weird fines when driving

[Ken Gargett]

30 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

Fugu....you are now the clear leader of our "Member of the Month" award 

and you want to be really careful about poking the bear!

[El Presidente]

13 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

and you want to be really careful about poking the bear!

Apologies oh great Thesaurus Gatekeeper ?

[Fugu]

LOL - sorry guys ? 

[Ken Gargett]

1 hour ago, El Presidente said:

Apologies oh great Thesaurus Gatekeeper ?

no doubt you needed a dictionary to spell thesaurus. 

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1 hour ago, Ken Gargett said:

no doubt you needed a dictionary to spell thesaurus. 

He was trying to type treacherous but alas, auto-correct switched it ?

[Fuzz]

On 11/17/2020 at 1:44 PM, Bijan said:

Always odd that the convention for escalators though is to stand on the right and let people pass on the left. I believe this is due to the design of the original escalators.

But apparently in Australia you stand on the left and walk on the right.

I guess we should ask who invented escalators

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalator_etiquette

Because we drive on the left. You keep left, and overtake on the right. Same goes for stairs and escalators.

[Bijan]

1 minute ago, Fuzz said:

Because we drive on the left. You keep left, and overtake on the right. Same goes for stairs and escalators.

That is indeed very logical but not what is done in England where they keep to the right. At least that's what I noticed whenever I was in London.

Which always made me wonder since as you say it would seem logical to keep to the same side of the escalator as when driving.

[helix]

7 hours ago, Fuzz said:

Because we drive on the left. You keep left, and overtake on the right. Same goes for stairs and escalators.

Ever notice most boats are right hand drive globally?

[Fuzz]

15 hours ago, Bijan said:

That is indeed very logical but not what is done in England where they keep to the right. At least that's what I noticed whenever I was in London.

Which always made me wonder since as you say it would seem logical to keep to the same side of the escalator as when driving.

Because the early escalator design used in the London Underground shunted people off to the left. So walkers would go on the left and exit quickly, while stationary people would keep right. And stubborn Brits, just kept on doing it that way, even when new tech came along to make that just another ridiculously silly habit. Now, if they had only stuck with the spiral escalator...

7 hours ago, helix said:

Ever notice most boats are right hand drive globally?

Not being someone who hangs around boats, nope. But it does seem to be normal for the wheel to be on the right hand side... unless it is in the centre.