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[Urwumpe]

Slight rant

After a month of driving artics (HGV, LEV, Semi trucks) in the UK, my thoughts are,
White vans drivers are dangerous and suicidal, but some car drivers are even worse. I today I had a van overtake me on a motorway so close I could not see his lights, if he even touched his brakes my 40000kg truck would have pancaked his 3500kg or less van. And tomorrow I'm heading south to Essex and am not looking forward to the M25 and the driving standards in London.
If I can get a artic around a roundabout in the lines how come I see so many cars not bother with them at all.
Tipper drivers are nuts, keep away from them if you can.
Be nice the the shunters they can make your life easy or a living hell, with very little effort.

I fully agree there. Should you ever drive in heartland Europe and discover a tiny blue car tailgating you... that might be me, stuck in your slipstream. Please be patient until I have found a way out of your airflow.

 

[Arvil]

Even driving a fire truck, they will try to pass right in front at intersections, and try to pass by when trying to back into station. I also visited Italy a few years ago . . . Those drivers are just plain nuts.

 

[Evil_Onyx]

I fully agree there. Should you ever drive in heartland Europe and discover a tiny blue car tailgating you... that might be me, stuck in your slipstream. Please be patient until I have found a way out of your airflow.

If you are that close behind me I will not be able to see you... With who I'm working for at the moment, it is unlikely I'll be going to Europe, although I have taken some loads to exporters.
I do get to stop in some pritty places some times.

 

[N_Molson]

"Why am I so soft in the middle, when the rest of my life is so hard ?"

Paul Simon

 

[MaxBuzz]

"Why am I so soft in the middle, when the rest of my life is so hard ?"

Paul Simon

I don't think I agree with the logic of the statement, it all depends on the specific circumstances, in some cases it is not necessary to be soft, but not soft, in some cases it only aggravates the situation

 

[N_Molson]

Well this is quite a (neo)romantic statement, more like poetry, its not about logic but about feelings.

 

[Notebook]

Well...

Rocket scientists and brain surgeons aren't necessarily more clever - study

Professionals in the field score similarly to the general public in brainpower, a study says.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Urwumpe]

Where you end up reading after watching a video about a reconstruction of a French frigate crossing the Atlantic to the USA, while thinking like an engineer:

Shipwreck by Lightning

books.google.de

Fascinating collection of incidents.

 

[jedidia]

Son, looking at my Perry Rhodan collection in the bookshelf: "Dad, why are these books silver?"
Me: "Oh, they're pretty old science fiction, and during the 50ies and 60ies silver was considered a very futuristic color..."
Son: "Why?"
Me: "Oh, I'm not quite sure. Apparently they thought that in the future we'd make our clothing out of aluminium foil..."
Son: "WAT?" literally rolls on the floor laughing
Me: "Well, now that I think about it, it does seem rather silly, I guess..."

 

[Urwumpe]

I am pretty sure, the appearance of the new jet fighters like the F-86 Sabre during this period fueled this idea, that something futuristic will be shining metal...

 

[MaxBuzz]

this feature of brilliant objects is inherent in the films of the USSR fiction of the 30s
Cosmic Voyage (1936 film)

 

[NukeET]

 

[N_Molson]

Being myself a philosophy teacher I can tell this is very good stuff :

I love how he makes the lesson right from the book, I hope to get to that level one day !

 

[tl8]

Small issue with a player arriving for the Australian Open.

Coming to an episode of Border Security near you soon.

 

[Urwumpe]

Small issue with a player arriving for the Australian Open.

Coming to an episode of Border Security near you soon.

In the past, it was hard to get out of Oz. Now its hard to get in.

At least for all, and not special rules for the rich and corrupt, like in many places here...

 

[tl8]

In the past, it was hard to get out of Oz. Now its hard to get in.

At least for all, and not special rules for the rich and corrupt, like in many places here...

Both the state and federal governments were asked to sponsor a new visa. Neither did. If he didn't say he had an exemption, he would have been let in (Though the orginal visa would have still been wrong). Most won't be able to apply for a new visa on the spot.

 

[clipper]

Small issue with a player arriving for the Australian Open.

Coming to an episode of Border Security near you soon.

reaction of Serbia is pretty wild to put it mildly; judging by the press conference with his family earlier today (and his father in particular) as well as the general mood of local media, the whole thing spiraled from a minor bureaucratic issue into a clash of civilizations with not-so-subtle nationalist connotations

like I wish I was kidding but his father straight up said that "this isn't about Novak but about 7.5 billion people of the free world"

 

[jedidia]

not-so-subtle nationalist connotations

Unsurprising when Serbia is involved... ?‍

 

[Marijn]

On Christmas eve, my club signed the documents for the purchase of a brandnew glider, a Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus XLT. It's one of the best performing dual seat gliders on the market. It has the luxury of a retractable engine to prevend having to land in a field when running out of sources of lift. They just started the building process. If everything goes to plan, we will welcome our new flagship in august. I can't wait to fly this beautiful ship!

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Is there any active discussion of SpaceX BFR / Starship anywhere here on OF that I am missing? I'd thought the engineering madness of trying to launch and catch a megarocket with chopsticks would get more love here.