Cyclists waste petrol

[Rod Speed]

Because it works better not distributing the high voltage thru the distributor. And because it works better with modern computer controlled engines.

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

When we still had =A31 notes, I saw them in a terrible state, and the da= te on them was well in hte past, like 10 years. If you're correct, then= surely in that 10 years a bank must have seen them?

[Rod Speed]

Bullshit.

Never hurt my back.

Even sillier than you usually manage with FWD cars.

Says the psychopath.

[Rod Speed]

They're actually quite a bit smarter than most, just a neurotic bundle of nerves. They basically evolved that way because they are prey to stuff like lions and tigers etc.

[Rod Speed]

There are still slang terms for your decimal coins and notes.

[Rod Speed]

No rust on my Getz and it's a long way out of warranty now.

[Rod Speed]

Corse they did, and didn't bother to pulp them.

[rbowman]

It eliminates the moving parts of the distributor and the high tension wires. Even without the old mechanical points, that is still a couple of areas of potential failure. The ECU is capable of delivering a timed pulse.

[rbowman]

A common description around here is a cowboy is the third dumbest critter riding the second dumbest and chasing the first dumbest.

[rbowman]

At one time I worked on a Forest Service ranch that was the winter home for about 250 head of saddle and pack stock, both mules and horses. I preferred the mules. The only problem is a mule is smart enough to look out for number one while you can coax a horse into doing stupid things. otoh, most mules aren't afraid of a length of rope laying in the trail, running water, tree branches blowing in the wind, llamas, bicycles, elk, deer, shadows, or whatever else will trigger a horse.

I've packed with llamas and they are equally neurotic. More cowboy humor:

Q. How do you pack a llama? A. Quarter them, just like an elk.

[rbowman]

Only if you live in a swamp.

[rbowman]

This should be fun, explaining it to someone who by their own admission hasn't a clue of how an IC engine works...

[Rod Speed]

Yeah, bet he doesn't even know what a distributor does.

[Peter Keller]

It is much more comfortable to go over a speedbump on a bicycle.

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

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[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

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We seem to have halfway between. They mean that pedestrians are stood d= irectly in front of oncoming traffic which has to swerve round them. A = monumentally stupid idea.

[Rod Speed]

Give us a street view of one of them.

Ours have massive concrete things on the road which means that no one ever drives there.

Sounds like it.

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

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I reported this to the council too. The priority sign (to tell which si= de to wait for the other) requires you to stop when going downhill, just= after a blind bend, very dangerous in the winter. Then there's a pedes= trian stood on the sticky out bit ready to be flattened by a sliding bus= . When I suggested they reverse the priorities, they told me they didn'= t want to inconvenience people by having them do a hill start. When I s= uggested that everyone learns to do a hillstart in their driving test, I= got no further replies.

They don't look that big, and they seem to have slopes on the edge so yo= u could go over them easily, much like ours:

I just drive straight over those. I once parked quite close to one (for about 5 minutes), requiring passin= g cars to mount one of the lumps. Some idiot got out and complained he = couldn't get through. I asked him why he was driving a car without susp= ension then walked off. He eventually drove over it very carefully.

Councils have way too much money to spend. At least our Conservative pa= rty is reducing their funding, but not by anywhere near enough.

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

That's surprising, I always see temporary electric fence.

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

Or an island like the UK.