Allegory wrote:
Spliff is probably the stupidest slang word I've heard for anything ever.
Paulsol wrote:
Tell that to Howard Marks.
Or, posthumously, to Carl Sagan.
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Or, posthumously, to Carl Sagan.
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paulsol wrote:
Debalic wrote:
I'll bet y'all drive autoamtics, too. I mean, if you can't co-ordinate your left foot with your right hand, there's a lot you shouldn't be doing.
I drive an automatic because its almost impossible to roll a spliff and drive safely in a manual imo.
Alma wrote:
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I learned to drive on a manual, and took my driving test in one. When I was younger, I used to joke that driving a manual was "driving", while driving an automatic was just "steering". Yes. I mocked those who thought driving a manual was too hard and whatnot. Um... But as I got older I realized that the value of being able to hold your head up high as a true driver just wasn't worth the pain in the freaking legs that driving a stick often entailed. The fun of an orchestrated ballet of feet and hands when expertly guiding a manual transmission into forward motion on a steep hill at a stoplight wears off after awhile.
I do on occasion enjoy hopping in a manual and playing the gears. But that's a lot more fun when you're young and carefree and don't drive the same commute every single day...
I do on occasion enjoy hopping in a manual and playing the gears. But that's a lot more fun when you're young and carefree and don't drive the same commute every single day...
King Nobby wrote:
More words please
One thing I've kind of wondered at times... do Europeans who drive cars with manual transmissions learn to use their left hand?
Can't sleep, clown will eat me.
TirithRR the Eccentric wrote:
One thing I've kind of wondered at times... do Europeans who drive cars with manual transmissions learn to use their left hand?
TirithRR the Eccentric wrote:
One thing I've kind of wondered at times... do Europeans who drive cars with manual transmissions learn to use their left hand?
I believe the UK is the only country in Western Europe (and maybe even Eastern) to drive on the left, so for most Europeans I assume they buy vehicles with the driver seat on the left side like in the U.S. In the UK I guess they shift lefty. As a left handed person I can say it's not the slightest bit awkward for me to use my right hand for gears.
Allegory wrote:
As a left handed person I can say it's not the slightest bit awkward for me to use my right hand for gears.
Ya, but you are a left handed person living in a right handed world. Right handed people aren't normally used to having to live in a world where they are forced to use their other hand.
Can't sleep, clown will eat me.
My sister actually learned to shift with her left hand since our dad let her shift gears from the passenger seat while he was driving. She had to re-learn once she was driving so as not to be shifting across herself.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
TirithRR the Eccentric wrote:
Ya, but you are a left handed person living in a right handed world. Right handed people aren't normally used to having to live in a world where they are forced to use their other hand.
You'll have to forgive me for not shedding a tear for people who aren't used to facing the issues I face constantly.
Allegory wrote:
TirithRR the Eccentric wrote:
Ya, but you are a left handed person living in a right handed world. Right handed people aren't normally used to having to live in a world where they are forced to use their other hand.
You'll have to forgive me for not shedding a tear for people who aren't used to facing the issues I face constantly.
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Oh lighten up Xsarus, twas a joke. However, the same reasoning applies to those who are right handed and must shift with their left. They learned to shift with their left from the beginning. I throw left handed, but I shoot bows right handed; I learned to do it that way, and it never bothered me while learning.
Allegory wrote:
TirithRR the Eccentric wrote:
Ya, but you are a left handed person living in a right handed world. Right handed people aren't normally used to having to live in a world where they are forced to use their other hand.
You'll have to forgive me for not shedding a tear for people who aren't used to facing the issues I face constantly.
Of course. Robots don't cry anyway.
My parents remind me constantly of how their best friends' son was killed in a crash caused by him texting while driving. Gotta admit I still do it sometimes, but I try not to and I've cut down a ton.
It's too hard to text and drive without spilling my beer.
I thought those tests I saw on TV were retarded...try to drive through a slalom of traffic cones while texting. No one is going to be able to do that, not even me! If I *need* to do something on my 'Berry (I don't text) I can wait until there's a straight stretch of road with little or no traffic. If not...then it's not that important.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
I'm not skilled enough at texting on my 2abc phone to do so while distracted by anything, let alone driving. I either pull over, or 99% of the time, not bother texting back.
Donate. One day it could be your family.
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An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
None of you have anything on this guy.
Personally it was bad enough when people were just talking on the phone while driving. Yeah, yeah, yeah... some people can do it and some people can't. The problem is that everyone things they are one of the people that can do it. With texting and driving, things have approached the absurd.
Personally it was bad enough when people were just talking on the phone while driving. Yeah, yeah, yeah... some people can do it and some people can't. The problem is that everyone things they are one of the people that can do it. With texting and driving, things have approached the absurd.
Personally, I've yet to so urgently need to send a text message that I couldn't wait until I reached my destination to do it.
Deathwysh wrote:
None of you have anything on this guy.
Is it just me, or were motorist treating those lines like they weren't there, moving in between two vehicles side by side, etc...
It would have been awesome if that guy had fallen.
Can't sleep, clown will eat me.
TirithRR the Eccentric wrote:
Deathwysh wrote:
None of you have anything on this guy.
Is it just me, or were motorist treating those lines like they weren't there
Could be worse.
TirithRR the Eccentric wrote:
Deathwysh wrote:
None of you have anything on this guy.
Is it just me, or were motorist treating those lines like they weren't there, moving in between two vehicles side by side, etc...
Holy crap, that's scary, and not because of the motorcyclist.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
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Tailmon wrote:
Please don't drive and Text. Not for the faint of heart. This is a good one to show teens.
AMS Team, as we are learning and appreciating communication devices like cell phones, blackberries, etc., and the simplicity and quickness of “textingâ€, please keep in mind how dangerous it is to drive and text at the same time….looking out the windshield and on a little screen while using your thumbs to send and read messages while using a hand to steer…our hands and eyes cannot be doing two very different things at the same time.
I am attaching a link to a texting and driving video made in Europe to warn of the dangers of texting while driving. Let me warn you in advance that it is very disturbing. In addition, if any of you want to share it with others, please tell them to review it before they show it to kids of driving age and if the kids do not drive yet, I would probably not show it to them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTaZX3NEkRk
In the workplace M-F and during our personal time and on weekends…we must be smart, don’t text and drive please, for your sake and those of others.
AMS Team, as we are learning and appreciating communication devices like cell phones, blackberries, etc., and the simplicity and quickness of “textingâ€, please keep in mind how dangerous it is to drive and text at the same time….looking out the windshield and on a little screen while using your thumbs to send and read messages while using a hand to steer…our hands and eyes cannot be doing two very different things at the same time.
I am attaching a link to a texting and driving video made in Europe to warn of the dangers of texting while driving. Let me warn you in advance that it is very disturbing. In addition, if any of you want to share it with others, please tell them to review it before they show it to kids of driving age and if the kids do not drive yet, I would probably not show it to them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTaZX3NEkRk
In the workplace M-F and during our personal time and on weekends…we must be smart, don’t text and drive please, for your sake and those of others.
Wow. That.... just wow.
Does anyone know where to find the full 30 minute film, instead of just the 4 minute teaser?
Do we really need this cautionary tale? Isn't dying while texting while driving natural selection at work? Isn't getting killed by someone driving while texting just an unfortunate effect of natural selection?
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Seems most folks here just want to mock this, which I think is sad, considering the seriousness of the message.
Still for those interested in getting the full 30-minute film (maybe you have kids and want to get through to them about distracted driving), here is how to do so:
Contact the Gwent Police Department Corporate Communications division at: Corporate.Communications@gwent.pnn.police.uk
They will be putting it on sale soon (Price TBD) and if you e-mail them about it now, they will put you on a waiting list and contact you when it is available for sale.
Still for those interested in getting the full 30-minute film (maybe you have kids and want to get through to them about distracted driving), here is how to do so:
Contact the Gwent Police Department Corporate Communications division at: Corporate.Communications@gwent.pnn.police.uk
They will be putting it on sale soon (Price TBD) and if you e-mail them about it now, they will put you on a waiting list and contact you when it is available for sale.
The One and Only ShadorVIII wrote:
Seems most folks here just want to mock this, which I think is sad, considering the seriousness of the message.
Still for those interested in getting the full 30-minute film (maybe you have kids and want to get through to them about distracted driving), here is how to do so:
Contact the Gwent Police Department Corporate Communications division at: Corporate.Communications@gwent.pnn.police.uk
They will be putting it on sale soon (Price TBD) and if you e-mail them about it now, they will put you on a waiting list and contact you when it is available for sale.
Still for those interested in getting the full 30-minute film (maybe you have kids and want to get through to them about distracted driving), here is how to do so:
Contact the Gwent Police Department Corporate Communications division at: Corporate.Communications@gwent.pnn.police.uk
They will be putting it on sale soon (Price TBD) and if you e-mail them about it now, they will put you on a waiting list and contact you when it is available for sale.
Seems like some folks around here are under the impression that this is the appropriate outlet for a sermon against something common among 16 year olds, which I think is sad, considering the lack of a sh;t most of us give about what you think of our maturity level.
Still because you're a humourless cnut if you're interested in a little amusement throughout your day, hang out a bit and read some content before you add your Pollyanna rainbow farts to the acerbic collective. We won't even charge you for the privilege.
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