h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Doesn't that ideal world presuppose that nobody will be driving on unfamiliar roads? If you don't know about the blind corners or the school just round the bend that you can't see yet, you can't make an informed decision to drive more slowly. Speed limits aren't arbitrary - they convey information.

>>If you don't know about the blind corners or the school just round the bend that you can't see yet, you can't make an informed decision to drive more slowly<<

No, I disagree.

If you don't know about the blind corners or the school just round the bend that you can't see yet, you should slow down as you are patently unaware of what's in front of you. This applies whether you know the road or not. Surely if there is a sign and it's covered by bushes, so you can't see, but equally, you can't see what sort of hazard there may or may not be, then you should always slow down and drive at a speed within the KNOWN conditions

Hmm. Maybe. I think it's an unachievable vision.

I wasn't referring to warning signs and speed limits being obscured. They were all clearly visible and, as Folderol said, drivers should read the road ahead and anticipate likely hazards. The signs I said were obscured were direction signs. Approaching a roundabout I had no idea which exit we wanted as half the sign - a large one! - was obscured by bushes/trees.

PHoD ... cleaning the saucepan after making porridge in it ...

Hi BBS - that's in the same category as scrubbing the fryinbg pan when you've let the bacon burn.

There´s an easy trick for that. Heat the pan up again, pour a thick layer of salt in, heat on until the salt starts turning brown - voilà, you can shove the whole mess loose with a wooden spatula. Don´t try that with a teflon-coated pan, though.

For porridge, soaking is your friend.

I'm with Ibsen. We often had porridge when I was a kid, long before there were microwave ovens. The minute the porridge was dished up, the pot was filled with hot water to soak. You can add a dash of washing-up liquid to help break down the fat from the milk.

I did soak it immediately. I guess I tried to clean it too soon and should just have gone off to eat my porridge first.

Ah! Big mistake. 'Soak' means just that. Go eat your porridge and otherwise occupy yourself for a good long while. Then go back and work on the gunge.

I'm doing porridge (UK centric colloquilism)

Actually I just work here, honest Guv!

BTW It really is quite awful, staff cuts all the time. Thus back on topic - my petty hate.

You hate going back on topic?

When laptop screens break and you are forced to squint at an external monitor- that’s what I’m doing as I write and my god it sucks... I can feel my eyes yelling at me to go the hell to bed. Might as well actually, so night all.

Looking at something in a museum, standing to the side, so five or six people can all come and stand next to you and you all have room to have a good look - then some "§$%&/ comes and stands right in front of the exhibit, thus blocking the view for everyone else!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's even worse is when there's a group of the inconsiderate s, and they all want their photograph taken in front of the exhibit.

People taking your photograph without your permission




GT

Oh, that's a good one TC.