On 15 Oct 2008 13:47:45 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>
>That's right - but I want to say the kph was on the outside whereas on US 
>cars it's on the inside.
>

I am contradicting you tonight :P. On my car the kph is on the inside and it is
in red so that it does not distract (I think) this was not helpful to me when I
drove it for 9 months on the continent a few years ago and could not make out
the speed at night.
 

>More fun in your head is to convert the cost there to US dollars per US 
>gallon....

If only the exchange rate would stay the same at the end of a journey as it was
at the beginning :)
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     Stephen

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Stephen wrote:
> I thought that Klicks were a SF term for K/s

I think it's military - quicker to say 'klick' than 'kilometre/er'. That 
you think of SF speaks volumes about how much military-heavy SF there is 
  out of hollywood!

Bill

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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Last time I was over there, I remember commenting on it talking to a
>> friend as I was driving his car (first time out, always good to drive
>> with someone who actually knows - and he had a vested interest, since it
>> was his car), and his comment was that it came down to a cost issue -
>> replacing perfectly good signs with other perfectly good signs wasn't
>> seen as cost-effective.
>>
> 
> Some vandal should destroy the current signs then :)

Haha, not a hope, we're the most thoroughly nay exhaustively signposted 
country in the world.

"If a million rednecks drove around in a million pickup trucks with a 
million shotguns, shooting road signs, eventually one of them will 
produce a line of Shakespeare in Braille."

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On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:25:01 +0100, Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom>
wrote:

>Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

>> 
>> Some vandal should destroy the current signs then :)
>
>Haha, not a hope, we're the most thoroughly nay exhaustively signposted 
>country in the world.
>
>"If a million rednecks drove around in a million pickup trucks with a 
>million shotguns, shooting road signs, eventually one of them will 
>produce a line of Shakespeare in Braille."

LOL
Not to mention CCTV.
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     Stephen

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On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:21:30 +0100, Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom>
wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>> I thought that Klicks were a SF term for K/s
>
>I think it's military - quicker to say 'klick' than 'kilometre/er'. That 
>you think of SF speaks volumes about how much military-heavy SF there is 
>  out of hollywood!
>

Not Hollywood for me, Robert Heinlein maybe. Same thing, really :)
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     Stephen

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Stephen wrote:
>> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> 
>>> Some vandal should destroy the current signs then :)
>> Haha, not a hope, we're the most thoroughly nay exhaustively signposted 
>> country in the world.
>>
>> "If a million rednecks drove around in a million pickup trucks with a 
>> million shotguns, shooting road signs, eventually one of them will 
>> produce a line of Shakespeare in Braille."
> 
> LOL
> Not to mention CCTV.

You wouldn't get much Braille on a CCTV camera with a shotgun.

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Stephen wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:21:30 +0100, Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom>
> wrote:
> 
>> Stephen wrote:
>>> I thought that Klicks were a SF term for K/s
>> I think it's military - quicker to say 'klick' than 'kilometre/er'. That 
>> you think of SF speaks volumes about how much military-heavy SF there is 
>>  out of hollywood!
>>
> 
> Not Hollywood for me, Robert Heinlein maybe. Same thing, really :)

Of course, you said SF not sci-fi. How remiss of me. Come to think of 
it, Heinlein might have been my first encounter with the klick too!

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On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:53:46 +0100, Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom>
wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>>> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> 
>>>> Some vandal should destroy the current signs then :)
>>> Haha, not a hope, we're the most thoroughly nay exhaustively signposted 
>>> country in the world.
>>>
>>> "If a million rednecks drove around in a million pickup trucks with a 
>>> million shotguns, shooting road signs, eventually one of them will 
>>> produce a line of Shakespeare in Braille."
>> 
>> LOL
>> Not to mention CCTV.
>
>You wouldn't get much Braille on a CCTV camera with a shotgun.

How about a bee bee railgun
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     Stephen

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On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:54:57 +0100, Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom>
wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:21:30 +0100, Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>> I thought that Klicks were a SF term for K/s
>>> I think it's military - quicker to say 'klick' than 'kilometre/er'. That 
>>> you think of SF speaks volumes about how much military-heavy SF there is 
>>>  out of hollywood!
>>>
>> 
>> Not Hollywood for me, Robert Heinlein maybe. Same thing, really :)
>
>Of course, you said SF not sci-fi. How remiss of me. Come to think of 
>it, Heinlein might have been my first encounter with the klick too!

I think that you need a trip to London for a drink or two ;)
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     Stephen

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Stephen wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:53:46 +0100, Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom>
> wrote:
> 
>> Stephen wrote:
>>>> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>>>>> Some vandal should destroy the current signs then :)
>>>> Haha, not a hope, we're the most thoroughly nay exhaustively signposted 
>>>> country in the world.
>>>>
>>>> "If a million rednecks drove around in a million pickup trucks with a 
>>>> million shotguns, shooting road signs, eventually one of them will 
>>>> produce a line of Shakespeare in Braille."
>>> LOL
>>> Not to mention CCTV.
>> You wouldn't get much Braille on a CCTV camera with a shotgun.
> 
> How about a bee bee railgun

I don't think your average redneck would have the patience for that

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