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Jul 10 2010, 12:17 AM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 10 2010, 01:07 AM) Well I could sign on as Paul McCartney - would you all believe me? (Sorry - what was the topic?) Dunno, what was it? ****... Moat just killed himself.
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Jul 11 2010, 08:38 AM
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QUOTE (misc @ Jul 9 2010, 04:36 PM) Wow, it's an honour to share a forum with Bobby Gillespie. To be fair, I think "they" had a point if they were talking about your Give Out But Don't Give Up era. It just wasn't what anyone was expecting. Still, you showed "them" with XTRMNTR, didn't you? QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 10 2010, 12:36 AM) Who?
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Jul 11 2010, 07:02 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ Jul 11 2010, 07:24 PM) The title of this thread is 'Pedestrian crossing' but it is called 'Zebra crossing'. To be fair I've seen pedestrians crossing but not Zebras. I could be wrong here GMR but I think it is something to do with the black & white stripes which are exhibited by such a crossing bearing some resemblance to the black & white stripes on a zebra. I am just surmising here but it would seem a better bet than the proposition that they are provided to aid the passage of zebras themselves.
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Jul 11 2010, 07:21 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 11 2010, 08:02 PM) I could be wrong here GMR but I think it is something to do with the black & white stripes which are exhibited by such a crossing bearing some resemblance to the black & white stripes on a zebra. That is true... the colouring and stripes gave it away QUOTE I am just surmising here but it would seem a better bet than the proposition that they are provided to aid the passage of zebras themselves. That is true, and knowing Newbury anything is possible.
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Jul 11 2010, 10:37 PM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Jul 11 2010, 09:19 PM) Isn't it a pelican crossing there anyway? There's a whole menagerie of crossings out there in West Berkshireland.... We started off with zebra crossings donkeys years ago... (see what I did there... ) Then, as electricity arrived in Newbury, we got Pelicans. Then along came the Toucan crossing... (where people AND cyclists who haven't already jumped the lights can cross) Then there are Puffin crossings (which detect movement on the crossing) And out in Lambourn way I think there may also be a Pegasus crossing for those expensive gee ges (not sure this one should count as I've looked up my A to Z of the animal kingdom and haven't come across a beast called a Pegasus....)
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Jul 12 2010, 07:44 AM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Jul 9 2010, 04:39 PM) No you didn't, re-read what you said again! Don't worry, I knew what you meant, it was just you didn't write what you meant! An issue with little merit, or should I say proof. How wrong you are.
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Jul 12 2010, 04:28 PM
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QUOTE (spartacus @ Jul 11 2010, 11:37 PM) There's a whole menagerie of crossings out there in West Berkshireland.... We started off with zebra crossings donkeys years ago... (see what I did there... ) Then, as electricity arrived in Newbury, we got Pelicans. Then along came the Toucan crossing... (where people AND cyclists who haven't already jumped the lights can cross) Then there are Puffin crossings (which detect movement on the crossing) And out in Lambourn way I think there may also be a Pegasus crossing for those expensive gee ges (not sure this one should count as I've looked up my A to Z of the animal kingdom and haven't come across a beast called a Pegasus....) Wow! An animal attack
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