How the disabled are ripped off

[Tough Guy no. 1265]

To determine how tightly to do up a nut, continue until you hear a crack, then back off half a turn.

[Fredxxx]

If you don't understand what you've said, how do you expect anyone else to.

Of course, but you were getting mixed up when tim said, "Only once in about 300 flights have I ever shared the plane with a person who required assistance in getting to/from their seat (which I suspect is a reasonable proxy for "travelling with their own wheelchair")"

[Fredxxx]

No not all, my beef is that housing is now unaffordable for many, when in the past and for my generation was immensely chap in comparison.

I'm talking about buying and renting, bot buy to lets per se.

[Fredxxx]

Yes this bit in particular, "the majority of migration is in to cities - which is where house prices are rising".

[Bill Wright]

I'm Hil's designated moaner.

Bill

[Bill Wright]

'You don't throw yourself at the ground' was a general statement.

Bill

[Jim Thomas]

Everyone can see for themselves that it was nothing of the kind.

[Adrian]

Now read the rest of it.

[Adrian]

Perhaps if your generation hurried up and died off, as you were expected to do when you were younger, instead of increasing life expectancy markedly and causing a "pensions timebomb"?

Also have a look at fig 10 on p33 of this...

1911 - average household size 4.3 people 1961 - 3 people 2011 - 2.4 people Since 2011, it's dropped further - to 2.3 people

So, even if the population remained static over the last century, an 84% increase in the number of properties would have been needed.

So doesn't BtL have any effect on the sale and rental markets, then?

[Dave Farrance]

Problem is, while the _advisory_ specification for road humps is good:

...the _legislated_ specification is meager:

So road workers could install a 10 cm high flat-topped hump on a 30 mph road without breaking any regulation.

[NY]

So far no-one has managed to come up with a *physical* speed restriction (as opposed to a speed camera) which has no effect if you are well within the speed limit and only comes into effect if you exceed it. Most speed limits result in traffic driving at a fairly constant speed (maybe at the limit, maybe a bit above) between the humps and then slowing down considerably below the limit (eg to 5-10 mph) as they go over the hump. The need for constant acceleration back up to the limit between humps must contribute greatly to increased exhaust emissions, as well as to wear and tear on the cars and on the ears of the residents who live along the road. Sadly when speed humps were installed in my village, residents were not given a say or a vote: I've have voted for speed cameras rather than humps!

[NY]

Sorry, second sentence should begin "Most speed *humps*..."

[Adrian]

In Iberia, seemingly random traffic lights in the middle of straight stretches of road are common. If you're exceeding the limit, they change to red. The higher your speed, the longer they're red for.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

No different really from paying a fortune in a posh restaurant. You're not necessarily going to get better quality product than in a cheaper one. You are paying their owerheads.

[Fredxxx]

Given the population has increased 5.5m, mostly through net immigration, since the 2011 census, it's a lot more that 84%.

[NY]

Ah, like the infamous linked lights on the A4 in Slough that were set to keep traffic moving at about 30 mph; if you drove at 20 or 40 you hit every light at red, whereas if you drove at 30 then once you got through the first light, all the rest would be at green for you. I heard that someone worked out that if you drove at 80 you also hit green on every light - and I bet the ton-up boys on their motorbikes took advantage of that late at night :-)

[whisky-dave]

Could be down to supply and demand, left handed sissors are for the disabled ;-)

[Fredxxx]

Do you accept house prices reflect their demand, driven by people who want to live in them or who want to let them where they see return on their investment worthwhile through relatively high rents?

Since 2011 the average household size is back up to 2.4.

[whisky-dave]

Maybe he's getting confused with dogging. :)

[Adrian]

Not really - much simpler than them. Just a single set of radar- controlled lights in the middle of nowhere.