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Stupid Questions on Driving Tests

In which I talk about driving theory tests.
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Olympics Parade

So, there’ll be a parade in London on the 16th October for the Beijing Olympians. Nice of them to pick a thursday so that people from out of town who have to work in the week can’t come in, and people in London can only see the parade in their lunch hour.
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Mustard

I found myself in Tesco the other day, doing a shop. I also found myself getting really annoyed. Why? It was the pricing policy. With a range of items, it can be hard to compare prices, so they ‘helpfully’ put on the shelf label something like 57p/100g. Some may object to the SI system being used there. I [...]
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US ‘Gas’ Prices

I’m sick and tired of reading sites in the US complaining about how expensive ‘Gas’ is. Just over 3.50USD per US gallon is cheap by the standards of basically everyone else in the non-OPEC world. Crikey, even their pumps are wearing out! I wonder what will happen when the petrol price approaches that which I’m [...]
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Halloween

I hate Halloween, with its imported US custom of ‘Trick or Treat’ (otherwise known as extortion). In essence, I come home in the evening, wanting to relax. The doorbell goes. If I answer it I’ll find some oiks mumbling ‘trick or treat’. At this point, I am supposed to give them something which will increase childhood obesity [...]
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