On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 19:03:18 +0100, Mike Dodd no-address@lo0 wrote:

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Nothing wierder than waiting, German beer beckoning
from the pub over the road, with a bunch of Germans at a crossing and
moving onto the road when the traffics past, to look around and realise
you're on your own.

lol

I try not to use the lights on crossings (but still cross there if
convienient) .. nothing worse than pressing the button, seeing a gap
and walking across then having the cars stop and wait for no reason
after you have long gone?

On the beer subject .. is it the same 'cultural' thing re driving
attitudes and us 'binge drinking' compared with the same Europeans?

A mate went to a German beer festival .. he noted that at the end a
few thousand fairly drunk Germans quietly made their way home .. no
fights, no burnt out cars, no pushed in shop windows .. ?

All the best ..

T i m