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scott wrote:
> Actually all the major German manufacturers agreed voluntarily to limit
> their cars to 150mph. Although you very rarely see anyone going that
> fast, around 100mph is pretty common, I guess 120 or 130 you see
> occasionally on a journey, but 150+ is not common at all. I heard a
> story of someone *seeing* a Ferrari at "almost 200mph"...
I was in Germany for a meeting 3 or 4 years ago, and one of the Germans
(Dutch actually, but runs a lab in Germany) told us about a visitor he
once had from the USA. Apparently the guy was planning on renting a car
after his plane landed, but changed his mind when he noticed, during
landing, that the cars on the motorway parallel to the runway were
actually overtaking his plane...
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And lo on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:31:30 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did
spake, saying:
>>> Question: Why does everybody dislike MK so much? I think it's a really
>>> great place to live...
>> Because it's new and because it's been designed, which makes it
>> totally non-English :-P
>
> Riiiight... Well, I'd rather live in a place that had some *thought* put
> into it than some random thing that just *happened* by accident. :-P
Well I wouldn't know anything about living in some randomly designed town.
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And lo on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:41:53 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did
spake, saying:
> Every year, Milton Keynes holds a demonstration of how efficient the
> road system is.
<snip>
> Slowly they all congregate in the central shopping center car park. But
> when the show finishes, THEY ALL TRY TO LEAVE AT ONCE!
So as a celebration of the efficiency of the road system they demonstrate
how to break it?
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"Nicolas Alvarez" <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote in message
news:47bb5113@news.povray.org...
> > Try 5C (what it currently is here). Actually, quite nice outside. :-)
> >
>
> 29C outside here. Fank thuck for air conditioners.
32-35C for the last week. And no wind.
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On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:23:34 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> I think if me and Warp ever met IRL, one of us might not survive. And I
>>> have a pretty good idea which one...
>>
>> I think that you do him an injustice :)
>
>Have you *seen* the guy?? Half of his head is made of metal... ._.
>
LOL
I wonder who remembers that :)
>>>> I would even have met BdeW :)
>>> OK, you just crossed the scary line... o_O
>>
>> Do I look like your shadow? :-)
>
>[...]
>It's not the fact that he's following you,
>It's that he's not trying to hide it, that's what's bothering you... o_O
:)
Regards
Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
>> [...]
>> It's not the fact that he's following you,
>> It's that he's not trying to hide it, that's what's bothering you... o_O
>
> :)
It's a real song, BTW. (And a damn fine one...)
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On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:37:58 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:40:55 -0000, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:11:49 -0300, nemesis wrote:
>>
>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>> I can't see him
>>>> And I would have met him for a pint and a good meal if he had
>>>> mentioned.
>>>
>>> I thought he was from London.
>>
>> No, he's from Milton Keynes, IIRC.
>
> AKA "Satan's layby" (Bill Bailey)
From QI or somewhere else? (I seem to remember that being on QI)
> Things people never say "I was driving down to London and thought 'I'll
> take this opportunity to stop off at Milton Keynes on the way'"
LOL
Jim
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On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:49:43 +0000, Invisible wrote:
> Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> AKA "Satan's layby" (Bill Bailey)
>>
>> Things people never say "I was driving down to London and thought 'I'll
>> take this opportunity to stop off at Milton Keynes on the way'"
>
> Question: Why does everybody dislike MK so much? I think it's a really
> great place to live...
Apart from the apparent lack of decent jobs and stores that you like to
shop at, you mean?
Jim
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On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:50:40 +0000, Invisible wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Try 5C (what it currently is here). Actually, quite nice outside. :-)
>
> Oh, the temparature *outside* is 0°C. But I'm not going to get naked and
> try to sleep outside. :-P
That's probably a wise decision. :-)
Jim
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>> Question: Why does everybody dislike MK so much? I think it's a really
>> great place to live...
>
> Apart from the apparent lack of decent jobs and stores that you like to
> shop at, you mean?
Lack of jobs... well maybe.
Lack of good shops? WTF? I can't think of *any* shops I want that aren't
here...
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