Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
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Mr SFJ said:
Pothole said:
ere you at any point unaware or confused about where he was going?
As he was in the left lane, I had a safe assumption he was turning left already, without the need to indicate. Out of interest LD, I was at my pals place in Normandy the other day, the garage up the road had what looked like a D-type in, to my eternal shame I didn't find time to go in for a proper nosey, it wasn't yours was it?
nicanary said:
I reckon if you tell someone they're breaking the law by riding on the path, they'd think you'd just made it up. I see bikes all the time going the wrong way up a one-way street, or unlit in the dark. The riders simply don't know better, or at least most of them don't. A few more penalties/fines, and maybe they'd wake up.
I think you're right. Back when I was in primary school there was a concerted effort to get people to take the "cycling proficiency test" and get a certificate and everything. Cue loads of evenings cycling really slowly around the school playground, learning road signs, and so on, and actually feeling like you'd achieved something by passing the test.I've just presumed that this is something else that's just been allowed to quietly drop from the statue books, in fact I'm not even sure that it's against the law any more. I can easily see how "someone" might have decided that it's too much trouble to deal with, so took the easy way out.
As for actually confronting the wrongdoers, I'm afraid to say that the nearest I get is deliberately not moving out of their way, while being ready to jump in case it backfires on me. I see it mostly in Crewe, and I'm not being stabbed just to make a point, especially if the BiB aren't bothered enough to stop it.
colonel c said:
Customers in Aldi not playing the game at the check-out. In that I mean wasting everybody’s time by carefully putting all their shopping items in bags then into their trollies, instead of putting everything back in the trolley and packing them up on the window ledge provided.
Yes. This. How difficult can it be?colonel c said:
Customers in Aldi not playing the game at the check-out. In that I mean wasting everybody’s time by carefully putting all their shopping items in bags then into their trollies, instead of putting everything back in the trolley and packing them up on the window ledge provided.
On the odd occasion that I do go there I just pile everything back into the trolley & then sort it out at the car.Badly behaved kids...
Having spent some time recently in Singapore and Paris, it is clear that some UK parenting skills are sadly lacking. As their kids get louder and more destructive in restaurants they just seem completely oblivious, and that example is just scratching the surface.
Oh...and Piers Morgan
Having spent some time recently in Singapore and Paris, it is clear that some UK parenting skills are sadly lacking. As their kids get louder and more destructive in restaurants they just seem completely oblivious, and that example is just scratching the surface.
Oh...and Piers Morgan
While stuck on the M6 last week I was amazed at how many people have their sat nav stuck in the middle of the windscreen, normally under the rear view mirror. How can you drive anywhere with a great big black rectangle effectively obscuring your view of anything to the left hand side of the car?
Once I had noticed it the more people I spotted happily driving along and overtaking while presumably not being able to see the car they are passing!
Once I had noticed it the more people I spotted happily driving along and overtaking while presumably not being able to see the car they are passing!
24lemons said:
While stuck on the M6 last week I was amazed at how many people have their sat nav stuck in the middle of the windscreen, normally under the rear view mirror. How can you drive anywhere with a great big black rectangle effectively obscuring your view of anything to the left hand side of the car?
And, the people who have it in the middle of the screen after dark, but still in day colours. How can they have any night vision with a massive bright screen right in their view?
DJFish said:
Out of interest LD, I was at my pals place in Normandy the other day, the garage up the road had what looked like a D-type in, to my eternal shame I didn't find time to go in for a proper nosey, it wasn't yours was it?
I'm wondering if it was a green one with the #6 on the nose? If so it is a weird and wonderful history. A Proteus alloy body with XJ6 suspension and registered as a Lynx - which it isn't. If you put the full 16" wheels on it you can't turn the steering because it fouls the arches, so it has to have 15" wheels which don't look right. It lives up there and has been for sale for several years at about £90,000. I've out every one who has contacted me off the idea. Not a good car really.Anyway, mine is now an XKSS and is in the garage!
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