happy st albans day

[EFM_Costello]

Hope everyone has had a very nice day on this very important date.personally i think its a lot more important than st georges day and i have so for decided not to celebrate st georges day any more.

[carlfadhel]

happy st albans day <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

good stuff - although no b*stard seems to be out <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

[MK James]

 

Sometimes I wish I lived in a city like St. Albans....

[Stu B]

I'd like to just for EFM,what was MK like last night for the Eminem show?

 

[MK James]

 

It was pretty busy, it's all going on again tonight and tomorrow, nice to see lots of people milling around and I could hear Eminem from my house with the windows closed.

 

I live 10 minutes from The Bowl and unlike most of my neighbours, I'd like there to be gigs there every day! Unless it's Bon Jovi like it usually is... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

[mdetaylor]

It rained all night

[Little Miss Urchin]

I drove past St Albans yesterday. Thought about popping in but it was around 7:30 so I thought you might have all been tucked up in bed already.

 

Anyone know why the M25 was closed?

[AFF]

The M25. A strange one.

 

I was travelling anti clockwise and at 15 mph in solid traffic east of the first tunnel. I noticed that there was no traffic coming clockwise.

 

To the west of the second tunnel, I saw ahead of me a dozen police cars and ambulances having stopped all thre lanes of the clockwise section as a result of an accident. I saw only one damaged car behind which was three miles of stationary traffic, with all/most of the occupants atanding outside their vehicles. eventually at the and of the three mile section, the police were turning cars around to send them back, anti clockwise along the clockwise section. A surreal touch.

 

Eventually, those cars travelling backwards [in a manner of speaking - they were travelling in a forwards direction but on the 'wrong' side of the motorway] were directed onto the A1.

 

The problem on my side was that, for some reason, the police closed the outside lane of the anti-clockwise side of the motorway at the point of the accident on the clockwise side. so, our problem was 3 lanes reducing to 2 and all the rubbernecking.

 

Horrendous.

 

Did you see me, LMU?

[EFM's Librarian]

"rubbernecking" - what on earth is that?

 

They were saying on the radio that a lot of the problems were caused by 'Aquaplaning' whatever that is? (I know nothing about cars)

[AFF]

Hi EFMsL.

 

The apparent street party that I described was taking place before the rain.

 

'Rubbenecking' is an expression descibing people who stretch their necks around to observe a car accident or other phenomenen.

 

You have either too much or too litle imagination, Effem Sel!

 

 

[AFF]

Just re-read yours' EFMsL.

 

Aquaplaning is a not very exciting effect when there is a layer of water between all 4 tyres and the surface of the road. Effectively, the car is skimming over the surface of the water and, at times, not in contact with the road.

 

The first problem is that the driver is not aware that he/she is in that condition immediately.

 

The second problem arises when the driver turns the steering wheel and the car continues ina straight line. Braking is, eventually, effective but, usually too late.

 

No imagination, Effem Sel.

[EFM's Librarian]

I thought it might have been something to do with a Danish? pop band shaving rough wooden edges! (there's a difference between no imagination, and just being stupid)

[AFF]

I agree, EFMsL.

 

I believe that ABBA are Swedish. Ask Chubbster.

 

There is a difference between no imagination and stupidity!

[EFM's Librarian]

I wasn't talking about ABBAplaning. Aqua were the pop band who did 'Barbie girl' (which I'm sure you already knew, but you were feigning ignorance)

 

Could you not have a very clever person with no imagination, and a very stupid but highly imaginative one?

[AFF]

O.K. - little sublety either; No, I'm afraid I've never heard of Aqua [or 'Barbie girl either] - Not Indie-Rock, presumably; Yes, in my view, you could.

[EFM's Librarian]

Misread your previous post. I thought you had said there is "no difference between no imagination and stupidity"

 

Glad we've cleared that one up!

[Little Miss Urchin]

Quote:

Did you see me, LMU?

Never made it on to the M25.

Fortunately Dad - in the car behind - found out about the M25 just in time, literally. We were on the slip road about to join it (I say about to join it, all cars were stationary at the time) when Mum got the call that there was a problem.

A couple of cars on front slipped down a little rat-run that lead...err...onto an other road (I guess this r-r is for just such an emergency, so hurrah for running rats, I say!). It took 2 and a half hours to make a 1 to 1 hour 15 min journey in the end, but ultimately quicker as at least we didn't have to back-track. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I wish people would learn how to drive - it's really not that difficult. In poor conitions, you s-l-o-w down!!! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

[AFF]

Sorry to be pedantic, LMU, but the accident on the clockwise side took place at 6.30 ish pm.

 

Nothing wrong with the driving conditions then.

 

Are you sure you didn't see me? Yellow and Blue scarves out of each back window? Nodding minature of Steve 'The Legend' Clark on the parcel shelf? Nodding model of Billy Minter on the dashboard?

[Little Miss Urchin]

I didn't leave by brother's house until 6:50 so by the time we reached the M25 the traffic would have built up quite a fair bit.

 

As for your car, I honestly didn't see you but the description reminds me of something I read in a 'most wanted' list somewhere...! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />