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Re: If a job's worth doing...
« Reply #30 on: 15 April 2008, 00:17:24 »
Well, didn't mean to spark such a debate. It was just a story that caught my eye.

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"I've been driving since I was 17, have a clean licence and have never even picked up so much as a parking ticket,"

I hope I can say the same if I ever manage 76 years "in the saddle".

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Re: If a job's worth doing...
« Reply #31 on: 15 April 2008, 00:20:54 »
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Well, didn't mean to spark such a debate. It was just a story that caught my eye.

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"I've been driving since I was 17, have a clean licence and have never even picked up so much as a parking ticket,"

I hope I can say the same if I ever manage 76 years "in the saddle".

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I have :( :( Got a Blue badge now and still managed to pick up a ticket, in my works car park.  >:( Never paid though :)
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Re: If a job's worth doing...
« Reply #32 on: 15 April 2008, 00:21:26 »
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Well, didn't mean to spark such a debate. It was just a story that caught my eye.

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"I've been driving since I was 17, have a clean licence and have never even picked up so much as a parking ticket,"

I hope I can say the same if I ever manage 76 years "in the saddle".

Kevin


I have, over the years. :( :( Got a Blue badge now and still managed to pick up a ticket, in my works car park.  >:( Never paid though :)
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Re: If a job's worth doing...
« Reply #33 on: 15 April 2008, 00:21:33 »
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Well, didn't mean to spark such a debate. It was just a story that caught my eye.

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"I've been driving since I was 17, have a clean licence and have never even picked up so much as a parking ticket,"

I hope I can say the same if I ever manage 76 years "in the saddle".

Kevin


 ;D

Me too also!

From the pics, looks like the aerodynamic rear of the Carrera acted like a ski slope to a front wheel drive car travelling backwards that struck it at an angle then rolled off and landed on the other one......

So thats what a Dry Blackthorne moment really is - hold on with BOTH hands!   :D
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Re: If a job's worth doing...
« Reply #34 on: 15 April 2008, 00:22:33 »
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Well, didn't mean to spark such a debate. It was just a story that caught my eye.

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"I've been driving since I was 17, have a clean licence and have never even picked up so much as a parking ticket,"

I hope I can say the same if I ever manage 76 years "in the saddle".

Kevin


Thing is. Being as old as he is, chances are he'll have not even taken a test.
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Re: If a job's worth doing...
« Reply #35 on: 15 April 2008, 00:27:09 »
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"I've been driving since I was 17, have a clean licence and have never even picked up so much as a parking ticket,"

I hope I can say the same if I ever manage 76 years "in the saddle".

Kevin


I have :( :( Got a Blue badge now and still managed to pick up a ticket, in my works car park.  >:( Never paid though :)
it could only happen to you Mike :D
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Re: If a job's worth doing...
« Reply #36 on: 15 April 2008, 00:30:45 »
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Well, didn't mean to spark such a debate. It was just a story that caught my eye.

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"I've been driving since I was 17, have a clean licence and have never even picked up so much as a parking ticket,"

I hope I can say the same if I ever manage 76 years "in the saddle".

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Thing is. Being as old as he is, chances are he'll have not even taken a test.


Probably true .. but doesn't automatically make him a "bad driver" - in fact his experience with crap brakes/useless steering/grossly underpowered cars/ bad lights etc etc etc may well actually make him a "better" driver than many modern ones all used to "driver aids"

I have worked with many of the "old" (ancient?) drivers and most - not all I agree - have far more "common sense" and "road craft" than the idiots in their souped up roller skates.
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Re: If a job's worth doing...
« Reply #37 on: 15 April 2008, 00:31:47 »
Didn't get clamped though. :D :D :D
Still have not got a parking place. :(
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« Reply #38 on: 15 April 2008, 00:50:45 »
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....Probably true .. but doesn't automatically make him a "bad driver" - in fact his experience with crap brakes/useless steering/grossly underpowered cars/ bad lights etc etc etc may well actually make him a "better" driver than many modern ones all used to "driver aids".....

I didn't say he was a bad driver.

Who saw that TV programme a few months back with Jo Brand about elderly drivers? There was one old bloke who was just over 100yrs old (since died) who took 3 or 4 attempts to get his car off the drive. And when he did managed to get 3 of the 4 wheels on the pavement on the other side of the road! :-? He wouldn't voluntarily give up driving although he was a danger to himself & everyother road user. ...
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Re: If a job's worth doing...
« Reply #39 on: 15 April 2008, 08:03:31 »
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What makes you say that? a sticky throttle is just a likely, without the facts how can we say, I was not there so can not offer any opinion as to how this might have happened, :)

In 27 years of owning a car my throttle has never stuck. The closest it's come is when the return spring broke.  ;)  :y

Yep, happened to me in a Mini, the return spring broke, therefore full throttle on High Row in Darlington. As I was young at the time my reactions avoided a problem. (toung in cheek)  ;D ;D ;D

Same here!,a friend's also had it happen on two pug 306's...
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Re: If a job's worth doing...
« Reply #40 on: 15 April 2008, 08:06:34 »
I'm not going to involve myself in this.  

Just thought i'd tell you. :D
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« Reply #41 on: 15 April 2008, 09:28:22 »
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Well, didn't mean to spark such a debate. It was just a story that caught my eye.

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"I've been driving since I was 17, have a clean licence and have never even picked up so much as a parking ticket,"

I hope I can say the same if I ever manage 76 years "in the saddle".

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Thing is. Being as old as he is, chances are he'll have not even taken a test.


Probably true .. but doesn't automatically make him a "bad driver" - in fact his experience with crap brakes/useless steering/grossly underpowered cars/ bad lights etc etc etc may well actually make him a "better" driver than many modern ones all used to "driver aids"

I have worked with many of the "old" (ancient?) drivers and most - not all I agree - have far more "common sense" and "road craft" than the idiots in their souped up roller skates.

My Grandad only took a test when he signed up to the army as a driver in the war, IIRC. A few years driving tankers across the desert, VIPs out of war zones, etc. made him a pretty good driver.

As he got older his right foot got a tad heavy, and when my nan passed away and the nagging stopped he got to be a bit of a worry.  ::) I think he had the fastest Volvo 340 in Kent. 8-)

He also voluntarily gave up driving, but thankfully it wasn't an accident that brought him to his decision.

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Re: If a job's worth doing...
« Reply #42 on: 15 April 2008, 09:51:45 »
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A man in 93 must not drive !!

There are people here over 100 , I cant estimate what happens if they

drive :P
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« Reply #43 on: 15 April 2008, 09:53:44 »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #44 on: 15 April 2008, 09:57:00 »
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A man in 93 must not drive !!

I think it depends on the person. We all age differently. When I first started flying gliders one of my instructors was 86 and he was as sharp as a razor. He wouldn't be allowed to instruct at that age now, but there were no flies on him, believe me.

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