Anybody use a breathalyser?

[eek]

I thought pin the tail on the agent(with DA and knitting needle) would keep everyone entertained all night?

You not popping in for an hour or so?

[SueEllen]

I thought pin the tail on the agent(with DA and knitting needle) would keep everyone entertained all night?

Poor tail....

[BrilloPad]

You not popping in for an hour or so?

It was great doing L2B with vetran and ms this year. And akll the other cuk meet ups have been brilliant.

But it would not be a good idea. This time of year my SAD is really really bad. I have no energy at the moment. My shrink has got me doped up to the eyeballs. I am amazed I have got through this year without being sacked. Mrs BP is amazed I am not in an asylum.

But I am still fighting all the way. And life could be worse - I could be suity. Or MF. Or sasguru.

[mudskipper]

It was great doing L2B with vetran and ms this year. And akll the other cuk meet ups have been brilliant.

But it would not be a good idea. This time of year my SAD is really really bad. I have no energy at the moment. My shrink has got me doped up to the eyeballs. I am amazed I have got through this year without being sacked. Mrs BP is amazed I am not in an asylum.

But I am still fighting all the way. And life could be worse - I could be suity. Or MF. Or sasguru.

I'm no shrink, but in my experience if I make the effort to do something even when I don't feel like it, I'm usually glad I did. Why not pop in for half an hour, and you might surprise yourself by wanting to stay. Would be good to see you.

[Halo Jones]

In France, breathalyzer kits are now compulsory in cars, and for a froggie gendarme it's a special treat to stop an unwitting UK tourist and cop them with a swingeing fine for not having one (along with all the other clobber drivers must have there, such as triangles and first aid kits, correctly dipped headlights, etc etc).

I have the disposable ones for when driving through France, but talking to some Frenchmen this year they said (I have no official collaboration) That law was not revoked but is no longer enforced as it turns out that the officially recommended kits were not suitable to be stored in a car (to many extremes of temperature) & that the company who made them had close ties to the governmental people who brought the law in.

But yes I still expect the police to ask tourists if they have them

As such we had a go with the kits we had (as they were about to go out of date) & they seemed to work.

[darmstadt]

I have the disposable ones for when driving through France, but talking to some Frenchmen this year they said (I have no official collaboration) That law was not revoked but is no longer enforced as it turns out that the officially recommended kits were not suitable to be stored in a car (to many extremes of temperature) & that the company who made them had close ties to the governmental people who brought the law in.

But yes I still expect the police to ask tourists if they have them

As such we had a go with the kits we had (as they were about to go out of date) & they seemed to work.

Correct, they're still a legal requirement but you won't get fined if you don't have them. I have a couple in the car but have never used them although I bought, for a laugh, an electronic one a short while ago which seems to be quite on the ball, especially the day after. If it shows any sign of a reading I won't drive.

[mudskipper]

We could plot a graph!


X-axis - breathalyser reading
Y-axis - score on the sit down/stand up test.

[VectraMan]

I have the disposable ones for when driving through France, but talking to some Frenchmen this year they said (I have no official collaboration) That law was not revoked but is no longer enforced as it turns out that the officially recommended kits were not suitable to be stored in a car (to many extremes of temperature) & that the company who made them had close ties to the governmental people who brought the law in.

I was going to say I was sure that had been dropped. I've driven to France twice this year and didn't bother with any such thing.

I'm sure I've been guilty of the morning after thing more than once. The problem is it works both ways: if the breathalyser says you're legal you'd probably drive home, whereas if you didn't have one you'd err on the side of caution and hang around for a few more hours. At least I would.

[FatLazyContractor]

It was great doing L2B with vetran and ms this year. And akll the other cuk meet ups have been brilliant.

But it would not be a good idea. This time of year my SAD is really really bad. I have no energy at the moment. My shrink has got me doped up to the eyeballs. I am amazed I have got through this year without being sacked. Mrs BP is amazed I am not in an asylum.

But I am still fighting all the way. And life could be worse - I could be suity. Or MF. Or sasguru.

Or one of their Sockies

[d000hg]

Can one not buy the same kit the rozzers use?