One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 2
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People at Sainsburys Coldhams Lane, Cambridge. The entrance is off Barnwell Road. 2 lanes, left for the petrol station, right for parking for the store. It's really not difficult. They have even painted "FUEL" and "STORE" in large white letters in the relevant lane. Yet still you get dozy f&*^tards in the left hand lane drifting right into lane for the car park when the petrol station lane runs out without indicating, checking their mirros or even looking vaguely to their right at the lane alongside them. Pip the horn to warn them of the fact they are about to drive into your car and they look at you either with the sort of hatred as if it were a fully paid up member of IS behind the wheel, or the kind of slack jawed amazement as if a UFO was in the next lane.
Oh, and the exit onto Barnwell Road - that red circle with the upside down "L" with the red lion through it? It means no right turn, you f%^&ing dildos, so don't sit there waiting to turn right for ages holding everyone else up.
Rant over.
Oh, and the exit onto Barnwell Road - that red circle with the upside down "L" with the red lion through it? It means no right turn, you f%^&ing dildos, so don't sit there waiting to turn right for ages holding everyone else up.
Rant over.
Europa1 said:
Oh, and the exit onto Barnwell Road - that red circle with the upside down "L" with the red lion through it? It means no right turn, you f%^&ing dildos, so don't sit there waiting to turn right for ages holding everyone else up.
Rant over.
I don't think I've witnessed anybody using the word dildo as an insult for about 10 years, I'm glad it's making a return thoughRant over.
The Red Lion is a pub. They serve good beer 
This morning I walked to work, as I came to this one bit where I need to cross the road, the road I need to cross is clear, no cars coming from either direction because of the timing on the lights, but there's a side road and coming up to the end of the side road is a black Impreza. He's not indicating, or at least he's not indicating to come in my direction, he's not turning his wheels or positioning himself in the lane so I can't tell which way he's going, but he's seen me and I've seen him and really I've got time to at least get halfway across and out of his way if he is coming my way.
But he sees me crossing and takes offence at this, so accelerates towards me, massively cuts the corner, driving across the dirty hatchings, just to drive really close to me to make a point.
Because how dare I have the right of way and not be able to read his mind.
This morning I walked to work, as I came to this one bit where I need to cross the road, the road I need to cross is clear, no cars coming from either direction because of the timing on the lights, but there's a side road and coming up to the end of the side road is a black Impreza. He's not indicating, or at least he's not indicating to come in my direction, he's not turning his wheels or positioning himself in the lane so I can't tell which way he's going, but he's seen me and I've seen him and really I've got time to at least get halfway across and out of his way if he is coming my way.
But he sees me crossing and takes offence at this, so accelerates towards me, massively cuts the corner, driving across the dirty hatchings, just to drive really close to me to make a point.
Because how dare I have the right of way and not be able to read his mind.
jogger1976 said:
Another Ebay rant I'm afraid.
I put my car up for sale recently as there are a few issues,e.g., the clutch, suspension and some other more minor bits. Due these issues, I put the car up for auction as spares or repair, clearly stating the above faults and also pointing out that the MOT runs out in April. I also advised viewing before buying, so that everyone was happy and that buyer collects/cash on collection.
So far so good? Not really!!! In all my years, I've never encountered so many chancers, piss-takers and muppets as the shower I've had to to deal with in the last week.
First bloke that I dealt with came round and offered me £100, "Cos your only gonna scrap it, mate,innit?" Sorry, but what part of auction don't you understand?
One guy sent me several badly written, text speak emails and clearly didn't know how to turn off caps lock e.g., HOW MUCH U WONT M8 /
ILL DO YOU A GUD PRIZE M8 / CAN U DELIVR. WTF!! Have you not read the advert?
Another asked to view the car last weekend. I told him I'd be home between 1pm and 5pm. "OK, no problem, see you then" 5pm comes and still no show.I wait another 30 mins and then go out. At 6.45 I receive a call from the bloke "Hi, I'm outside your house, where are you?" He then has the cheek to call me a time waster and apparently "I tried to call, but you don't answer your phone".
What planet are these people from?
"tried to call" Makes my blood boil. If you tried to call the fault is with you becasue you didn't manage to make a call. If you called and I didn't answer why don't you say that you thickie!I put my car up for sale recently as there are a few issues,e.g., the clutch, suspension and some other more minor bits. Due these issues, I put the car up for auction as spares or repair, clearly stating the above faults and also pointing out that the MOT runs out in April. I also advised viewing before buying, so that everyone was happy and that buyer collects/cash on collection.
So far so good? Not really!!! In all my years, I've never encountered so many chancers, piss-takers and muppets as the shower I've had to to deal with in the last week.
First bloke that I dealt with came round and offered me £100, "Cos your only gonna scrap it, mate,innit?" Sorry, but what part of auction don't you understand?
One guy sent me several badly written, text speak emails and clearly didn't know how to turn off caps lock e.g., HOW MUCH U WONT M8 /
ILL DO YOU A GUD PRIZE M8 / CAN U DELIVR. WTF!! Have you not read the advert?
Another asked to view the car last weekend. I told him I'd be home between 1pm and 5pm. "OK, no problem, see you then" 5pm comes and still no show.I wait another 30 mins and then go out. At 6.45 I receive a call from the bloke "Hi, I'm outside your house, where are you?" He then has the cheek to call me a time waster and apparently "I tried to call, but you don't answer your phone".
What planet are these people from?
This is the kind of thing which makes me feel slightly uneasy about the ease of my recent ebay car sale, frankly. I was expecting this kind of thing but got none of it.
iva cosworth said:
djc206 said:
Driving home from work a moment ago knob in a knackered old nissan of some description who following another car towards me decides to follow the lead car out when moving around a parked car into my path despite car number 1 doing so being a bit tight (no problem with that we've all shot a gap we probably shouldn't have).
The look on his face when I came to an abrupt halt inches from him as he swerved back onto the correct side of the road was priceless.
Perhaps if you looked beyond the end of your questionable moustache when driving and followed the car in front at a sensible distance you would have seen me for the good 30 seconds that I would have been visible to you for and adjusted your speed so that you could move round the parked car after I had passed. Slow down, look a bit further ahead, apologise when someone saves you from a 70mph head on collision you are entirely responsible for and shave that f
king tash off.
This ^^^^^ does my head in.The look on his face when I came to an abrupt halt inches from him as he swerved back onto the correct side of the road was priceless.
Perhaps if you looked beyond the end of your questionable moustache when driving and followed the car in front at a sensible distance you would have seen me for the good 30 seconds that I would have been visible to you for and adjusted your speed so that you could move round the parked car after I had passed. Slow down, look a bit further ahead, apologise when someone saves you from a 70mph head on collision you are entirely responsible for and shave that f
king tash off.Drivers seem to think they have the right to drive around stopped buses for example,when someone is coming the other
way.
I see it most days to/from work. Part of the route has one side of the road blocked to force people giving way. It seems though as people ignore it, alot of the time just follow the car in front without any care in the world.
I'll usually keep going and if it means blocking them...so be it. They can reverse back
xRIEx said:
Letter 'L', upside down.
If he'd said, "rotated 180 degrees," I might agree with you.
Nah - you've just rotated it 180 degrees on the z-axis (out of the page). If he'd said, "rotated 180 degrees," I might agree with you.
If I said "you have taken that picture of my face and turned it upside down" you wouldn't expect to be looking at a picture of the back of my head - which is essentially what you are arguing.
IMHO saying "turned upside down" means "rotated 180 degrees in the X-Y plane (i.e. ON the page not out of it).
OTOH if you said "flip it" (i.e. turn it OVER) then your picture would be right.
walm said:
xRIEx said:
Letter 'L', upside down.
If he'd said, "rotated 180 degrees," I might agree with you.
Nah - you've just rotated it 180 degrees on the z-axis (out of the page). If he'd said, "rotated 180 degrees," I might agree with you.
It's flipped over (or rotated round, if you prefer) the x-axis, which is why I said you don't need a left-right (y-axis) flip.If you rotate it round the z-axis then you end up with what you're talking about (similar to a '7').
ETA: Image search of 'flip over x axis'
The young guy who attempted to force me into a race between him in his 1.2 fiesta with fart can exhaust and me in my golf, appreciate the car might have been interesting to him but slowing to 45 on lane 3 of a motorway to try to get me to undertake isn't great, nor is sitting an inch off my bumper in lane 1 at 70. Thankfully I was taking the 2nd exit after he started his crap and didn't have to put up with it for long
J
Letter 'L', upside down.
If he'd said, "rotated 180 degrees," I might agree with you.To turn something upside down, it is turned through 180 degrees.
Your pic is a mirror image of a letter L.
Just turn your phone/tablet/monitor upside down and you will see for yourself !
xRIEx said:
Cliftonite said:
xRIEx said:
You don't need a left-right flip for an upside down L to resemble a right turn symbol.
Yes you do!Letter 'L', upside down.
If he'd said, "rotated 180 degrees," I might agree with you.
Your pic is a mirror image of a letter L.
Just turn your phone/tablet/monitor upside down and you will see for yourself !
xRIEx said:
It's flipped over (or rotated round, if you prefer) the x-axis, which is why I said you don't need a left-right (y-axis) flip.If you rotate it round the z-axis then you end up with what you're talking about (similar to a '7').
ETA: Image search of 'flip over x axis'
But I stand by a flip NOT being what is meant by turning something upside down.
To do what you are talking about needs the phrase to include the word "mirror" or "flip".
From your own link:
The woman who opened her car door without looking as I was about to drive past. I tooted and she threw her hands up with a face of indignation so as to say "how dare you toot at me". I tooted again, stupid snobby cow. I'm sure she would have been quite annoyed that I had interrupted her trip to Waitrose by taking her door off.
Cliftonite said:
xRIEx said:
Cliftonite said:
Just turn your phone/tablet/monitor upside down and you will see for yourself !
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