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From: Bill Graham on 14 Nov 2009 19:38 "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message news:2009111402550242612-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > 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 > Are you sure the picture wasn't reversed? I don't see the, "Wells Fargo" logo written anywhere, so it could have been......Back in the "film" days, that happened a lot.......I wonder, is it possible to get a digital picture reversed?
From: Bill Graham on 14 Nov 2009 19:42 "J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:hdmd4904ko(a)news2.newsguy.com... > 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. > And politicians always vote for more taxes....."Other People's Money", you know.....
From: Bill Graham on 14 Nov 2009 19:44 "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message news:2009111406385244303-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > On 2009-11-14 04:27:19 -0800, "Wilba" <usenet(a)CUTTHISimago.com.au> said: > >> 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. > > I think it was a case of right handed shotgun shooters out numbering left > handed shooters. That way they wouldn't have to replace a driver every > time a left handed guard blew the driver away. Maybe a qualification for > shotgun guards was to be right handed. > > Maybe there was a rule of the road that stagecoach robbers had a "rob from > left side" only sense of etiquette. ;-) > > > -- > Regards, > > Savageduck > Maybe it had something to do with which side the shells were ejected from when the rifle action was worked....It would be very annoying to the driver if the hot shell casings were ejected into his face while he was trying to get away from the bad guys.....
From: George Kerby on 14 Nov 2009 19:45 On 11/14/09 9:03 AM, in article 8LudnUMIR_9IW2PXnZ2dnUVZ_ridnZ2d(a)giganews.com, "Neil Harrington" <secret(a)illumnati.net> wrote: > > "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message > news:2009111401130782327-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > > >> >> 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. > > Apparently that was the standard arrangement for all horse and buggy drivers > too. (Going by the movies, anyway.) > > And it's still the standard position for whoever's steering a power boat. Same with civilian helicopter pilots. > > At least some of the earliest American automobiles had right-hand drive > also. Now I'm wondering where and why left-hand drive got started. Perhaps > it was because the gearshift was centrally located, and it's more natural to > work that with the dominant hand, which for 90% of people is the right one. > >
From: George Kerby on 14 Nov 2009 19:46
On 11/14/09 9:31 AM, in article 2009111407313133169-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom, "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: > On 2009-11-14 06:58:27 -0800, George Kerby <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com> said: > >> >> >> >> On 11/14/09 4:55 AM, in article >> 2009111402550242612-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom, "Savageduck" >> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >> >>> 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.pn >> >> >> g >>> >>> Sorry, that was the right, the shot gun was on the left. >>> Now I don't know my left from my right! >> The negative was flopped...? > > Aah! The Billy The Kid, left hand gun paradox. > <BFG!> |