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  1. Happy Birthday btorz!

  2. Do they have a webcam? I was private nutless which quite relevant since I have one missing from testicular cancer many years ago..........
  3. Was the war justified? IMO yes Should the aftermath have been better planned? Absolutely, yes There is always a transition period with any war. Saddam kept the lid on things by fear. There are more killings now because he is not there to do them so his supporters do them. You cannot defend against suicide bombers. I am still covinced that in the long term, Iraq is a better place without Saddam.
  4. I agree and Zimbabwe too. However, you fight the battles that you can win. Just because you cannot do all of them does not mean that you do not do any.
  5. We can only know things from what we hear from the media, but given that I have not heard anyone say that the genocide commited by him was untrue, I think we can take it as fact. If this is the case, then this alone justifies the Iraq war and the arrest and trial of Saddam. What annoys me is how I government had to lie to us about the WoMD. Genocide is justification enough. If somebody had done this in Germany in 1936/37, maybe a lot more lives could have been saved. I do agree though that there should be a proper trial for Saddam......as long as he is found guilty :-)
  6. If the RX300 is anything like the LS400 then you have to have the mirror alteration joystick switched to the drivers side mirror. The passenger side should then auto tilt. Dont know about the folding though.
  7. As from tomorrow I will no longer be a Lexus owner. My beloved LS400 will be going to the great Honda dealer in the sky to be replaced with a Honda Accord Diesel. Unfortunately, Lexus do not do a diesel otherwise it would have been a no brainer. I would love an RX300 Hybrid but can neither afford it or wait that long. So, after an IS200 and the LS it is time to say goodbye to the world of Lexus and nice crunchy biscuits in the service waiting room. Rest assured that if Lexus bring out a diesel or a hybrid 200, I will be first in the queue. So long for now.... Bob
  8. I have a '98 MKIV with 115000 miles on the clock. Runs beautifuly and I get 25 to the gallon with normal driving (and I'm not slow!) and nearly 30 on a long run. It is exceptionally comfortable and has a touchscreen that controls most of the functions (Audio, Sat Nav, Climate Control etc.) Who needs i-Drive? The worst that you can say about it is that it has so-so handling (about what you would expect from a luxury car). Very fast (0-60 in just over 6 seconds) and I've had it up to 150 in Germany. The engine is very understressed. At 90 it is doing just 2900 rpm so it should last for ages. I know of other LS400s that have done over 300,000 miles and are still going strong.
  9. I don't disagree; show me one near a school or on a sharp bend in a side road; I would love to see them. Then count the ones on 6 lane A roads. Which ones make the most revenue as opposed to saving lives?
  10. My journey to work takes me through one of the most speed camera intensive routes that I know - A12 - Blackwall Tunnel - A2. There must be 10 cameras over a distance of roughly 20 miles. Having regularly observed the behaviour I would like to make a few points: I know where the cameras are so I ensure that if I have to slow down, it is gradual and normally using the gears on the inside lane so that people can overtake if they want to. Others are not so considerate; heavy sudden breaking, 'undertaking', swerves into other lanes etc. are all dangerous and cause an additional hazard that would not be there if the cameras were absent. Just checking the speed does not check how people are driving. Every day I see exceptionally stupid driving, frankly, some of it from me when frustration overcomes my desire to be safe. Due to the total absence of police (I can’t remember the last time I saw a patrol car, marked or otherwise), this is doomed to continue. Conclusion: A road that was previously free flowing has been made dangerous and 'lumpy' by the addition of an excessive number of cameras. Dangerous driving is totally ignored but I bet that the revenue is fantastic (I see several flashes a day on my short journey). Where will the revenue go? More cameras I suspect. P.S. If anybody has accident stats for this road (before and after the cameras) I would be very interested to hear them.
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