Because you are less likely to have an accident doesn't mean that you are one of the 'best' drivers.
It means you are less likely to have an accident. Not necessarily the same thing at all.
'Roofers are the best', do me a favour!
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This is simply down to everyone else getting out of the s0dd1ng way every time they see one of the drivers on the "best drivers" list.
Do me a favour.
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This is the same Telegraph that gave us '...death rates increasing because of the ageing population', remember. Numerical reasoning isn't its strong suit.
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That would be sour grapes then from those on here in the 10 worst drivers section:)
No sense of humour....don't you know women find it very attractive when a man can laugh at his own inabilities?
Pat
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...or simply recognizing a heap of semi-numerate bollards designed to get an obscure insurer's name in a paper lazy enough to call that journalism. Makes the JD Power Survey look like a Cochrane Review.
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Any excuse will do:)
What is your profession as a matter of interest WdeB?
Pat
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>> What is your profession as a matter of interest WdeB?
Are you implying that being a lorry driver is a profession?
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It most certainly is Duncan and one I'm extremely proud of.
If you have any doubts just search this forum for the amount of times lorry drivers have been called professionals.......when they've done something wrong.
Pat
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You might as well ask me my star sign for all the relevance it has to my driving prowess. I don't drive a white van; I do produce commercial models running to eight and sometimes nine digits, so you could say numbers matter to me. And like everyone else here, I'm only as good a driver as I show myself to be on the way home this evening.
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Well fielded, but would have been better if you hadn't taken the bait in the first place!
Pat
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I do produce commercial models
>> running to eight and sometimes nine digits,
what's a commercial model? Yahoo wasn't helpful, unless you're actually a catwalk model.
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Well, it doesn't score me many personality points at social occasions when the 'so what do you do?' question comes up; I'm too tall to be a fighter pilot, so I usually settle for 'lion tamer' or 'international jewel thief' instead.
I know quite a lot about Microsoft Excel. I'm especially fond of the SUMPRODUCT function. Get the idea?
Fortunately, I get to travel and help with selling the services packages I've modelled. That makes for some better conversations at parties - and makes a useful cover for the jewellery capers.
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I know quite a lot about Microsoft Excel. I'm especially fond of the SUMPRODUCT function.
>> Get the idea?
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Honestly? I think I'm a bit more confused now.
yahoo suggests something to do with working out budgets?
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I know quite a lot about Excel too. I know that there are now far too many people spending hours filling in those cursed little boxes when they could be doing something useful instead.
And I know that my data input is far more accurate in Excel if I stick the tip of my tongue out of the corner of my mouth while typing.
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>>SUMPRODUCT
Perfect. That's just the function I've been looking for, how useful, thank you.
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Strangely enough, Pat, this never struck me as the kind of place a married man would visit in the hope of attracting illicit female attention. It certainly isn't my main driver, if you'll pardon the pun.
My "profession" is not on ze list.
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I confess I missed the come-on too. You must be losing your touch, Pat.
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>> You must be losing your touch, Pat<<
No, I've just managed to maintain my sense of humour!
Pat
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"....don't you know women find it very attractive when a man can laugh at his own inabilities?"
Ah - I wish you'd tell mrs H that!
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>> This is the same Telegraph that gave us '...death rates increasing because of the ageing population', remember. Numerical reasoning isn't its strong suit.
Reasoning of any sort isn't its strong suit. It's a newspaper, produced for the irrational multitudes. The other mass media are as bad or worse.
Still OK in my book though. You have to know how to read a newspaper and what to take seriously in the electronic media... but you still get misled quite often. Keeps things interesting.
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Now I am retired
1. Roofer
tick - thats me
2. Farm worker
tick - thats me
3. Builder
tick - thats me
4. Lorry driver
nope dont do that
5. Cleaner
tick - thats me
6. Carpet fitter
tick - thats me
7. Factory worker
nope - not yet did it in the past tho
8. Mechanic
tick - thats me
9. Butcher
tick - thats me
10. Painter and decorators
tick - thats me
That makes me a bucking ACE driver.
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That just makes you a Jack of all trades.......Master of none!
Pat
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>> That just makes you a Jack of all trades.......Master of none!
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>> Pat
It makes me flexible, adaptable, no - lets not beat about the bush, Multi Talented.
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Best or worst driver? - Duncan
