pete Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 BBC News - Liphook Bohunt School teacher banned from profession https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-61408202 there wouldn't have been any teachers left in my school. So a slap is termed a beating. Quote hindsight: the science that is never wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM C8RKH Posted May 12 Gold FFM Report Share Posted May 12 And what action is taken against the scrotes who regularly threaten and hit their teachers? Oh yes, the little darlings are wrapped in cotton wool and sent on tax payer funded holidays. This country has gone mad. 1 Quote Alcohol. Sex. Tobacco. Drugs. Chocolate. Meh! NOTHING in this world is as addictive as an Evora +0. It's not for babies! The first guy to ride a bull for fun, was a true hero. The second man to follow him was truly nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulCP Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 Hmmm, reading that has just got me thinking 🤔 In this day and age of everybody being expected to apologise for events in the past and claims right left & centre for past wrong doings, do I have a valid claim for being whacked on the @rse with a cane 54 years ago 🤔 Then again, probably not, I think I deserved it! But wait, has it affected my mental health? Could be some mileage on this yet 🤔😉🙄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Colin P Posted May 12 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 12 Think it has to go here rather than the happy and unhappy thread...... I've been sent a "Driving for Work Risk Management" assessment - designed to make us better and safer drivers with the results showing areas for improvement. You'd think that as I sent my boss a picture of the satnav showing 122mph on a B road on the IOM that they really wouldn't have bothered...... 3 1 2 Quote Blessed with the competence to be a slave to the incapable. Currently without a Lotus, Evora 400 Hethel Edition in Racing Green with Red leather and 2010 Evora N/A in Laser Blue and 1983 Lotus Excel LC Narrow body in Ice Blue all sadly gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydclements Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 Myself & a colleague had to do an online assessment of whether we needed to go on one of those. He drives rather steadily in his Ford Fiesta (think 1l), me in the Turbo Esprit driving slightly differently. he had to do the day course, I didn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin P Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 Apparently I'm a low risk - still gave me 4 modules that I am supposed to learn from. Stuff that, only the assessment is "compulsory". Box ticked, HR happy, perhaps now I can do some work. Quote Blessed with the competence to be a slave to the incapable. Currently without a Lotus, Evora 400 Hethel Edition in Racing Green with Red leather and 2010 Evora N/A in Laser Blue and 1983 Lotus Excel LC Narrow body in Ice Blue all sadly gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramjet Posted May 12 Author Report Share Posted May 12 Nah. Coffee first to help deal with the stress of the modules. Quote All we know is that when they stop making this, we will be properly, properly sad.Jeremy Clarkson on the Esprit. Opinions are like armpits. Everyone has them, some just stink more than others. For forum issues, please contact one of us Moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Escape Posted May 12 Gold FFM Report Share Posted May 12 A news item about cyclist safety today focused on the importance of separate cycle paths. Someone from the city was explaining how they had gone to great costs to build this wide cycle path, with perfect tarmac and a line of trees as a boundary to the road. In the background a cyclist clearly prefers to drive on the road, in traffic, instead of on the cycle path... Point proven I think. And no, the news crew was not blocking the cycle path. Quote I have made many mistakes in my life. Buying a multiple Lotus is not one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAndretti42 Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 Got a notification that I have reached "contributor" level (after 7.3k posts). 1 Quote S4 Elan, Elan +2S, Federal-spec, World Championship Edition S2 Esprit #42, S1 Elise, Excel SE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramjet Posted May 13 Author Report Share Posted May 13 It's about time you did something. Quote All we know is that when they stop making this, we will be properly, properly sad.Jeremy Clarkson on the Esprit. Opinions are like armpits. Everyone has them, some just stink more than others. For forum issues, please contact one of us Moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 On 12/05/2022 at 15:52, Colin P said: Think it has to go here rather than the happy and unhappy thread...... I've been sent a "Driving for Work Risk Management" assessment - designed to make us better and safer drivers with the results showing areas for improvement. You'd think that as I sent my boss a picture of the satnav showing 122mph on a B road on the IOM that they really wouldn't have bothered...... That's exactly why your boss sent you on the course. He doesn't want you driving like Lewis Hamilton or Crash Musthappen on company business 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin P Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 Funnily enough it seemed more interested in saving fuel and when to turn your lights on. Quote Blessed with the competence to be a slave to the incapable. Currently without a Lotus, Evora 400 Hethel Edition in Racing Green with Red leather and 2010 Evora N/A in Laser Blue and 1983 Lotus Excel LC Narrow body in Ice Blue all sadly gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotusLeftLotusRight Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 Actually this was from two days ago. It’s a classic slow news day tabloid front page about the weather. The Daily Star predicts a 25C heatwave… But not according to the BBC… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramjet Posted May 26 Author Report Share Posted May 26 People that queue across intersections in their cars. Lights turn red and the other traffic can't move because these pillocks are in the intersection. Whatever happened to the law when driving that you do not enter an intersection unless you can completely cross it? I did this once in the main street of Geelong and the guy & girl behind me get on their horn, then pull into the lane beside me where he leans out the window, beer in hand and berates me, swearing his head off, about how I need to learn to drive. Quote All we know is that when they stop making this, we will be properly, properly sad.Jeremy Clarkson on the Esprit. Opinions are like armpits. Everyone has them, some just stink more than others. For forum issues, please contact one of us Moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisJ Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 Sounds like you need some of these 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramjet Posted May 26 Author Report Share Posted May 26 Traffic lights or the big yellow crossy square? Quote All we know is that when they stop making this, we will be properly, properly sad.Jeremy Clarkson on the Esprit. Opinions are like armpits. Everyone has them, some just stink more than others. For forum issues, please contact one of us Moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Escape Posted May 26 Gold FFM Report Share Posted May 26 I'm guessing the crossy square. It wont stop those selfish barstewards that know but don't care, but might make the distracted driver think twice before moving on (that's probably all the optimism I can muster today...). Filip Quote I have made many mistakes in my life. Buying a multiple Lotus is not one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisJ Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 Filip is right - called a box junction. You cannot enter it if your exit is not clear - unless you are turning right. A lot (especially in London) are enforced by cameras, and you get a nice fine through your letterbox. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramjet Posted May 26 Author Report Share Posted May 26 We only have red light cameras that are triggered by a car crossing the sensors after the light has turned red. We don't have anything like monitoring cameras that I know of anywhere in Victoria. And you're right Filip. Drivers just do what they want. Don't get me started on indicating at roundabouts. Don't know what your traffic rules state, but over here they said if you were going straight ahead on a four way roundabout, you didn't have to indicate as people were really confused. The result? Easiest path of resistance. More than half of people don't even bother to indicate in there now. You have to move using The Force. Quote All we know is that when they stop making this, we will be properly, properly sad.Jeremy Clarkson on the Esprit. Opinions are like armpits. Everyone has them, some just stink more than others. For forum issues, please contact one of us Moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arregueti Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 You never have enough fun in that part of the world. I have never been as scared driving as in Melbourne, with those special rules you use there for "turn right coming from the left, at the end of the traffic light cycle in just a few seconds before they all come against you from the other side". More so because I discovered this local speciality in my first drive into Melbourne, just after landing and picking up the car from the rental company. The fact that the car we used had reversed wiper and turning light controls did not help either... You think you are indicating your turn and suddenly the wiper starts going frantic... My girlfriend was almost in tears (still don't know if it was laughter or fear). Not to mention the wildlife jumping at you when you leave the towns or your habit of burning eucalyptus intentionally around your towns and using road signs to warn drivers. Love the continent-country, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulCP Posted July 15 Report Share Posted July 15 Seeing this report today https://news.sky.com/story/why-do-men-have-shorter-lifespans-than-women-scientists-may-have-the-answer-12652261 No need to ask scientists, the real answer if that women don’t have to endure the constant nagging at them like us menfolk do 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM mayevora Posted July 15 Gold FFM Report Share Posted July 15 Two Driving Tests this morning. On the way to pick up first candidate brake pad censor cut through producing a large Red warning symbol on the dash. No Tests allowed in any cars with red warnings. Expensive morning as I now need to pay again and rebook theses two. ‘Kin Cars!!! - that’s bad timing. Quote Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk - that will teach us to keep mouth shut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Escape Posted July 16 Gold FFM Report Share Posted July 16 8 hours ago, mayevora said: Two Driving Tests this morning. On the way to pick up first candidate brake pad censor cut through producing a large Red warning symbol on the dash. No Tests allowed in any cars with red warnings. Expensive morning as I now need to pay again and rebook theses two. ‘Kin Cars!!! - that’s bad timing. In the old days, you could just cut or pull the cable for the sensor and the warning light would go out. Now they have to be fail proof, so you'd need to short the wires to make the light go out. Still possible though. 1 Quote I have made many mistakes in my life. Buying a multiple Lotus is not one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM mayevora Posted July 16 Gold FFM Report Share Posted July 16 I tried that and still couldn’t get the damn warning light to go out. Years back I used to tape up the censors. Quote Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk - that will teach us to keep mouth shut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exeterjeep Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 1 hour ago, Escape said: In the old days And in the old old days there were no such things - cars have become more complicated for various reasons - including safety and emissions etc. 10 hours ago, mayevora said: No Tests allowed in any cars with red warnings. So if that happened during the test would the test then be stopped - if it was noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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