Recent content by antipodean

Well, my boss when I was an apprentice had lived in Australia for a handful of years, and told me that they get a lot of spoiled papers. Your story wouldn't work in Aus as they have proportional voting where you need to rank the candidates in your order of preference, so every box needs a...

In Australia, where voting is compulsory, I understand that there is a high rejection of voting slips because people show their disdain for the candidates by spoiling their voting paper. Easiest way to do this is to select every candidate.

I think you will find that those whom you have elected have abrogated the responsibility to the planning department.

There have been plans to have an F1 street race in London, and also the Formula E series was looking at having a street race near Buckingham Palace.

I have more problem with the sun in side mirrors when it is behind me.

I much prefer the interior mirrors where you flip a little lever to tilt the mirror and leave a plain glass at the angle that lets you look out the rear. I find the "automatic dipping" mirror in my Mondeo never seems to dip at the right time.

Until you come across one inscribed "vehicles may be closer than they appear" because the surface is convex to get a wider angle of view ...

I always wonder what sort of annual review the people who do this work get. It can't be 'top of their game' surely.

:frantic: :frantic: :frantic:

Well, to follow the other examples work stops at a work station ...

A bus stops at a bus station. A train stops at a train station. On my desk I have a work station ... :whistling: :)

Well, I avert my eyes from the advertisements by skipping over them to subvert the advertisers attempts at marketing items i don't need ...

It is that bit that you avert by skipping over it by going to the next bookmark ... :)

Perhaps they want to turn your power off for non-payment ... :whistling:

Every automatic requires this AIUI. haven't found an auto that doesn't, but then my selection of auto vehicles has been limited over the years. Manual cars in USA require you to put your foot on the clutch to start it, legal requirement apparently, apart from it being a good habit anyway.