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streaky

Original Poster:

19,311 posts

279 months

Sunday 11th March 2007
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Well, yes I do, actually.

Why?

Because it happened to me .. and others have reported the same.

I can - just - understand the idiots who brake when they see a scamera, even though they are travelling at less than the posted speed limit.

But today takes the biscuit!

I was nearly rear-ended by an idiot travelling too close when I had to brake for the total cretin in front who decided that travelling at less than 25mph in a 30 limit necessitated a rapid reduction in said speed when rounding a bend to see ahead two gentlemen in yellow fluorescent jackets manning a ...

[wait for it]

...

theodolite! furious

Streaky

DJFish

6,017 posts

293 months

Sunday 11th March 2007
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streaky said:
I was nearly rear-ended by an idiot.....when rounding a bend......to see ahead a theodolite!


Thats fair enough, its not every day you're driving along and see a dinosaur.....

Sorry!

Edited by DJFish on Sunday 11th March 23:01

GKP

15,099 posts

271 months

Monday 12th March 2007
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// quickly pops over to Google and types in 'theodolite' after thinking it was a banned drug that caused birth defects//


Ahhh! Numpties! hehe

BigBob

1,471 posts

255 months

Monday 12th March 2007
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streaky said:
Well, yes I do, actually.

Why?

Because it happened to me .. and others have reported the same.

I can - just - understand the idiots who brake when they see a scamera, even though they are travelling at less than the posted speed limit.

But today takes the biscuit!

I was nearly rear-ended by an idiot travelling too close when I had to brake for the total cretin in front who decided that travelling at less than 25mph in a 30 limit necessitated a rapid reduction in said speed when rounding a bend to see ahead two gentlemen in yellow fluorescent jackets manning a ...

[wait for it]

...

theodolite! furious

Streaky



Mmmm...... Not sure the facts in this post are on the level ..........



On my way .........




BB

TripleS

4,294 posts

272 months

Monday 12th March 2007
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streaky said:
Well, yes I do, actually.

Why?

Because it happened to me .. and others have reported the same.

I can - just - understand the idiots who brake when they see a scamera, even though they are travelling at less than the posted speed limit.

But today takes the biscuit!

I was nearly rear-ended by an idiot travelling too close when I had to brake for the total cretin in front who decided that travelling at less than 25mph in a 30 limit necessitated a rapid reduction in said speed when rounding a bend to see ahead two gentlemen in yellow fluorescent jackets manning a ...

[wait for it]

...

theodolite! furious

Streaky


Well it might give speed readings no less accurate than the LTI 20-20.

Best wishes all,
Dave.

streaky

Original Poster:

19,311 posts

279 months

Monday 12th March 2007
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BigBob said:
streaky said:
Well, yes I do, actually.

Why?

Because it happened to me .. and others have reported the same.

I can - just - understand the idiots who brake when they see a scamera, even though they are travelling at less than the posted speed limit.

But today takes the biscuit!

I was nearly rear-ended by an idiot travelling too close when I had to brake for the total cretin in front who decided that travelling at less than 25mph in a 30 limit necessitated a rapid reduction in said speed when rounding a bend to see ahead two gentlemen in yellow fluorescent jackets manning a ...

[wait for it]

...

theodolite! furious

Streaky
Mmmm...... Not sure the facts in this post are on the level ..........

On my way .........

BB
'cos by de-sine you went off at a tangent, that trig-gers the memory of the squaw on the hippopotamus being equal to the sons of the squaws on the other two hides. The facts are on the level, the (fence) posts might not have been.

I'll come with you!

Streaky

chrispy porker

17,733 posts

258 months

Monday 12th March 2007
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or at least that's what the new generation cameras are meant to look like


Edited by chrispy porker on Monday 12th March 19:28

Lord-Flasheart

6,636 posts

244 months

Tuesday 13th March 2007
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Who else thought this was a post about Victor Meldrew?