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|    Robert Bannister to Your Name    |
|    Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti    |
|    18 Jan 14 10:36:59    |
      XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science       From: robban@clubtelco.com              On 18/01/2014 8:42 am, Your Name wrote:              > Here in New Zealand (no doubt stolen from somewhere else) there's a       > slogan they use to encourage drivers to enter the motorway sensibly:       > "Merge like a zip" (i.e. the car coming up the on-ramp merges into a       > gap between cars already on the motorway) ... unfortunately most       > drivers use the "merge like a race track with a "me first" attitude.              You must have too many compatriots who learnt to drive in Perth. A Perth       driver's idea of merging is to immediately get as close to the back of       the car in front to prevent anyone getting in.       --       Robert Bannister - 1940-71 SE England        1972-now W Australia              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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