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I thought that the cable
I thought that the cable ferrules are there just to prevent damage to the end of the cable outer and the frame as there could be a sharp bit left after cutting. They also keep the outer aligned nicely in case the cable was cut at an angle. I don’t think they need to do any compression as that happens from the tension of the inner cable.
‘I was so lucky that I was doing the speed limit’ (!)If only there was a way to take control of the vehicle speed.
(That is a rare example though of a car “accident” as there’s nothing you can do to prevent a deer running into the side of you)
Good picture too. But no squirrel…I find your lack of faith disturbing
It turned up eventually, Peter! 😀It took about 24 hours!
I’m sure it’s a very interesting piece and all, but I’m more distracted by the unorthodox (apparently Russian/East European) car design, which appears to require you to open up the entire front of the car, headlights and all, and presumably climb over the engine, to get in.
It’s a 1955 NAMI-050 “Belka” (Squirrel) – a Soviet concept car. It’s got the engine at the rear, so no clambering necessary.
https://www.story-cars.com/1955-nami-050-belka-squirrel
I’ve tried twice in last couple of days to create a lighthearted festive forum topic, and both times it claimed success, but neither (they were the same one) but neither has appearedI’ve noticed previously that it can take a couple of hours for the post to show up in the forum posts section, but if it’s not appearing at all, then it suggests you’ve done something wrong.
Sorry, Peter: I must have missed that one
Oh, it’s not your fault at all. I know it’s there, but can’t even find it when clicking on the Forum links. It’ll likely appear after an hour or so.
I created a forum post about that this morning, but it takes ages to show up.
‘Miracle’ no one was hurt after car smashes through shop in posh Surrey villageThe salon has been forced to close temporarily
One customer wrote back: “This is a miracle that no one was hurt and that the car went into an empty shop instead of either in a full shop or carry on down the road where goodness know who would be around and maybe in danger. Thank you God.”
So, if God has the agency and desire to ensure that a shop was empty to avoid casualties, why didn’t they use their divine power to hit the brakes and just avoid the collision entirely? Or was the collision utterly unavoidable (motornormativity) and God had to focus on damage limitation?
“No more cars” as in no additional cars, or none at all? No-one is saying the latter (sadly).Pinch-points like this where cars try to concentrate remind us how staggeringly inefficient and space/ resource hungry cars are. Public transport (bus, boat), with its currently meagre 4 arrivals a day at Trelissick can be stepped-up and the headcount increases rapidly as you go to 6 to 8 etc. Each car brings 2-4 people, each bus 20-40. The locals would benefit from a more frequent no 493 bus service to Truro.
The NT seems to have the capital to throw at a bigger parking “solution”. But it could reduce the on-site parking at Trelissick and instead (revenue, of course) lay on a more frequent bus service (your park & ride). In Dartmouth/Kingswear, there’s a tourist “circuit” by train and boat – there are options to develop something like this between Falmouth and Truro.
But the NT continues to pursue a largely pro-car policy, flinging money and space at providing ever more parking, neglecting active travel alternatives. A policy that excludes many would-be visitors, and also has no future.
“No! More cars”
What a load of lemmings! Rushing to motor-geddon, complaining about all these people driving to the shops getting in the way of me driving to the shopsThe people causing traffic jams complaining about the traffic jams
Mea culpa! I’m looking after someone’s cat while she’s away at Christmas, and cats are warm-blooded cold-blooded killers. Am I the guilty man?Yes
Thanks for this. Mogg Street is often used as a rat-run by motorists (and cyclists, to be fair) who want to avoid the Mina Road mini-roundabout, so this will be interesting…I’d say that Mogg Street is more likely used by cyclists who opt for the bridge over the M32 rather than the underpasses as opposed to trying to avoid Mina Road.
I reckon the worst part of Mina Road are the loose bricks in the road surface, though the mini-roundabout can be tricky when vans park too close to the corner and block your view.
Good link- usual Bingo comments with malevolent thicko NIMBYs pretending to care about the disadvantaged, disabled etc. On the same page is the enlightening “Man dies after being found seriously injured in Bristol“- this is about 99% probability a hit-an-run, but the death is described by the police as ‘not being suspicious’. This roughly translates as ‘somebody driving a vehicle has killed somebody else, but that’s not deemed to be as serious as somebody not driving a vehicle killing somebody else. The police statement wording implies that their ‘investigative enquiries’ were completed by about 5:50am- I hope this is not true.To be fair, the anti-EBLN petition was started by Melissa Topping who is a disabled resident of Victoria Avenue (I haven’t seen if they’ve done any changes to that, but it already had traffic calming bumps).
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/thousands-sign-petition-entitled-motorists-9784209
Not much of note – seems to be a selection of comments for and against
