One Hears
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That a Barrett jack is no duffer.
Of many weighing the comparative merits of the i.c.e. and the c.i.e.
That even in literary weeklies one meets chatty articles which prove to be railway propaganda.
That road transport should see to it that it is likewise "written up."
0 That Germany is considering silence zones.
That salt may be the basis of the fuel of the future.
Of needle bearings having been used in Rudge motorcycle small . ends since before the war.
That a pressure of 60 lb. will no operate traffic signal lamps for which 200 lb. was formerly required. Of requests for sunshine roofs on covered-top buses.
A pessimist saying that, with all these wires about, England looks like a birdcage, but is not safe for anything with wings.
Of an apparent sudden rise in fuel consumption that was explained by the recent fitting of new tyres which had affected the speedometer readings.
Of roads unsafely diminished in width by hedge overhang.
" If only something more could be done to banish vibration!"
Someone referring to the Minister of Transport as "Mr. Lessdin Horn-abolisher."
That the more general use of pneumatics has helped to keep the pictures straighter.