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Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Janet <nobody@home.com> Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: OT: Converting miles/km Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 13:29:47 +0100 Lines: 39 Message-ID: <MPG.415a1e1992d74ab983@news.individual.net> References: <slrnvepbvk.tfc.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <8a49d912-d0bf-3ca1-6f10-2639a7e8eddc@email.de> <vcjhnd$12ln8$1@dont-email.me> <vcjjfc$12q47$1@dont-email.me> <PHjHO.77890$Xx4a.53847@fx11.ams1> <vcls37$1gu4a$1@dont-email.me> <vcm8gu$1ir8o$1@dont-email.me> <ll81ukFpljpU1@mid.individual.net> <875xqpdouq.fsf@parhasard.net> <vcn5p4$1n4ql$1@dont-email.me> <j2suejdqu7d0btfgnb3qtue7hue4q8apij@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net qGxMVoRvut/Wx74HWVCGggXo8Hq5f3oiKmDS//Rj6LUyIuZJr/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:sdID+AvzIpQ4IZbY4y35r9yLAF8= sha256:Ofv8eS7OmAJp3OopCoGYMzQfRs6BlyVllHdW/0At28c= User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 Bytes: 2766 In article <j2suejdqu7d0btfgnb3qtue7hue4q8apij@4ax.com>, rich.ulrich@comcast.net says... > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 21:11:31 +0200, Silvano > <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> wrote: > > >Aidan Kehoe hat am 21.09.2024 um 17:10 geschrieben: > >> > On 21/09/2024 12:52, Silvano wrote: > >> > > Japan was already wiser 40 years ago, but the more appropriate name is > >> > > probably "speed limit warnings". > >> > > A friend gave me a ride there when an alarm sound went off. > >> > > - What does this noise mean? > >> > > - I was driving at over 100 km/h (the speed limit on their highways at > >> > > that time). We have a warning system on all our cars. > >> > > - What about all those cars overtaking us? Do they produce the same noise? > >> > > - Yes. > >> > > >> > This sound warning is optional on my car (i.e. can be disabled). The > >> > visual warning (on the GPS display) however, is not. > > > >From what I saw at that time, Japan was ridiculously underdeveloped on > >some items (washing machines, squat toilets - well, they moved on in > >these 40 years and we should learn a lot from them about modern toilets, > >see <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan>), but it was much > >better than Continental Europe on other items (bullet trains, fax etc.). > >But even they did not have GPS displays 40 years ago. > > > > I found that article on toilets in Japan to be interesting. I once > read a whole book about bathrooms, so it could be that I am easily > amused. On my bucket-list; test-driving a Japanese-style washlet toilet. Must be the whole shebang with voice activated commands, warm water bum wash and hot air dryer. Janet