It is mainly sailors who sail ships and pilots who fly planes, both are a
smaller select group of the general public who generally have above average
intelligence and training. They also have learnt that not following the rules
generally means something either very unpleasant or death. The general public
drive cars and they all have their own interpretations of the rules - as the
penalty isn't usually death.
Well done Pilots and Sailors. (LOL)
Guy R Day
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Johnson
To: Guy R Day
Cc: kk7ss@verizon.net ; midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com ;
spridgets@autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] [midgetsprite]
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Guy R Day <grday@btinternet.com> wrote:
<snip>
ps In the UK when facing forwards in the normal direction of travel the
left of the car is the nearside, the right or driver's side (NO - I 'm not
going to start again) is on the offside. When facing the car from the front,
the left and right sides change but the nearside and offside remain as they
were.
Pilots and sailors solved this problem many years ago. Its call "port" and
"starboard".
--
Cheers!!
Jim
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am
not
sure about the former. - Albert Einstein
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