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Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things
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I had a very odd conversation with a policeman just after "the accident" in which he thanked me (and me on behalf of LNE) for bringing them up to wear their seatbelts. I thought it was rather strange of him. It turned out another kid involved in one of the connected accidents had just died of injuries received when being thrown from the car. Traffic police feel grateful to parents who make kids belt up, because it means they don't have to deal with child deaths, which they hate. When it was put to me like that, I could see why he was thanking me.
At the time when wearing seat belts was being made compulsory, a family friend tried to persuade me that it was far better not to wear a seat belt, as you'd be 'thrown clear' of the accident, which he thought was a good thing. He was obviously unaware of Newton's 1st law of motion.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Also, many questions are simply not relevant. "What is your management style?" when it's not a management position and I've not been a manager of people, but projects.
I work on my own now, because sadly I found that all projects involve managing people.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
lostinrates wrote: »the latter IMO.
But my niece did cry a lot when she thought I was going to prison. I think my decription of a stone dungeon complete with rats, the stench of pee and noone at home bothering to fee the pets was overkill and probably idn't do more good than harm in retrospect.:o
Why did she think you were going to prison?No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
At the time when wearing seat belts was being made compulsory, a family friend tried to persuade me that it was far better not to wear a seat belt, as you'd be 'thrown clear' of the accident, which he thought was a good thing. He was obviously unaware of Newton's 1st law of motion.
Yes, of course. I didn't really mean that this other poor kid was "thrown from the car" in a strict physics sense. Not being strapped into the car, he continued to move when the car stopped (Newton's 1st law), sustaining fatal injuries when he was stopped suddenly by whatever he collided with, rather than more gradually as a seat belt would have done. He thus experienced a larger force to produce the larger deceleration resulting from the shorter time for the change of velocity (Newton's 2nd law as well
). I think of him and his mother (seriously injured) often. 
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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Why did she think you were going to prison?
I told her something like
''Oh no, there is a police car behind us, they must have seen you slip your seatbeat again and now they are going to take me to prison''(I'd been impressing tht the grown up was told off if the kid wasn't wearing a belt for months)0 -
Yes, of course. I didn't really mean that this other poor kid was "thrown from the car" in a strict physics sense. Not being strapped into the car, he continued to move when the car stopped (Newton's 1st law), sustaining fatal injuries when he was stopped suddenly by whatever he collided with, rather than more gradually as a seat belt would have done. He thus experienced a larger force to produce the larger deceleration resulting from the shorter time for the change of velocity (Newton's 2nd law as well). I think of him and his mother (seriously injured) often.
The child would have had several collisions before exiting the car. Almost certain to hit the back of the seat in front, then quite probably the back of the person in front (perhaps his mother), then the windscreen, and after that it's pot luck whether he hit something hard or just scraped along the ground sustaining injuries on the way.
I'm always amazed when I see motorcycle sports accidents that the riders are not hurt more, but they do usually have plenty of room to decelerate slowly, and their clothing protects their skin.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
do you think we could change the subject a little?:o If not I can talk about what chickens do when you kill them?:D0
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I found this site recently. A second hand kichen still at £1ook is a bit out f my price range!!! But I thought it a good ide to start looking at real kitchens an printing out pictures of ones I like. We want quite a simple kitchen (not the clive christiansn ones, even though soething about the ott nature appeals) but I like th nes with curved cupboards at the end of runs. y ad says I'll regret that as it will date them.0 -
In my working experience the people didn't need managing in a project as they were professional enough to be managing themselves, so it was never an issue.I work on my own now, because sadly I found that all projects involve managing people.
In all the projects I've managed over the years I've never found anybody I wanted to have sacked for being rubbish/slack/lazy/having bad attitude.... maybe I have some hidden management skill of people wanting it all to work because I seem to know what I'm talking about 0 -
lostinrates wrote: »do you think we could change the subject a little?:o If not I can talk about what chickens do when you kill them?:D
Beautiful weather for the time of year.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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