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Post by Defenestrated Fipplebox on Nov 19, 2022 18:56:36 GMT
Gawd, another person determined to commit suicide-by-being-run-over-at-nightime. That would be dependent on me having to put myself in the situation when I can be run over though, which never happens after a count... Regardless, I understand that cars have these storage photon emitting contraptions called headlamps, designed to pick out things that are on the road in front of them...
Seems as if your eyes are better a picking up black on black than mine are.
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Post by johnloony on Nov 19, 2022 19:00:34 GMT
Gawd, another person determined to commit suicide-by-being-run-over-at-nightime. That would be dependent on me having to put myself in the situation when I can be run over though, which never happens after a count... Regardless, I understand that cars have these storage photon emitting contraptions called headlamps, designed to pick out things that are on the road in front of them... They would be useful if they bombarded their photons at objects which reflect them back to the retina of the person who is driving the contraption, but I understand that black clothes are specifically designed to absorb as many photons as possible instead of reflecting them. |
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Post by Khunanup on Nov 19, 2022 19:09:27 GMT
That would be dependent on me having to put myself in the situation when I can be run over though, which never happens after a count... Regardless, I understand that cars have these storage photon emitting contraptions called headlamps, designed to pick out things that are on the road in front of them... Seems as if your eyes are better a picking up black on black than mine are.
I don't drive, but cycle everywhere. The biggest issue I have when doing so is going from light to shade in a side road, and in the shade there is a jet black car coming towards me. Now, in the opposite circumstance you might hope that the person on a bicycle might have reflectors at the very least (and of course they're going to end up worse off if it goes pear shaped) but with black cars with no lights on, there's nothing at all and you can get clobbered. Obviously, at night, I also use some photon emitting contraptions which gives no excuse for people not being able to pick out 'black on black'. |
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Post by Adam in Stroud on Nov 19, 2022 19:09:46 GMT
Gawd, another person determined to commit suicide-by-being-run-over-at-nightime. That would be dependent on me having to put myself in the situation when I can be run over though, which never happens after a count... Regardless, I understand that cars have these storage photon emitting contraptions called headlamps, designed to pick out things that are on the road in front of them... I am now picturing an election count taking place in the middle of some sort of Demolition Derby with the Returning Officer bellowing the results over the racket.... (Seriously though, pedestrians, if you don't drive in rural areas you will have no idea just how invisible pedestrians are on unlit roads if dressed in black or even in normal day-clothes, they only appear in the headlights very close up. There's no comparison with walking on a proper pavement under streetlights; reflective panels or strips etc. could easily save your life. And don't get me started on livestock on unfenced roads after dark.) |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Nov 19, 2022 19:18:09 GMT
Wearing a Nazi blackshirt by mistake, hey, it could happen to anyone. Probably not. Wearing a Nazi brownshirt could happen to anyone. Wearing an Italian or British Fascist blackshirt could happen to anyone. But wearing a Nazi blackshirt could only happen to someone who was historically illiterate |
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Post by grahammurray on Nov 19, 2022 19:23:30 GMT
Wearing a Nazi blackshirt by mistake, hey, it could happen to anyone. Probably not. Wearing a Nazi brownshirt could happen to anyone. Wearing an Italian or British Fascist blackshirt could happen to anyone. But wearing a Nazi blackshirt could only happen to someone who was historically illiterate Or a Nazi. |
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Post by Defenestrated Fipplebox on Nov 19, 2022 20:20:11 GMT
Seems as if your eyes are better a picking up black on black than mine are.
I don't drive, but cycle everywhere. The biggest issue I have when doing so is going from light to shade in a side road, and in the shade there is a jet black car coming towards me. Now, in the opposite circumstance you might hope that the person on a bicycle might have reflectors at the very least (and of course they're going to end up worse off if it goes pear shaped) but with black cars with no lights on, there's nothing at all and you can get clobbered. Obviously, at night, I also use some photon emitting contraptions which gives no excuse for people not being able to pick out 'black on black'. You didn't mention you were on a bike with flashing lights, I was picturing a pedestrian all in black walking across an ill lit road with no warning, and them blaming the driver. |
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Post by batman on Nov 19, 2022 20:21:47 GMT
Wearing a Nazi blackshirt by mistake, hey, it could happen to anyone. Probably not. Wearing a Nazi brownshirt could happen to anyone. Wearing an Italian or British Fascist blackshirt could happen to anyone. But wearing a Nazi blackshirt could only happen to someone who was historically illiterate it's remarkable how often this error is seen |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Nov 19, 2022 20:25:14 GMT
Wearing a Nazi blackshirt by mistake, hey, it could happen to anyone. Probably not. Wearing a Nazi brownshirt could happen to anyone. Wearing an Italian or British Fascist blackshirt could happen to anyone. But wearing a Nazi blackshirt could only happen to someone who was historically illiterate Or someone who (ironically) didn’t separate colours when doing the laundry? |
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Post by Khunanup on Nov 19, 2022 20:28:19 GMT
I don't drive, but cycle everywhere. The biggest issue I have when doing so is going from light to shade in a side road, and in the shade there is a jet black car coming towards me. Now, in the opposite circumstance you might hope that the person on a bicycle might have reflectors at the very least (and of course they're going to end up worse off if it goes pear shaped) but with black cars with no lights on, there's nothing at all and you can get clobbered. Obviously, at night, I also use some photon emitting contraptions which gives no excuse for people not being able to pick out 'black on black'. You didn't mention you were on a bike with flashing lights, I was picturing a pedestrian all in black walking across an ill lit road with no warning, and them blaming the driver. Well, I live in the most densely populated city in the UK outside London where there are no 'ill lit roads' (as, unlike our neighbours in Hampshire, we don't switch off out streetlights (all LED of course)) so going from personal experience. There is of course the other issue of road users using full beam lighting when they shouldn't and therefore glaring the people they are driving against which is horrible (and this includes people on bikes who use insanely bright lights) for almost everyone. |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Nov 19, 2022 21:33:42 GMT
Gawd, another person determined to commit suicide-by-being-run-over-at-nightime. That would be dependent on me having to put myself in the situation when I can be run over though, which never happens after a count... Regardless, I understand that cars have these storage photon emitting contraptions called headlamps, designed to pick out things that are on the road in front of them... Black surfaces absorb photons, detecting surfaces with a photon decector (eg, Mark I eyeball) depend on photons being reflected or emitted. |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Nov 19, 2022 21:45:46 GMT
You didn't mention you were on a bike with flashing lights, I was picturing a pedestrian all in black walking across an ill lit road with no warning, and them blaming the driver. Well, I live in the most densely populated city in the UK outside London where there are no 'ill lit roads' (as, unlike our neighbours in Hampshire, we don't switch off out streetlights (all LED of course)) so going from personal experience. There is of course the other issue of road users using full beam lighting when they shouldn't and therefore glaring the people they are driving against which is horrible (and this includes people on bikes who use insanely bright lights) for almost everyone. In recent years I've become very reluctant to drive at night for specifically this reason. |
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Post by neilm on Nov 20, 2022 11:11:51 GMT
Then are those who don't remove the 'driving on the continent' stickers when they return to the UK. It is bad enough if they don't remove them because they're lazy or don't care, but if they haven't realised they should not be on the road.
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Post by owainsutton on Nov 22, 2022 16:58:55 GMT
No whip to retain or remove, but I figure this belongs in this thread, no-fault suspension pending investigation.
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Post by aargauer on Nov 22, 2022 18:28:41 GMT
"No-fault suspension"‽ Weasel words if ever I heard any.
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Post by owainsutton on Nov 22, 2022 18:35:25 GMT
"No-fault suspension"‽ Weasel words if ever I heard any. Analogous to "suspended on full pay", I guess. |
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Post by Adam in Stroud on Nov 24, 2022 11:32:41 GMT
Not sure of correct thread, but rumours in Stroud that Cllr Nick Housden (Stonehouse ward, Conservative, deputy leader of group) may be stepping down as councillor or suspended for reasons that I can't give on here until confirmed.
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Post by neilm on Nov 24, 2022 20:20:13 GMT
Not sure of correct thread, but rumours in Stroud that Cllr Nick Housden (Stonehouse ward, Conservative, deputy leader of group) may be stepping down as councillor or suspended for reasons that I can't give on here until confirmed. And from the County Council too (allegedly, so I hear etc etc). |
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Post by richardh on Nov 30, 2022 7:52:30 GMT
Fun and games in Pudsey (Leeds). Coun.Simon Seary has been administratively suspended by the Conservative group on Leeds City Council after he posted this on Facebook:
"A number of people have asked me why I’m not friends on Facebook with the third councillor in Pudsey.
There are a number of reasons but the final two straws that broke the camels back are;
1, Did she support me during my election in May 2022?
2, Did she tell me she had Covid19 when she missed the full council meeting last year after I spend 1hr with her at Swinnow Community Centre during councillor Surgery?
There’s many more examples that I will happily share, but I didn’t call her out, until today, when she tried to call my wife out for supporting the Pudsey Cemetery and Chapel as a founder member.
I will not work with anyone who doesn’t appreciate what we have done over the long hard years when Pudsey was Labour, even before I was elected as councillor and then you continually go around bad mouthing us as a family, we have worked too hard for you to destroy the community we have created.
I’ve had enough of the back stabbing - we don’t do the councillor role as a full time job or take additional payments from the council - We are councillors who have lived in the area all our lives and do if for Pudsey, Swinnow and Tyersal and not glory…
It’s a passion and not a job for us……"
Simon Seary is a Conservative who has mastered the use of Facebook (similar to other Leeds Conservative councillors Dan Cohen(Alwoodley) and Barry Anderson(Adel and Wharfedale) and few local controversies, from road potholes to planning, pass them by without comment or action.
Pudsey has a history of Conservative councillors switching to Independent and winning elections (Peter Kersting) despite Leeds wards being some of the country's largest in local government.
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Post by Khunanup on Dec 2, 2022 11:00:43 GMT
Judith Smyth, Labour, St Jude, Portsmouth.
Suspended from the party for unknown reasons so currently sitting as non-aligned independent.
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