Posts by swampdog 361 publicly visible posts • joined 8 Nov 2011
Same here. Was forced to install latest java last month for some daft work purpose only (a) to have the updater screw up this month (b) when I grabbed the full download have the (also for me, longstanding) ssl cert error back. Bye -bye java for good this time. Turned out I didn't even need it for work.
"But when they are speeding, there's those bright flashing blue lights and really loud sirens to warn everyone for miles around that they are there."
Doesn't prevent the numpties from running the red lights around my way. They know that unless the emergency vehicle actually hits them they'll get away with it. I don't know which is worse. Them or the others who blindly stop & block the road.
"Speeding without those lights and sirens should rightly be punishes - lead by example after all."
How do you train emergency vehicle drivers then?
"The trouble with motorcyclists is that the the menaces are in a majority"
Policeman related to me during my advanced test.. he was sat there stationary at lights when a car he had overtaken caught him up then started pushing his bike forward repeatedly with the front of his car. Unfortunately most of us aren't able to dive off our machines and arrest the tossers.
"Yes. That's how taxonomy works. Types aren't mutually exclusive. Do you put bats in with winged creatures or mammals? Hint: it's both."
I guess you put the batwings in "winged creatures" and the reproductive system into "mammals". Which category does the rest of the carcass fit into?
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