Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2

[havoc]

Oldandslow said:

Apparently I'm a bd.

And you're only just finding this out?!?

[Ari]

Oldandslow said:

Geoff: Blade Runner?
Her: Yes that's about Harrison Ford ice skating (she blags)

Why would you lie about having watched a film that you haven't?

[stuttgartmetal]

Timmy40 said:

Quite.

I wish they'd bring back those public information films, everyone laughed at them but things like the 3 second rule,

well remembered.

[briang9]

on holiday at the moment, other half looks at the ceiling fan spinning away, and asks "do they need power to do that"

[AstonZagato]

stuttgartmetal said:

Timmy40 said:

Quite.

I wish they'd bring back those public information films, everyone laughed at them but things like the 3 second rule,

well remembered.

Except is was the two second rule:
"Only a fool breaks the two second rule"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5d2DP4Pp0

[Antony Moxey]

Cotty said:

Jimmy Recard said:

Exactly. Normal people just buy the car they like that meets their needs and budget, much like I buy a laptop or mobile phone or refrigerator. I could tell you pretty much nothing about the technical details of those items.

Thing is with those items, they don't have the same potential to kill you, they are not likely to be driving a phone or refrigerator on a wet motorway at 70mph. It is more a safety thing than just knowing how something works.

Why does knowing whether your car is front or rear wheel drive a safety issue when driving at 70mph on the motorway?

[HappyMidget]

Antony Moxey said:

Why does knowing whether your car is front or rear wheel drive a safety issue when driving at 70mph on the motorway?

In my experience if you hit standing water they handle differently.

[austinsmirk]

briang9 said:

on holiday at the moment, other half looks at the ceiling fan spinning away, and asks "do they need power to do that"

they may have been a punka wallah (spelling ??) in an adjacent room ?


my little tale. My wife trying to describe a hovercraft.

its a "floaty boaty"

[Vaud]

briang9 said:

on holiday at the moment, other half looks at the ceiling fan spinning away, and asks "do they need power to do that"

Just tell her that it's powered by a giant elastic band, and one of housekeeping's job is to wind it back up in the day time.

[bomma220]

Vaud said:

briang9 said:

on holiday at the moment, other half looks at the ceiling fan spinning away, and asks "do they need power to do that"

Just tell her that it's powered by a giant elastic band, and one of housekeeping's job is to wind it back up in the day time.

Or that it's part of a continental wind farm, & it's actually generating power for the lights...

[Timmy40]

AstonZagato said:

stuttgartmetal said:

Timmy40 said:

Quite.

I wish they'd bring back those public information films, everyone laughed at them but things like the 3 second rule,

well remembered.

Except is was the two second rule:
"Only a fool breaks the two second rule"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5d2DP4Pp0

I added an extra second for safetly.


I'm sure there was a seat belt one with the catch phrase "Clink Clunk" fronted by none other than serial corpse bummer Jimmy Saville.

[Skyedriver]

austinsmirk said:

they may have been a punka wallah (spelling ??) in an adjacent room ?


my little tale. My wife trying to describe a hovercraft.

its a "floaty boaty"

Floaty boaty Mc Floatyboatface?

[Europa1]

Timmy40 said:

I added an extra second for safetly.


I'm sure there was a seat belt one with the catch phrase "Clink Clunk" fronted by none other than serial corpse bummer Jimmy Saville.

"Clunk click on every trip"

[Antony Moxey]

HappyMidget said:

Antony Moxey said:

Why does knowing whether your car is front or rear wheel drive a safety issue when driving at 70mph on the motorway?

In my experience if you hit standing water they handle differently.

Never really noticed, and certainly never modified my driving style depending on whether I'm in a FWD, AWD or RWD car.

[Cotty]

Timmy40 said:

I'm sure there was a seat belt one with the catch phrase "Clink Clunk" fronted by none other than serial corpse bummer Jimmy Saville.

"Clunk Click Every Trip" Bit before my time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clunk_Click_Every_Tr...

[Trabi601]

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No, I don't think I've missed the point. I'm almost certain nobody out there thinks a car could be steered by the rear wheels. Not even someone who can't identify which end is driven.

Again, it's this little car anorak bubble some seem to live in which is clouding your interpretation.

[gowmonster]

Antony Moxey said:

HappyMidget said:

Antony Moxey said:

Why does knowing whether your car is front or rear wheel drive a safety issue when driving at 70mph on the motorway?

In my experience if you hit standing water they handle differently.

Never really noticed, and certainly never modified my driving style depending on whether I'm in a FWD, AWD or RWD car.

did you watch the F1 at the weekend? if you you'll notice that quite a few were hitting standing water at turn one and spinning off, same principal in a RWD car on the motorway, if your car has traction control it will most likely save you, if not, when one grips it will probably spin you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VToxPV643AM&fe...

frontwheel drive, you'll understeer then grip then probably spin out.

5th gear did a thing on when you put your new tyres on the car, depending on where you put them and hit standing water can result in different behaviour. I can't find the link though...

[Antony Moxey]

gowmonster said:

Antony Moxey said:

HappyMidget said:

Antony Moxey said:

Why does knowing whether your car is front or rear wheel drive a safety issue when driving at 70mph on the motorway?

In my experience if you hit standing water they handle differently.

Never really noticed, and certainly never modified my driving style depending on whether I'm in a FWD, AWD or RWD car.

did you watch the F1 at the weekend? if you you'll notice that quite a few were hitting standing water at turn one and spinning off, same principal in a RWD car on the motorway, if your car has traction control it will most likely save you, if not, when one grips it will probably spin you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VToxPV643AM&fe...

frontwheel drive, you'll understeer then grip then probably spin out.

5th gear did a thing on when you put your new tyres on the car, depending on where you put them and hit standing water can result in different behaviour. I can't find the link though...

When I'm driving along a straight motorway at 70mph I'm not going flat out on racing tyres...

[Pothole]

Timmy40 said:

AstonZagato said:

stuttgartmetal said:

Timmy40 said:

Quite.

I wish they'd bring back those public information films, everyone laughed at them but things like the 3 second rule,

well remembered.

Except is was the two second rule:
"Only a fool breaks the two second rule"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5d2DP4Pp0

I added an extra second for safetly.


I'm sure there was a seat belt one with the catch phrase "Clink Clunk" fronted by none other than serial corpse bummer Jimmy Saville.

It was "clunk, click" as in clunk of door shutting, click of belt being fastened.

[Frimley111R]

Pothole said:

Timmy40 said:

AstonZagato said:

stuttgartmetal said:

Timmy40 said:

Quite.

I wish they'd bring back those public information films, everyone laughed at them but things like the 3 second rule,

well remembered.

Except is was the two second rule:
"Only a fool breaks the two second rule"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5d2DP4Pp0

I added an extra second for safetly.


I'm sure there was a seat belt one with the catch phrase "Clink Clunk" fronted by none other than serial corpse bummer Jimmy Saville.

It was "clunk, click" as in clunk of door shutting, click of belt being fastened.

"Clink Clunk"