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On 27/05/2010 15:05, Bruce wrote:
On Thu, 27 May 2010 13:19:01 +0100, john wrote: On 27/05/2010 11:30, Mizter T wrote: Boring. No wonder it takes so long to get anywhere with people like you on the roads. You gotta push the limits, man. Fraid it doesn't work like that. Try going at different speeds on a known journey in traffic and see how your arrival times vary. Then try the same journey but stopping all the time - e.g. for petrol etc. You'll soon see what makes the real difference - not speed but time spent not moving. Whooooosh ... ! You may say that... but having been overtaken no less than three times by the same police car (hence recognizable) in the space of ten miles on a dual carriageway, then ending up right behind him on the same off-ramp, I became convinced that speed (from say 45-75) matters little in overall journey time, it only makes seconds of difference. Hence no need to push the limits. I'm sure Jenson Button might well agree. -- John Wright Use your imagination Marvin! Life's bad enough as it is - why invent any more of it. |
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On Thu, 27 May 2010 15:28:20 +0100, john wright
wrote: On 27/05/2010 15:05, Bruce wrote: On Thu, 27 May 2010 13:19:01 +0100, john wrote: On 27/05/2010 11:30, Mizter T wrote: Boring. No wonder it takes so long to get anywhere with people like you on the roads. You gotta push the limits, man. Fraid it doesn't work like that. Try going at different speeds on a known journey in traffic and see how your arrival times vary. Then try the same journey but stopping all the time - e.g. for petrol etc. You'll soon see what makes the real difference - not speed but time spent not moving. Whooooosh ... ! You may say that... but having been overtaken no less than three times by the same police car (hence recognizable) in the space of ten miles on a dual carriageway, then ending up right behind him on the same off-ramp, I became convinced that speed (from say 45-75) matters little in overall journey time, it only makes seconds of difference. Hence no need to push the limits. I'm sure Jenson Button might well agree. Whoosh again! Don't you know what it means? I mean whoosh. |
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On 27/05/2010 19:00, Bruce wrote:
On Thu, 27 May 2010 15:28:20 +0100, john wrote: On 27/05/2010 15:05, Bruce wrote: On Thu, 27 May 2010 13:19:01 +0100, john wrote: On 27/05/2010 11:30, Mizter T wrote: Boring. No wonder it takes so long to get anywhere with people like you on the roads. You gotta push the limits, man. Fraid it doesn't work like that. Try going at different speeds on a known journey in traffic and see how your arrival times vary. Then try the same journey but stopping all the time - e.g. for petrol etc. You'll soon see what makes the real difference - not speed but time spent not moving. Whooooosh ... ! You may say that... but having been overtaken no less than three times by the same police car (hence recognizable) in the space of ten miles on a dual carriageway, then ending up right behind him on the same off-ramp, I became convinced that speed (from say 45-75) matters little in overall journey time, it only makes seconds of difference. Hence no need to push the limits. I'm sure Jenson Button might well agree. Whoosh again! Don't you know what it means? I mean whoosh. It's generally taken to mean you don't understand what's been posted. i.e. its gone right over your head. -- John Wright Use your imagination Marvin! Life's bad enough as it is - why invent any more of it. |
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On Fri, 28 May 2010 18:56:56 +0100, john wright
wrote: On 27/05/2010 19:00, Bruce wrote: On Thu, 27 May 2010 15:28:20 +0100, john wrote: On 27/05/2010 15:05, Bruce wrote: On Thu, 27 May 2010 13:19:01 +0100, john wrote: On 27/05/2010 11:30, Mizter T wrote: Boring. No wonder it takes so long to get anywhere with people like you on the roads. You gotta push the limits, man. Fraid it doesn't work like that. Try going at different speeds on a known journey in traffic and see how your arrival times vary. Then try the same journey but stopping all the time - e.g. for petrol etc. You'll soon see what makes the real difference - not speed but time spent not moving. Whooooosh ... ! You may say that... but having been overtaken no less than three times by the same police car (hence recognizable) in the space of ten miles on a dual carriageway, then ending up right behind him on the same off-ramp, I became convinced that speed (from say 45-75) matters little in overall journey time, it only makes seconds of difference. Hence no need to push the limits. I'm sure Jenson Button might well agree. Whoosh again! Don't you know what it means? I mean whoosh. It's generally taken to mean you don't understand what's been posted. i.e. its gone right over your head. In particular, that you haven't understood the humour, or the irony, or that you just didn't get it at all. |
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