Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 2025-01-02 12:20, D wrote:

  On Wed, 1 Jan 2025, Carlos E.R. wrote:
 

On 2025-01-01 23:00, D wrote:

On Wed, 1 Jan 2025, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-01-01 12:43, D wrote:

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
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On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 05:11:09 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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I'm not disputing whether BMWs are better vehicles, whether to drive or
for some other reason.  What I do notice is that many people who drive
BMWs feel that the car confers some sort of superior class on the
driver, and they feel it is the God-given duty for us plebes who drive
lesser cars to get out of their way - to the point of making exasperated
hand gestures at those of us who don't.

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When I was trucking I was amused by BMW drivers who tried to play chicken
with a 65' long 18 wheeled vehicle outweighing them by about 75,000
pounds.
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That reminds me... when I was in spain once, a big truck didn't look out before changing lanes and almost pushed me off the road. He saw it in time though and apologized. I had an elevated pulse for a while.

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Was that recently, or long ago?

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Probably 2 or 3 years ago.
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Lorry drivers in Spain, long ago, were known as gentlemen of the road. Certainly not so in recent times. They are exploited, and it shows in their tempers. They drive around tired.

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Oh he definitely was very sorry about the incident, and as far as it is possible for two humans to communicate wordlessly through windows, my feeling was that he deeply sorry and apologetic about the incident, so no shadow on that man.

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Well, anybody can make mistakes :-)
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They tend to change lane fast because otherwise a car comes and impedes it. This forces the incoming traffic on the left lane to brake and swear softly.

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Yes, exactly what happened... semi-hard break and soft swearing. ;)

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Once I overtook a lorry that had a wheel... dunno how to describe. It had burst, part of the rubber was lost, and the rest of the rubber was spinning loosely, still thankfully retained. I was amazed, did not know what to do. I had passengers. I just speed past the danger. It was very early in the morning.
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I still do not know what I should had done. Probably pull back and phone 112.

 I drive most often i south-eastern spain and I find spanish highways excellent! Spain should designate some areas without speed limit. In fact, there's a private highway that has very little traffic, since it cost 10 euros or so to enter the stretch of road, and it is so straight it could easily accomodate no speed limit! =) In fact, once, when I was happily driving around 165 in a little Fiat 500, a Mercedes overtook me. He must have been driving around 240 or so.

There some terrible highways around here. There is one, the RM-1 where the ground has shifted, so badly that if you pass doing 120Km/h your horns will make holes in the roof. Bumps on the road surface.
Instead of repairing them, they limited the speed to 100 or less.
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You may notice that it is not connected to other highways on the north end. They are still arguing who is going to pay, for a decade or so.
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Cheers, Carlos.