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- From: ceram@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr J W Bottomley)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: Coventry vs. London/etc (was Re: humor in England)
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 19:52:32 -0000
- Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
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- References: <1992Nov19.160151.30303@rs6000.bham.ac.uk> <BxzEpH.HBw@cck.coventry.ac.uk> <1992Nov23.132752.3500@its.bt.co.uk>
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- In article <1992Nov23.132752.3500@its.bt.co.uk> tjo@its.bt.co.uk (Tim Oldham) writes:
- >In article <BxzEpH.HBw@cck.coventry.ac.uk> apj003@cch.coventry.ac.uk (James W Bottomley) writes:
- >>My fave part of the B'ham roads system is Five-Ways island.
- >
- >Easy. What you want is the junction by the Bull Ring, top of Digbeth, next
- >to New Street. Loads of two and three carriageway roads meet in the most
- >splendid confabulation. Dropping someone at New St and then going back
- >the way you came is heaps of fun.
-
- Yes, this is a nice unpleasant road. I particularly like the way buses try
- to merge with you by rolling right over the top of you - also very good
- fun here having arguments with highly distressed taxi drivers about the 1"
- of road space available for 27 cars and 2 heavy lores. Still not my
- overall winner 'though, as it tends to be slow and I prefer a more fast-
- and furious lifestyle.
-
- >The other enjoyable feature of Brum roads is the ``disappearing lane''.
- >Imagine three lanes at traffic lights, all going straight on. You all
- >start off, jockeying for position, when the lane you're in disappears in
- >the space of 20m. Merging into an artic isn't easy. They're too solid.
-
- I don't know if this only happens in Brum, but it does seem prone to this
- type of thing. I particularly enjoy the one on the A45 at Sheldon lights
- heading out of town - this is wonderful in the rush hour when the worst
- side of human / driver behavious is fully allowed to emerge. A big thank you
- t road engineers of Birmingham City Council for making all of this
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- Jim Bottomley: ceram@uk.ac.warwick.csv ; apj003@uk.ac.cov.cck
- 146 Earlsdon Avenue North, Earlsdon, Coventry, UK +44 203 673784
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