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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #500 on: 27 November, 2012, 06:39:05 pm »
I don't know if this counts, because I haven't got a photo of it, but...

There are roadworks on the M62 - they are turning it into a 'Managed Motorway' whatever that means.

The work is signed to end "Winter 2013"

Now, is that Jan 2013, or Dec 2013? Gives them quite a lot of leeway on the deadline!
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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #501 on: 28 November, 2012, 12:02:22 am »
I think managed motorways are motorways with 4 lanes and no hard shoulder, and you are allowed to drive in the fourth lane except when you aren't allowed to. They have variable speed limits too. They create extra capacity and work well.
It is simpler than it looks.

Re: Silly signs
« Reply #502 on: 28 November, 2012, 10:17:03 pm »
I think managed motorways are motorways with 4 lanes and no hard shoulder, and you are allowed to drive in the fourth lane except when you aren't allowed to. They have variable speed limits too. They create extra capacity and work well.

That's what we thought. Still a pretty flexible deadline!
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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #503 on: 02 December, 2012, 03:04:03 pm »
It is simpler than it looks.

Auntie Helen

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #504 on: 03 December, 2012, 07:30:53 pm »
Seen today in Mönchengladbach.

"Friedhof" is German for "Cemetery"

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #505 on: 04 December, 2012, 10:24:17 am »
Friedhof = House of peace?
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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #506 on: 04 December, 2012, 10:56:36 am »
Friedhof = House of peace?
Indeed! Well, Hof is a bit more 'place' than 'house' although it can refer to a house (or a courtyard or more)
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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #507 on: 04 December, 2012, 12:09:50 pm »
Friedhof is a doughnut house or crematorium.  ;)

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #508 on: 04 December, 2012, 09:23:15 pm »

clarion

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #509 on: 04 December, 2012, 09:33:50 pm »
I'll go the other way, to the easy ones.
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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #510 on: 04 December, 2012, 09:45:32 pm »
Or from the other side :): -
Not sure if it counts as silly, but I've finally got round to photographing it (even if the light was a bit low)


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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #511 on: 05 December, 2012, 08:12:49 am »
You too?  ;)   I've been passing that for years!  Finally I get around to taking the pic, to find I was beaten to it by a couple of months...

clarion

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #512 on: 08 December, 2012, 09:11:17 pm »
Not a silly sign in itself:


Till you see the Information it was giving:
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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #513 on: 08 December, 2012, 09:20:02 pm »
0x7FF3FFF8: Someone's unplugged the network cable and covered the socket in hazard tape.

clarion

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #514 on: 08 December, 2012, 09:24:53 pm »
;D
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Jaded

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #515 on: 09 December, 2012, 07:58:52 am »
It is simpler than it looks.

Re: Silly signs
« Reply #516 on: 09 December, 2012, 07:39:48 pm »
You too?  ;)   I've been passing that for years!  Finally I get around to taking the pic, to find I was beaten to it by a couple of months...

Months? I beat you both to it by over a year.

http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=45766.msg984815#msg984815

Re: Silly signs
« Reply #517 on: 09 December, 2012, 07:44:36 pm »
Yes but Bill and Mcshroom seem to have better brakes than you!

Re: Silly signs
« Reply #518 on: 09 December, 2012, 07:53:09 pm »
The A66 isn't the best place to stop, no.

Re: Silly signs
« Reply #519 on: 09 December, 2012, 07:55:27 pm »
 ;D

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #520 on: 18 December, 2012, 10:34:35 pm »


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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #521 on: 26 December, 2012, 05:35:12 am »
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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #522 on: 10 January, 2013, 10:41:41 am »

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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #523 on: 10 January, 2013, 12:52:27 pm »
Do not eat the pier.
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Re: Silly signs
« Reply #524 on: 29 January, 2013, 12:43:02 pm »
Not so much silly, just a little puzzling: