I have a waist, no matter how blubbery I get so always have to stitch elastic into the back half of a waistband on jeans. If I need trousers I make them so I can adjust the back darts from the start.
My feet have changed size too - went up after a late pregnancy and back down again after foot surgery so all sorts of shoes I can now wear again unless they have heels. Flip flops are so much easier.
Back to cars - tailgating is a major cause of accidents and traffic jams. It should be drummed into Learners' heads. Like Dove, I use fog lights for people who get too close and start flashing. Having learned to drive in London,d be manic behind a wheel I don't get intimidated.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
When my dad bought my first car, an old Austin, I could hardly see over the wheel, I looked through it, he put the L plates on and got me to drive through the East End of London, and through the Blackwall Tunnel, only one in those days, so traffic both ways, he said if I could do that on my first lesson I would make a driver, he was right, I don’t get intimidated either. He always believed in dropping me in at the deep end in whatever I was doing.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Daytime headlights seem to have been dabbled with by a number of manufacturers and governments. If I recall correctly the first instance on this was for Motorcycles in the mid 1970's. Our current VW Polo has front lights on all the time but I note that other models of similar age do not. All a bit odd.
Some of my post was cut for some reason. Having learned in London I then drove a company car for years and then in Brussels and its environs - in a UK company car on the wrong side of the road - so no, I don't get intimidated.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
They need to turn London into a giant bumper car arena for the day and let everyone get it out of their system. I've never known such terrible and aggressive driving. The standard of driving around here is really bad but at least people wave sorry when they nearly kill you. Apart from that pickup truck yesterday that veared into my lane and nearly hit me head on, he was too busy on his phone to wave.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
There is so much congestion in London, there isn't enough space to drive aggressively. It's quite difficult to drive aggressively at 5mph! You can toot your horn I suppose.
I find Bristol much worse to drive in than London. The locals there seem much more aggressive with people who are lost and don't know the 'rules' (that is the unwritten rules of the commute, not the Highway Code).
My driving instructor told me when driving in London to concentrate on not hitting the car in front of you (or bicycles). The person behind you can worry about not hitting you. If you try to wait for a gap to change lanes or pull out into slow moving traffic, you'll be sat all day waiting. It mostly works though I think 'go canny' applies when trying to negotiate for road room with taxis or buses anywhere in the world.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Shame London’s got like that, What happened to the congestion charge, suppose everyone can afford to pay. I used to fly through London once or twice a week from east to Streatham, not a problem with traffic then.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
In the late 80s I could get from Harrow to Islington in 50 minutes - a mere 10 miles or so - if I left before by 6:50am. Just a minute or tow later and it could take 2 hours and waste an awful lot of fuel and time.
Our friends went on walkies this morning and in one hour saw one tractor, one car and one bicycle go by. This pm on a trip to the beach and traffic was very light. Country living for me any day.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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My feet have changed size too - went up after a late pregnancy and back down again after foot surgery so all sorts of shoes I can now wear again unless they have heels. Flip flops are so much easier.
Back to cars - tailgating is a major cause of accidents and traffic jams. It should be drummed into Learners' heads. Like Dove, I use fog lights for people who get too close and start flashing. Having learned to drive in London,d be manic behind a wheel I don't get intimidated.
He always believed in dropping me in at the deep end in whatever I was doing.
You can toot your horn I suppose.
My driving instructor told me when driving in London to concentrate on not hitting the car in front of you (or bicycles). The person behind you can worry about not hitting you. If you try to wait for a gap to change lanes or pull out into slow moving traffic, you'll be sat all day waiting. It mostly works though I think 'go canny' applies when trying to negotiate for road room with taxis or buses anywhere in the world.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I used to fly through London once or twice a week from east to Streatham, not a problem with traffic then.
Our friends went on walkies this morning and in one hour saw one tractor, one car and one bicycle go by. This pm on a trip to the beach and traffic was very light. Country living for me any day.