Yeah, this is all thanks to their brilliant plan to "rationalize" the highland regiments by combining them all and stripping them of their traditional regiment-specific regalia. Supposed to save money I guess. Aside from the fact that they now have to go out and buy $2,000,000 worth of new kilts, instead of simply letting each original regiment (now reduced to individual battalions within one regiment) continue to wear it's own kilt. I'm glad to see that our side of the ocean doesn't have a monopoly on "military intelligence".
-Ricardo
"2 minutes by yourself and...you feel shame, you know...and then you get free"
When the auto industry was saying they couldn't meet the fuel economy requirements without making the cars smaller, lighter and therefore more dangerous, the Insurance Institute for Highway $afety was saying it was just an excuse. Now that we have cars that are smaller, lighter and therefore more dangerous, the Insurance Institute for Highway $afety is blaming the car manufacturers.
A couple of years ago SUVs very the "most dangerous vehicles:"
The main charge is that people who drive sport "utes" are moral savages. SUV drivers "tend to be people who are insecure and vain" not to mention "self-absorbed, with little interest in their neighbors and communities," writes Keith Bradsher in his book, "High and Mighty: SUVs--The World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way."
WSJ, Tuesday, January 21, 2003
"Sport utility vehicles have been NHTSA's favorite whipping boy in the past and it's hard to shake the habit. The agency comes down hard on SUVs for their high "rollover" rate. But like last year, it fails to point out that while SUVs are more likely than regular cars to roll over during a fatal wreck, they aren't likelier to be involved in a fatal wreck in the first place. For light trucks (the category that includes SUVs) the fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled has been slightly lower than the rate for passenger cars in each of the past five years.
WSJ Editorial
The Yearly NHTSA Report, Wednesday, August 12, 2004
"The well-publicized notion that S.U.V.'s are actually unsafe, based on their propensity to roll over, does not take into account personal responsibility. Rollover accidents tend to be something the driver has a substantial degree of control over. I choose not to whip around corners or to follow others so closely and at such high speeds that I have to make harrowing emergency stops. I drive so as not to roll over."
Did My Car Join al-Qaida?
Commentary by Woody Hochswender, NYT
Sun, 16 Feb 2003
Did anyone else hear Scotto on WRKO this morning (about 6 am)? He was picking on small cars --- and ranting on MINI drivers in particular. "Snotty" and "stuck up" he thinks we MINI owners are.
Maybe we should invite him on the next run.....or MOT...
Thanks for the link Sheena - I heard about it on the radio this morning and meant to look it up but completely forgot.
Josh, lots of HD channels, but is there anything on that you want to watch..? My DVR hasn't recorded anything for about 2 weeks
LW, Welcome back..!!
Religion is like a huge dog. If it's yours it's very friendly and comforting, but it scares the heck out of everyone else.
Ivan, I'd love to see you weigh in your comments on Ian's site about the statistics and the IIHS in general. There are plenty more comments on motoringfile as well.
Me? I hardly have time to watch a few network shows. Sam however records at least one thing a day, if not several. It's a dual-tuner DVR, and it is amazing just how often I see both record lights on!
Hey! That was the first album I chose to feature on my college radio show ("Underground Attic") in late '69 or early '70. Those were the days...I think...
Theo
P.S. If I remember correctly, there was a track on the album titled: "My Guitariano Wants to Kill Your Mama".
"...the idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is almost comical." - John Boehner
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My DVR hasn't recorded anything for about 2 weeks 
