dennis is moving to Bristol

"He has selective memory loss, never hearing what he doesn't want to and malapropism-itis, which result in his confusing anyone he happens to be talking to and even confusing himself. However, he more often than not blames the people he is talking to for causing the confusion in the first place. On the few occasions he does realise that he is in the wrong, he tries to lie out of his predicament, often unsuccessfully.

A typical conversation will involve his confusing both himself and others, while becoming drastically sidetracked from the matter in hand. He is usually oblivious to the chaos he causes, often blaming his interlocutors for any confusion. On the rare occasions he realises he is at fault, he often attempts to divert the blame by lying. Inevitably becoming confused by his own lies, his last resort is usually to claim he was recording a stunt for a hidden camera show".

Dennis or Count Arthur Strong? You decide.

Reply to
The Medway Handyman
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Wrong as usual geof, exceeding the speed limit is going too fast. If you can't work out the difference hard luck.

Reply to
dennis

Well of course 'too fast' is a conditional statement.

100mph is too fast to go through a town center but isnt fast enough to escape to earth orbit.

So its alos too slow.

In short your sentence has zero meaning .

exceeding the speed limit is going too fast to avoid getting points on yopr license. That is true. It has no meaning with respect to road safety of course.

I have been driven at 140mph down the M1. We didn't crash, ergo it was not too fast for the conditions, by definition.

Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

Denis cannot watch those road-cop programmes without creaming his pants.

Reply to
Tim Watts

Logic isn't your strong point, is it, dennis?

Reply to
Bob Eager

That's not true. its more than enough to escape earth orbit. Go on argue with me and prove that you have no understanding of orbits or space travel.

It has an exact meaning, too fast.

Why do you limit too fast just to safety? It can be too fast for various other reasons.

By your somewhat limited definition. However others may not agree.

Reply to
dennis

Well it isn't yours by the looks of things.

Reply to
dennis

what an illogical thing to say ...;-)

Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

Escape velocity from the Earth is 25,000mph, roughly. Orbital speed for the Earth at ground level is about 17,500 mph relative to the centre. At

100mph on a normal road, the reduction in weight is in theory just about measurable, although in practice totally masked by aerodynamic effects. 100mph is a *touch* too fast to be driving through a town centre, though, unless you're in Monaco on Grand Prix day.
Reply to
John Williamson

Note dennis changes the game from 'to earth orbit' to '[from?] earth orbit'.

Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

And is still wrong.

Reply to
John Williamson

But escape velocity isn't what he said.

100 mph is more than enough to escape earth orbit if you have propulsion available. You can go up vertically at walking speed and leave earth orbit if you have the thrust available for long enough.

Escape velocity is what a rocket has to get to so its stored kinetic energy is enough to escape earth orbit because it can't keep its engines going.

According to some its safe if you don't have an accident doing so. A bit like saying shooting at people is safe as long as you miss.

Reply to
dennis

Note TNP tries to hide the fact he was talking about escape velocity and not orbits.

Reply to
dennis

Where? Are you denying physics by saying a rocket with an engine that can run long enough can't escape the earths gravity at very slow speeds?

Reply to
dennis

The 30mph limit dates from 1934, the 70mph limit from 1965.

So was 30mph+ too fast then or now?

Reply to
The Medway Handyman

ANPR cameras are not just static some traffic cars are fitted with them. So the traffic plod get alerted, they might choose to follow for a while to see what the "tagged" car does. Chances are that the driver is an habitual speeder...

Unless he has a "road angel" or similar device that warns him of the static cameras and maybe even the mobile ones as they have to publish (stupidly IMHO) well before hand where they are going to be.

Reply to
Dave Liquorice

A possibility. But it seems very unlikely to me.

If they did not publish the details then they would not be able to claim "we are doing it for safety not to raise money" before parking the van well away from the likes of Andy Cap and Charles' villages :-).

Reply to
ARWadsworth

In message , "dennis@home" writes

Ah, so if a road has had a speed limit of 50mph for 20 years and they change it to 40mph, was everyone who was travelling at 50mph before travelling too fast?

Reply to
geoff

What a stupid question.

Reply to
dennis

In message , "dennis@home" writes

You mean you don't have an answer

Reply to
geoff

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