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Let him and Carl together figure it out for me. Carl is Jung at heart.fresh_42 said:Don't let Sigmund read this!
Let him and Carl together figure it out for me. Carl is Jung at heart.fresh_42 said:Don't let Sigmund read this!
What is the opposite meaning?fresh_42 said:German is easy. E.g. 'um-fah-ren is the opposite of um-'fah-ren.
Only the pun that the same word can mean the opposite of itself. If you think of it, you can construct a lot of puns with the word drive in English, too.WWGD said:Or fahrver nuggen (pretty sure I butchered the spelling). It means " Driving Satisfaction"
What's the deal with all the driving-related terms?
P.S Gefahrest Frau Daisy?
I mainly remember " That drove her crazy. But it was such a short drive"fresh_42 said:Only the pun that the same word can mean the opposite of itself. If you think of it, you can construct a lot of puns with the word drive in English, too.
Deers are spooked easilyBillTre said:I was driving home once in the early AM and came upon a deer in the road, not moving much.
So I slowly tried to drive past it.
When I got so that I was about even with the deer decided to run forward of my (I was driving very slowly) and then turned 90˚ across in front of the car. Going slow, I was able to stop. The deer then left.
Deer behavior can be erratic.
There is a song all about driving without having the word drive once in its lyrics.pinball1970 said:Deers are spooked easily
It is "Fahrvergnügen" (driving pleasure). I guess it has to do with ...WWGD said:Or fahrver nuggen (pretty sure I butchered the spelling). It means " Driving Satisfaction"
What's the deal with all the driving-related terms?
P.S Gefahrest Frau Daisy?
Is that an auto ban thing? That's scaryfresh_42 said:It is "Fahrvergnügen" (driving pleasure). I guess it has to do with ...
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The reality is, that it is only an "Autobahn" thing. Everywhere else are automatic speed limits, and often even below the standard level (50 in towns, 100 on country roads). And only 70% of our highways are without limits - theoretically. It's a matter of fact that we are literally in the middle of the continent, which means, we have the entire north-south and east-west traffic of the continent. I assume we have one of the highest traffic densities in Europe, especially heavy goods traffic, so you often cannot drive as fast as you were allowed to.pinball1970 said:Is that an auto ban thing?
Not really. Have a look:pinball1970 said:That's scary
So? 50 are 31 mph, so you can mostly drive even faster, 35 mph.WWGD said:Du kann funfundfunzig gefahren.
Nice, look at triple fun associated with driving : fun fun(d) fun zig.
Still, do you compare how, by total miles driven?fresh_42 said:So? 50 are 31 mph, so you can mostly drive even faster, 35 mph.
I was surprised by the American figures. Almost three times as many deaths on American highways although they are a) equipped with an in my mind quite slow speed limit of usually 70 mph , and b) a far lower traffic density on average.
From what I understand is that, part of the reason may be due to it being politically impossible to make more rigorous driving tests for the masses. In several places there aren't public transportation alternatives , so one must drive their own car, else they won't be able to, well, do basic things like work, buy groceries without their private car. I guess we could test this if we had granulated data for cities like NYC, Chicago, Boston, SF, with public transportation, see if rates are lower than those without.fresh_42 said:All numbers are deaths per one billion kilometers driven.
Not at that time.Borg said:Was it glowing?
Would have been orcward if it was.Borg said:Was it glowing?
Thanks, will give it a try. Were you Ian or Joseph ;).fresh_42 said:I have an expensive Pelikan set and it works perfectly.
Is Willy free? Put out an APB.Borg said:I recently read an article in the Oct. issue of Scientific American that talks about how researchers are training Large Language Models on animal sounds (birds, whales, etc.). The expectation is that they'll eventually be able to communicate with them in their own language.
I think that this is great. We'll finally know the answer to "Who's a good boy?".