For a full discussion of the post about the gas saving tips see the
_www.snopes.com_ (http://www.snopes.com) urban legends site
_http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/gastips.asp_
(http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/gastips.asp) where the message,
which apparently fused with the
They had something on CNN last night. It said that this idea, atleast, does
not work.
Turning off the air conditionier and openning the windows also does not work -
allegedly. Now, I know that when they evacuated Houston a couple of years
ago cars running air conditioning had a much better
Aren't walking and bicycling both more popular options in England than here?
And isn't public transportation far better and far more publicly accepted as
an actual transportation option? In the U.S., only the poor and students
would be caught dead taking public transportation, except in New
Dora wrote:
Also, the distances are much shorter in England than here. You can
actually drive from Scotland to London in a few hours.I think half of
England is within an hour's drive of London. Certainly two hours.
Really? When I read what you said to DH he almost wet himself laughing.
Hi All
To follow what I just said... its a well known fact that when John
Prescott was the Transport minister he publicly boarded a train to
London to promote Public Transport... he got off at the next station
(Hessle, 2 miles away) and drove there in his VERY large Jag!!! As
for
Okay, I couldn't resist getting replying to this!
I now live on the west coast of Canada but before that I lived in Portsmouth on
the south coast of England. When I used to work just outside Portsmouth, I
cycled there but suffered several accidents of one sort or another and was
happy not to
You're joking
If you start in the centre of London, say Trafalgar Square, you can
drive for an hour and still be in Central London.
If you take the M25 as being the perimeter of London, you are doing
well if you can get from the M25 to places like Brighton, Canterbury,
Cambridge or
Helen wrote: People here in the Vancouver area talk about heavy traffic but
I have never seen anything close to the traffic jams in England.
This reminded me of an occasion many years ago (50+) when my aunt, uncle and
cousins visited us in England from Canada. My cousin was about 10 and
Well, OK, getting out Google Earth, which was hard because they made me
update it, and naturally the new version doesn't work as well as the old
version.
England and Scotland together are 370 miles long and 200 miles wide, and it
would fit in teh state of Texas twice. London is closer to
But I bet you were in good shape!
I find I need to ride atleast 15 miles a day to stay even halfway slim.
I've had a serious accident - they're ubiquitous in Texas, and you should
see some of the disignated bicycle lanes around here!
Download Google Earth, and then check out 1431. LOL. I
Oh, Lord. Some things are universal?
Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
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On 1 Jun 2008, at 18:54, Dora Smith wrote:?
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gt; Aren't walking and bicycling both more popular options in England gt;
than here? And isn't public transportation far better and far more gt;
publicly accepted as an actual transportation option? In the gt; U.S.,
only the poor and
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