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Yes they do. Spies in the cab. The tachograugh gives a printout of your times and speed. Driving 1 metre off the back bumper of the car in front used to get them out of the way on the M5. It's amazing how having 32 tonnes up the chuff enforces lane discipline.

Quote: I think we need to relocate to somewhere with snow! Precisely, Mamabear. When the evil she-filth dumped me, I was left looking for somewhere to live. I miss my home in Nedlands, but I'm never going back to Oz.

Insurance assessor: "how much is the other vehicle worth" Air traffic controller: "about 3 million quid" (Both aircrew banged out safely)

Very rare to be in a majority. Let's electronic toothbrush! (JA dogbreath )

I drove HGVs (artics / semis) for five years. It was 32 tonnes in those days. I drove all across Europe, Norway to Italy. The job was to get there and get back. No sightseeing. Driving to Frankfurt bobtail (no trailer) the back end of my truck aquaplaned off the autobahn at about 40mph. It took me about 14 turns lock-to-lock to correct. Plus three lanes and the hard shoulder. Good job it was 3 am, and no-one else there. I still have my licence.

Any other divers here? I lost my PADI card when I moved to Japan. Oh joy! PADI has me on their database (qualified Jan 1990), and my replacement has arrived. Woo Hoo. Most of my diving has been off Rottnest Island. I managed a couple of days on the Barrier Reef when I should have been at a Cairns convention. (That was an epic trip. I did some fieldwork at Cannington, so I needed tropical kit, diving so I needed mask and snorkel, and travelled back via Canberra, so I needed my ski gear too). Now it's all set. Two weeks in Bali, come November. Bring it on

Morning. Warm and overcast.

I used to drive trucks. I wonder if that's significant?

You can always bin stuff at the conbeni. They work on the principle that they sell stuff wrapped, then they have to take the rubbish back. Even on the building site, where you wouldn't necessarily expect World's best practice, the blokes are meticulous about sorting and disposal of rubbish. That includes fag ends, all of which go into the mega- ash tray.

Is it a plane, is it a bird? Yes, it's a turkey!

Nope. "City fan Noel Gallagher: “It’s nice to know that every gallon of petrol a Manchester United fan buys is going into our transfer kitty.â€"

With respect, thursday (I'm sure you understand). "Sophisticated" shouldn't be compared with emerging nations. Cambridge's suburbs are plastered with dogshit, painted with graffiti, and littered with rubbish. In the meantime, the City is all-out to build traffic calming, and prevent law-abiding motorists from collecting and delivering passengers to the central bus station. "Fiddling while Rome burns", comes to mind.

I'll be very interested to hear your impressions come February.

Norwich is my alma mater. It's a beautiful city and I owe my education to there. There's a street market. The encrusted filth running out from the market is inches deep in God knows what. But it's organic. Norwich has a small but very nice pedestrionised city centre. The paving is black and encrusted with chewing gum. When the City can't be bothered to keep itself clean, then there's a question over the heads of both the City councillors, and those who vote for them. I couldn't possibly live in the UK again.

Oz is much better than the UK in this respect. I was shocked and revolted by the filth in the streets of Cambridge and Norwich last time I visited. It`s truly abhorrent, and the "can`t care less" mindset has alienated me.

Military humour. Be warned, this can be offensive to some, and take a deal of time for others. http://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/RAF You can waste a lot of time following the links..

240,000 litres for a 747-400. Many aircraft can't dump fuel, so they fly around in circles to get down to maximum landing weight.

Quote: SH, I hope you loved the food because many of the dishes that you ate would have contained meat products such as fish paste, fish sauce, stocks etc for flavouring. My Bro in law came here and is pretty strict and ended up eating crepes, vege pizzas, and tofu salads for 2 weeks. Why not stay home in the coccoon? That way you will never be poisoned by foreign muck.

OK, here`s an A330 "Of course it depends on weight, altitude and std temp deviation and speed. The following values are not are from FCOM 3, actually noted observations of mine during flight. The avarage Mach no 0.81. When it is about 200 ton, at FL 370 (that is approximate fuelwise Opt level at Std temp) 2 eng total consumption rate is 100 kg/min (approx). When it is about 170 ton, at FL 400 (that is approximate fuelwise Opt level at Std temp) 2 eng total consumption rate is 90 kg/min (approx)."

Jets run on kerosine, not "gasoline". A 747 uses roughly 10 tonnes per hour. I can`t find the numbers right now but this equates to about 3 litres per 100 km per person. In comaprison, my Legacy Wagon used to use between 10-11 litres per 100 km.

Posts up to 6 now Alex See, just a little application and you'll soon be at 20

Tamworth's greatest Country hits, 1973-1977.

Sorry JA, you've taught me something. (I doubt there are many Country music fans here).

Alex, if you do as SJ Forums suggests and email him directly, then these things can be arranged. You could always start a thread on Country & Western

I have to disagree with your quote, pie-eater. I can assure you that in the Midlands, a crumpet is the thing above, thick and crispy with holes. A pikelet is thin and floppy, and is an abhorrence. As for the "thinking man's crumpet": Joanna Lumley.