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Babies at crags 8-Aug-2010 At 8:26:36 AM TonyB

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On 7/08/2010 one day hero wrote:
> I hate sharing the road with people over 60! Apparently their
>reflexes are dulled to the level of a young person at 0.1 blood alcohol.

OT, but a test of reflexes: Get someone to hold the bottom of a flattened $5 note vertically between your thumb and forefinger, which are held horizontally, 5cm apart. Your friend drops the note at any instant. Try to catch it, as it falls between your fingers. It's generally a pretty safe bet if you own the $5.

I've seen very few people with sufficiently good reflexes to catch it but I'm a 62 year old fart who has no trouble. Money doesn't slip through my fingers easily ;-) Maybe being a teetotaller helps ?

Speed of reflexes has little to do with safe driving. I assume you're a P plater driving a ute ? My apologies if you're a safe one.

Thanks for the advice on Wingello ... we'd hoped to get down there climbing but we'll avoid it.