The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

Cakeguts

michaels wrote: »

I guess unless you knew to adjust for when the exams were taken I would not get onto my uni course if I were to apply now because I don't have any A*s.....

No one had any A*s when I did my A levels they hadn't been invented not only that but someone only got 3 As occasionally so there wouldn't have been any need for them.


It can't be only two grade inflations regardless of what people say because only about 1% got an A so to go from 1% to 26.7% getting As and A* is 25 grade inflations including the ones for A*. That sounds better so there are 5 grades A to E so that means that A levels have had to be made easier at least 5 times in order for the grade inflations not to be in negative equity.

Jackmydad

chris_m wrote: »

I suspect that is precisely the reason.



I have several where the wind-on thumbwheel moves in a clockwise direction, so the screw securing it to the shaft is left-handed.
Unfortunately I found that out the hard way so, for a while I had one with a loose thumbwheel :mad:

Ah! Those strange devices of yore that take fillum!
(I was thinking of the film wind on knob when I thought where you'd use a LHT)
In watches they tend to put three slots in the LH screws to mark them.
Just bought some film for OH's Olympus Trip.
I was wondering about digging out the Practica, but I'd have to sort a battery for it. They don't make the proper one any longer, but you there are various "get arounds" online.

PasturesNew

I have something you can stick on the back window of a car - a piece of plastic that hangs from a plastic suction sticky thing... and when you look in the rear view mirror, through that bit of plastic, it's supposed to help you see what's behind you... never actually tried it; my dad used to use it and gave it to me one day and I've just always kept it, but never tried to stick it on to see how effective it is. I've never reversed into anything in nearly 40 years of driving, so it's not been important enough to investigate... but I keep hold of it, "just in case", like all good hoarders.

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

I kind of "snigger" a bit, as only I can see the massive/deeply concreted securing concrete post I had sunk at that point 3+ years ago to prevent the fence flopping about in high winds in the winter. Every time she knocks the fence, it's right where the post is.... one day she'll misjudge it .... and that post will come off best as she's got a dinky car.

LOL. When I was in sixth form a friend was once trying to park in a space behind a VW Beetle, but every time he got close it seemed to hit something. Eventually he got it in the space and went to inspect for damage, to find a row of little dents across his bumper - along with the tow hook sticking quite some way (6-8" IIRC) out from the Beetle's bumper :rotfl:

PasturesNew

It does make you wonder what goes through some people's minds - but this woman "got away with it".

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2876179/Smart-car-owner-given-ticket-parking-rear-pavement-overturns-fine-year-long-court-battle-claimed-method-recommended-manufacturer.html

Cakeguts

We reverse my car (medium wheel base high roof Sprinter van) into our drive which is only a bit wider than the van. There are no windows in the back the only windows are in the cab. There is no internal mirror all reversing has to be done on side mirrors. You can't see into the back of the van from the front seat.



With this in mind you can see why we find the bad parking of the estate agent so entertaining.

chris_m

Jackmydad wrote: »

Ah! Those strange devices of yore that take fillum!
(I was thinking of the film wind on knob when I thought where you'd use a LHT)
In watches they tend to put three slots in the LH screws to mark them.
Just bought some film for OH's Olympus Trip.

The "several" I have are Olympuses, I collect the Pen half frame ones - some of which had the Electric Eye meter which was later fitted to the Trip.

I was wondering about digging out the Practica, but I'd have to sort a battery for it. They don't make the proper one any longer, but you there are various "get arounds" online.

Ah yes, I know that problem.
IIRC, there are "air cells" that are the correct size and almost the correct voltage, others are the right size but the wrong voltage. There may even be adapters to fit (smaller) batteries of the correct voltage into a compartment that's too big for them.
Some people have had their meter adjusted to work correctly with the lower voltage, others just mentally calculate the offset they need to apply when transferring the meter reading to the camera - assuming that the meter doesn't set the camera directly.

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

It does make you wonder what goes through some people's minds - but this woman "got away with it".

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2876179/Smart-car-owner-given-ticket-parking-rear-pavement-overturns-fine-year-long-court-battle-claimed-method-recommended-manufacturer.html

I wouldn't want to drive one of those things, let alone argue about how one can park it. I prefer to have a decent length of metal between me and other vehicles.

That said, I did see a crash test done one one which was quite surprising. They sent one at 70 mph into a concrete barrier at about a 45 degree angle. All the plastic bits fell off as expected but, surprisingly, the passenger cell was barely distorted. Both doors stayed shut and both could easily be opened, although only one of them could be shut again.
I'd expected the thing to either fall apart or fold up completely.

Cakeguts

I just thought I would nip out and look to see where the estate agent has parked the car today. And guess what??? I bet everyone knows where this is going. The car is parked across another drive today. The back wheel is next to the dropped kerb. I can't decide whether to call out parking enforcement to give her another ticket or to email head office and ask them to get her to move it. The access that she has parked across today is the back access to a house that is home to a number of disabled people and could be needed in the event of an emergency.



There is a road round the corner where there are only 4 drives and plenty of parking spaces she would have to work really hard to park across any of the drives there but obviously the ones in our road are better quality for parking across.



I actually think she shouldn't be driving at all because this is ridiculous.

Cakeguts

I emailed head office in the end to tell them to get someone in the local branch to move the car. I don't want this bad habit to develop any further. For goodness sake outside a property that houses disabled adults. You couldn't make it up but not only that you certainly wouldn't want this estate agent to sell your house. If they don't follow the rules on parking law they can't possible get their heads round housing laws and they offer lettings too.