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18 March, 2010

Not tax-dodging

There's a common misconception (foreseen by Winston Churchill, oddly enough) that because, unlike motor vehicles, bicycles don't require tax discs, cyclists don't pay 'road tax' and therefore have no right to use roads; that cyclists are only there at the sufferance of drivers, who 'own' the roads, and must always defer to motorists.

Wrong.


17 March, 2010

Someone must be mistaken

Argh!  Architect is not a verb!


15 March, 2010

Different directions

In the USA, emergency exit signs show the word 'EXIT' (solely in English), usually in red, which subliminally suggests 'danger', 'stop' and hence 'not this way'.  Elsewhere, the international convention is a pictogram (universally recognisable) of a stick figure running through a door, depicted in green (suggesting 'safety', 'go' and 'this way').


11 March, 2010

That's... Uh The Deal

So EMI can no longer permit Pink Floyd albums to be sold as individually downloadable tracks, against the band's wishes.


4 March, 2010

Just add sand & cement

According to a white van parked in my street, the owner isn't merely a humble builder.


3 March, 2010

How considerate

Apparently, a certain UK high-street-but-catalogue-based retailer excludes digital cameras and mp3 players from its 30-day replacement/refund policy, "to protect your personal safety".


21 February, 2010

Time is relative

If it looks like a crisp winter morning, feels like early morning, passing joggers wish me a "good morning!" and I don't have anything time-specific to do until the evening, does it really matter that it's actually 12:40?

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