In Days Of Old When...

IDontBelieveIt · Post by **IDontBelieveIt** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:11 pm

... a man used to walk in front of your horseless carriage carrying a red flag.

Well they say history repeats itself and we are well on our way to repearting history...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7803997.stm

I can understand the red flag bit as in those those good old heady days they also believed if man travelled at more than 20 MPH he would disintegrate

Stoday · Post by **Stoday** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:21 pm

Those were the days when cars were driven by steam. I can remember a steam roller operating down our road in the 1940's.

As you say, history repeats itself:

http://www.steamcar.co.uk/

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:37 pm

Steam rollers were still on th go till way in to the late 60's!.......and maybe later!

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:37 am

I think they are a really stupid idea.

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big-all · Post by **big-all** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:56 am

they still do it with trains

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJbv5me0 ... re=related

IDontBelieveIt · Post by **IDontBelieveIt** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:22 pm

That's a great video UHM!!

Pipertom · Post by **Pipertom** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:24 pm

The horseless carraige today's (taxi) local by- laws say that the driver is requested to keep a bale of straw in the boot of the car

pipertom.

Mooncat · Post by **Mooncat** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:37 pm

Pipertom wrote:The horseless carraige today's (taxi) local by- laws say that the driver is requested to keep a bale of straw in the boot of the car
pipertom.

I suspect that the bale of hay for the horse is a VERY small one to obey the letter of the law.

IDontBelieveIt · Post by **IDontBelieveIt** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:28 am

Very true Pipertom I had heard of that one it is still on the statute as is

Every man aged 16 or over must do one hours of archery practice every day.

We are legally allowed to p*ss on the wheels of our carts or cars or vans or lorries in public. BUT I think the Gestapo will nick you for a different law of indecent exposure.

doomed · Post by **doomed** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:44 am

IDontBelieveIt wrote:
Every man aged 16 or over must do one hours of archery practice every day.

But due to health and safety, wearing full combat body armour, goggles, hard hat, Hi Vis vest, safety boots and with imaginary arrows (a, the government can't afford them. b, there too dangerous for health and safety reasons)