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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
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 Posted - 24/10/2007 : 20:50:49
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I heard this on Radio 2 this evening - they were talking to someone about traffic cones...seems they now have traffic cones made from vegetable matter rather than oil-based plastics, and these cones will eventually be dumped in the countryside where rabbits and `other wildlife` can probably eat them.
Also, the chap said they have `radio-controlled` traffic cones, so they can move them without having to send a man into busy traffic lanes.
Sorry, I was busy at the time snapping runner beans into a pan of tomato,olive oil & garlic, so my attention was divided. But, imagine - edible traffic cones, once the `rabbits etc.` discover them, before they are done with and ready to be discarded. And imagine too when the `rabbits etc.` notice a radio-controlled traffic cone on the move. This is mind-boggling. I didn`t make it up, honestly!
(And LTNS has the nerve to call ME an Eco-Nut!)
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6457 Posts |
Posted - 24/10/2007 : 20:59:39
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Nerve
It is nothing to do with Nerves.
Even radio 5 had that story Fluffy. |
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
1165 Posts |
Posted - 24/10/2007 : 21:02:29
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 Well done Radio Five then. Did you phone in and call them Eco-Nuts? |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6457 Posts |
Posted - 24/10/2007 : 21:07:15
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No
I was driving. |
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
1165 Posts |
Posted - 25/10/2007 : 18:20:27
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| I`m glad you don`t do this bit of multi-tasking. Your post could be taken to imply that had you not been driving then you might have....? |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6457 Posts |
Posted - 25/10/2007 : 18:47:56
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Radio 5
is best for Driving you get great Live Debates
and all Live Road Problems/Reports
much more than your laid back (giving up on life) radio 2.
Sign Of The Times. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5323 Posts |
Posted - 25/10/2007 : 18:56:17
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| Oh, it is perfectly possible to get 'live traffic reports' in your car even when you don't listen to Radio 5. Heck, when I switch on the TR it will even cut in on any CD I may happen to be listening to to update me. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
1165 Posts |
Posted - 25/10/2007 : 19:14:09
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In the house I like either Radio 2 or 4, but only opt for 2 simply because I DON`T get too drawn in to what I`m listening to, as I`m usually doing other stuff at the same time. Radio 4 or 5 can get TOO interesting.
In the car I`m tuned to BBC Radio Wales, but that`s mainly because I find Marcher Sound, our local commercial station, so thoroughly irritating. Radio Wales is far from ideal, can get very parochial and has a very heavy slant towards South Walian issues and Rugby, but that`s quite funny at times and it does give news of any major problems on the roads up here too.
At the moment, however, I`ve done something, I know not what, so that when I try to put the car radio on I`m getting the message Radio `SAFE` but not a sound can I get out of it. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5323 Posts |
Posted - 25/10/2007 : 19:18:25
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| Has your car radio got a key-code Fluffy? It may be worth trying to reset it with that. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
1165 Posts |
Posted - 25/10/2007 : 19:26:15
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| Yes, I think so. My late hubby bought it from his younger brother, who had bought it New. I`ve got all the bumph somewhere, but I`d thought of asking my bro-in-law about this one - I need to get him to come and sort through Hubby`s fishing tackle too, to take what he wants and suggest what to do with the rest of it. I`d rather it was used than festering here. |
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Traffic cones.