Did you know that the Police and insurance companies now refuse to call them Road Traffic Accidents, because that might imply that no-one is to blame. They are now Road Traffic Collisions.

The statistics show that less than 1% can be due, even in part, to mechanical failure, and even then drivers are supposed to check their vehicle before any trip, so no 'get out clause' there.

It is true that cars are too isolated from the outside world, you sit there in a comfy seat, stereo playing, air conditioning on, and that big screen before you is much like a tv, nothing seems real.

Thats why they say motorcyclists make better drivers, because they are in much closer contact to their environment, and know that to fail in concentration is probably to get seriously hurt.

We once had a Police Accident Inspector give a talk at our 'bike club, he said,

1, Speed was not a factor, because 87% collisions happen at 30 mph or less.

2, Most car/motorcycle incidents he knew what the car driver was going to say, " I didn't see him coming " ( if you can't see something 5ft high and 2ft
wide, you have no place behind the wheel ).

3, Most car incidents happen within 2 miles of the drivers home, they are too familiar with the road, and probably thinking what they will do when they get there.

Anyway, I still prefer a good plate of meat to a lettuce leaf, a substantial meal to some of that muck tv chefs try to push out. And I WON'T change, so there !

I remember a comedian talking on this subject, it went something like this,

The digestive system of a vegetarian animal produces on average around
7 times as much methane as that of a carnivore.
Methane is one of the major greenhouse gases.
So, to save your planet, eat a vegetarian every day.

or,

I hate Freds guts, O.K., push them to the side and eat your greens.

Well, no, not I, although other people may do so.

Is that what they mean when they say 'A dog is not just for Christmas',

I suppose, depending upon it's size, and how frugal you are, you could
have broth on New Years Eve.

Hey, re PKs thread, Foxes, perhaps thats the answer to all those urban
foxes and feral cats - eat the little blighters, that'll teach 'em we are not
to be messed with !!

In article , Rusty Hinge
2 writes

I'll pass on the plate of fellow gardener thank you David


What will you pass on it?

D&RFC



Well it won't be half digested gardener
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

I had just sat down for lunch a few weeks ago, when my pal and his wife, a
normally sweet and gentle soul, walked in.
Upon seeing my meal she straight away launched into one of her tirades.

" That's disgusting, I don't know how you could bear to sit there with dead
animals on your plate." she announced.

Trying to be Oh so very tactful, I said " I understand where you are coming from, Sweetheart, but you see I don't have any choice."

" Just what do you mean, you have no choice, why not." she asked.

" Well, if they aint dead on my plate the buggers jump off when I shove the fork in." I explained.