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From: Savageduck on 14 Nov 2009 05:53 On 2009-11-14 02:30:45 -0800, "Wilba" <usenet(a)CUTTHISimago.com.au> said: > Savageduck wrote: >> Wilba said: >>> >>> Years ago I read that left-hand drive is safer overall, because when a >>> person is startled they tend to raise their non-dominant hand to protect >>> their head. If at the time they are steering a car on the left of the >>> road, >>> 9 out of 10 will therefore sverve into oncoming traffic. Apparently the >>> effect is statistically significant. >> >> It seems we left our history far behind. Have you ever noticed where the >> good old Wells Fargo stage coach driver sat, ...on the right, shotgun on >> the left. > > Don't see many of them 'round these here parts. :- ) Note the driver on the left. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Concord_stagecoach_1869.png -- Regards, Savageduck
From: Savageduck on 14 Nov 2009 05:55 On 2009-11-14 02:53:09 -0800, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> said: > On 2009-11-14 02:30:45 -0800, "Wilba" <usenet(a)CUTTHISimago.com.au> said: > >> Savageduck wrote: >>> Wilba said: >>>> >>>> Years ago I read that left-hand drive is safer overall, because when a >>>> person is startled they tend to raise their non-dominant hand to protect >>>> their head. If at the time they are steering a car on the left of the >>>> road, >>>> 9 out of 10 will therefore sverve into oncoming traffic. Apparently the >>>> effect is statistically significant. >>> >>> It seems we left our history far behind. Have you ever noticed where the >>> good old Wells Fargo stage coach driver sat, ...on the right, shotgun on >>> the left. >> >> Don't see many of them 'round these here parts. :- ) > > Note the driver on the left. > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Concord_stagecoach_1869.png Sorry, that was the right, the shot gun was on the left. Now I don't know my left from my right! -- Regards, Savageduck
From: Wilba on 14 Nov 2009 07:27 Savageduck wrote: > Savageduck said: >> Wilba said: >>> Savageduck wrote: >>>> Wilba said: >>>>> >>>>> Years ago I read that left-hand drive is safer overall, because when a >>>>> person is startled they tend to raise their non-dominant hand to >>>>> protect >>>>> their head. If at the time they are steering a car on the left of the >>>>> road, 9 out of 10 will therefore sverve into oncoming traffic. >>>>> Apparently the effect is statistically significant. >>>> >>>> It seems we left our history far behind. Have you ever noticed where >>>> the >>>> good old Wells Fargo stage coach driver sat, ...on the right, shotgun >>>> on >>>> the left. >>> >>> Don't see many of them 'round these here parts. :- ) >> >> Note the driver on the left. >> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Concord_stagecoach_1869.png > > Sorry, that was the right, the shot gun was on the left. > Now I don't know my left from my right! I worked that out. :- ) I wonder why they did it that way, since the driver is on the ejector side...? Maybe the convention pre-dates the widespread use of repeating rifles.
From: J. Clarke on 14 Nov 2009 08:48 RustY � wrote: > "Neil Harrington" <secret(a)illumnati.net> wrote in message > news:eZedndgR_YxY1WPXnZ2dnUVZ_hadnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > >> Government overspending is a huge part of the problem, that's true. >> Also the fact that as we live longer but in most cases still start >> drawing Social Security at somewhere between 62 and 65, there are >> fewer and fewer workers supporting each retiree through that system. > > So, you need to vote for more taxes - or less social services - > simple. We vote for neither taxes nor social services, we vote for politicians.
From: J. Clarke on 14 Nov 2009 08:47
Savageduck wrote: > On 2009-11-13 19:28:38 -0800, "Bill Graham" <weg9(a)comcast.net> said: > >> >> "J�rgen Exner" <jurgenex(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:r48sf5hvnn2lu320s5prvsp7agi8aar9ff(a)4ax.com... >>> "Neil Harrington" <secret(a)illumnati.net> wrote: >>>> As a unit of liquid measure, the cup is what it is and does not >>>> have any particular relationship to the amount of coffee you're >>>> served in a cup. >>> >>> Then if the unit "cup" doesn't have a relationship to a cup of >>> beverage then what is the specific benefit of having that unit >>> "cup" instead of using e.g 1/4 liter? >>> >>> jue >> >> None. It's just a slang term. Actually, when it comes to a cup of >> coffee, it's usually closer to 1/4 liter than a cup, which is 1/4 of >> a quart. You have to remember that the world is 99% housewives, and >> only 1% engineers. > > That would explain a pinch of salt. A pinch is 1/16 of a teaspoon. As for the benefit of having that unit "cup" instead of "1/4 liter", "1c" can be scribbled more quickly than "1/4l" and with its two distinct characters is far less likely to be misintepreted than "1/4l" with its three more or less vertical strokes. "250ml" is harder to misinterpret than "1/4l" but it's also longer to write and confers no practical benefit over the much more succinct "1c". In any case, a "standard" cup of coffee is 3/4 of a measuring cup, oddly that's the same amount as the rice cup provided with Japanese rice cookers. |