On 08/01/13 15:39, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:24:15 +0000, tony sayer wrote:

Most people don't even make any attempt to grasp the rudiments of
anything vaguely technical or ... anything at all really

Other than me and the missus, I can't think of anyone else in our
immediate family, who would have the vaguest notion how to put the spare
wheel onto their car. I would be surprised if they actually knew where
to find it, or the jack and tools even ...

Arfa

That .. Ought to be part of the driving test. A simple job that every
driver, unless of course physically disabled from doing so, should have
that competency......

Personally, I think a requirement of using a motorway should be having
tow-off cover in case of breakdown.

why? you phone up, someone comes, you pay them.

I've never had any AA or other recovery service. Once or twice I have
had to use roadside assistance: I simply paid for it.


When the car fuel pump finally packed up at home, the cost of getting it
trucked to the garage was less than the cost of joining the AA/RAC.

Ditto when a cam belt snapped in London..

And when another snapped in France, we towed it over on the ferry and
got it fixed in Dover.



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Ineptocracy

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lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.