philmayfield

Like I said, although I would not condone speeding, all speedos underread and it's simple to check your actual speed on a straight and level road with gps. No speeding crime is committed at the legal speed. However you should adjust your speed to the prevailing conditions. This is common sense.

That's the way I fly when trimmed out.

This is why I said check it on a straight road.

You can get a digital gps for around £25 on Amazon. They say the police allow 10% + 2mph to allow for the variations of speedos. Just checked on Ebay and they're half that price!

Regulations state that speedos must underread within specified limits. The best way to check your speedo is to download one of the many available GPS apps for your ‘phone and check your speed against it at say, 30,40,50,60 and 70 on a straight road. You will then know what actual speed you can drive at to maintain the actual speed limit. A good way to confirm is with one of the roadside speed devices. My speedo reads 33 indicated at 30 and 74 at 70. Trucks fitted with a tacho have an exact calibrated speedo which is why they overtake you when you you think you’re driving at the limit. Print th

If you check your gps you'll find that 75 indicated is around 70. All speedos underread.

Most impressive Vic!

Thanks I've been reading up on the new systems. It would have made my right hand man's job so much easier. He used to examine the charts through a special magnifier. We did send some away once for in depth analysis and it told us a lot about driving styles.

I used to run a transport fleet amongst my many other duties and had a ‘transport manager’s licence’. Back in the days of drivers’ log books there were all sorts of fiddles going on. The tachometers put a stop to that but they still had to be read and interpreted. I would imagine the current electronic systems give a very detailed summary including driving styles so there is little scope for falsification.

Strictly Earl Grey in a china cup here with just two drops of milk and the tiniest bit of sugar - but each to their own. My wife drinks ‘common’ tea from a mug as she’s not as refined as me.

Just the man for this forum then.

Yes I was offered one a couple of years ago. No problems. Nasty thing shingles.

I propose Col!

I was trying to think of The Albert. That was our office pub when I worked at an accountancy firm on Park Row. I've spent many a lunch time in there celebrating exam results!

I used to see a builder’s van with the name ‘Bodgit and Scarper’ on the side. An architect friend told me they came highly recommended!

With ‘rights’ go responsibilities. The people demanding their rights seem to ignore that in their own selfish way.

Thanks for that Cliff, I'd forgotten him!

I certainly recall the shop. The other tailor in Trinity Square was Harry Silverman. Back in the days when I cared about my sartorial appearance I used Gibson Mather who was midway up Goldsmith Street, opposite the Arboretum. The last time I bought a suit for a wedding I went to John Lewis. It fitted perfectly without all the hassle of going back for fittings. I don’t know if you can still get a bespoke suit in Nottingham nowadays.

No, she was always a very difficult woman. Never easy to get on with.

When my mother died the assessor ‘phoned to say they were coming to value her furniture and chattels. She lived in the adjoining granny flat with a connecting door. I asked them what they expected to find? ‘Ah,’ he said, ‘we’ll put the value in at nil then.’ That still didn’t stop me having an eye watering assessment for her house, bank account and investments. I did get the house and land plus a few quid. She was 92, suffering with Alzheimer’s and generally making our lives very difficult. There was enough left in her petty cash for the four of us to have a slap up lunch at the Sagar after th

You can’t take it with you? If you make a big enough pile you can hide behind it!

Always best to get rid of the valuables before the valuers come in to assess for inheritance tax. This is usual in families. You can only be assessed on what’s there. The only problem is if there are other potential beneficiaries. That’s when the family fireworks start!

The Albany had a very good carvery upstairs. We used to take the kids there for Sunday lunch. As much as you could eat as I remember.

When I was working in town in the sixties my choice for a cheese roll and a pint was either the Guildhall or the Spread Eagle. Both pubs were geared up for a fast lunchtime trade. Hopefully, if I was away from the town centre , I could claim lunch on expenses. That was back in the day when I could eat two large meals a day!

It wasn't my pub of choice but because it was on the doorstep we were often taken for a drink by the top brass after a meeting. I think the lunchtime drinking culture disappeared many years ago.