dipstick

No no, I plan on hacking their computers to pay a tiny slice (0.1p) of each transaction everyone makes to my account. The computer will round this, so nobody will see it on their statements, but once every ten transactions I get a penny.... The old salami technique.

Are you trying to argue that speed kills? It's well known that that is fallacious; indeed, even official stats show that "only" 6% of accidents are solely due to speed, whatever the supporters of speed cameras may say. Far better to concentrate on other causes, such as alcohol, or increasingly, drugs giving rise to impaired judgement.

I'm thinking of breaking into a bank. Can anyone recommend an invisible crowbar?

Excellent. Now I can use it. An advocate of a case may not be perfect; this does not detract from the innate value of the case itself. If that were so then no progress in any field could hope to be achieved. Thanks mate!

Alas, the moment has passed.

Stick a optional fiver on the annual Gold sub. Buy a line (or more depending on funds) a week. Split any winnings amongst subscribers at Christmas. One line a week for 52 weeks means only 11 people have to do this for it to be fully funded. 22 people = 2 lines a week, etc. Any surplus to be used to buy a few lines for the Christmas Rollover special or whatever.

Damn. I'd worked out this fantastic put down as well! Lub oo too.

No, I'm not.

Eric

I have taken part in your poll, yes.

Oh go on then, I'll bite. I'm in that kind of mood. Let's leave aside that supermarket speed limits are advisory. What you are advocating then is that in order to avoid a queue at the traffic lights it would be MORE sensible to travel at an undefined higher speed in an area that is SPECIFICALLY going to packed with unpredictable kids, mothers and babies, old folks, and you and me. I see. And what speed, then is the best compromise between reducing the queue at the lights on the one hand, and the level of damage done to a person by a ton and half of metal at the other? 10 mph? Save five seconds, three more weeks in casualty? 20 mph? Save 30 seconds, lose a few folk? You may argue that when you are in the far corners of the supermarket carpark there is nobody about, and therefore you can do 30 or 40 for two hundred yards quite safely. I agree. But it isn't possible in a variable risk situation to legislate for all possible circumstances, and therefore a conservative limit is advised (or, on the streets, made into law). If that entails a certain amount of frustration in drivers then tough; it's the real world and the concept of speed limits at all is a given. There could of course be a world with no limits, and each driver makes his own judgement to road conditions. If you were to hit someone running out from between two parked cars you could shrug your shoulders and say "in my judgement I was travelling safely, even though if I had been doing 15mph less that child would be alive now." And everyone would say, "yep, drivers always know best". That's not the kind of world I would want, I don't know about you. I do get grumpy about this and I'm sorry, I don't mean to get personal with anyone. But in my view the ONLY reasons for speeding are for personal convenience or because it feels good or is fun. I don't deny the attraction of those things. But there are risks attached, which in the example above I think I would not be prepared to take. I would be prepared to whizz along at 90 on a open clear sunny motorway, because I think I can *probably* manage that risk. Legally I would be in the wrong; Parliament has decreed the maximum speed/risk compromise to be found at 70mph. If, however, something went wrong and I killed or crippled someone I'd have to live with that for ever.

What a peculiar post! Justify?

Seconded heartily MichaelH. Racing on the road is explicitly illegal. (RTA section 11/12) Penalty ranges from 3-11 points, code MS50 Motor racing on the highway.......... 3-11 Quite apart from that, if some little git in any car at all is racing his little friend from the lights/on the motorway and kills damages or even frightens my family, there'll be more than points to worry about. On the track it's an entirely different thing. Keep it there. I don't care two hoots if some lad races and hurts themselves. I do care if they damage someone else.

Urban myth. Barcode is solely for Post Office use to flash sale of disc to DVLA database.

Why not just drive at the speed limits and save your money?

Cor blimey luvaaduck who'd a thunk it. I was sure it was going to be Spillikins, which I've not played in years.

If you stick the question into askjeeves then you get the most frustrating response ever. The first hit icontains the exact phrase used, so it's obvious that's where it came from. But when you click the link the page no longer exists so you can't find out the answer! But it's from the Warsaw Post. So I think it's something East European. Weightlifting?

Colin, what am I having for my tea? You must know. You know everything else.

Badminton

I didn't enter, largely through inertia and general lack of self confidence, but I should have done. I will next year. Nor did I take part in the seemingly acrimonious discussion about the voting. But boy, I'll definitely be buying a calendar. I think the calendar to be an excellent idea and I'm really glad for the club's sake it's turned out so well. Can't wait to hang those pictures in my kitchen!

Seems to me that we are all motoring folk, and are probably interested in cars in general as well as just Lexus. We could have a set of member recommended weblinks that pertain to motoring - there's loads of stuff out there, so why not share the ones we like/find useful? Most people will know most of these, but it might benefit someone. Motoring links from my favourites include http://www.honestjohn.co.uk General motoring discussions http://www.aapetrolbusters.com Find cheap petrol http://www.rac.co.uk/travelservices/traffic Live traffic congestion info http://www.sniffpetrol.com Satire on motoring press http://www.allworldknowledge.com/auto_tran...sion/index.html Explanation of how autos work http://www.theaa.com/travelwatch/planner_main.jsp Route planning Anymore for any more?

In case anyone has had their head in the sand, the AA now have a "petrolbusters" thing on their site that tells you where your nearest cheap petrol is. I think it very marginally useful, but somebody who travels a lot might. It has maps and things so you can see the cheapest towns etc. http://www.aapetrolbusters.com/ You have to register, but it's just an email address and they send you a password.

What kind of details? I thought that was QUITE sufficient! :D

Enough to do time and it was VERY scary. Never again. Scooby? Pah.

When I was in the dealer's workshop the other day I was left alone for a few minutes, so had a poke about, as you do. In a corner there were boxes floor to ceiling, all just delivered (cos I read the delivery notes), each containing a refurbed alloy. Rough estimate there must have been about 100. Toyed with the idea of shoplifting, but then realised I had the choice of getting one in my pocket, which seemed unlikely as I didn't have my clown's jacket on at the time, or using the favourite method of Colditz prisoners, which seemed i) excessively painful and ii) likely to draw attention to the belt area if I wasn't quick enough.