On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 4:53 PM, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > they hadn't put that one up yet in 2004, Dave... :-)
Oh ya, i went in 2005, opps. Well apparently no on read it in 05/06 or 07.:- Dave > > Jostein > > 2008/9/22 David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 8:48 AM, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I remember very well my first driving experience in USA back in 2004, >>> when Adelheid and I went to GFM. I found the US traffic signs so >>> confusing because of their extensive use of words instead of symbols. >>> Reading does indeed take more time when you do not know what message >>> to expect. After the first couple of days, however, the signs began to >>> fall into familiar patterns and only quick glances were necessary. >>> >>> It was a scary first couple of days, though... :-) >> >> Most people at GFM don't see the "Don't feed Brooksy booz, or he;ll >> snore, but they just ignore that one all the time. >> >> Dave(chaser of bears)Brooks >>> >>> Jostein >>> >>> 2008/9/21 Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>> Visual clutter. It is a well known phenomenon. Only the simplest >>>> messages can be recieved at 30 mph on a busy street. That's why >>>> symbols like the Golden Arches are so good. No words to read, no >>>> points to scan, just communicates directly with your stomach. >>>> Regards, Bob S. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 3:30 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> There are so many signs around, and they have crept in so gradually, >>>>> that I think we hardly notice them anymore. I first realised how many >>>>> there were several years ago when Greenwich was closed to traffic one >>>>> summer because of roadworks. It really gave me the chance to look at >>>>> the architecture without any cars disfiguring the view, almost as it >>>>> was built. It was only as I tried mentally to strip away the modern >>>>> accretions that I realised just how many signs there are, and how ugly >>>>> they are. Greenwich is so busy with tourists that the signs are almost >>>>> useless anyway - pedestrians just go where they want to, and stop the >>>>> traffic. It was after that that I started to learn about the Naked >>>>> Road movement, which I think is something to be welcomed and >>>>> encouraged. >>>>> >>>>> I was once stopped by a policeman for making an illegal right turn. He >>>>> asked me "do you know how many No Right Turn signs there are at that >>>>> junction, sir?" I told him I hadn't noticed any. He replied "There are >>>>> 12". Not much use really, if people don't notice them! >>>>> >>>>> Bob >>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>>>>> Behalf Of John Coyle >>>>>> Sent: 21 September 2008 03:03 >>>>>> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' >>>>>> Subject: RE: OT (Bikey): A robust defence of Elle Macpherson >>>>>> >>>>>> How refreshing Simon's viewpoint is! Strangely enough, I >>>>>> stopped during a >>>>>> walk the other day on one not very busy intersection - two >>>>>> suburban streets, >>>>>> each having a partial one-way section - and counted the >>>>>> number of street >>>>>> signs. There were 20! How many road-users would take in all of >>>>> those >>>>>> messages, some of which were redundant - including one which >>>>>> indicated the >>>>>> route to a bikeway some 400 metres away on the riverbank 30 >>>>>> meters below the >>>>>> road... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/19/transport.transpor >>>>>> t >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ >>> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Equine Photography >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> Ontario Canada >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
