One Hears
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That our first motorway might well be called Turpin Ride.
That " self-service" seems to be the modern tendency in every direction.
That the profit-and-loss accounts of some municipal bus undertakings are hair-greying, if not hair-raising.
That whatever the Labour Party may think, nationalization by any other name, would mean the same.
That the U.S.A. were the biggest foreign customers for German trucks and cars, during the first half of this year.
That there is a line in the ocean where one may lose a day, but there is a line on many roads, crossing which may cause the loss of the rest of one's days.
Of the ambition of Mr. A. T. Hills, chairman of the London centre of the Institute of Traffic Administration, to double the membership during his term of office.
That many potential members of this body may be found in 'the road transport industry. That many people might like to look into Mr. William Fed en's "little box of pills."
That they would wish to discover the secret of his good health and business acumen in his 90th ypar.
That free-enterprise bus services cannot be run as philanthropic institutions but must ensure a reasonable profit, despite constantly rising costs.
That scientists have long realized the impossibility of perpetual motion, but some regulations concerning loading and unloading seem to ignore the fact.
That Prof. Einstein, when asked, could not predict the weapons to be used in the next World War, hut commented that he knew what the weapons would be for the one after that—rocks.
That this would be another case of history repeating itself.