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5 minutes ago, Basil B said:
Sorry but just found more topic related trivia...
6 minutes ago, Basil B said:As the Queen traveled to Westminster this week for the State Opening of Parliament, one eagle-eyed observer noticed she wasn't wearing her seat belt as she rode in the rear of the car.
This observer then decided that such a flagrant, public flouting road safety regulations ought not go unpunished - and so dialed 999.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/23/someone-reported-queen-police-wasnt-wearing-seat-belt/
1) 999 is the number reserved for emergencies in the UK. The pratt who used it to report HM not wearing a seat belt was (potentially) preventing a real emergency from being reported, and should be prosecuted.
2) UK seat belt legislation (rear seats) applies to vehicles manufactured on or after 1987. I do not know which vehicle HM was riding in, but she owns many that are much older than this. Maybe this vehicle was exempt from the seat belt rules (I don't know).
3) In any case, a royal procession from Buck Palace to the HoP is just a ceremonial display and a chance for the public (and tourists) to wave at HM. 5-10mph and escorted by a division of the Household Cavalry - not much chance of a serious traffic accident (the exception being the IRA terrorist attack in 1982).
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2 minutes ago, impulse said:
Are seat belt infractions a primary offense in the UK (where a driver can be pulled over specifically for that violation), or a secondary offense (where nobody's pulled over for seat belt infractions but they can be cited for not wearing the seal belt if they are pulled over for something else)?
In the UK a police officer can require the driver of any vehicle to stop, at any time, and for any reason - even just to check that all documents are in order.
Any traffic violations can be dealt with by arrest, ticket, summons, or just a warning/advice.
Searching the vehicle or driver would require some reasonable suspicion that criminal offences are being committed.
Of course, in the UK, police officers are expected to use their powers moderately and appropriately.
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13 hours ago, NCC1701A said:
wow it took about 55 seconds for the store owner to lose his cool and start punching away. really bad body language.
Granted, it was an ova-reaction.
But, seriously, the guy is running an honest business to support his family - then some jobsworth comes along and threatens his livelihood... WTH did they expect?
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8 hours ago, car720 said:the guy in the red shirt new that he was in the wrong. Look at his sheepish manner. These are a simple people. If he has been there for 40 years then I think these people are trying to steal his business. Good luck to him.
I agree with your eggspert opinion.
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I don’t understand women.
It was our 25th wedding anniversary and I said to the missus “How would you like to go out for something to eat?”
She replied, enthusiastically “Oh yes, that would be nice”.
“OK” said I, “Here’s a twenty. Get me a prawn fried rice, chips, and curry sauce. Get yourself something with the change”.
Didn’t speak to me for days. You would think she’d be grateful for a free take-away.
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6 hours ago, holy cow cm said:
800 kids galloping out the back door at high speed is a stampede. Now that I would have liked to see.
We can all be thankful that this illegal club had some back doors (fire escapes), and they weren't locked.
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5 minutes ago, Henrik Andersen said:
Give me a job and good salary and I will find one for you everyday
There's no money to be earned for finding the gambling sites.
The big money is paid to the BiB, for NOT finding them.
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2 minutes ago, rwill said:
TransferWise gives you a good rate however their fees can be very large. I looked into a $50K transfer from the US and their fee was around $450. I sent the money to my sister and she wired it to me for $75.Fees are just one part of the equation.
If the exchange rate was just 0.25 THB better with TFW that would pay for the extra fees and still give you more THB.Bottom line is - How many THB did you receive into your Thai bank for your 50,000 USD - versus - how many THB did Transferwise promise to send.
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Farmer Brown is inspecting his farm buildings one day when, through a gap in the door of a barn, he sees Jimmy, one of the farm workers doing a slow and sensual striptease in front of an old John Deere tractor.
As he watches, Jimmy performs a slow gyration, and gently slides off the right strap of his overalls, followed by the left. He then hunches his shoulders forward and, in a classic striptease move, lets his overalls fall down to his hips, revealing a torn and frayed plaid shirt.
Then, grabbing both sides of his shirt, he rips it apart to reveal his stained T-shirt underneath. With a final flourish, he tears the T-shirt from his body, and lays down, writhing, on a pile of straw.
Farmer Brown rushes into the barn and exclaims, "What the world are you doing, Jimmy?"
Jimmy, obviously embarrassed, says "Me and the wife been having trouble lately 'in the bedroom department'" ..."The therapist suggested I do something sexy to a tractor."
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HRH Prince Philip, talking about marriage ...
"When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife."
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Petrified
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2 hours ago, SuperTed said:What are the black discs behind the radiator? Are those speakers?
Fans?
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19 minutes ago, GarryP said:
That is one method. I read that a flat tapered steel file works well, but I don't have one at the moment so thought it best to buy a specialist tool instead.
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