Hi All,

Sorta following on from the recent thread but on a different tack ..

Dad used to be involved in some BSI meetings and often saw a similar
picture.

The UK delegation would be fighting tooth-and-nail to pin a standard
down to be reasonable / useable etc whilst the likes of the French
(for example) were happy for it to go through 'as-is' irrespective of
how unreasonable or overstrict etc it might be.

The reason for this lack of involvement .. "we aren't going to take
any notice of the std anyway ... "!

So is it *just* us that do this stuff by the book .. judging by what
you see on these house makeover shows re work in France / Spain I
think the answer is yes (and not just the diy'ers).

All the best ..

T i m

So is it *just* us that do this stuff by the book .. judging by what
you see on these house makeover shows re work in France / Spain I
think the answer is yes (and not just the diy'ers).

All the best ..

T i m

You already know the answer to that G.

Dave

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:43:26 +0100, dave stanton
wrote:


So is it *just* us that do this stuff by the book .. judging by what
you see on these house makeover shows re work in France / Spain I
think the answer is yes (and not just the diy'ers).

All the best ..

T i m

You already know the answer to that G.

Ok, so *why* do we then Dave?

Is it something we are programmed to do?

I believe the Germans are actually worse than us for 'falling in' with
all the rules and regs (without question) but the rest ..?

All the best ..

T i m

Ok, so *why* do we then Dave?

Is it something we are programmed to do?

I believe the Germans are actually worse than us for 'falling in' with
all the rules and regs (without question) but the rest ..?

All the best ..

T i m

I think because the British have always ' played fair' and by the rules.
The rest of europe says to hell with it.

Cheers

DAve

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 07:10:41 +0100, dave stanton
wrote:


Ok, so *why* do we then Dave?

Is it something we are programmed to do?

I believe the Germans are actually worse than us for 'falling in' with
all the rules and regs (without question) but the rest ..?

All the best ..

T i m

I think because the British have always ' played fair' and by the rules.
The rest of europe says to hell with it.

Cheers

DAve



Untrue.


IMCE, this is very much a north/south issue or perhaps a cultural one
in Europe.

Countries further north or with a Germanic language/cultural root tend
to have a more proceduralised environment and usually do tend to work
by and to follow rules.

Those further south with more of a Latin language/cultural root tend
to have the rules, but frequently apply them just when something bad
happens.

In that sense, it is not all that surprising, that the British, having
a mixture of the two (plus others), tend to adopt something in
between.



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On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 12:01:04 +0100, Andy Hall
wrote:


IMCE, this is very much a north/south issue or perhaps a cultural one
in Europe.

Countries further north or with a Germanic language/cultural root tend
to have a more proceduralised environment and usually do tend to work
by and to follow rules.

Those further south with more of a Latin language/cultural root tend
to have the rules, but frequently apply them just when something bad
happens.

Seems to fit ...

I was driving a mate recently (who had moved to Italy about 10 years
ago) when the set of lights I was approaching turned to amber and I
stopped (it would have been touch and go that I would have crossed the
first set *just* as they turned red or not).

He had a bit of a panic and asked me 'not to do that again!'. He said
that had I done that (stopped on an amber) in Nth Italy I would
probably had had a car in my boot, in the South it would have been
guaranteed!

So I wonder why this Nth / Sth (Europe) thing is though? And are there
any stats to show the consequencies of 'not following the rules' is
more dangerous (the point of all these rules / regs in the first place
in most cases)?

All the best ..

T i m