Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Trouble with Paypal

On Tuesday 19 May 2009 15:44:52 Victor Churchill wrote:
> > On Tuesday 19 May 2009 15:27:49 Lisi wrote:
> >
> > It has just stopped hanging and come up with a message that I have hit a
> > <quote> speed bump </quote> and telling me to inform eBay if the problem
> > goes on for a long time.
>
> That's because of all these overclocked PCs on new ultra fast
> broadband connection packages. There's too much traffic on the
> Interweb and they have to put in speed bumps to prevent collisions.
> Pretty soon it'll be like the traffic in Hong Kong [1] where you can
> only use it on alternate days depending on your surname.
>
> [1] ... I am sure I've "heard this somewhere". And it may well be a
> myth; it has that sort of taste about it.

It has applied in Athens for years (all those marble statues and temples being eroded away), but it goes on the car number not the owner's surname. Even numbers one day, odd numbers the next. I believe that many people just own 2 cars.

Lisi