Simple question on commentary
Discussion
Disagreement with one of the other trainers today.
Approaching roundabout which has roads entering at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o clock.
Keeping it simple.
If I'm doing commentary, "approaching roundabout 4 exits"
Him, "Approaching roundabout 3 exits"
Me "What do you say if you want to go through 360 degrees then?"
Him, "Approaching roundabout 3 exits, intend to go all way round and return on current road in opposite direction."
Me "Approaching roundabout 4 exits, plan take 4th exit."
As they say in union negotiations, registered a failure to agree.
Adjudication and comments muchly appreciated.
Approaching roundabout which has roads entering at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o clock.
Keeping it simple.
If I'm doing commentary, "approaching roundabout 4 exits"
Him, "Approaching roundabout 3 exits"
Me "What do you say if you want to go through 360 degrees then?"
Him, "Approaching roundabout 3 exits, intend to go all way round and return on current road in opposite direction."
Me "Approaching roundabout 4 exits, plan take 4th exit."
As they say in union negotiations, registered a failure to agree.
Adjudication and comments muchly appreciated.
Not in a position to adjudicate, being utterly hopeless at commentary and having no idea how to do it properly. But when giving somebody directions, rather than counting how many exits the r/about might have, I'd only say which one to take, plus the approximate direction eg third exit 3 o'clock.
Flat in Fifth said:
Disagreement with one of the other trainers today.
Approaching roundabout which has roads entering at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o clock.
Keeping it simple.
If I'm doing commentary, "approaching roundabout 4 exits"
Him, "Approaching roundabout 3 exits"
Me "What do you say if you want to go through 360 degrees then?"
Him, "Approaching roundabout 3 exits, intend to go all way round and return on current road in opposite direction."
Me "Approaching roundabout 4 exits, plan take 4th exit."
As they say in union negotiations, registered a failure to agree.
Adjudication and comments muchly appreciated.
Approaching roundabout which has roads entering at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o clock.
Keeping it simple.
If I'm doing commentary, "approaching roundabout 4 exits"
Him, "Approaching roundabout 3 exits"
Me "What do you say if you want to go through 360 degrees then?"
Him, "Approaching roundabout 3 exits, intend to go all way round and return on current road in opposite direction."
Me "Approaching roundabout 4 exits, plan take 4th exit."
As they say in union negotiations, registered a failure to agree.
Adjudication and comments muchly appreciated.
I found your commentary confusing, but understood what he was saying. From an amateurs point of view.
Galileo said:
Flat in Fifth said:
Disagreement with one of the other trainers today.
Approaching roundabout which has roads entering at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o clock.
Keeping it simple.
If I'm doing commentary, "approaching roundabout 4 exits"
Him, "Approaching roundabout 3 exits"
Me "What do you say if you want to go through 360 degrees then?"
Him, "Approaching roundabout 3 exits, intend to go all way round and return on current road in opposite direction."
Me "Approaching roundabout 4 exits, plan take 4th exit."
As they say in union negotiations, registered a failure to agree.
Adjudication and comments muchly appreciated.
Approaching roundabout which has roads entering at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o clock.
Keeping it simple.
If I'm doing commentary, "approaching roundabout 4 exits"
Him, "Approaching roundabout 3 exits"
Me "What do you say if you want to go through 360 degrees then?"
Him, "Approaching roundabout 3 exits, intend to go all way round and return on current road in opposite direction."
Me "Approaching roundabout 4 exits, plan take 4th exit."
As they say in union negotiations, registered a failure to agree.
Adjudication and comments muchly appreciated.
I found your commentary confusing, but understood what he was saying. From an amateurs point of view.
OK understand that, but it's snippets extracted and taken out of context. The boys and girls knew what I was on about.
Follow the small bit I said above with a commentary about the plan to deal with the island, observations on traffic all around, lanes, position, speed, gear, continued obs of traffic all around and in circuit etc, signals, mirror checks, bla di bla.
GreenV8S said:
combover said:
Look at it from the position of being under a veil of ignorance. You are on the roundabout and don't know which one you came off to get there. Assuming such ignorance, how many exits are there available to you?
4.
4.
4, 8, 12, ...
Oh FFS give ME the bl**dy map!
Dizzy yet, Peter?
Pigeon said:
I'd think of it as 3 exits if I wasn't intending to come back the same way and 4 exits if I was... fortunately the two descriptions correspond to the same model.
How can the physical make up of something change so significantly depending on what you are going to do when you get there? If you can see it as having four exits from one perspective, then what you actually do at it won't change this.
combover said:
Pigeon said:
I'd think of it as 3 exits if I wasn't intending to come back the same way and 4 exits if I was... fortunately the two descriptions correspond to the same model.
How can the physical make up of something change so significantly depending on what you are going to do when you get there? If you can see it as having four exits from one perspective, then what you actually do at it won't change this.
Indeed, or it's only got one exit. The one I'm taking.
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