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Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer
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Part of the storyline of last night's Call The Midwife was the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
Although I was only a young child, some of the fear and severity of the situation that adults were experiencing must have percolated down to us little'uns, because I can remember feeling scared, though I didn't know what I was scared of, exactly, just some sort of Armageddon.
When it peaked, I was at school, and I distinctly remember saying to a friend that if I was going to die, I wanted to die at home, not at school!
Anyway, I went home at the normal time, and it all 'fizzled out'.
It was a great many years later that I realised just how serious the situation had been.
13 days of fear: October 16-28, 1962.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis
Edit... as it turned out, there was only one combatant fatality of the crisis, (when there could have been millions).
Major Rudolph Anderson, who was shot down while flying a Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance mission over Cuba on October 27th 1962.
It's been on the telly a couple of times recently including the reboot of Goodnight Sweetheart.PasturesNew wrote: »You only need a license if you get stopped.... if you're never stopped in your life nobody'd ever know - and, in the most part, it's possible to never be stopped.
When we're stopped it's because we're out late and they're "just checking" or a light's out, or they suspect we might've been speeding so want to see documents.
Drive carefully, at regular hours, in a car where the lights work ...and I bet most people'd never be asked to produce documents ever.
Oh ...and don't get in any accidents I guess.
Weirdly I once worked in a more rural area where you never saw the police at all. The standard of driving was so bad I wondered how many locals had ever had a driving test. First hint of snow and the ditches would be full of cars that had skidded off the road.
A workmate had returned there after working abroad, and didn't seem to know much at all about car tax or MOTs.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
Pastures, I've got several biographies of the chap you mentioned in your post but they're back up North. I'll leave a note to myself to have a look when I'm up to see if I can find any more info.“I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” - P.G. Wodehouse0
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These days, you'd also have to make sure your car is insured and has an up to date MOT, otherwise sooner or later a police ANPR unit is going to flag your car to a nearby police officer, who will then pull you over because of the issue with the car, and then want to know who you are, and check that against the DVLA... Realistically, how many people keep the insurance and MOT on their car up to date but haven't got a licence to drive it??PasturesNew wrote: »You only need a license if you get stopped.... if you're never stopped in your life nobody'd ever know - and, in the most part, it's possible to never be stopped.
When we're stopped it's because we're out late and they're "just checking" or a light's out, or they suspect we might've been speeding so want to see documents.
Drive carefully, at regular hours, in a car where the lights work ...and I bet most people'd never be asked to produce documents ever.
Oh ...and don't get in any accidents I guess.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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Pastures, I've PMd you a translation of sorts. I can read and understand a bit of French as I worked for a french company for 16 years. I'm not so good at speaking it though. It won't be perfect, but hopefully it will make sense.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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These days, you'd also have to make sure your car is insured and has an up to date MOT, otherwise sooner or later a police ANPR unit is going to flag your car to a nearby police officer, who will then pull you over because of the issue with the car, and then want to know who you are, and check that against the DVLA... Realistically, how many people keep the insurance and MOT on their car up to date but haven't got a licence to drive it??
Not sure that you would be insured without a licence.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I thought the Court ordered you to stop stalking me/my family!
Your family is more interesting than mine
...and it turns out connected to one of my heroes!“I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” - P.G. Wodehouse0 -
Not sure that you would be insured without a licence.
That's an interesting point; I think your car can be insured before you own a license, so you could presumably get it MOTed if somebody else could drive it there. I often take Mrs zag's car for its MOT but never have to show my license.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
These days, you'd also have to make sure your car is insured and has an up to date MOT, otherwise sooner or later a police ANPR unit is going to flag your car to a nearby police officer, who will then pull you over because of the issue with the car, and then want to know who you are, and check that against the DVLA... Realistically, how many people keep the insurance and MOT on their car up to date but haven't got a licence to drive it??
I suppose you can drive anyone's car even if you don't have a licence, with or without their permission!
Or you could steal a car and drive that!(I just lurve spiders!)
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I suppose you can drive anyone's car even if you don't have a licence, with or without their permission!
Or you could steal a car and drive that!
It would be really bad luck if you stole a car that was not insured and then got picked up by ANPR and pulled over.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
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