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Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
I was more than a little surprised, just this morning, to find that in
my local branch of Halfords, for a mere -u3.99, I can buy a handy guide
to stick on my windscreen:
<https://www.halfords.com/motoring/travel-accessories/travel-equipment/speedright-safety-device-181812.html?stockInventory=undefined>
I can't help wondering who, in the 21st century, is expected to buy this >>> "safety device".
Classic cars without dual display?
I see in my mind a driver who smashes into an oncoming vehicle while
studying the table.
J. J. Lodder wrote:
Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
On 2024-09-19, Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
Yes, the natural logrithm of 5 approximates the conversion factor
between miles and kilometers; specifically one mile is about ln(5)
kilometers.
PS:
"The Maritime Approximation"
https://xkcd.com/3023/
-a-a pi mph = e knots
Why would a sailor, or a pilot, want to know about miles?
Being born on land a sailor or a pilot would no doubt
become first acquainted with m (or km).
Jeff BarnettThere is of course no need to drag time into it.
It can be simplified to pi landlubber miles
equals e seaman miles,
Cute, but simpler still
pi landlubber miles equals e 1.2*miles--
On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:40:44 +0100[-]
Phil <phil@anonymous.invalid> wrote:
right-safety-device-181812.html?stockInventory=undefined>I was more than a little surprised, just this morning, to find that in
my local branch of Halfords, for a mere u3.99, I can buy a handy guide
to stick on my windscreen:
<https://www.halfords.com/motoring/travel-accessories/travel-equipment/speed
I can't help wondering who, in the 21st century, is expected to buy this "safety device".
Classic cars without dual display?
But requiring scriptytosh to view the website is standard.
Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:right-safety-device-181812.html?stockInventory=undefined>
On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:40:44 +0100 Phil <phil@anonymous.invalid>[-]
wrote:
I was more than a little surprised, just this morning, to find
that in my local branch of Halfords, for a mere u3.99, I can buy
a handy guide to stick on my windscreen:
<https://www.halfords.com/motoring/travel-accessories/travel-equipment/speed
I can't help wondering who, in the 21st century, is expected to
buy this "safety device".
Classic cars without dual display?
But requiring scriptytosh to view the website is standard.
You can still buy new speedometers with a single display, for
classic cars. It proves how classic they are.
OTOH, most new cars sold in Europe have single scale speedometers.
It is the dual scale things which have become classic. Even the new
Minis have a single scale, kilometers only, (don't know about Minis
sold in Britain)
On 01/03/25 20:36, J. J. Lodder wrote:
Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:40:44 +0100 Phil <phil@anonymous.invalid> wrote:[-]
I was more than a little surprised, just this morning, to find that
in my local branch of Halfords, for a mere u3.99, I can buy a handy
guide to stick on my windscreen:
<https://www.halfords.com/motoring/travel-accessories/travel-equipment/speed
right-safety-device-181812.html?stockInventory=undefined>
I can't help wondering who, in the 21st century, is expected to buy
this "safety device".
Classic cars without dual display?
But requiring scriptytosh to view the website is standard.
You can still buy new speedometers with a single display, for classic
cars. It proves how classic they are.
OTOH, most new cars sold in Europe have single scale speedometers. It
is the dual scale things which have become classic. Even the new Minis
have a single scale, kilometers only, (don't know about Minis sold in Britain)
I have never seen an Australian car with a dual mph/km/h display. I
presume that the dual display is confined to countries who started to transition to metric and never finished the job. A bit like the idiot who said he had a solution to end a war but forgot to invite one of the
parties to the negotiations.
Does any country other than the UK have dual-display speedos?
Does any country other than the UK have dual-display speedos?
On my present car, I can choose whether to show MPH or kph, but not both at once.
I have never seen an Australian car with a dual mph/km/h display. I
presume that the dual display is confined to countries who started to transition to metric and never finished the job.
Does any country other than the UK have dual-display speedos?
On 01/03/25 20:36, J. J. Lodder wrote:
Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:right-safety-device-181812.html?stockInventory=undefined>
On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:40:44 +0100 Phil <phil@anonymous.invalid>[-]
wrote:
I was more than a little surprised, just this morning, to find
that in my local branch of Halfords, for a mere u3.99, I can buy
a handy guide to stick on my windscreen:
<https://www.halfords.com/motoring/travel-accessories/travel-equipment/speed
I can't help wondering who, in the 21st century, is expected to
buy this "safety device".
Classic cars without dual display?
But requiring scriptytosh to view the website is standard.
You can still buy new speedometers with a single display, for
classic cars. It proves how classic they are.
OTOH, most new cars sold in Europe have single scale speedometers.
It is the dual scale things which have become classic. Even the new
Minis have a single scale, kilometers only, (don't know about Minis
sold in Britain)
I have never seen an Australian car with a dual mph/km/h display. I
presume that the dual display is confined to countries who started to transition to metric and never finished the job. A bit like the idiot
who said he had a solution to end a war but forgot to invite one of the parties to the negotiations.
Does any country other than the UK have dual-display speedos?
A bit like the idiot who said he had a solution to end a war but
forgot to invite one of the parties to the negotiations.
You're being generous if you think it was just forgetting. The
display he and his wingman Vance just gave was clearly intended to
have Ukraine twisting in the wind.
On 01/03/25 20:36, J. J. Lodder wrote:ed
Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:40:44 +0100 Phil <phil@anonymous.invalid>[-]
wrote:
I was more than a little surprised, just this morning, to find
that in my local branch of Halfords, for a mere u3.99, I can buy
a handy guide to stick on my windscreen:
<https://www.halfords.com/motoring/travel-accessories/travel-equipment/spe
right-safety-device-181812.html?stockInventory=undefined>
I can't help wondering who, in the 21st century, is expected to
buy this "safety device".
Classic cars without dual display?
But requiring scriptytosh to view the website is standard.
You can still buy new speedometers with a single display, for
classic cars. It proves how classic they are.
OTOH, most new cars sold in Europe have single scale speedometers.
It is the dual scale things which have become classic. Even the new
Minis have a single scale, kilometers only, (don't know about Minis
sold in Britain)
I have never seen an Australian car with a dual mph/km/h display. I
presume that the dual display is confined to countries who started to transition to metric and never finished the job. A bit like the idiot
who said he had a solution to end a war but forgot to invite one of the parties to the negotiations.
Does any country other than the UK have dual-display speedos?
Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got.
It went down well in Moscow, of course, along with Putin's comment that Zelenskyy had been "disciplined". Throughout the Western world, though,
the reactions were along the lines of "this will go down as America's
most shameful day in history". Zelenskyy went on to London and got a
hero's welcome, and all the European leaders seem to have closed ranks
behind Ukraine. Trump came across as a little kid having a tantrum. [...]
Le 02/03/2025 |a 06:02, Peter Moylan a |-crit :
Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV
audience got.
It went down well in Moscow, of course, along with Putin's
comment that
Zelenskyy had been "disciplined". Throughout the Western world,
though,
the reactions were along the lines of "this will go down as
America's
most shameful day in history". Zelenskyy went on to London and
got a
hero's welcome, and all the European leaders seem to have
closed ranks
behind Ukraine. Trump came across as a little kid having a
tantrum. [...]
Yes.
United States - big country, small president.
Ukraine - small country, big president.
Le 02/03/2025 a 06:02, Peter Moylan a ocrit :
Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got.
It went down well in Moscow, of course, along with Putin's comment that Zelenskyy had been "disciplined". Throughout the Western world, though,
the reactions were along the lines of "this will go down as America's
most shameful day in history". Zelenskyy went on to London and got a
hero's welcome, and all the European leaders seem to have closed ranks behind Ukraine. Trump came across as a little kid having a tantrum. [...]
Yes.
United States - big country, small president.
Ukraine - small country, big president.
On 02/03/25 11:26, Snidely wrote:
A bit like the idiot who said he had a solution to end a war but
forgot to invite one of the parties to the negotiations.
You're being generous if you think it was just forgetting.-a The
display he and his wingman Vance just gave was clearly intended to
have Ukraine twisting in the wind.
Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got.
It went down well in Moscow, of course, along with Putin's comment that Zelenskyy had been "disciplined". Throughout the Western world, though,
the reactions were along the lines of "this will go down as America's
most shameful day in history". Zelenskyy went on to London and got a
hero's welcome, and all the European leaders seem to have closed ranks
behind Ukraine. Trump came across as a little kid having a tantrum.
It didn't help Vance's reputation either. He came across looking like a ventriloquist's puppet. He seemed to be in over his head. Not really VP material.
On 2025-03-02 00:02, Peter Moylan wrote:
On 02/03/25 11:26, Snidely wrote:
A bit like the idiot who said he had a solution to end a war but
forgot to invite one of the parties to the negotiations.
You're being generous if you think it was just forgetting.-a The
display he and his wingman Vance just gave was clearly intended to
have Ukraine twisting in the wind.
Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got.
It went down well in Moscow, of course, along with Putin's comment that
Zelenskyy had been "disciplined". Throughout the Western world, though,
the reactions were along the lines of "this will go down as America's
most shameful day in history". Zelenskyy went on to London and got a
hero's welcome, and all the European leaders seem to have closed ranks
behind Ukraine. Trump came across as a little kid having a tantrum.
We can expect nothing more from Trump. USA LLC is now a company with a
CEO that runs it based solely on profits, and with no HR department.
This is made worse by his belief that it's not enough to win in any deal
he makes, but the other party has to lose.
IMO he is currently the single worst human-| on the planet, with Putin as
a close second. Both of them are the most likely to start a nuclear war.
On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 11:18:42 -0600, lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> wrote:
On 2025-03-02 00:02, Peter Moylan wrote:
On 02/03/25 11:26, Snidely wrote:
A bit like the idiot who said he had a solution to end a war but
forgot to invite one of the parties to the negotiations.
You're being generous if you think it was just forgetting. The
display he and his wingman Vance just gave was clearly intended to
have Ukraine twisting in the wind.
Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got. >> It went down well in Moscow, of course, along with Putin's comment that
Zelenskyy had been "disciplined". Throughout the Western world, though,
the reactions were along the lines of "this will go down as America's
most shameful day in history". Zelenskyy went on to London and got a
hero's welcome, and all the European leaders seem to have closed ranks
behind Ukraine. Trump came across as a little kid having a tantrum.
We can expect nothing more from Trump. USA LLC is now a company with a
CEO that runs it based solely on profits, and with no HR department.
This is made worse by his belief that it's not enough to win in any deal
he makes, but the other party has to lose.
IMO he is currently the single worst human? on the planet, with Putin as
a close second. Both of them are the most likely to start a nuclear war.
I think you overlooked Netanyahu.
and all the European leaders seem to have closed ranks behind
Ukraine.
Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 11:18:42 -0600, lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> wrote:
On 2025-03-02 00:02, Peter Moylan wrote:
On 02/03/25 11:26, Snidely wrote:
A bit like the idiot who said he had a solution to end a war but
forgot to invite one of the parties to the negotiations.
You're being generous if you think it was just forgetting. The
display he and his wingman Vance just gave was clearly intended to
have Ukraine twisting in the wind.
Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got. >>>> It went down well in Moscow, of course, along with Putin's comment that >>>> Zelenskyy had been "disciplined". Throughout the Western world, though, >>>> the reactions were along the lines of "this will go down as America's
most shameful day in history". Zelenskyy went on to London and got a
hero's welcome, and all the European leaders seem to have closed ranks >>>> behind Ukraine. Trump came across as a little kid having a tantrum.
We can expect nothing more from Trump. USA LLC is now a company with a
CEO that runs it based solely on profits, and with no HR department.
This is made worse by his belief that it's not enough to win in any deal >>> he makes, but the other party has to lose.
IMO he is currently the single worst human? on the planet, with Putin as >>> a close second. Both of them are the most likely to start a nuclear war.
I think you overlooked Netanyahu.
Deliberately I guess.
This is also your South African perspective showing.
In the USA and much of Western Europe all mention of Netanyahu
in connection with crimes against humanity, or war crimes,
is met with voluminous howling of 'anti-semitism'.
(against Francesca Albanese for example)
Netanyahu is the good guy, and all he does is justified
because he is fighting those horrible 'terrorist'.
It is all the fault of the ICC, for falsely accusing him.
They cannot see Israel like South Africa sees it,
as an example of an apartheids regime,
and as just another nasty (de)colonisation war.
'The West' (-USA by now) also fails to see
that it is their double standard
wrt Gaza/Ukraine that makes 'the rest ot the world'
unwilling to widely condemn Russia for its agression.
Jan
(yes, too broad a brush)
On 02/03/25 11:26, Snidely wrote:
A bit like the idiot who said he had a solution to end a war but
forgot to invite one of the parties to the negotiations.
You're being generous if you think it was just forgetting. The
display he and his wingman Vance just gave was clearly intended to
have Ukraine twisting in the wind.
Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got.
It went down well in Moscow, of course, along with Putin's comment that Zelenskyy had been "disciplined". Throughout the Western world, though,
the reactions were along the lines of "this will go down as America's
most shameful day in history". Zelenskyy went on to London and got a
hero's welcome, and all the European leaders seem to have closed ranks
behind Ukraine. Trump came across as a little kid having a tantrum.
It didn't help Vance's reputation either. He came across looking like a ventriloquist's puppet. He seemed to be in over his head. Not really VP material.
Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 11:18:42 -0600, lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> wrote:
On 2025-03-02 00:02, Peter Moylan wrote:
On 02/03/25 11:26, Snidely wrote:
A bit like the idiot who said he had a solution to end a war but
forgot to invite one of the parties to the negotiations.
You're being generous if you think it was just forgetting. The
display he and his wingman Vance just gave was clearly intended to
have Ukraine twisting in the wind.
Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got. >> >> It went down well in Moscow, of course, along with Putin's comment that >> >> Zelenskyy had been "disciplined". Throughout the Western world, though, >> >> the reactions were along the lines of "this will go down as America's
most shameful day in history". Zelenskyy went on to London and got a
hero's welcome, and all the European leaders seem to have closed ranks
behind Ukraine. Trump came across as a little kid having a tantrum.
We can expect nothing more from Trump. USA LLC is now a company with a
CEO that runs it based solely on profits, and with no HR department.
This is made worse by his belief that it's not enough to win in any deal
he makes, but the other party has to lose.
IMO he is currently the single worst human? on the planet, with Putin as
a close second. Both of them are the most likely to start a nuclear war.
I think you overlooked Netanyahu.
Deliberately I guess.
This is also your South African perspective showing.
In the USA and much of Western Europe all mention of Netanyahu
in connection with crimes against humanity, or war crimes,
is met with voluminous howling of 'anti-semitism'.
(against Francesca Albanese for example)
Netanyahu is the good guy, and all he does is justified
because he is fighting those horrible 'terrorist'.
It is all the fault of the ICC, for falsely accusing him.
They cannot see Israel like South Africa sees it,
as an example of an apartheids regime,
and as just another nasty (de)colonisation war.
'The West' (-USA by now) also fails to see
that it is their double standard
wrt Gaza/Ukraine that makes 'the rest ot the world'
unwilling to widely condemn Russia for its agression.
Jan
(yes, too broad a brush)
Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got.
On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 6:02:13 +0000, Peter Moylan wrote:
On 02/03/25 11:26, Snidely wrote:
A bit like the idiot who said he had a solution to end a war but
forgot to invite one of the parties to the negotiations.
You're being generous if you think it was just forgetting.-a The
display he and his wingman Vance just gave was clearly intended to
have Ukraine twisting in the wind.
Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got.
It went down well in Moscow, of course, along with Putin's comment that
Zelenskyy had been "disciplined".
On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 11:18:42 -0600, lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> wrote:
On 2025-03-02 00:02, Peter Moylan wrote:
On 02/03/25 11:26, Snidely wrote:
A bit like the idiot who said he had a solution to end a war but
forgot to invite one of the parties to the negotiations.
You're being generous if you think it was just forgetting.-a The
display he and his wingman Vance just gave was clearly intended to
have Ukraine twisting in the wind.
Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got. >>> It went down well in Moscow, of course, along with Putin's comment that
Zelenskyy had been "disciplined". Throughout the Western world, though,
the reactions were along the lines of "this will go down as America's
most shameful day in history". Zelenskyy went on to London and got a
hero's welcome, and all the European leaders seem to have closed ranks
behind Ukraine. Trump came across as a little kid having a tantrum.
We can expect nothing more from Trump. USA LLC is now a company with a
CEO that runs it based solely on profits, and with no HR department.
This is made worse by his belief that it's not enough to win in any deal
he makes, but the other party has to lose.
IMO he is currently the single worst human-| on the planet, with Putin as
a close second. Both of them are the most likely to start a nuclear war.
I think you overlooked Netanyahu.
On 2025-03-02, Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> wrote:
Trump didn't seem to understand the impression that the TV audience got.
I thought Trump was performing for his supporters and it was well
received in those quarters.
Igor Girkin[1], of all people, has an astute take:
Overall, I disagree with the assessment of this meeting and its
outcome as presented by our media. On our television, they claimed
that Trump and Vance harshly humiliated Zelensky.
believe that it was Zelensky who utterly humiliated Trump and
Vance in front of the central American media and all of America.
When Trump, in his characteristically boorish cowboy manner, tried
to demean Zelensky in the Oval Office of the White House, he ended
up with the exact opposite result.
Not only did Zelensky refuse the deal that Trump already considered
as good as in his pocketrCoa deal he could have presented to his
voters and all U.S. citizens as his first major foreign policy
success-but he effectively turned the tables.
direct and demonstrative defiance from someone he regarded, at
best, as a servant, or more likely as some sort of "white native,"
whose opinion doesn't matter and who is expected to bow on command
to the "big white sahib" as much and in whatever way the latter
pleases.
Zelensky demonstrated that the elites in Europe and the U.S.
supporting him are strong enough to oppose Trump, at least on
this level. Of course, Donald will never forgive Zelensky for
thisrCoabsolutely never. The question, however, is different: what
can he do about it? And the answer is, not much.
https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3ljext3mkhk2p
[1] Russian ultranationalist, involved in Russia's invasion of--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
Donbas in 2014, convicted of shooting down MH17, currently
languishing in a Russian prison because of his strident criticism
of the Russian leadership and Putin personally for half-assing
the invasion of Ukraine.