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#279694 2-Nov-2020 12:48

I have decided to start a new thread dedicated to human foolishness. Posts can be light, though they don't have to be, and Darwin Awards may be included, but I hope the net will be cast wider than that. It is non-political, just Homers doing Homer things.

To start things off, here is an item about a man who paid $150 for a 'full-contact' experience with a leopard, and got his money's worth.

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#2596219 2-Nov-2020 13:46

To start things off, here is an item about a man who paid $150 for a 'full-contact' experience with a leopard, and got his money's worth.

Sheesh, the tortoise tomcat up the street will give you that for free.

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#2596284 2-Nov-2020 14:22

Can I nominate every single person who drives a car when they have consumed too much alcohol? Every. Single. One.

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#2596299 2-Nov-2020 14:47

Why the hate for the drink drivers? You should be on the case of the people who have a crash when they're perfectly sober and have no excuse.

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#2596450 2-Nov-2020 17:58

We have been doing a roadie around the South Island trying to spread the love and some $ to help out small businesses but sadly it has been wet these last few days. We were amazed by how many drivers were driving in the pouring rain or fog with no lights on. Oddly it seemed more prevalent with people driving grey cars, go figure.

Maybe it’s because we have driven so much in Canada where everyone has their lights on but to us it seems like a no brainer. It’s not like you are paying for the power to run them. 😀

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#2596465 2-Nov-2020 18:25

Need I say more. Gives new meaning to the word hot box.

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#2596697 3-Nov-2020 00:01

Kiwifan:

We have been doing a roadie around the South Island trying to spread the love and some $ to help out small businesses but sadly it has been wet these last few days. We were amazed by how many drivers were driving in the pouring rain or fog with no lights on. Oddly it seemed more prevalent with people driving grey cars, go figure.

Maybe it’s because we have driven so much in Canada where everyone has their lights on but to us it seems like a no brainer. It’s not like you are paying for the power to run them. 😀

"We have been doing a roadie around the South Island"

I presume you do not mean having s*x with someone who sets up stage equipment for the band?! 😳

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#2596698 3-Nov-2020 00:02

JaseNZ:

Need I say more. Gives new meaning to the word hot box.

The alarming thing is that she does not seem to notice...!

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#2596702 3-Nov-2020 01:51

Kiwifan:

... We were amazed by how many drivers were driving in the pouring rain or fog with no lights on...

... It’s not like you are paying for the power to run them. 😀

You don't actually believe that do you?

Turn on the lights and the fuel consumption increases.

Not by much but it is not free.

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#2596737 3-Nov-2020 07:49

jpoc:

Kiwifan:

... We were amazed by how many drivers were driving in the pouring rain or fog with no lights on...

... It’s not like you are paying for the power to run them. 😀

You don't actually believe that do you?

Turn on the lights and the fuel consumption increases.

Not by much but it is not free.

I saw an article on this a while back. Someone did the maths and figured out that you could save 2 to 3 cents per year in petrol by not using your indicators. I imagine that you could save as much as 20 or 30 cents a year by only turning lights on when it is pitch black! <s>

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#2596746 3-Nov-2020 08:21

JaseNZ:

Need I say more. Gives new meaning to the word hot box.

Would also look great with the video running backwards.

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#2596758 3-Nov-2020 08:48

Gurezaemon:

jpoc:

You don't actually believe that do you?

Turn on the lights and the fuel consumption increases.

Not by much but it is not free.

I saw an article on this a while back. Someone did the maths and figured out that you could save 2 to 3 cents per year in petrol by not using your indicators. I imagine that you could save as much as 20 or 30 cents a year by only turning lights on when it is pitch black! <s>

I used to work with some engineers who had done the calculations on the increase in fuel usage from having headlights on full time. I can't recall the numbers, but it wasn't a huge amount on an individual basis - most people could save that much by accelerating a bit slower. But when the numbers were applied to the whole country, if it was made compulsory for instance, it was a large amount more fossil fuel being burned than otherwise. Enough that it would be a nightmare for a government to try and justify the sums for - turn the lights on and potentially save x number of lives, but burn x amount of extra fuel affecting climate change, etc.

This was before LED daylight running lights were an option. The amount of extra fuel they use would be pretty negligible.

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#2596769 3-Nov-2020 09:00

Rikkitic:

I have decided to start a new thread dedicated to human foolishness.

Why?

Kiwifan

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#2596770 3-Nov-2020 09:03

Geektastic:

Kiwifan:

We have been doing a roadie around the South Island trying to spread the love

"We have been doing a roadie around the South Island"

I presume you do not mean having s*x with someone who sets up stage equipment for the band?! 😳

Only in my mind. 😇 Maybe I should have said “Tiki touring”

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#2596772 3-Nov-2020 09:04

BlueShift:

I used to work with some engineers who had done the calculations on the increase in fuel usage from having headlights on full time. I can't recall the numbers, but it wasn't a huge amount on an individual basis - most people could save that much by accelerating a bit slower. But when the numbers were applied to the whole country, if it was made compulsory for instance, it was a large amount more fossil fuel being burned than otherwise. Enough that it would be a nightmare for a government to try and justify the sums for - turn the lights on and potentially save x number of lives, but burn x amount of extra fuel affecting climate change, etc.

Anything is like that tho, I get sick of articles saying that "If everybody in the country did 'thing x' it would save 8.4 million dollars" - I dont care. I care about what it saves me, which at $2 is not worth the effort do do thing x.

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#2596773 3-Nov-2020 09:05

jpoc:

Kiwifan:

... We were amazed by how many drivers were driving in the pouring rain or fog with no lights on...

... It’s not like you are paying for the power to run them. 😀

You don't actually believe that do you?

Turn on the lights and the fuel consumption increases.

Not by much but it is not free.

Yeah I did actually, my bad.

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