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Karl Barker writes: "We were on a bus tour through Russia a year ago and thoroughly enjoyed the endless live running of 'world's worst drivers' that was playing before our eyes. The image to the right is of a two-lane highway heading into Moscow. There appears to be three lanes of traffic each way, plus the footpath is an extra lane. And judging by the ruts in the grass verge, that can be a lane as well."
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In India Logan learned very quickly that:
* Smaller vehicles give way to bigger vehicles.
* Slower give way to faster.
* Animal driven give way to motorised.
* You never give way to anyone you can get in front of.
* Road markings are irrelevant; driving down the wrong side of the road in front of oncoming traffic can be exciting.
* Everyone and everything gives way to cows.
* Also, lots of drivers turn their lights off at night to save power.
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All too often our sports teams make the headlines for the wrong reasons, so Catherine Stewart thought it was only fair that you should hear about a team who did good. "On Tuesday my 7-year-old son spotted the Warriors training and asked if we could stop to watch. We watched until the end of training and hung around after ... Nearly every player took the time to come over and shake my son's hand, some stopped for a chat. Steve Price and Ivan Cleary were especially friendly. Michael Witt set a ball up for my son to have a kick. It's a very difficult time for all the players with their teammate Sonny Fai missing so I was really overwhelmed with the effort they all went to. Caleb would like the Warriors to know that it was the best day of his life and that he thinks the Warriors are going to win the competition this year."
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A survey says Britons swear 14 times a day on average and nine out of 10 do it every day, either for no reason, or because they're angry. A total of 78 per cent of respondents admitted to regularly swearing for no reason, while 98 per cent said they had sworn while angry in the past. Only 8 per cent are offended by swearing "in an adult context", men swear more often than women and swearing was more tolerated by younger people. While 94 per cent of people between the ages of 18 and 30 agree that bad language is not a problem, 79 per cent of people between 50 and 60 felt the same. (Source: Daily Telegraph)
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A reader writes: "Whether or not it was a good thing for Steve's son to stomp on the praying mantis depends on whether it was a native mantis, or the exotic South African mantis that is rapidly displacing it."
