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Best left as it is, it's cultural history and reminds me of times that were more free thinking.

Woop woop, welcome to "WhiskyDelta", the 100th member.

Oh dear indeed, I just had a cursory glance for old times sake, to be greeted with advertising, "Date sexy Thai women". Ahem. You do realise, don't you, that Google Ads are selected on the basis of your search history - ie what you have been looking for . . . Honestly, no, my search histo...

"Summertime".

gannet wrote:

WhoseGeneration wrote:Oh dear indeed, I just had a cursory glance for old times sake, to be greeted with advertising, "Date sexy Thai women".

adblockers have their uses...

Yes, I know but not my point.

Oh dear indeed, I just had a cursory glance for old times sake, to be greeted with advertising, "Date sexy Thai women".

I note we're now up to 97 members.

I remember a TV programme from decades ago, which took some folks who wanted to improve their driving. So, out they go with an instructor, who noted the following distances they used at different speeds. Next exercise was offroad on an airfield. Big wall of cardboard boxes was erected on the runway,...

Which brings us squarely back to the 'Games' and using no brakes to explore better long-distance planning. There's another aspect to this long-distance stuff. People (as in 'humans') simply can't assess well at long distances, it's a limitation of our eyes that we can't work out exactly how fast so...

Heel & toe is always an option of course, if you're competent. I'm competent at h&t, but only when I'm pressing on and using a very firm brake pressure. I struggle at normal road speeds with light to moderate braking, so I don't bother, and it's not something I generally teach for road driv...