Re: Mind the Curve!

["Bob Merchant" <bob.merchant@bigpond.com>]

Ahh!  But "Mind the Curve!" makes for a snappy book title does it not?  And
it's not a bad book either.

Regards,
Bob Merchant

"Bill Bolton" <billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org> wrote in message
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| "Brian Dunn" <bdunn@pcug.org.au> wrote:
|
| > The poms (bless their 'earts) have "Mind the Gap". Melbourne had "Mind
the
| > Curve!" in the days of cable trams when the brake man attached or
detached
| > cars as they went into curves.
|
| My father was regular Melbourne cable tram traveller in his younger
| days and had many stories about travelling on them.   When I showed
| him the "Mind The Curve" book when it first came out, he maintained
| that he rarely heard "Mind the curve".... the warning cry he clearly
| recalled was "Hang on going 'round the curve".
|
| My uncles (from my mothers side) also related similar warning calls
| but substituting "Hold on" or "Hold tight" for "Hang on", but always
| having "going 'round the curve" at the end.
|
| Cheers,
|
| Bill
|