One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
Discussion
I just witnessed a cracker. Audi knob, dumps his ( generic something something Audi S something) on a double yellow, outside a kebab shop, right on a corner, by a set of lights ( North Walls Winchester if anyone knows it ) cue huge tailback, almost instantaneously, as it’s a one way system. What a weapons grade see you next Tuesday.
I was waiting to pull onto a roundabout just out of Morrisons carpark in Castleford in my EP3, whilst waiting an E36 compact covered in M Performance stickers pulled onto the roundabout and proceeded to handbrake turn in front of me and drift sideways around the roundabout before pulling off.
Good job matey, I'm sure all of the lunchtime Sunday shoppers were more than impressed.
Good job matey, I'm sure all of the lunchtime Sunday shoppers were more than impressed.
The d1ckhead in the Mini Clubman on the M5 southbound yesterday. It was sat in the outside lane with a largely empty middle lane with no intention of moving over. I could see my junction coming up, so I moved to the middle lane and pulled up alongside to see what was going on, only to find the passenger filming me on her phone. I assume I will appear on a Youtube channel somewhere in the near future 
I'm not sure if I was partly the knob in this one......
Last Wednesday morning, about 7:10 heading north on the A49 towards Whitchurch (single carriageway, NSL).
I was about 5 cars behind a slowish van, doing about 45 up the NSL. We'd got over a mile of straight, well sighted road with no traffic coming the other way. I gave the cars in front a good few seconds to decide to overtake, but no-one did.
So, deciding that 45 in the NSL is not good, I checked my mirror, signalled, pulled out & booted it. 2nd car back from the van was an '04' plated Mazda of some description. Just as I'm about to pass him, without any warning or indicator, he decides to drift out in front of me to overtake the van. At this point, I was doing a little more than the NSL (overtake, then drop back to the speed limit is my usual approach). Somehow I managed to miss the effing womble, before giving a good blast of the horn, and a flash of main beam to ensure that he could see me. Predictable raised finger from the Mazda driver, followed by a brake test (my brakes were obviously working, as I'd just avoided going into his rear corner!).
Last Wednesday morning, about 7:10 heading north on the A49 towards Whitchurch (single carriageway, NSL).
I was about 5 cars behind a slowish van, doing about 45 up the NSL. We'd got over a mile of straight, well sighted road with no traffic coming the other way. I gave the cars in front a good few seconds to decide to overtake, but no-one did.
So, deciding that 45 in the NSL is not good, I checked my mirror, signalled, pulled out & booted it. 2nd car back from the van was an '04' plated Mazda of some description. Just as I'm about to pass him, without any warning or indicator, he decides to drift out in front of me to overtake the van. At this point, I was doing a little more than the NSL (overtake, then drop back to the speed limit is my usual approach). Somehow I managed to miss the effing womble, before giving a good blast of the horn, and a flash of main beam to ensure that he could see me. Predictable raised finger from the Mazda driver, followed by a brake test (my brakes were obviously working, as I'd just avoided going into his rear corner!).
Trying to get out of our estate yesterday, but there was a 'Christmas Fair' at the leisure centre. Traffic was dead slow going into the car park, and choking the roundabout. Incoming traffic was coming in from my right and having to take their third exit (my straight ahead). I, and another driver ahead of me, were trying to get out, needing our third exit to go back down the road incoming traffic were coming up. But EVERY TIME one car crawled forward (and it literally was one-at-a-time stuff), instead of leaving the roundabout clear for us to turn right, every single driver just edged forward and re-blocked the roundabout.
So they're knobs for obstructing the highway unnecessarily. And i'm a knob too, for losing patience and hitting the horn repeatedly. It wasn't aimed at the car ahead of me, just more in frustration that no-one queuing to get into the car park seemed to notice us waiting to get out. Eventually, the car ahead made it out, having seized a brief window of opportunity when one of the queuing window-lickers was tardy in edging forward, though they tried to block him still.
I must be an even bigger knob for just pulling forward anyway, horn sounding constantly, and forcing my way into the queue, then "making good my escape" when the car ahead edged forward enough for me to reach my exit.
If I said it took ten minutes to get out onto a perfectly clear road that these dribbling pus-bags didn't even want to drive on, I'd be exaggerating. but four minutes after getting to the roundabout (known length of a track on the radio) I'd given up hope of any of these selfish 'tards actually showing some consideration, so needs must... https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7441458,-1.8225272...
So they're knobs for obstructing the highway unnecessarily. And i'm a knob too, for losing patience and hitting the horn repeatedly. It wasn't aimed at the car ahead of me, just more in frustration that no-one queuing to get into the car park seemed to notice us waiting to get out. Eventually, the car ahead made it out, having seized a brief window of opportunity when one of the queuing window-lickers was tardy in edging forward, though they tried to block him still.
I must be an even bigger knob for just pulling forward anyway, horn sounding constantly, and forcing my way into the queue, then "making good my escape" when the car ahead edged forward enough for me to reach my exit.
If I said it took ten minutes to get out onto a perfectly clear road that these dribbling pus-bags didn't even want to drive on, I'd be exaggerating. but four minutes after getting to the roundabout (known length of a track on the radio) I'd given up hope of any of these selfish 'tards actually showing some consideration, so needs must... https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7441458,-1.8225272...
SalsaJason said:
Sunday morning 8AM Tesla 3 driver doing a succession of full bore starts from the traffic lights, possibly in launch mode. 500m later at the next set of lights I had caught up with him, happened 4 times, so over the course of maybe 2km he had gained maybe 2 meters.
He was clearly having fun in his new car, road was quiet as early, no one was really inconvenienced.
The key detail however was that I was riding my bike on the cycle path to his left, every time I caught up he looked at me, his anger clearly growing.
Castle lane, Bournemouth, is like that. Traffic lights every few hundred yards but the bike lane alongside only has separate lights for pedestrians to cross as it is separate from the motor traffic carriageway. On Saturday morning I was amusing a kid in the back of his mum's car as she "launched" forward at any opportunity, while I kept a fairly constant 13 mph alongside the queuing traffic, frequently passing their car while appearing to put in no effort whatsoever on a knackered old MTB with a rucksack on my back. Every time I caught and passed her, her frustration visibly increased. It was made worse because I was smiling at the kid, and I think she must have thought I was somehow laughing at her. Eventually, though, the merriment had to end. And it did so when a Yellow Bus pulled out from it's stop ahead of them, slowing traffic still further and bunching things up, so I pootled on slowly, yet leaving them behind. He was clearly having fun in his new car, road was quiet as early, no one was really inconvenienced.
The key detail however was that I was riding my bike on the cycle path to his left, every time I caught up he looked at me, his anger clearly growing.
Anyone who drives down Castle Lane when they could walk or cycle is the very definition of an absolute idiot. I realise that most folks' journeys down that road are part of longer trips, but every single time I've driven down it I've been frustrated by the knowledge that I could have ridden down there faster. I only drive it now if I've no choice due to passengers or cargo that I couldn't fit in a rucksack...
InitialDave said:
Friend wants to buy a property. Asking price was reasonable, so he told them he was happy to offer the asking price.
Gets a call the next day from the seller's solicitor to say "they'd be happier if he could offer a little more".
He kept his calm and politely said no. I might well have told them the offer now was £5-10k less.
Sellers tried that stunt on us when we were buying. We were in a hurry, relocating for my wife's new job. We'd taken a crazy low-ball offer on our house, and agreed a price with the seller of our favoured home from a shortlist of 4. Gets a call the next day from the seller's solicitor to say "they'd be happier if he could offer a little more".
He kept his calm and politely said no. I might well have told them the offer now was £5-10k less.
Curiously enough, a couple of days later we get a call from their agent saying they "needed a bigger offer from us, as they'd accepted another offer above asking price". To his credit, the agent was embarrassed by this, but was doing his client's bidding. The price we'd offered was the absolute maximum (genuinely) that we could offer, due to the low price on our house. So we said "thanks, but no thanks" and had a chat at home before immediately calling another agent and making an offer on our second favourite. That was accepted, and so we booked surveys, etc, to get things moving (remember i said we were in a hurry? We really were). Two days later we got the call saying the sellers had "had a change of heart" and we could have it at the original agreed price. But we had said from the start that we weren't going to mess anyone else around, and we weren't in the game to be messed around ourselves. We told them we'd already gone too far down the road with the purchase of the second favourite property, thanks all the same.
A few months later I popped in to the selling agent, as we'd become friendly and he was a really nice bloke. Apparently the mysterious "more than asking price" buyer had been unable to proceed. Agent thought they may have fibbed to their lender to obtain a mortgage offer, and then been found out, but wasn't sure. Six months along now, and the seller that pulled a stunt on us is still in their home, despite them being "very keen to sell as they have a retirement bungalow lined up".
I'm glad we didn't buy their house though, as it was sort of isolated, despite being mid-street, due to a bend in the road, and the one we ended up buying has absolutely bloody lovely neighbours on all sides. Every cloud, etc, etc...
Solocle said:
GOATever said:
I had an example of one of my absolute favourites this morning. I was riding my bike to work, at about 5 o’ clock this morning, and I wasn’t really going to be ‘pressing on’ as much as I might do, if it wasn’t dark, and cold, and the road was damp, but I wasn’t exactly plodding either. I could see and hear a car approaching from behind, and he gave me plenty of room as he overtook. I usually back off a bit when a car is coming past, as this gets the overtake done more quickly, it’s better for me, it’s better for the motorist. Anyway, some absolute w
kpuffin on a bike, who had been wheel sucking me ( which is bad enough in its own right ) decided that was a great time to pass me, ( as the car was overtaking ) he got himself between me and the overtaking car, struggled past, instantly ‘blew up’ ( not literally, unfortunately) then basically got in my way, as I re passed him. So, ‘knobbish’ thing number one, wheel sucking, and not making it clear he was there, knobbish thing 2, trying ( and failing) to be a hero, just as a bloody car was trying to overtake, Knobbish thing 3, being a muppet, when he blew up, and weaving around trying to force me wide. It didn’t work, it was never going to work, he became a distant memory fairly quickly. I don’t care if people want to pass me and crack on, as long as they do it in a manner which doesn’t put me in mortal danger, and that they then actually crack on 
. And breathe.
I had some idiot weave when I tried to pass him - he literally went onto the other side of the road to block my overtake (as, being considerate, I was giving plenty of space). Well, he looked really silly when we hit the hill immediately afterwards, and I opened up the 1000W sprint!!kpuffin on a bike, who had been wheel sucking me ( which is bad enough in its own right ) decided that was a great time to pass me, ( as the car was overtaking ) he got himself between me and the overtaking car, struggled past, instantly ‘blew up’ ( not literally, unfortunately) then basically got in my way, as I re passed him. So, ‘knobbish’ thing number one, wheel sucking, and not making it clear he was there, knobbish thing 2, trying ( and failing) to be a hero, just as a bloody car was trying to overtake, Knobbish thing 3, being a muppet, when he blew up, and weaving around trying to force me wide. It didn’t work, it was never going to work, he became a distant memory fairly quickly. I don’t care if people want to pass me and crack on, as long as they do it in a manner which doesn’t put me in mortal danger, and that they then actually crack on . And breathe.
Fortunate for me that I'd headed directly back to my car too, because my bike light went into super-dim "emergency get-you-home" output mode, because I'd picked up the half-charged one and emptied the battery faster than I'd anticipated.WarrenB said:
The pillock I overheard at the doctors bragging about how much money he's got and how great he is and how he's got a BMW and how great it is and how it's always turning heads on the street and how much the 'birds' love it... The BMW in question being a poverty spec 316d.
Haha Warren, you've obviously never been privileged to own a BM. If you're fortunate enough to be behind the wheel of a BM you've obviously been mega successful and made it and believe me, they do turn heads. If you work a bit harder and become more successful, you'll also be able to drive an ultimate driving machine and then you'll understand. LOL.As I came back to my car after paying for my fuel at the local Tesco garage, there were four vacant pumps, but also with a queue of four cars presumably waiting for the 'right side ' to become free. Sure enough as I departed the first car in the queue followed me in. Surely they realise that the pump hoses stretch over to the 'wrong side'.
Knobs one and all.
Knobs one and all.
nonsequitur said:
As I came back to my car after paying for my fuel at the local Tesco garage, there were four vacant pumps, but also with a queue of four cars presumably waiting for the 'right side ' to become free. Sure enough as I departed the first car in the queue followed me in. Surely they realise that the pump hoses stretch over to the 'wrong side'.
Knobs one and all.
No offence but I do not want dirty pipes dragging over my car, are they wiped clean throughout the day?... am I a knob? Knobs one and all.
Probably .....
But I am happy
hersh said:
No offence but I do not want dirty pipes dragging over my car, are they wiped clean throughout the day?... am I a knob?
Probably .....
But I am happy
Thats what your other hand is for Probably .....
But I am happy
Not a knob though, if I'm not in a rush I may wait a minute to get a pump on the same side as the fuel cap.
bluezedd said:
hersh said:
No offence but I do not want dirty pipes dragging over my car, are they wiped clean throughout the day?... am I a knob?
Probably .....
But I am happy
Thats what your other hand is for Probably .....
But I am happy
Not a knob though, if I'm not in a rush I may wait a minute to get a pump on the same side as the fuel cap.
when someone else is happy to go "wrong side" in order to use an empty pump that they didn't even want to use. So if you're happy queuing for pumps 1 and 3, mind your own feckin' business when someone drives straight in and uses the empty pump 2...
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