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News related stuff that doesn't really deserve its own thread

Discussion in 'Current Affairs' started by RedDevilsShinja, Dec 2, 2019.

  1. The Unbeliever

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    European flying car technology sold to China

    When Trump mentioned these in a speech I thought he had been smoking something, apparently not.
    If people drive them like they do normal cars it’s a recipe for disaster :laugh:
     
  2. Tomohawk

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    It will make the fuel roulette of driving around with your fuel light on more exciting, that's for sure :laugh:
     
  3. Vito Andolini

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    All the technology we have and we're still behind the Jetsons
     
  4. stephen jenkins

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    But the jetsons were in 2062.
     
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  5. TAFKAP

    TAFKAP Where's Adim?
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    As I understand it, these will basically be regulated as aircraft when flown, and as cars when driven. So if they are to be flown it must be airfield to airfield by an individual with a PPL under VFR (and thus outside Class A airspace).
     
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  6. Tomohawk

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    So Charlie Chav from the estate down the road won't be able to get into his souped-up 1.2 litre Corsa and take off for Benidorm anytime he likes then?
     
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  7. Vito Andolini

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    Time yet then
     
  8. StretfordEnd

    StretfordEnd Fools can be kings
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    "Charlie Chav" probably doesn't bother taxing and insuring his fictional Corsa so I doubt he'd respect the rules about any Chinese carplanes he happened to find himself 'driving'.
     
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  9. Taffy

    Taffy C'mon you reds.

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    Do they have hoverboards that kids use to play on, trainers that fasten themselves up and a jacket that dries itself with an inbuilt warm air blower like in Back To The Future ?

    If not then they are rubbish. A self drying coat always comes in handy in the eventuality that we happen to fall into a river which can easily happen.
     
  10. Vito Andolini

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    The trainers and jacket are pretty much here

    [​IMG]
     
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  11. SamB_SCFC

    SamB_SCFC FF Old Skool

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    The 'future' really hasn't lived up to expectations has it?
     
  12. Taffy

    Taffy C'mon you reds.

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    Massive disappointment. Been waiting for that self drying jacket to be in Primark for years.
     
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    I personally balme Doc brown cos if he had not meddled in marty mcfly's future we would have hover boards.

    This alternative timeline sucks Doc!
     
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    StretfordEnd Fools can be kings
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    Only in America

     
  15. Taffy

    Taffy C'mon you reds.

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    That's them taking the testers from the shops then...or is that their plan? Get them to shoplift so they can get them off the streets and, well for a few days at least somewhere else?
     
  17. Vito Andolini

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    It costs 37k a year to house one person in prison. Maybe the Government could fork out £37 a year to give them all a bottle of stench
     
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    Remember when the far right used to cry "we have to look after our own" when talking about immigration and boats?

    If this is what they mean by it, I'd rather they didn't look after me thanks
     
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    But this government are a bunch of woke lefties....apparantly.
     
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    Super_horns WATFORD Till I Die
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