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Thanks to this I've learnt that Heathrow Airport had a terminal in central London at the time! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_London_Air_Terminal https://en

Thanks to this I've learnt that Heathrow Airport had a terminal in central London at the time! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_London_Air_Terminal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_London_Air_Terminal It's also interesting to see how many things this "advanced motorist" does that would result in a test fail or fine nowadays. Like at 8:21 when he flashes his lights and honks at traffic to get out of the way(!) A pointless manoeuvre at 12:14 and a very poor overtake at 15:05 that forces oncoming traffic to slow down. Baseline standards have certainly improved since then..

jen20 3y ago
Not having an “in town checkin” system like Hong Kong (or, indeed, the London Airport of the past!) is one of the most miserable things about flying out of there. Imagine how much easier it would be to take the Piccadilly line without a suitcase…
- petercooper 3y ago
  You're not wrong, however we now finally have the Elizabeth Line which gets rid of that entire headache and you get air conditioning too! :)
  - jen20 3y ago
    True, I haven’t been back since that opened, it might be sufficient improvement!
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Freak_NL 3y ago
That overtaking sequence at 8:20! The narrator in a gentle documentary voice: > Just keep on my lane, check my mirror; nothing behind me that wants to overtake. > And now I shall start to close up, and first of all signal him with my headlights. > And again. > It hasn't closed that I'm here so I shall sound the horn. [HONK] > And again. [IMPATIENT HONKING] > Yes; he's pulling in, and I can go past. > […] giving me the V-sign. I can't think why he should think that I'm interested in his politics. (The V-sign being the conventional British hand sign for 'Oi, sod off you twat!', or something along those lines.)
- petercooper 3y ago
  I quite like the French autoroute approach to this situation. They sit in the outside lane with their indicator on to indicate they want to go around you but can't. Somewhat less aggressive but makes the point.
- anonymousiam 3y ago
  The British "V-sign" is equivalent to the US "middle finger." The only difference is the former represents open legs, while the latter represents the male member. If the "V-sign" is given with the palm forward, then it could be either of the (antiquated) "peace" or "victory" signs, but if it is given with the back of the hand forward, it's the "legs open" version.
  - lifeisstillgood 3y ago
    That's the first time I ever heard that explanation (open legs) -the most common is it is a sign of defiance from English archers to French who it was said would cut off the two right fingers from any captured archers. That is pretty rigorously debunked but is still popular I think ultimately it's an arbitrary rude gesture that became popular and stuck. As my seven year old is delighted to learn, it's rude enough to shock but nowhere near as rude as a middle finger.
    - anonymousiam 3y ago
      Interesting. I've heard the archers version too, but what I related above was taught to me by an acquaintance from Birmingham nearly 50 years ago. (Obviously I'm a yank and it's certainly possible that I was misinformed.)
B1FF_PSUVM 3y ago
> Baseline standards have certainly improved since then.. You should see what they were doing in programming - it was FORTRAN with GOTOs all over the place ...

jen20 3y ago

Not having an “in town checkin” system like Hong Kong (or, indeed, the London Airport of the past!) is one of the most miserable things about flying out of there. Imagine how much easier it would be to take the Piccadilly line without a suitcase…

petercooper 3y ago
You're not wrong, however we now finally have the Elizabeth Line which gets rid of that entire headache and you get air conditioning too! :)
- jen20 3y ago
  True, I haven’t been back since that opened, it might be sufficient improvement!

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Freak_NL 3y ago

That overtaking sequence at 8:20! The narrator in a gentle documentary voice: > Just keep on my lane, check my mirror; nothing behind me that wants to overtake. > And now I shall start to close up, and first of all signal him with my headlights. > And again. > It hasn't closed that I'm here so I shall sound the horn. [HONK] > And again. [IMPATIENT HONKING] > Yes; he's pulling in, and I can go past. > […] giving me the V-sign. I can't think why he should think that I'm interested in his politics. (The V-sign being the conventional British hand sign for 'Oi, sod off you twat!', or something along those lines.)

petercooper 3y ago
I quite like the French autoroute approach to this situation. They sit in the outside lane with their indicator on to indicate they want to go around you but can't. Somewhat less aggressive but makes the point.
anonymousiam 3y ago
The British "V-sign" is equivalent to the US "middle finger." The only difference is the former represents open legs, while the latter represents the male member. If the "V-sign" is given with the palm forward, then it could be either of the (antiquated) "peace" or "victory" signs, but if it is given with the back of the hand forward, it's the "legs open" version.
- lifeisstillgood 3y ago
  That's the first time I ever heard that explanation (open legs) -the most common is it is a sign of defiance from English archers to French who it was said would cut off the two right fingers from any captured archers. That is pretty rigorously debunked but is still popular I think ultimately it's an arbitrary rude gesture that became popular and stuck. As my seven year old is delighted to learn, it's rude enough to shock but nowhere near as rude as a middle finger.
  - anonymousiam 3y ago
    Interesting. I've heard the archers version too, but what I related above was taught to me by an acquaintance from Birmingham nearly 50 years ago. (Obviously I'm a yank and it's certainly possible that I was misinformed.)

B1FF_PSUVM 3y ago

> Baseline standards have certainly improved since then.. You should see what they were doing in programming - it was FORTRAN with GOTOs all over the place ...