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I love it when it snows, I take great pleasure in keeping a tow rope in the back of the Jeeps and sometimes just going a bimble about to see if anyone needs help.
I will always stop if safe to do so if someone looks stranded.
Like other have said, you never know when you need the favour returning.
I will always stop if safe to do so if someone looks stranded.
Like other have said, you never know when you need the favour returning.
jay140285 said:
I love it when it snows, I take great pleasure in keeping a tow rope in the back of the Jeeps and sometimes just going a bimble about to see if anyone needs help.
I will always stop if safe to do so if someone looks stranded.
Like other have said, you never know when you need the favour returning.
Good intentions, slightly creepy though! Prowling quiet roads to snatch away unfortunate victims. I will always stop if safe to do so if someone looks stranded.
Like other have said, you never know when you need the favour returning.
Years back, when I had a iffy fuel tank level sender in my 405, I ran out of petrol on the M4. Fortunately it was close to both a junction and an Emergency phone.
No thanks to the guy on the other end of the phone who could only tell me that it was 5 miles to the nearest services, but not where the closest one OFF the motorway was (as I was right by a junction).
I walked down the sliproad to ask a guy who was parked in a van in a layby where the nearest petrol station was. I knew I was off to a good start when I could smell an "interesting" smell coming from his van
His first question was "It's not a diesel is it? I've got a couple of cans in the back you can have" - sadly it was a petrol - but on learning this, he said "Ah no worries mate, hop in, we'll go get some", and drove me to the nearest petrol station and back.
The world needs more people like him.
No thanks to the guy on the other end of the phone who could only tell me that it was 5 miles to the nearest services, but not where the closest one OFF the motorway was (as I was right by a junction).
I walked down the sliproad to ask a guy who was parked in a van in a layby where the nearest petrol station was. I knew I was off to a good start when I could smell an "interesting" smell coming from his van
His first question was "It's not a diesel is it? I've got a couple of cans in the back you can have" - sadly it was a petrol - but on learning this, he said "Ah no worries mate, hop in, we'll go get some", and drove me to the nearest petrol station and back.
The world needs more people like him.
Got stuck in the snow once - deep snow up on the North Yorks Moors one evening. When trying to dig my front wheels clear a chap appeared and suggested it would be better to wait for the ploughs in his house.
Two days later I waved him and his wife goodbye, they'd put me up and fed me while the snow just kept falling. Some time into the first day we saw an ASR helicopter winching people from another car buried in a drift up the road. It was that deep we hadn't been able to see the car until the rotor wash blew the snow off it.
I sent them a hamper that Christmas to say thanks - top folk
Two days later I waved him and his wife goodbye, they'd put me up and fed me while the snow just kept falling. Some time into the first day we saw an ASR helicopter winching people from another car buried in a drift up the road. It was that deep we hadn't been able to see the car until the rotor wash blew the snow off it.
I sent them a hamper that Christmas to say thanks - top folk
On my small commute between Ealing and Teddington I've stopped 5 times to push people out of box junctions who have broken down. Twickenham seems to be prime spot for it. Which might be something todo with their Shell Station never taking cards.
Also on a 3am cross country run on the way back from Anglesey to London I stopped for petrol somewhere north of Brum on an A road. wondering round the petrol station shop looking for Super Glue, Energy Drinks and Food a Chap with 3 fingers missing shuffles over and asks me where I'm going. Anyway. Turns out he'd run out of petrol, so he filled a can and I told him to hop in the MG and off we tootled. Took him the 10 miles back to his car and waited around till he'd got the bugger started again. Refused the offer of money in repayment. He insisted I give him my card so he could give me something later on, so I did. But he didn't come up with the goods. b
d.
And on the other side.
When I collected the MG it developed some interesting firing characteristics on the drive home which required pulling off the road with back fires and lurching. Chap in a 7 series with his wife pulls over and says "you alright mate, it's spitting fire you know".
Turns out he used to have one, he trailed me for the last 8 miles of my trip home keeping traffic off my back and making sure I didn't get utterly stuck. Top chap.
In the rail... That bd rail. No-one stops to help... possibly due to you looking insane.
However if you happen to be trying to change the regulator on the bug engine in Ludlow, in March, at 10pm.. In the cold. A farmer will park near you and let you get a jump start
However if you break down in London virtually no-one offers to help ¬_¬
Also on a 3am cross country run on the way back from Anglesey to London I stopped for petrol somewhere north of Brum on an A road. wondering round the petrol station shop looking for Super Glue, Energy Drinks and Food a Chap with 3 fingers missing shuffles over and asks me where I'm going. Anyway. Turns out he'd run out of petrol, so he filled a can and I told him to hop in the MG and off we tootled. Took him the 10 miles back to his car and waited around till he'd got the bugger started again. Refused the offer of money in repayment. He insisted I give him my card so he could give me something later on, so I did. But he didn't come up with the goods. b
d.And on the other side.
When I collected the MG it developed some interesting firing characteristics on the drive home which required pulling off the road with back fires and lurching. Chap in a 7 series with his wife pulls over and says "you alright mate, it's spitting fire you know".
Turns out he used to have one, he trailed me for the last 8 miles of my trip home keeping traffic off my back and making sure I didn't get utterly stuck. Top chap.
In the rail... That b
d rail. No-one stops to help... possibly due to you looking insane.However if you happen to be trying to change the regulator on the bug engine in Ludlow, in March, at 10pm.. In the cold. A farmer will park near you and let you get a jump start
However if you break down in London virtually no-one offers to help ¬_¬
Chris Evans.
He bought a Bentley Mulsanne at auction a couple of weeks back - he was subsequently contacted by one of the other bidders who was after the car as a 45th wedding anniversary for his wife.
Mr Evans parted company with the aforementioned Bentley & the lady in question now has her 45th anniversary present from her husband.
The fact that Mr Chris Evans did that makes him a top bod in my book.
He bought a Bentley Mulsanne at auction a couple of weeks back - he was subsequently contacted by one of the other bidders who was after the car as a 45th wedding anniversary for his wife.
Mr Evans parted company with the aforementioned Bentley & the lady in question now has her 45th anniversary present from her husband.
The fact that Mr Chris Evans did that makes him a top bod in my book.
Saw a top bod in work yesterday. Served a fella who was very kind and talkative - karma pays off for people like this. He'd purchased a gift card of about £300. I said bye and didnt notice him at the other end of the counter after hed walked away, looking at some other products. He then walks off...
In a short moment there is a call after him.
A man lets him know that he's left his £300 gift card on the counter! But the man is also one of those people who take care of 'down syndrome' sufferers.
Two top bods. One helping another. Saving up their karma.
In a short moment there is a call after him.
A man lets him know that he's left his £300 gift card on the counter! But the man is also one of those people who take care of 'down syndrome' sufferers.
Two top bods. One helping another. Saving up their karma.
When I'm in lane one approaching a slower car about to move to lane two to overtake. The car approaching from behind in lane two going faster than me reads the road ahead of him and anticipates my manoeuvre by moving into lane three to give me the space to overtake without needing to slow down.
Top bod and I always give a wave to recognise good driving.
Top bod and I always give a wave to recognise good driving.
I just got a text from a mate at work, who I'd just given a sainsburys money off coupon to, that I wasn't going to use.
He said the look on the woman's face was classic when she realised she had actually scanned it correctly, but only 1p had come off the bill. I wish I'd been there, but his text said it was the happiest 1p saving he's ever made watching her try to make it work, before she looked at the amount.
He said the look on the woman's face was classic when she realised she had actually scanned it correctly, but only 1p had come off the bill. I wish I'd been there, but his text said it was the happiest 1p saving he's ever made watching her try to make it work, before she looked at the amount.
Broke down this february in -14°C, 8.30 in the morning, on the exit into Düsseldorf in the middle of 3 lanes of stop and go traffic. Would anyone help me push the car to the side of the road? Did they fk.
Got my father on the phone who came to help me, then half an hour later police turned up and pushed me up the exit, which in fact was a small incline. Unfortunately they only made it half way up before giving up.
And out of nowhere appears the chap in his olive green Defender jumps out, gets a rope out and tows me up the incline all with police escort and whatnot.
Top marks for that gentleman!
k.Got my father on the phone who came to help me, then half an hour later police turned up and pushed me up the exit, which in fact was a small incline. Unfortunately they only made it half way up before giving up.
And out of nowhere appears the chap in his olive green Defender jumps out, gets a rope out and tows me up the incline all with police escort and whatnot.
Top marks for that gentleman!
FreiWild said:
Broke down this february in -14°C, 8.30 in the morning, on the exit into Düsseldorf in the middle of 3 lanes of stop and go traffic. Would anyone help me push the car to the side of the road? Did they fk.
Got my father on the phone who came to help me, then half an hour later police turned up and pushed me up the exit, which in fact was a small incline. Unfortunately they only made it half way up before giving up.
And out of nowhere appears the chap in his olive green Defender jumps out, gets a rope out and tows me up the incline all with police escort and whatnot.
Top marks for that gentleman!
One would hope that the Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 was blaring out of the Defender as this occurred. k.Got my father on the phone who came to help me, then half an hour later police turned up and pushed me up the exit, which in fact was a small incline. Unfortunately they only made it half way up before giving up.
And out of nowhere appears the chap in his olive green Defender jumps out, gets a rope out and tows me up the incline all with police escort and whatnot.
Top marks for that gentleman!
I had a blowout on the motorway about 5 years ago whilst towing another car on a trailer. I managed to get it up a slip road and on the hard shoulder.
Went to change the tyre and it turns out that the spare is no good, at which point the motorway wombles turn up threatening to have it towed away if it's not gone in 2hrs.
So I set of walking with heavy wheel and tyre in hand and hoped to find a kwik-fit. Were talking pre-smartphone so I had no idea where I was headed..
I had gone about 100 yards when a black ford Scorpio pulled up (cosworth engine version) and a well dressed chap offered to take me to the nearest tyre place.
10 miles later we found a place, he waited whilst I got a new tyre and then took me all the way back to my car.
Must have taken over an hour of his time and would not accept any money for fuel either.
Top bloke.
Went to change the tyre and it turns out that the spare is no good, at which point the motorway wombles turn up threatening to have it towed away if it's not gone in 2hrs.
So I set of walking with heavy wheel and tyre in hand and hoped to find a kwik-fit. Were talking pre-smartphone so I had no idea where I was headed..
I had gone about 100 yards when a black ford Scorpio pulled up (cosworth engine version) and a well dressed chap offered to take me to the nearest tyre place.
10 miles later we found a place, he waited whilst I got a new tyre and then took me all the way back to my car.
Must have taken over an hour of his time and would not accept any money for fuel either.
Top bloke.
n_const said:
Bisonhead said:
Good intentions, slightly creepy though! Prowling quiet roads to snatch away unfortunate victims.
I'll tell you what, when I wandered up to
Totally different story in summer though. You walk up to someone with sacks and a shovel wearing an overcoat and a big hat in summer and they can't get out there quick enough. Apparently, according to my wife, that's 'creepy', 'scary' and 'unsettling'
People are strange.
themanwithnoname said:
You see you say that, but I was having a bit of a break when I was contracting a couple of winters ago, decided I was going to not trudge to client sites etc. in the piss poor weather and enjoy myself, so I spent a bit of time in and around my village helping the locals out of the snow.
I'll tell you what, when I wandered up tovictims people wearing my wide brimmed hat, and a full length overcoat, holding a couple of sacks in one hand and a shovel in the other, giving them a smile etc. they were pleased as punch to see me.
Totally different story in summer though. You walk up to someone with sacks and a shovel wearing an overcoat and a big hat in summer and they can't get out there quick enough. Apparently, according to my wife, that's 'creepy', 'scary' and 'unsettling'
People are strange.
Funny, I saw a documentry about that called Jeepers Creepers. Not sure it was a smile of joy rather than a smile of pure, visceral terror but hey! I'll tell you what, when I wandered up to
Totally different story in summer though. You walk up to someone with sacks and a shovel wearing an overcoat and a big hat in summer and they can't get out there quick enough. Apparently, according to my wife, that's 'creepy', 'scary' and 'unsettling'
People are strange.
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