Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off?

Oh, but I do. Or did

A railway flooded here - the pipes under it to take a stream's water got blocked. For weeks on end, no train driver was observant enough to spot the forming lake to the side. Then the water decided to cause 2 million of damage by shoving the railway to one side. And 200K damage to a private property (a charity), which the railway company refused to pay out.

Faster than it should, I overvolted the motor.

That's the easy side. Try this:

I'd like to see that being driven there in winter.

People of any age do that here. Drivers are overly cautious girly useless prats who get in my way.

Dafuq? "They aren't roundabouts they're traffic circles"? Err..... same thing.

These things are stupid:

There's one here on a blind bend going downhill, so cars are forced to try to swerve round unsuspecting pedestrians on sheet ice in winter. And they set the priority for the uphill so the poor drivers didn't have to do a hill start. Yes, much better to make them try to stop going downhill towards a pedestrian. I told the council I awaited the first death with glee and would be there in court to laugh at the council's decision. I was ignored.

I couldn't begin to understand a 4 way stop. You have to somehow remember who got there first?! How is that even possible?

There is apparently no speed limit on a UK roundabout. I use them to overtake slow drivers.

I use (your equivalent of) the left lane to go right round to get past the queue in the right lane.

What a weird rule.

Better than BMW, the Duke of Dazzling.

In message <op.16y9e3oxmvhs6z@ryzen>, Commander Kinsey snipped-for-privacy@nospam.com writes

Surely you've noticed that there are some 4-way stops in the UK - well, not actual stops, but certainly 4-way give-ways? There are two within a mile of me - one in a supermarket carpark, and one in a nearby village. Essentially, these are mini-roundabouts with no circle in the middle, and (being in the UK) the vehicle coming from your right has priority. Like any mini-roundabout, if three or four vehicles arrive simultaneously, it can become a game of chicken as to who actually proceeds first.

You're just not doing it right. You have elected to live in the nasty greedy crowd.

Our attitude to customers is "What you are doing is cool and we just want to help, even if we don't sell you anything." Of course, that attitude sometimes sells a lot of stuff. If not, we learn things.

Being petty has petty returns.

I've been curious. Are you in an alternate universe where you reply to month old posts?

Similar rules have been in effect for establishments selling alcohol for a long time. While it might be a convenience for the parishioners placing Ye Olde Bucket of Blood next to St. Francis Xavier church is frowned on.

Americans apparently have more functional short term memories than Brits. It must be all that centuries old lead plumbing.

Stop signs seem to be a team sport here.

This state has a high percentage of Norwegian and German ethnics with a well developed sense of politeness. It can turn into gridlock as everyone says 'No, after you. I insist.'

Personally, I wait for approximately 1500 milliseconds for someone to s*it or get of the pot before proceeding.

Yeah, well, Boston is a bit different. That's how a one lane bridge here works. It's more efficient for a queue of three or four cars to proceed together than to alternate.

Moving relative to whatever.

Frame of reference.

Ok, put steel wheels on cars.