Cheap TatOneEyedMonster remindes us about the crap you can buy in pound shops: "Batteries that lasted about an hour and then died. A screwdriver with a loose handle so I couldn't turn the damn screw, and a tape measure which wasn't at all accurate."
Similarly, my neighbour bought a lawnmower from Argos that was so cheap the wheels didn't go round, it sort of skidded over the grass whilst gently back-combing it.
What's the cheapest, most useless crap you've bought?
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chthonic, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 7:26)
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osok,Though riding around at 10mph on a pavement might not be dangerous for everyone to do, I suspect a 14 year old with an attitude problem, no licence, no helmet, nothing, may not be safe doing so. That's why we have licences and rules; to find out who is safe to drive and who isn't.
14 year old Legless himself is not the person to be making that decision. Please note that the "yoof" bombing about anywhere they please right now probably think that what THEY are doing is perfectly safe, and will say so on the hyper-net twenty years from now, criticising anyone who says otherwise. "It wuz a difrent era. Wuz 2007, innit? U wudnt understand."
PS: my mental image of 10mph consists of the nasty bruises, cuts and burns I got at speeds rather less than that whilst learning to ride myself. 10mph is fast enough to mess you up, especially with no helmet. And the front of a motorcycle is not going to be a nice object for someone else to impact with...lots of rigid metal, sharp edges, and spinning rubber.
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