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Re: double standards watch (none / 0)

don't ever drive in Colombia unless you have piloted in Formula 1

Why? Is no overtaking allowed?

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 03:12:01 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (none / 0)

overtaking is only allowed when it is near impossible to do, and only on twisted mountain roads with no guard rails and 2000 feet drops at high speed with a car with no brakes - you get the idea

lots of those roadside memorials in Colombia...

by zoe on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 03:16:41 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (none / 0)

ah yes - you mean like in Portugal?

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 03:21:17 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (none / 0)

Or on a good many of the mountain roads I've driven in the US.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 03:27:19 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (none / 0)

Irish financial directors should have no problem...

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by DoDo on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 03:24:33 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (none / 0)

Now you've really lost me. Do you know any Irish financial Directors? They don't do overtaking. They just own the road.

"It's a mystery to me - the game commences, For the usual fee - plus expenses, Confidential information - it's in my diary..."

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 03:33:29 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (none / 0)

Sorry, forgot the link into today's Salon>

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by DoDo on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 03:35:35 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (none / 0)

Ah, ok. Don't know the guy. It seems he got off on a very minor technicality - a pretty common occurrence under Irish law. The chief requirement is to have a good lawyer. I would have thought that under a European Union, extradition wouldn't be required in the first place -but it looks as if we have some way to go.

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 03:48:12 PM EST
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