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Blimey I joined GEM when I was about 35. I suppose my 15 or so years of driving would have made me a veteran in 1932.
I didn't join for the free trilby and pipe, but because it was cheaper than the AA.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostYears ago the warning signs were a trilby or a pipe. But you don't see many pipe smokers these days.
Originally established in 1932 as the Company of Veteran Motorists to combat the increasing number of road accidents...
Another danger sign was elderly wimmin wearing bobbled woolly hats (presumably knitted themselves).
My father and I came across a classic combination one day - man with trilby, wife with bobbled hat, and they were driving an Allegro. We took a detour to avoid following them for too far.
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A bicycle sail. Anyone who has cycled against the wind knows how powerful a force the wind is. Also, wider roads for tacking.
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How about bio friendly insects that eat crumbs on computer keyboards and keep them clean.
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Originally posted by wobbegong View PostContinuing the driving theme . . . .
A small device mounted above the drivers sunvison on saloon cars, that, when it detects the driver is wearing a hat, extends a telescopic arm to knock it off, while a prerecorded voice* says "It's not raining in your car, sh*t-for-brains".
* Just for fun, different voices could be chosen, Marilyn Monroe, Brian Blessed etc.
N.B. This device might not be suitable for Sihks, Hassidic Jews or people with bad syrups.
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Continuing the driving theme . . . .
A small device mounted above the drivers sunvison on saloon cars, that, when it detects the driver is wearing a hat, extends a telescopic arm to knock it off, while a prerecorded voice* says "It's not raining in your car, sh*t-for-brains".
* Just for fun, different voices could be chosen, Marilyn Monroe, Brian Blessed etc.
N.B. This device might not be suitable for Sihks, Hassidic Jews or people with bad syrups.
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Originally posted by Cliphead View PostSigns at roundabouts to let women drivers know they don't actually have to stop if there's no traffic.
I nearly ended up in an over-the-handlebars moment due to that behaviour.
The other trick I hate is where wimmin take as straight a line as possible across roundabout without heed to anyone on the inside lane.
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Originally posted by Cliphead View PostSigns at roundabouts to let women drivers know they don't actually have to stop if there's no traffic.
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Signs at roundabouts to let women drivers know they don't actually have to stop if there's no traffic.
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Bumpers on supermarket shopping trolley corners, to cover the sharp edges of steel that so effectively gouge parked Peugeots. And proper wheels so that they can be steered.
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostSome young lad sent that idea to a Tomorrow's World competition years ago, and if I remember correctly it won. The comment was that the best ideas are the simple ones, and that has stuck with me ever since.
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