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Darwins Theories in Action?

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  • S stevepqr

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6646331.stm[^]

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    Marc Clifton
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    I imagine that at some point, some lawmaker will get a law passed that a sat nav will need to blank its screen while the car is running. Marc

    Thyme In The Country
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    People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
    There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
    People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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      I imagine that at some point, some lawmaker will get a law passed that a sat nav will need to blank its screen while the car is running. Marc

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      People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
      There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
      People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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      What gets me is that she opened the gate, drove onto the railway line and then got out to close the gate behind BEFORE opening the gate in front!

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      • S stevepqr

        http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6646331.stm[^]

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        Sam_c
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        Ms Ceely said she had been "really lucky".

        Yeah you were! you wont do that again. i dont think the sat nav has anything to do with that. simple lack of observation well im glad she was unharmed, very lucky.. buy a lotto ticket

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        • S stevepqr

          http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6646331.stm[^]

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          She couldn't see the railway tracks??? phew.... :doh: :laugh:

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          • S stevepqr

            http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6646331.stm[^]

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            lost in transition
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            Paula Ceely said:

            there was like a...

            I find it funny how long ladies talk now a days. Like OMG :laugh: Good thing she wasn't hurt.


            God Bless, Jason

            DavidCrow wrote:

            It would not affect me or my family one iota. My wife and I are in charge of when the tv is on, and what it displays. I do not need any external input for that.

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            • S stevepqr

              What gets me is that she opened the gate, drove onto the railway line and then got out to close the gate behind BEFORE opening the gate in front!

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              There wasn't a notice about a railway line so she didn't see the rails until she walked on them. The state of some rail crossings in the UK is shocking.

              The tigress is here :-D

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                She couldn't see the railway tracks??? phew.... :doh: :laugh:

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                stevepqr
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                Not only did she not see them, she saw the red circle on the gate and the sign that said 'safe to cross when light is green' and still didn't realise that this maybe wasn't just a gate onto a farm track...

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                • S stevepqr

                  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6646331.stm[^]

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                  Recognize her? http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbums.jsp?ProfilePhoto=Y&MemberId=13726231[^]:)

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                  • S stevepqr

                    What gets me is that she opened the gate, drove onto the railway line and then got out to close the gate behind BEFORE opening the gate in front!

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                    Marc Clifton
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                    Steve_pqr wrote:

                    What gets me is that she opened the gate, drove onto the railway line and then got out to close the gate behind BEFORE opening the gate in front!

                    That's how a woman works. Now, a man would have opened both gates, driven through and not bothered to close either gate. If there were two women, one would have gotten out, opened both gates, the other driven through, then the first would have closed both gates. If there was a woman and a man, there would be an argument regardless of who was driving. If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know. Marc

                    Thyme In The Country
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                    People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                    There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                    People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                      http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6646331.stm[^]

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                      brianwelsch
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                      "If maybe I had been more aware of the situation, I wouldn't have had the accident. " Maybe? :doh: Well, let's hope the little lady learned something that evening.

                      BW


                      Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
                      Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
                      -- Neil Peart

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                        Steve_pqr wrote:

                        What gets me is that she opened the gate, drove onto the railway line and then got out to close the gate behind BEFORE opening the gate in front!

                        That's how a woman works. Now, a man would have opened both gates, driven through and not bothered to close either gate. If there were two women, one would have gotten out, opened both gates, the other driven through, then the first would have closed both gates. If there was a woman and a man, there would be an argument regardless of who was driving. If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know. Marc

                        Thyme In The Country
                        Interacx

                        People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                        There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                        People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                        lost in transition
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                        I think Sigmund Freud would be proud of you theory.:)


                        God Bless, Jason

                        DavidCrow wrote:

                        It would not affect me or my family one iota. My wife and I are in charge of when the tv is on, and what it displays. I do not need any external input for that.

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                        • S stevepqr

                          Not only did she not see them, she saw the red circle on the gate and the sign that said 'safe to cross when light is green' and still didn't realise that this maybe wasn't just a gate onto a farm track...

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                          Sandeep Akhare
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                          I think she was in hurray to see her boyfriend at his home :omg::omg:

                          Thanks and Regards Sandeep If If you look at what you do not have in life, you don't have anything, If you look at what you have in life, you have everything... "

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                            http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6646331.stm[^]

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                            Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                            We would advise people to use sat navs with due caution I fail to understand how the problem is due to Sat nav. In all the cars I have seen the Sat nav shows the railway tracks too. So she should have seen the railway tracks and more obviously when she opened the gates she should have seen the tracks.

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                              Steve_pqr wrote:

                              What gets me is that she opened the gate, drove onto the railway line and then got out to close the gate behind BEFORE opening the gate in front!

                              That's how a woman works. Now, a man would have opened both gates, driven through and not bothered to close either gate. If there were two women, one would have gotten out, opened both gates, the other driven through, then the first would have closed both gates. If there was a woman and a man, there would be an argument regardless of who was driving. If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know. Marc

                              Thyme In The Country
                              Interacx

                              People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                              There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                              People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                              Marc Clifton wrote:

                              Now, a man would have opened both gates, driven through and not bothered to close either gate.

                              That is the best one right there. :laugh:


                              CleaKO

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                                We would advise people to use sat navs with due caution I fail to understand how the problem is due to Sat nav. In all the cars I have seen the Sat nav shows the railway tracks too. So she should have seen the railway tracks and more obviously when she opened the gates she should have seen the tracks.

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                                brianwelsch
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                                It was as much the fault of the sat nav as it was the gas pump.

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                                Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
                                Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
                                -- Neil Peart

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                                  Steve_pqr wrote:

                                  What gets me is that she opened the gate, drove onto the railway line and then got out to close the gate behind BEFORE opening the gate in front!

                                  That's how a woman works. Now, a man would have opened both gates, driven through and not bothered to close either gate. If there were two women, one would have gotten out, opened both gates, the other driven through, then the first would have closed both gates. If there was a woman and a man, there would be an argument regardless of who was driving. If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know. Marc

                                  Thyme In The Country
                                  Interacx

                                  People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                                  There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                                  People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                                  Marcus J Smith
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                                  I hope you dont mind but I resigged myself with that line. :-D


                                  CleaKO

                                  "Now, a man would have opened both gates, driven through and not bothered to close either gate." - Marc Clifton (The Lounge)

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                                    There wasn't a notice about a railway line so she didn't see the rails until she walked on them. The state of some rail crossings in the UK is shocking.

                                    The tigress is here :-D

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                                    hlmechanic
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                                    Don't they have headlights on cars over there? Does She always drive onto things without even looking? Seems like operater errer to me. :^)

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                                      I think Sigmund Freud would be proud of you theory.:)


                                      God Bless, Jason

                                      DavidCrow wrote:

                                      It would not affect me or my family one iota. My wife and I are in charge of when the tv is on, and what it displays. I do not need any external input for that.

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                                      No, he would have asked if it was your father's or you mother's theory :-D

                                      The tigress is here :-D

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                                        Don't they have headlights on cars over there? Does She always drive onto things without even looking? Seems like operater errer to me. :^)

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                                        The rails are often embedded in the road surface.

                                        The tigress is here :-D

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                                          http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6646331.stm[^]

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                                          Roger Wright
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                                          You can't trust anything but your own senses and judgement, even Google. Last time I grabbed a map online it directed me to take a road out of town that hasn't existed since the last wagon train left Bullhead City. That course would have taken me directly across the runway of our international airport!:laugh:

                                          "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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