Whitey Grandad

Just in case your comment is not tongue-in-cheek: There is a mini newspaper produced by The Independent and called simply 'I' The Guardian is notorious for spelling mistakes and was nicknamed 'The Grauniad' by Private Eye.

I would leave out the second part about not being driven all day. They may have a photo somewhere.

I watched that programme last night and wasted another hour of my life. Noting but a load of dimwits saying 'believe me, it was all faked' and 'ooh, it was ever so difficult, far too difficult for me to understand'. The crosshairs appear to 'disappear' when they are swamped by saturated white surfaces. It's nothing other than overexposure off the photographic emulsion in those areas. Ok then Pap. We've spent long enough on this, let's take the conspiracist points one at a time and we'll try to convince you. Please pick one to start.

That's a good point. Speaking the language is good training for the mouth and its muscles and uses a different part of the brain which helps to memorise the words and phrases.

There is no cheese on the moon. I think we can all agree on that?

It might have been someone taking a photo of their wife/girlfriend/dog/tortoise or all four?

But he doesn't know what he did, only what he didn't which was to be driving the car at 11:00 am.

I don't hold with the conspiracy theory in the slightest, but aren't the reflectors designed to reflect light back the way from which it came, a bit like the three-cornered mirrors or indeed a bicycle reflector?

Not technically a crime, is it?

Well, if the time is wrong then the speed may be wrong too.

All very good points. And what about the 381 Kg of moon rock that has been brought back, of which 19.3Kg has been used for scientific study? This can be compared with the 130g returned by the Russian Luna missions.

Presumably the photo would be in daylight, and show who was driving?

Thanks. So basically you should use 'the appropriate lane'. In the case of the junction we were discussing earlier it hardly counts as a roundabout, what with all the traffic lights and separate controlled sections, but why would anybody be in the left lane if they wanted to turn right?

Exactly. Driver awareness and training are what's necessary but that involves a whole new attitude.

Spanish is straightforward. I am of the generation that did Latin at school as well as French. My wife did A-level French and German and I wanted to catch up with her so I learnt it at evening classes when I was in my thirties. Then some ten years ago we both started learning Spanish in the evenings and if you already have the grammatical structure from your other studies then it's just a matter of hanging the correct words on to it and learning the pronunciation. The same goes for Italian which I'm working on at the moment but that's only useful for holidays there. I would love to have a working knowledge of Chinese, Russian and Arabic one day but I'm getting a bit old for that. From a business or travel point if view I would recommend giving Spanish a try for a while and see how you like it. Just think of all those señoritas that you can impress. :-)

Six months, I believe.

That's if you believe that speed cameras lead to safer driving.

That's amazing! Why haven't you mentioned this before?

How so? Whatever action he (or she?) takes in relation to this event will not have any effect on the future. What matters is that everybody drives more sensibly and more carefully.

If the time is wrong then how do we know the speed was correct?

Channel 5, 8 o'clock tonight: 'Did We Land on the Moon?'

What does The Highway Code have to say about this situation these days?

Wasn't it always thus so?

...and the roads...

Going round the world in 30 days in February and seeing how small and close-knit we all are. Having a heart attack and a quad bypass in July. My hearfelt thanks to all you lot on here for helping me to get through it all and let's hope that 2013 is even better for everybody!