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15273. alistairconnor - 6/1/2005 10:50:05 AM aaaah yeah gudday.
(wearing my other national hat today)
or even,
Tena koe Makotepe. 15274. PelleNilsson - 6/1/2005 11:09:55 AM Sabah al-khair! 15275. alistairconnor - 6/1/2005 11:24:43 AM $100 eh? Sounds OK to me.
... Oh? they don't mean : $100 an hour?
I guess they'll find someone who'll do it for ... love.
We want the ability to link to an outside site which is handling all of our fulfillment [...] the website is all about the tease. We're selling the sizzle, not the steak.
... you want fulfillment, you go elsewhere. 15276. Magoseph - 6/1/2005 11:25:44 AM If you are lurking in this thread, remember that we often have France, Ireland, and Sweden on-line, namely AlistairConnor, Macnas, and PelleNilsson.
What I meant to say is that the above posters are in this forum early in the morning.
Thank you, Ali, Mac, and Pelle--good sports that you are!
15277. PelleNilsson - 6/1/2005 11:50:18 AM That was Arabic, of course. The correct response is 'sabah-al-noor' (noor as in Queen Noor means 'light' or 'shine')
In Swedish it is 'God morgon!' pronounced, and sometimes written, as 'gomorron' stress on the second syllable. 15278. Magoseph - 6/1/2005 1:40:48 PM A Zogby quiz I took yesterday--I'll give you the answers later, of course.
1. For drivers of any age, what percentage of decisions made while driving are based on information received through the eyes?
1. 70%
2. 80%
3. 90%
4. 100%
2. On average, for how many additional years is a 70-74 year old driver likely to continue driving?
1. 3
2. 5
3. 7
4. 11
3. Under which of the following conditions are drivers 55 years of age and older more likely than drivers 16 to 34 years of age to have accidents?
1. During the evening and early morning,
2. At intersections
3. During adverse weather
4. Traveling at high speeds
4. By 2030, what percentage of traffic fatalities is expected to involve drivers 65 and over?
1. 15%
2. 25%
3. 5%
4. 5%
5. The amount of light a driver needs to drive safely doubles about every:
1. 3 years
2. 7 years
3. 13 years
4. 20 years
6. Which of the following is the best predictor of increased vehicle crashes among drivers 55 years of age and older?
1. Early Alzheimer’s disease
2. Field of view
3. Age
4. Hearing Loss
7. Under which of the following conditions have drivers 65 years of age and older been found to have greater likelihood of accidents than drivers 26 to 40 years of age?
1. Nighttime
2. In a hurry
3. Distraction by non-driving activities
4. Normal Driving Conditions
8. When are older drivers most prone to sleepiness?
1. After breakfast
2. Around noon
3. In mid afternoon
4. In the evening
9. Among drivers 65 to 79 years of age, how does the presence of passengers affect the risk of making unsafe driving actions?
1. Decreases risk
2. Has no effect on risk
3. Increases risk
10. Compared to vehicle occupants under 65 years of age, occupants 65 years of age and older are more like to be injured in front, rear, or side-impact crashes?
1. Front-impact
2. Side-impact
3. Rear-impact
11. Increased susceptibility to what kinds of injuries make the risk of fatalities in crashes greater for people 65 years of age and older compared to those under 65 years of age?
1. Head injuries
2. Chest injuries
3. Hip fractures
12. Renewing the license of a 70-year-oldmale driver for another year poses more, the same, or less threat to other road users than renewing the license of a 40-year-oldmale driver?
1. More
2. The Same
3. Less
13. Which of the following state motor vehicle license renewal processes has been found to be associated with lower fatality rate among drivers 85 years of age and older?
1. More frequent license renewal cycles
2. In-person renewal
3. Vision tests
14. Compared to a 16-year-old a 55-year-old takes how much longer to recover from glare?
1. 2 times
2. 4 times
3. 6 times
4. 8 times
15. Compared to teen-age drivers, are drivers 85 years of age and older less likely, equally likely, or more likely to be involved in a fatal crash?
1. Less likely
2. Equally likely
3. More likely
15279. jayackroyd - 6/1/2005 3:04:47 PM Not only will I answer, I will give reasons for my answers.
Here's to an 0 for 15 performance.
1.3 100% is obviously false. Any less than 90% is stupid. Blind people can't drive at all.
2.4 Kids take the keys away in the mid 80s in my experience
3.3 That's when I've most narrowly avoided accidents with drivers of that age.
4. 3 or 4, depending on which was suppposd to be 15%. Old people don't drive fast enough or often enough to get in fatalities. But there are gonna be a lot more of them soon.
5.4 the power of exponential growth makes any other answer implausible.
6.4 I'd expect that hearing loss has a cocoon like effect, reducing response rates to all stimuli in a driving setting.
7.1 I hear that complaint all the time from my senior citizen acquaintences.
8.3 Like everybody else.
9.1 LOOK OUT GRANDMA!!!
10.2 those intersections again
11.3 multiple choice test bias. hip injuries are more frequent in the population of old people, which is what the question is really asking.
12.2 renewing is the key here.
13.2 People are the best assessors of risk
14.4 I don't see any 15 year olds with those humungo wraparoung all plastic, even the temples, sunglasses
15.1 they drive less, they drive slower, they don't drive drunk and they drive at low risk times. 15280. judithathome - 6/1/2005 3:54:09 PM I'm going at noon for a rally of MoveOn.Org people who are delivering a petition to Kay Grainger's office for the removal of Tom Delay from his job. This should be fun. 15281. arkymalarky - 6/1/2005 4:41:54 PM I hope someone gets it done. Then they can turn their sights on Frist. 15282. arkymalarky - 6/1/2005 4:48:21 PM Puppy report:
This puppy is progressing nicely. We did name her Mazie. She's learning fast and we got her an outdoor chain-link kennel that's being delivered today. She's a house dog, but she loves to play outside, which can make potty time tiring, since she has to be watched like a hawk. I would post pictures, but I have to get the software Mose lost with her camera (I have a small cheap camera that would do in a pinch). Hopefully in the next few days I'll have it all figured out.
I still miss Diva a lot. She was always such a presence because she loved everything we did, indoors and out. Bob was "Carlton the Doorman" to her, and she was always coming and going. She loved to eat flies, especially horse flies, and she would get very excited when we got out a fly swatter or bug spray. Diva ate all kinds of bugs. I don't know if this dog will have that quality--she rejected the first fly I killed for her--but she's developing some very nice ones of her own. She won't have the kind of freedom Diva had, but hopefully she won't miss it, not having experienced it. Diva could never have been happy in a pen outside. 15283. Magoseph - 6/1/2005 5:49:14 PM Thank you, Jay.
4. By 2030, what percentage of traffic fatalities is expected to involve drivers 65 and over?
1. 15%
2. 25%
3. 15% (Corrected)
4. 5% 15284. Ms. No - 6/1/2005 6:59:58 PM There are still two answers that say 15%. Is one of them supposed to be 50%? 15285. Magoseph - 6/1/2005 7:15:31 PM Sorry, my fault--It goes this way:
1. 15%
2. 25%
3. 10%
4. 5%
15286. jexster - 6/1/2005 8:15:13 PM Meet the Big Nuclear Unit
My nephew and star pitcher of the Missourah Citah Tejas Marlins...Sean..I call him the Big Nuclear Unit after Randy Johnson and Nuke Laloosh
couldn't decide whether to post in Sports or here..I'll do both!
Y'all well acquainted with the McCutchen Standard of academic achievement and overall family brilliance
The surprise - a 95 mph fast ball, a change up, next year cut fast ball...maybe a slider by high school
I haven't seen him in his sexy baseball uni before...11 years old..boy's gonna have dem evil girlies chasin him fo long..he gonna be a hunky monkey ...thank God he takes after his uncle
and not his dad
15287. arkymalarky - 6/1/2005 9:01:02 PM Congrats on the nephew, Jex! If he keeps it up, he'll be something by the time he's a senior. 15288. Magoseph - 6/1/2005 9:54:43 PM Can't see the nephew, Jex. 15289. Magoseph - 6/1/2005 9:58:11 PM Good news about Mazie. I may have to get advice from you when Flexy gets his dog the fourth of July. 15290. Magoseph - 6/1/2005 11:24:54 PM Hey, Judith, I just read your letter to the Forth Worth Star-Telegram--good work! How was your time with the MoveOn people? Did you meet some nice ones? 15291. judithathome - 6/1/2005 11:28:01 PM Yes, I did...one lady had us over for Eggs Benedict afterward.
Her house is amazing, filled with antiques and her kitchen has a stove as old as mine but with eight burners and two seperate ovens. And she has another oven in the huge walk-in pantry. I loved meeting these people...they were all so appreciative of meeting others whith like-minded politics. 15292. Magoseph - 6/1/2005 11:48:33 PM Two stoves and a large party: It looks as this lady likes to have parties. Maybe you'll get a chance to sample her cooking one of these days.
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