Stephen wrote:
> Well I'm lucky, I just tell my wife what sort of thing I'd like and she will
> find out the model and best price then send me out to buy it.

Always nice to have a dedicated researcher. :)

Unfortunately for me, that's what I tend to be in my circle of friends 
and family.  Ah well.

> She's not a techie
> but developed the skills shopping for HiFi. Again she'd send me out to buy it
> because she got comments like "The blue interconnects, is that to match your
> curtains?"
> "No to match the colour of your face as I strangle you with them!" 

That...is amazing. :D

>> I'm really not sure if that would work in the States.  I'm just thinking 
>> of all the people who have hour-plus commutes and the relatively poor 
>> public transit systems in a lot of areas.  I'm fairly ignorant about 
>> daily life in Europe (for obvious reasons :P), so I don't know about the 
>> situation in various parts overseas.
> 
> It might in NY, maybe Jim C will have an idea.

Yeah, I don't know about New York.  I've only driven through Cleveland 
and Pittsburgh and both of those cities seem pretty well-managed during 
rush hour to me.

In all honesty, I'd rather drive through Cleveland during rush hour than 
through Boardman, OH, any time before midnight.  Boardman's traffic is 
so horrid that it can take fifteen minutes to travel five miles 
(partially due to driver stupidity and mostly due to OH-224 needing 
another land in that city).

> You have to remember most of
> London was designed for the horse and cart. The traffic is horrendous, a journey
> of about six miles could take between twenty minutes and two hours (not rush
> hour). Oxford street, a bus and taxi only street takes about fifteen minutes to
> travel a mile. Almost as quick to walk. The transport system has been improved
> but our tube maintenance company just went bust.

Have you ever watched the movie Office Space?  What you just described 
reminds me of the beginning of it. :P

> Have you heard about "wheel clamping" where your car is immobilised if you don't
> park in a recognised parking bay? You get the car back after paying a large fine
> and then have to wait until someone unlocks your car.

Oh yes.

I've never witnessed anyone getting clamped, but I've seen pictures. 
Not pretty (I imagine it would be rather effective, though).

-- 
-Ian

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