sniff sniff*

Round the, er, 'leafy lanes'....??

Another *perfect* example of Pinky's bull**** for those that seem to have
trouble spotting it....

Then and now....
 

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:05:20 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:37:46 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

Or Pinky coming in the opposite direction, driving like a 'hooligan' in
the
middle of the road....

It's always wise to remember that the guy coming the other way might
drive like you do! :-)

(45 mph with his radio on full blast, windows down and wearing a baseball
cap..... :-)

Nah, I'm more of a 95mph with Radio 4, aircon on and wearing a smile.


*sniff sniff*

Round the, er, 'leafy lanes'....??

The 6006 from Rempstone to Hathern every day (traffic permitting), to
be precise. There are lots of crosses on the side of the road, as it's
part of the Tuesday biker 'rat run'.

Another *perfect* example of Pinky's bull**** for those that seem to have
trouble spotting it....

So try to keep up sometime. Indeed, that could be a more general piece
of advice.....................
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Then and now....
 

"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:05:20 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
. ..
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:37:46 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

Or Pinky coming in the opposite direction, driving like a 'hooligan' in
the
middle of the road....

It's always wise to remember that the guy coming the other way might
drive like you do! :-)

(45 mph with his radio on full blast, windows down and wearing a
baseball
cap..... :-)

Nah, I'm more of a 95mph with Radio 4, aircon on and wearing a smile.


*sniff sniff*

Round the, er, 'leafy lanes'....??

The 6006 from Rempstone to Hathern every day (traffic permitting), to
be precise. There are lots of crosses on the side of the road, as it's
part of the Tuesday biker 'rat run'.

Another *perfect* example of Pinky's bull**** for those that seem to have
trouble spotting it....

So try to keep up sometime. Indeed, that could be a more general piece
of advice.....................


Like I said, another *perfect* example of Pinky's bull**** for those that
seem to have trouble spotting it....

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In article ,
Iain M Churches wrote:
I wanted to make the point (it was the Armmstrong Siddeley Sapphire
thread) that the difference between 'motoring' 50 years ago, when I
were a lad and would go out for the day in me dad's lorry (which I
learned to drive at the age of 12), is that if a car came tearing up
behind you with his headlights on full beam you would actually pull
over to let him pass as it would certainly have been an emergency.
Nowadays, if the same thing happens, you 'give him the finger' and a
dab on the brakes, just to *lern the fukka*.....

I still pull over to let them pass.
As often as not there is a speed trap round the
next bend:-))

See KG has the rose tinted specs on again.
50 years ago trucks were so slow they didn't have to pull in to let things
pass. Large trucks would be down to walking pace on anything even
approaching a hill.

--
*The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up *

Dave Plowman London SW
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