Nikon is backwards

On Mon, 04 Feb 2019 16:32:17 -0000, Alan Browne wrote:

On 2019-02-03 16:58, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 07:29:34 -0000, Eric Stevens
wrote:

On Sat, 02 Feb 2019 23:44:21 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:07:17 -0000, Eric Stevens
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Feb 2019 22:31:26 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:27:45 -0000, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2019-01-31 13:24, Bill W wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:17:57 -0500, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2019-01-30 17:55, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 01:05:49 -0000, Alan Browne

I'd rather have it. Never know. Didn't cost anything to get
fixed.

Airbags, like seatbelts, cause as much harm as good. I never
wear a
seatbelt unless there's a cop nearby. My friend's father died
because
he was trapped by his seatbelt in an accident. They're also damn
annoying - whenever you lean forwards at a junction to see if any
traffic is coming, the damn thing locks! Then you've got to
slowly lean
back and forwards again, trying to encourage it to believe you
weren't
thrown forwards in an accident.

Complete and utter nonsense.

Yeah, mostly, but even though you're replying to a troll,

I'm seeing that now. Seemed reasonable. I guess he's a long con
troll.

// he's partly
right about the belts locking in some cars. It's the way some are
designed, and you sometimes have to push yourself back in the
seat to
release them. He's certainly right about "annoying".

Never had that issue with my 2 most recent cars. I seem to recall
something like that on an older car.

Drive w/o a seatbelt here and it's a fine.

It's only a fine if you're caught. I get caught once a year, £100
a year is a small price to pay for:
1) No annoyance when leaning forwards.
2) Not having to put the ****ing thing off and on every time I get
to and out of my car.

3) No protection in an accident.

Isn't it better to not crash in the first place? Or are you
incapable of driving properly?

It is much better to not crash in the first place.

I am very capable of driving, properly or otherwise.
I can't speak for other people or fate in general.

Good drivers can avoid bad drivers.

You can strive to avoid, you can't be sure to avoid. But logic doesn't
seem to be on your strength list.

You can be sure enough, sure enough for a non-pessimist anyway. Why do you worry about what will probably never happen? Do you have warm blankets, snow shovels, first aid kit, and all that nonsense in your car too, just in case?

On 2019-02-09 18:00, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 04 Feb 2019 16:32:17 -0000, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2019-02-03 16:58, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Good drivers can avoid bad drivers.

You can strive to avoid, you can't be sure to avoid.* But logic doesn't
seem to be on your strength list.

You can be sure enough, sure enough for a non-pessimist anyway.* Why do
you worry about what will probably never happen?* Do you have warm
blankets, snow shovels, first aid kit, and all that nonsense in your car
too, just in case?

Of course. Here's my latest checklist. This gets changed out in mid
April for a "summer" kit that is slightly different.

Emergency belt cutter and window punch
First Aid kit (not a "cheap" quick kit - one I assembled from bits)
Water
Food
Large sleeping bag
Sterno cans
Flashlights
Spare batteries
Tools
Rope
Zip ties
Duct Tape
Tarps
Collapsible snow shovel
Triangles
Chemical hand warmers
Wool socks
Work gloves
Cat litter (for traction on ice)
Pet food (if applicable)
Medicines (if applicable)
Games for the kids (if applicable)

Most of this in a 40 litre backpack in the back seat, the bulkier items
in the trunk.

--
"2/3 of Donald Trump's wives were immigrants. Proof that we
need immigrants to do jobs that most Americans wouldn't do."
- unknown protester

On Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:29:40 -0000, Alan Browne wrote:

On 2019-02-02 16:31, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:24:05 -0000, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2019-02-01 17:32, Commander Kinsey wrote:

And if your car had caught fire and you were trapped by your seatbelt,
you wouldn't be here to tell us. Tying people up is for BDSM, not
driving.

1. Cars don't catch fire after crashes much (unless maintained by
incompetents who buy parts on the cheap, perhaps).

2. Always wear your seatbelt and always have this on a lanyard in the
car:
https://www.leatherman.com/z-rex-32.html

Have you always been a sissy?

Never been. But it's clear you've always been an asshat.

"Never been" is incorrect, as you're scared of crashing so wear a namby pamby seatbelt.

On 2019-02-10 16:41, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:29:40 -0000, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2019-02-02 16:31, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:24:05 -0000, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2019-02-01 17:32, Commander Kinsey wrote:

And if your car had caught fire and you were trapped by your seatbelt,
you wouldn't be here to tell us. Tying people up is for BDSM, not
driving.

1.* Cars don't catch fire after crashes much (unless maintained by
incompetents who buy parts on the cheap, perhaps).

2.* Always wear your seatbelt and always have this on a lanyard in the
car:
https://www.leatherman.com/z-rex-32.html

Have you always been a sissy?

Never been.* But it's clear you've always been an asshat.

"Never been" is incorrect, as you're scared of crashing so wear a namby
pamby seatbelt.

I don't care if you think it's namby pamby. I'd rather spend time at
home than in a hospital or worse.

Congrats on keeping asshat credentials though.

--
"2/3 of Donald Trump's wives were immigrants. Proof that we
need immigrants to do jobs that most Americans wouldn't do."
- unknown protester

On Wed, 06 Feb 2019 03:32:21 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Tue, 05 Feb 2019 21:11:07 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 23:33:54 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 21:57:51 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 07:30:32 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sat, 02 Feb 2019 23:47:26 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:27:31 -0000, Alan Browne wrote:

On 2019-02-01 17:31, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:27:45 -0000, Alan Browne

Drive w/o a seatbelt here and it's a fine.

It's only a fine if you're caught. I get caught once a year, £100 a
year is a small price to pay for:

Hmm, for someone who moans about the price of everything, that seems a
strange thing to write.

It's only the cost of 2 tanks of petrol. And I buy way more than 2 tanks a year.

1) No annoyance when leaning forwards.

I wear mine and it's no annoyance to lean forward.

Then you must lean very slowly. Are you one of those annoying buggers who sits at junctions for ages, not pulling out when there's enough room for a bus?

2) Not having to put the ****ing thing off and on every time I get to
and out of my car.

A few seconds effort for added crash safety.

Safety is for pussies, and people who can't drive properly. I have never managed to crash enough to cause myself an injury.

So you have crashed.

But a seatbelt was not helpful. Everybody has a few dents and scrapes in car parks. I did knock the front end off a tractor once, but I didn't need a belt for that either.

You sound like a clumsy driver.

He turned right (read that as left if you're in America) without indicating, while I was overtaking him.

An intersection or vehicle entry of some kind I presume.

A straight country road, with a small road off the side to access his farm.

On Wed, 06 Feb 2019 03:33:35 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Tue, 05 Feb 2019 21:11:54 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 23:34:40 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 21:57:01 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 07:32:12 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sat, 02 Feb 2019 23:50:17 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:12:35 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 15:42:04 -0500, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2019-01-31 20:20, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:24:39 -0600, Bill W
wrote:

On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:17:57 -0500, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2019-01-30 17:55, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 01:05:49 -0000, Alan Browne

I'd rather have it. Never know. Didn't cost anything to get fixed.

Airbags, like seatbelts, cause as much harm as good. I never wear a
seatbelt unless there's a cop nearby. My friend's father died because
he was trapped by his seatbelt in an accident. They're also damn
annoying - whenever you lean forwards at a junction to see if any
traffic is coming, the damn thing locks! Then you've got to slowly lean
back and forwards again, trying to encourage it to believe you weren't
thrown forwards in an accident.

Complete and utter nonsense.

Yeah, mostly, but even though you're replying to a troll, he's partly
right about the belts locking in some cars. It's the way some are
designed, and you sometimes have to push yourself back in the seat to
release them. He's certainly right about "annoying".

My Honda does that. You get used to it.

Some years ago I blacked out while driving another Honda Legend and
went straight on under cruise control at 60mph into a tree. At the

Why did you black out?

Basically, incorrect medication for high blood pressure.

There is no medication for that, in fact I wonder if we should be treating it at all. Who's to say what's "too high"? Apparently one third of Americans have "high blood pressure" - I refuse to believe 1 in 3 people have faulty bodies. Mine is something over 120. The cardiologist's eyes almost popped out and he said it was very dangerous, then proceeded to give me four separate medications for it, all at full dosage, none of which had the slightest effect. I stopped taking them after three years when I felt no different and the readings were almost identical.

Would you feel the ame if your blood pressure was 220/180?

Yikes! Wouldn't that have killed you already?

Anyway, if it was caused by whatever's causing mine, the drugs still wouldn't work.

Some drugs almost certainly would.

They've tried 4 different high blood pressure pills, none did anything. Alcohol and marijuana are better.

An odd problem.

Having no cure is one thing, not even knowing the name of the illness is worse.

On Wed, 06 Feb 2019 03:34:30 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Tue, 05 Feb 2019 21:13:17 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 23:36:30 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 21:56:12 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 07:32:58 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 01:19:06 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:13:24 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Fri, 01 Feb 2019 22:32:03 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Feb 2019 01:20:22 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:24:39 -0600, Bill W
wrote:

On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:17:57 -0500, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2019-01-30 17:55, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 01:05:49 -0000, Alan Browne

I'd rather have it. Never know. Didn't cost anything to get fixed.

Airbags, like seatbelts, cause as much harm as good. I never wear a
seatbelt unless there's a cop nearby. My friend's father died because
he was trapped by his seatbelt in an accident. They're also damn
annoying - whenever you lean forwards at a junction to see if any
traffic is coming, the damn thing locks! Then you've got to slowly lean
back and forwards again, trying to encourage it to believe you weren't
thrown forwards in an accident.

Complete and utter nonsense.

Yeah, mostly, but even though you're replying to a troll, he's partly
right about the belts locking in some cars. It's the way some are
designed, and you sometimes have to push yourself back in the seat to
release them. He's certainly right about "annoying".

My Honda does that. You get used to it.

Some years ago I blacked out while driving another Honda Legend and
went straight on under cruise control at 60mph into a tree. At the
first contact the safetybelt pulled tight. I didn't even move far
enough forward to reach the airbag. I was badly bruised but not
otherwise hurt. After an experience like that you tend to value seat
belts which care about your safety.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/97mrg4m039..._0104.JPG?dl=0

Most people don't black out for no reason.

There was a reason which was quickly dealt with.

That doesn't negate what I just said. Most of us don't have a problem with maintaining consciousness. If you do, you should reconsider your ability to drive. Do the DVLA (or whatever it is on your country) know you have this medical condition?

They know all the details, and I am still driving.

You actually told them? Why?

Mainly so I could keep my license. They knew all about the accident
and asked me why I should still be allowed to drive. So I told them.

Why would they care about an accident which only involved you? The authorities didn't even care about me destroying that tractor as soon as they knew nobody was injured. They said let the insurance companies deal with it.

They were thinking about possible next times.

Some folk worry too much.

On Wed, 06 Feb 2019 03:38:40 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Tue, 05 Feb 2019 22:44:58 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Tue, 05 Feb 2019 10:14:13 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Mon, 04 Feb 2019 23:38:11 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

I've never had to replace a manifold.

Maybe you should use older cars or drive them harder?

I've never sold a car with less than 120,000km on it. Most have been
nearer to 200,000km. My present car is 16 years old and has 196,000km
on the clock. Maybe one factor is that I always get them serviced
according to the book.

Let me correct that for you:

I've never sold a car with less than 75,000 miles on it. Most have been
nearer to 125,000 miles. My present car is 16 years old and has 120,000 miles
on the clock.

I scrap mine at 135,000 miles usually. That's the point they cost more to repair than replace.

Maybe one factor is that I always get them serviced
according to the book.

I doubt that makes the manifold last longer. And what's the point in replacing parts that aren't broken yet?

Manifolds usually crack for a reason, usually due to errors in the
engine management system

I hate engine management systems, especially French ones.

which cause the exhaust to run at excessively
high temperatures.

I had a bit of a problem with high temperatures with an LPG converted car (well two actually). LPG burns hotter than petrol and ****s the valves.

In cars with manual gearboxes it can also be due to
drivers habitually making the engine slog at low revs.

How could that overheat the manifold? Or are you meaning it produces more corrosive gases?

On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 23:28:18 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Wed, 06 Feb 2019 03:32:21 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Tue, 05 Feb 2019 21:11:07 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 23:33:54 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 21:57:51 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 07:30:32 -0000, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sat, 02 Feb 2019 23:47:26 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:27:31 -0000, Alan Browne wrote:

On 2019-02-01 17:31, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:27:45 -0000, Alan Browne

Drive w/o a seatbelt here and it's a fine.

It's only a fine if you're caught. I get caught once a year, £100 a
year is a small price to pay for:

Hmm, for someone who moans about the price of everything, that seems a
strange thing to write.

It's only the cost of 2 tanks of petrol. And I buy way more than 2 tanks a year.

1) No annoyance when leaning forwards.

I wear mine and it's no annoyance to lean forward.

Then you must lean very slowly. Are you one of those annoying buggers who sits at junctions for ages, not pulling out when there's enough room for a bus?

2) Not having to put the ****ing thing off and on every time I get to
and out of my car.

A few seconds effort for added crash safety.

Safety is for pussies, and people who can't drive properly. I have never managed to crash enough to cause myself an injury.

So you have crashed.

But a seatbelt was not helpful. Everybody has a few dents and scrapes in car parks. I did knock the front end off a tractor once, but I didn't need a belt for that either.

You sound like a clumsy driver.

He turned right (read that as left if you're in America) without indicating, while I was overtaking him.

An intersection or vehicle entry of some kind I presume.

A straight country road, with a small road off the side to access his farm.

I would say he was at fault. I don't know what the road rules are
where you were driving but in New Zealand there are specific
requirements for this situation.

https://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/r...iving/turning/

You will find a lot about that general situation on that page
including:

"If there are other vehicles moving fast or following too closely,
or if the road is narrow, it may be best to wait on the left-hand
side of the road to make the turn ... "
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 21:41:06 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:29:40 -0000, Alan Browne wrote:

On 2019-02-02 16:31, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:24:05 -0000, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2019-02-01 17:32, Commander Kinsey wrote:

And if your car had caught fire and you were trapped by your seatbelt,
you wouldn't be here to tell us. Tying people up is for BDSM, not
driving.

1. Cars don't catch fire after crashes much (unless maintained by
incompetents who buy parts on the cheap, perhaps).

2. Always wear your seatbelt and always have this on a lanyard in the
car:
https://www.leatherman.com/z-rex-32.html

Have you always been a sissy?

Never been. But it's clear you've always been an asshat.

"Never been" is incorrect, as you're scared of crashing so wear a namby pamby seatbelt.

I would say that's a winner's choice, not a scared of loosing choice.
--

Regards,

Eric Stevens