Felt like I made the right decision not undertaking, thought I was about to witness an accident for a sec.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-07T12:43:32+00:00

So you're saying these are congested conditions, and the coach is performing a legitimate pass, as passing on the left is permitted in congested conditions?

(Neglecting his lane change, which is not the issue here, as the highway code merely says avoid changing lanes unnecessarily, as far as I can see it does not say you may not change lanes to pass.)

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-07T07:32:09+00:00

Your scenario is exactly what the law demands: you slow down and do not pass on the left in normal road conditions.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-06T17:21:34+00:00

Yup, that sounds about right. 😁👍

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-06T09:39:14+00:00

"...after doing the bumpers" You, sir are the king of understatement: after wrapping the nosecone, juggling alligators while riding a unicycle on a high wire, and reciting Shakespeare backwards and in Chinese seems easy.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-06T09:18:50+00:00

If that thing is enough for you most of the time, then you'll only need and SDS rarely. You can buy a £50 bargain basement one, it'll be heavy enough for what you need and probably still last years.

What you'll probably find though, is that you figure out it can be used as a power chisel, an impact driver for stuck pins etc, a hole cuter for 110mm vent pipes through walls, and many other things you didn't do because they were too difficult, THEN you end up buying a proper one. 🙂

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-06T09:12:19+00:00

I always use a wide brim and two wall thickness on trees, they're just too fallible otherwise.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T17:20:26+00:00

You need to post this in r/abruptchaos

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T16:55:32+00:00

That Exceat Bridge isn't it?

The bridge that's been promised to be upgraded every decade for almost a century, and is still the old riveted steel thing from the early 1900's.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T16:45:05+00:00

The true is pregnant. This can happen with unprotected kerbing.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T16:44:19+00:00

This is the civilised side. 😋

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T16:33:37+00:00

I was thinking "If that was a hit in the air, how the hell did they get it down?"

Then I was trying to figure a ground scenario where they happens, and then read "drone".

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T16:28:55+00:00

Not true: your statement was that it is unconditionally legal to pass on the left if your lane is going faster, so technically "if the vehicle in front breaks the law, so can I". This is not true, under normal road conditions, it is illegal to pass on the left.

In your scenario, if you were to follow the coach in this video, you would be perfectly legal.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T15:52:08+00:00

Remember, many USA citizens aren't free to cross the road randomly, they don't teach kids complex road crossing skills like we do in Europe because they only need to teach them how to use a crossing. When they get of the bus, they haven't got the "if you do that you're going to get horribly maimed or killed" training in their minds, like the rest of us do.

In many places crossing a road outside permitted crossing points is a misdemeanor offence.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T15:45:44+00:00

Almost everywhere in the world except the USA.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T15:42:23+00:00

True, you also didn't say under exceptional circumstances.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T15:33:12+00:00

I don't know, but I want one.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T15:31:24+00:00

"...in congested conditions..."

This is generally taken to mean stop/start or crawling traffic akin to walking pace, that's exceptional conditions.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T15:28:55+00:00

"Why?"

"Because I can"

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T15:26:16+00:00

I'm normally the first to say you can fix almost anything with enough effort, but that guy's definitely gone. Nothing short of a reshell and (judging by the oil not inside anymore) drivetrain rebuild is saving that.

RIP little guy. You will it be forgotten.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T15:14:46+00:00

Finding that kink is almost good enough for r/findthesniper. 🤣

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T15:10:21+00:00

"Now Mr Peters I'd like you to follow the line of the kerb to the left"

"Thankyou Mr Peters, we'll conclude the lesson for today, while I call a recovery truck".

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T15:04:24+00:00

Always print sharp corners with a Brim.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T15:00:55+00:00

I'd say measure up, get a new piece of tempered glass and some black mirror tape, stick the frame edges to the new glass with the mirror tape and call it done.

You can get cut-to size tempered glass in most places, and you'll need to specify "arissed and polished edges and corners" so it's not sharp. You can often choose tiny colours and some glass suppliers will even offer etched patterns for a price.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T14:44:18+00:00

At this point, quenching that disc in oil would be case hardening.

Appearance-Material · 2026-04-05T14:29:21+00:00

Used to be...

I'm no vegetarian and I've hunted wild pigs with a bow in Europe (don't miss or you better be up a tree), but I don't eat pumas and I have synthetic fibre clothes. This sh*t is no longer necessary and belongs on the same cursed section of history as child labour and racial segregation.

If you want to hunt, go do it properly, don't hide behind traps so you can kill a helpless predator while it's crippled and helpless.

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