Hi Chaps.

I'm going to be looking for a satnav system that gives up to date and 
reliable traffic warnings. I want a clear display and accurate mapping. 
Price is not the criteria - within reason.

I just need a good recommendation.

Anyone?

Cheers

B.

BrianE wrote:
> Hi Chaps.
> 
> I'm going to be looking for a satnav system that gives up to date and 
> reliable traffic warnings. I want a clear display and accurate mapping. 
> Price is not the criteria - within reason.
> 
> I just need a good recommendation.
> 
> Anyone?
> 
> Cheers
> 

I have a Garmin Nuvi 310D - covers the whole of Europe and came with a 
lifetime TMC traffic subscription, the aerial which receives traffic 
info. and (I think) 6 months free "safety" camera database. Cameras and 
unit software are updatable on line. It cost me over £200 but they're 
now selling for much less - I think it's now called 310T.

Possibly the best gizmo I've ever bought!


Chris

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up into teams, we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life 
that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising; and a wonderful 
method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing 
confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation.

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In article ,
brian@nojunkplease.co.uk (BrianE) wrote:

> Price is not the criteria

That'd be because 'price' is singular and 'criteria' isn't. ;-)

Sorry I can't help with the satnav question.

Jon.

Jon O'Brien presented the following explanation :
> In article ,
> brian@nojunkplease.co.uk (BrianE) wrote:
>
>> Price is not the criteria
>
> That'd be because 'price' is singular and 'criteria' isn't. ;-)

Criterium?

Hic haec hoc etc..

"BrianE"  wrote in message 
news:mn.82977d8aaf241731.88848@nojunkplease.co.uk...
> Jon O'Brien presented the following explanation :
>> In article ,
>> brian@nojunkplease.co.uk (BrianE) wrote:
>>
>>> Price is not the criteria
>>
>> That'd be because 'price' is singular and 'criteria' isn't. ;-)
>
> Criterium?
>
> Hic haec hoc etc..


Criterion is the singular I believe

Hic hic hic burp

-- 
Dave (Sgt. Pepper)       Epsom, England
     My photo galleries at  http://www.pbase.com/davecq
    "I will not tolerate intolerance ... Doh!!"

Dave (Sgt. Pepper) pretended :
> "BrianE"  wrote in message 
> news:mn.82977d8aaf241731.88848@nojunkplease.co.uk...
>> Jon O'Brien presented the following explanation :
>>> In article ,
>>> brian@nojunkplease.co.uk (BrianE) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Price is not the criteria
>>>
>>> That'd be because 'price' is singular and 'criteria' isn't. ;-)
>>
>> Criterium?
>>
>> Hic haec hoc etc..
>
>
> Criterion is the singular I believe

Spot on - just checked.

Smartarse.. :)

> Hic hic hic burp

Now that's my sort of language..

After serious thinking mower man wrote :
> BrianE wrote:
>> Hi Chaps.
>> 
>> I'm going to be looking for a satnav system that gives up to date and 
>> reliable traffic warnings. I want a clear display and accurate mapping. 
>> Price is not the criteria - within reason.
>> 
>> I just need a good recommendation.
>> 
>> Anyone?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>
> I have a Garmin Nuvi 310D 

Thanks Chris, will check it out.

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:03:05 +0100, BrianE 
wrote:

>Jon O'Brien presented the following explanation :
>> In article ,
>> brian@nojunkplease.co.uk (BrianE) wrote:
>>
>>> Price is not the criteria
>>
>> That'd be because 'price' is singular and 'criteria' isn't. ;-)
>
>Criterium?

No, criterion. It's from Greek, not Latin.
>
>Hic haec hoc etc..
>
Hunc, hanc, hoc ... different language.

I was at grammar school in the seventies, and had compulsory Latin
lessons. I thought then that it was long past its use by date as a
compulsory subject. Thirty years haven't caused me to change that
particular opinion. In June of this year, I went back (by invitation)
to talk to some of the current second-formers. I was horrified to
discover that the poor blighters are still required to take Latin.

Peter.

"Peter"  wrote in message 
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>
> I was at grammar school in the seventies, and had compulsory Latin
> lessons. I thought then that it was long past its use by date as a
> compulsory subject. Thirty years haven't caused me to change that
> particular opinion. In June of this year, I went back (by invitation)
> to talk to some of the current second-formers. I was horrified to
> discover that the poor blighters are still required to take Latin.
>
> Peter.

Thankfully Hampton Grammar School in the late sixties gave me the 
opportunity to opt out of Latin ... an option I gladly accepted, and have 
never regretted.  I always preferred the sciences anyway, which have proved 
to be of far more use to me in the real world.

-- 
Dave (Sgt. Pepper)       Epsom, England
     My photo galleries at  http://www.pbase.com/davecq
    "I will not tolerate intolerance ... Doh!!"

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:28:07 +0100, "Dave \(Sgt. Pepper\)"
 wrote:

>Thankfully Hampton Grammar School in the late sixties gave me the 
>opportunity to opt out of Latin ... an option I gladly accepted, and have 
>never regretted.  I always preferred the sciences anyway, which have proved 
>to be of far more use to me in the real world.

I quite agree. I dropped Latin at the earliest opportunity. In my
case, though, I had no choice but to endure it for two years. The
alternative in the third form was biology, which was both more
interesting and more useful. Like you, I didn't regret it. I ended up
doing maths, physics and chemistry for A-Level.

The other choice which we had in the third form was to pick one of
German, Greek (ancient, of course), Spanish or geography. Again, a
no-brainer for me: geography won by a mile.

(The school in my case was Reigate GS. I was a pupil there from 1970
to 1977.)

Peter.

< snip >
>
> The other choice which we had in the third form was to pick one of
> German, Greek (ancient, of course), Spanish or geography. Again, a
> no-brainer for me: geography won by a mile.
>
> (The school in my case was Reigate GS. I was a pupil there from 1970
> to 1977.)
>
> Peter.

Interesting . . . am of the same era (72 - 79) at Westcliff GS in Essex . . 
.. where French was mandatory to O level as was a 2nd language from year 3 
(?) - a choice between Latin, German & Russian.  I opted for the latter, 
since everyone else was choosing German, and Latin was about "dead people". 
Mind you, I can now navigate menus in Greek restaurants.  In hindsight, I 
would have loved the opportunity to take Spanish!

CD

Peter explained on 16/10/2008 :
> On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:03:05 +0100, BrianE 
> wrote:
>
>> Jon O'Brien presented the following explanation :
>>> In article ,
>>> brian@nojunkplease.co.uk (BrianE) wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Price is not the criteria
>>> 
>>> That'd be because 'price' is singular and 'criteria' isn't. ;-)
>> 
>> Criterium?
>
> No, criterion. It's from Greek, not Latin.
>> 
>> Hic haec hoc etc..
>> 
> Hunc, hanc, hoc ... different language.

Nope. All Latin. The next bit is huius huic etc..

>
> I was at grammar school in the seventies, and had compulsory Latin
> lessons. I thought then that it was long past its use by date as a
> compulsory subject. Thirty years haven't caused me to change that
> particular opinion. In June of this year, I went back (by invitation)
> to talk to some of the current second-formers. I was horrified to
> discover that the poor blighters are still required to take Latin.
>
> Peter.

I was half decent at languages (grammar school 60s) and got Latin O 
level. I'm quite glad I got it, buit why, escapes me.. :)

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:56:50 +0100, BrianE 
wrote:

>Peter explained on 16/10/2008 :
>> On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:03:05 +0100, BrianE 
>> wrote:
>>

>> No, criterion. It's from Greek, not Latin.
>>> 
>>> Hic haec hoc etc..
>>> 
>> Hunc, hanc, hoc ... different language.
>
>Nope. All Latin. The next bit is huius huic etc..

Yes, all Latin. I meant that it was a different language from
criteria/criterion (ie, Greek).

Peter.

Peter has brought this to us :
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:56:50 +0100, BrianE 
> wrote:
>
>> Peter explained on 16/10/2008 :
>>> On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:03:05 +0100, BrianE 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>
>>> No, criterion. It's from Greek, not Latin.
>>>> 
>>>> Hic haec hoc etc..
>>>> 
>>> Hunc, hanc, hoc ... different language.
>> 
>> Nope. All Latin. The next bit is huius huic etc..
>
> Yes, all Latin. I meant that it was a different language from
> criteria/criterion (ie, Greek).
>
> Peter.

Pro bono publico houseo

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:05:46 +0100, BrianE 
wrote:

>Pro bono publico houseo

"Houseo"? I don't recognise that. Do you mean domus? (Or whatever the
dative form is - I forget.)

Peter.

It happens that Peter formulated :
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:05:46 +0100, BrianE 
> wrote:
>
>> Pro bono publico houseo
>
> "Houseo"? I don't recognise that. Do you mean domus? (Or whatever the
> dative form is - I forget.)
>
> Peter.

Its just a very silly saying my dad used..

Domus is house.

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:46:25 +0100, BrianE 
wrote:

>It happens that Peter formulated :
>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:05:46 +0100, BrianE 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Pro bono publico houseo
>>
>> "Houseo"? I don't recognise that. Do you mean domus? (Or whatever the
>> dative form is - I forget.)
>>
>> Peter.
>
>Its just a very silly saying my dad used..
>
>Domus is house.
>
Quite so - I translated your father's saying as "for the good of the
public house". (Which isn't, of course, to say that I was right to do
so. As I've mentioned, I dropped Latin as soon as I was allowed, and
because I was no good at it.)

(By the way, I meant genitive, didn't I?)

Peter.

"BrianE"  wrote in message 
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> It happens that Peter formulated :
>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:05:46 +0100, BrianE 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Pro bono publico houseo
>>
>> "Houseo"? I don't recognise that. Do you mean domus? (Or whatever the
>> dative form is - I forget.)
>>
>> Peter.
>
> Its just a very silly saying my dad used..
>

That got me thinking about some of the daft things my dad used to say when I 
was a kid.

If he was ordering me to do something I'd say "Oh dad, that's not fair", to 
which his response was "Neither's a black man's arse, now get on with it". 
Which prompted a sharp intake of breath by mum and "Dad! Really!! Language".

"If you don't come here right now, I'll knock you into the middle of next 
week!"

"Don't be rude to your mother boy, that's my job."

"You're about as useful as a one-legged man in an arse-kicking contest!"

Or watching the Stones or The Who on Top of the Pops ... "Bloody bunch of 
degenerates.  Spell in the army, a good wash and a decent haircut would soon 
sort them out!"  And yet all the time his foot would be tapping along to the 
beat.

Or the old classic when I insisted on fitting extra low drop-handlebars on 
my bike ... "Well don't come running to me when you fall off and break your 
leg!"

My mum was known to come out with the occasional witty remark, and still 
does at the age of 85.  She has a very dry sense of humour.  I remember the 
day our next door neighbour talked dad into using one of the new-fangled 
paint rollers to apply creosote to our garden fence.  Of course the 
creosote, being quite watery, was flicking off the roller in all directions 
and dad ended up absolutely covered in the black smelly stuff from head to 
toe.  I recall him walking back into the kitchen grumbling "Just look at the 
state of me!", to which mum looked up briefly without even stopping what she 
was doing and said "You look very well preserved for your age dear" and 
promptly got back to her bread making.

-- 
Dave (Sgt. Pepper)       Epsom, England
     My photo galleries at  http://www.pbase.com/davecq
    "I will not tolerate intolerance ... Doh!!"