And the HIDB integrated timetable book - it went long, long before the technoarses could start their usual howling about mobile phones (and well before mobiles became reliable in hilly country and th… (View Post)

That's pretty close to what one of our Tories expressed as the ideal rural society at the time of the Salopian by-election, as I seem to recall. He wanted squires and brow-knuckling turmut-tende… (View Post)

Apart from the basic merits of reuse and recycling of materials, it's the shortage of holes in the ground that makes recycling so sensible. There aren't nearly as many old quarries as there… (View Post)

Also kinetic energy at 30mph is 9 x that at 10 mph and 9/4 that at 20mph. So zooming up and down between traffic lights loses most of that at 30mph, much more economical at 20, plus if you don;t need… (View Post)

How dreadful! A public agency which rescues drivers and their victims from crashes is engaged in education to prevent crashes. How is this different from preventing fires by educational activities, s… (View Post)