^ We had a genius once who sold the company on stopping the issue of $4 propelling pencils in favour of cheaper wooded pencils. Within a few months, almost everyone had a $15 electric pencil sharpener on their desk.
GOGS...Grumpy Old Gits Society..
7821 - 7840 of 8284 Posts
I've stuck to the same P.I.N since God was a lad........... Not that I use it for anything except for getting cash from A.T.Ms, and I wouldn't even have to do that if my nearest Bank branch was open more than 3 hours a day, 3 days a week. 
I don't know when "mini roundabouts" first arrived on UK roads, but I was first aware of them in the '70s. So why is it that, 50-odd years on, drivers still aren't sure how to correctly negotiate the infernal things?
I heard the late (and great) Terry Wogan during one of his humorous BBC Radio 2 rants refer to people who don't indicate as "Eco-warriors" as the buzz word at the time was, " Use your light bulbs less often to save electricity "
I don't know when "mini roundabouts" first arrived on UK roads, but I was first aware of them in the '70s. So why is it that, 50-odd years on, drivers still aren't sure how to correctly negotiate the infernal things?
For information - I first saw the concept of the mini-roundabout published in an article in Municipal Engineer magazine circa 1974. The article was by the inventor and he was presenting the idea for what I think was the first time.
His concept was based on the fact that at heavy traffic flows, a roundabout works best, but at low flows, a junction works best. The mini-roundabout is supposed to function as both, depending on the density of traffic. At low flows it was perfectly ok - intended in fact - to drive over the roundabout as if it didn't exist, just as at a normal junction.
I think the whole idea of the things has been forgotten and they are now just another excuse for drivers to get irate at each other and the police to stop motorists for perceived infringements.
Anyone with a nervous disposition or a tendency towards grumpiness when navigating unfamiliar roads should look away now or skip this post.
I'm pretty sure this was one grumpy Civil servants idea of a joke, or possibly vengeance for a poor annual job appraisal, no bonus or pay rise for the preceding year.
![Car Plant Infrastructure Road surface Asphalt]()
The Magic Roundabout, Swindon, UK.
I admit I much prefer the TV series of the same name starring Dougal, Brian, Zebedee Florence, Ermintrude, Dylan and others.
I'm pretty sure this was one grumpy Civil servants idea of a joke, or possibly vengeance for a poor annual job appraisal, no bonus or pay rise for the preceding year.
The Magic Roundabout, Swindon, UK.
I admit I much prefer the TV series of the same name starring Dougal, Brian, Zebedee Florence, Ermintrude, Dylan and others.
7821 - 7840 of 8284 Posts
