One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
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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
That's 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.
that's why pipes are recatable The only vehicle that I could not do that with was my Vivaro Van.
But if you are happy to wait, so be it
yellowjack said:
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...
Once someone accused me of 'queue jumping' by using a pump on the 'wrong side', and this at a Sainsbury's station which not only has signs saying 'use pumps on both sides' but handily suspends the hose high enough that you can easily put it in the 'wrong side' without dragging it over your car. I replied to the gentleman saying had there been a queue, I'd have queued in it. I was on my way with a full tank while he was still waiting for two cars in front to complete their transactions.
Waiting for a nozzle that corresponds to the correct side of the car causes continual problems at my local Sainsbury’s (Truro), it’s a really small forecourt and its entrance is on a busy roundabout. It only takes two people to not immediately seize the opportunity of any vacant pump and there’s an issue. In this instance, they’re prize knobs, who invariably only put £10 in. And then check out all the up sells in the shop, wait in line, daydreaming, and then get startled and panic stricken when confronted with payment.
yellowjack said:
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...
Then a few minutes later you come back from paying and start to walk slowly so the bloke behind you suffers the same wait......
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
I'm with you.Probably .....
But I am happy
Absolute sure fire sign of a half wit - dragging a fuel hose over the back or top of their car filling up on the wrong side.
Most of the above:
At the very least , one or more cars waiting for the 'right side' will almost inevitably, combined with the configuration of most filling stations, hold up others behind you waiting to fill up.
At a busy station this will cause not a little frustration when other pumps are free. Sometimes it is possible to overtake those 'right siders' and procede to a vacant pump, but inevitably this is not possible. And the dirty looks you get if you do decide on this manoevre.
Many have posted that hoses are long enough to stretch without resting on the bodywork. This is true and has got to be the answer.
At the very least , one or more cars waiting for the 'right side' will almost inevitably, combined with the configuration of most filling stations, hold up others behind you waiting to fill up.
At a busy station this will cause not a little frustration when other pumps are free. Sometimes it is possible to overtake those 'right siders' and procede to a vacant pump, but inevitably this is not possible. And the dirty looks you get if you do decide on this manoevre.
Many have posted that hoses are long enough to stretch without resting on the bodywork. This is true and has got to be the answer.
yellowjack said:
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...
I used to live not far from there (near the Iford roundabout). A few years ago, either Christmas Eve or Boxing Day (can't remember which) I was sent out by Mrs ZS to get a couple of items from Tesco. About a 10 minute walk to get there, another 10-15 minutes in the shop, and another 10 minute walk back. I recall walking past the same cars trying to get in and find a parking space on both the way there and the way back. Utter chaos, why anyone was that desperate to get there that they'd queue in traffic for half an hour I've no idea.Hateful stretch of road.
Buster73 said:
Not even close to the moron who looks over when you’re waiting to fill up when they’re coming back from paying , suddenly everything goes in slow motion , start the car up , bugger about with the seatbelt , change the radio station, faff around with their hair whilst grinning in the mirror knowing the bloke behind them is wishing he had a machine gun and wanted to kill desperately.
Then a few minutes later you come back from paying and start to walk slowly so the bloke behind you suffers the same wait......
It was you behind me at Tesco garage last night, wasn't it? (It was radio 4 playing, but I wanted to get back to a Bad Company CD).Then a few minutes later you come back from paying and start to walk slowly so the bloke behind you suffers the same wait......
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
Try owning an old Land Rover. To fill up, open door, lift seat cushion, unscrew filler cap, lean in through open door and fill under-seat tank. Replace cap and cushion. Drag hose across inside the 'car', lift passenger seat cushion, unscrew filler cap, etc, etc...Probably .....
But I am happy
Either that or complete transaction after filling first tank, then drive around to the other side of the pump, and complete a second full transaction to avoid dragging the hose through or over the 'car'.
*car in this case could probably be substituted for 'Truck, Utility, Light' or 'Truck, Utility, Medium' if it's a knackered old military Series III or Air Portable Land Rover.
On more than one occasion one of us had to go into the kiosk to tell the attendant that we did, indeed, have the filler nozzle in an "authorised fuel container", to wit the actual vehicle fuel tank(s). As for what they thought we were doing with the nozzle in the footwell, I'll never know...
Did I miss a memo somewhere that stated red light and the painted road markings suddenly became optional? If not then the 4 knobs this morning who couldn't help themselves, one who encroached over the line and then the 3 who went through the red lights because they are more important than everyone else. t
ts
tsToday I was the knob!
I pulled up behind a car waiting behind a stationary bus . Sat there for a few seconds before thinking - bks to this, I'll go round them both. As I went round them I then realised there was another car in front of the bus, waiting at a temporary (red) traffic light for some minor roadworks on "my" side of the road...
I had to then pull into a side road in front of the traffic light so I didn't block the traffic (and also in the hope that it might look to observers that was my intention)
My only "defence" is that it a few feet from a bus stop, and early in the morning with no traffic coming the other way and so not immediately clear - I'll know not to be so impatient next time
I pulled up behind a car waiting behind a stationary bus . Sat there for a few seconds before thinking - b
ks to this, I'll go round them both. As I went round them I then realised there was another car in front of the bus, waiting at a temporary (red) traffic light for some minor roadworks on "my" side of the road... I had to then pull into a side road in front of the traffic light so I didn't block the traffic (and also in the hope that it might look to observers that was my intention)
My only "defence" is that it a few feet from a bus stop, and early in the morning with no traffic coming the other way and so not immediately clear - I'll know not to be so impatient next time
TommoAE86 said:
Did I miss a memo somewhere that stated red light and the painted road markings suddenly became optional? If not then the 4 knobs this morning who couldn't help themselves, one who encroached over the line and then the 3 who went through the red lights because they are more important than everyone else. tts
Cyclists, eh!?! ts
yellowjack said:
TommoAE86 said:
Did I miss a memo somewhere that stated red light and the painted road markings suddenly became optional? If not then the 4 knobs this morning who couldn't help themselves, one who encroached over the line and then the 3 who went through the red lights because they are more important than everyone else. tts
Cyclists, eh!?! ts
the above had no cyclists anywhere near them, well done for sticking to the narrativeTommoAE86 said:
Did I miss a memo somewhere that stated red light and the painted road markings suddenly became optional? If not then the 4 knobs this morning who couldn't help themselves, one who encroached over the line and then the 3 who went through the red lights because they are more important than everyone else. tts
It's got so back near me that at some junctions I treat a green light as a Give Way!tsyellowjack 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
Try owning an old Land Rover. To fill up, open door, lift seat cushion, unscrew filler cap, lean in through open door and fill under-seat tank. Replace cap and cushion. Drag hose across inside the 'car', lift passenger seat cushion, unscrew filler cap, etc, etc...Probably .....
But I am happy
Either that or complete transaction after filling first tank, then drive around to the other side of the pump, and complete a second full transaction to avoid dragging the hose through or over the 'car'.
*car in this case could probably be substituted for 'Truck, Utility, Light' or 'Truck, Utility, Medium' if it's a knackered old military Series III or Air Portable Land Rover.
On more than one occasion one of us had to go into the kiosk to tell the attendant that we did, indeed, have the filler nozzle in an "authorised fuel container", to wit the actual vehicle fuel tank(s). As for what they thought we were doing with the nozzle in the footwell, I'll never know...
ked several times over the PA for seemingly filling the inside of my Lightweight with petrol...One attendant even came out to tell me off before realising where the filler cap is. The girl at my local filling station nicknames it "the bomb".
My other half went ashen the first time she was with me at a fill up, realising she had spent many merry trips sitting a top a fuel tank...
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
I think I am one of the few people who doesn't really care how clean or dirty my car is - as long as I can see out of it safely and the lights are not too dirty to be seen it's fine.Probably .....
But I am happy
I do remember once filling up at a supermarket and using the "wrong side" pump, and an old bloke in an Astra shouted something across the forecourt at me for "queue-jumping" - I just grinned at him when I saw him still queuing when I returned from paying.
I had an odd one on Sunday.
Chichester Sainsbury’s fuel station, I’m leaving the kiosk walking back to my car. Lad in a Defender waves me across (what a gent), it’s clear so I start walking and thank him.
Next thing I know, there’s a van leaving the pump adjacent to me at Mach 10, not stopping as he’s coming at me. I speed up to not get splatted across the forecourt, turning around giving him the “wtf hands”.
This little inbred looking helmet leans out the window and yells “fat xxx xxxx xxxx xxxxxx”, I couldn’t hear the rest. I’d literally done nothing wrong.
Some reason it really got to me; I’m placid (and fat) and it pissed me off for the rest of the day. Wish I’d caught what branding he had - it was some kitchen company.
I’m still thinking about it now at work, obviously I’m not as thick skinned as I thought.
Chichester Sainsbury’s fuel station, I’m leaving the kiosk walking back to my car. Lad in a Defender waves me across (what a gent), it’s clear so I start walking and thank him.
Next thing I know, there’s a van leaving the pump adjacent to me at Mach 10, not stopping as he’s coming at me. I speed up to not get splatted across the forecourt, turning around giving him the “wtf hands”.
This little inbred looking helmet leans out the window and yells “fat xxx xxxx xxxx xxxxxx”, I couldn’t hear the rest. I’d literally done nothing wrong.
Some reason it really got to me; I’m placid (and fat) and it pissed me off for the rest of the day. Wish I’d caught what branding he had - it was some kitchen company.
I’m still thinking about it now at work, obviously I’m not as thick skinned as I thought.
Edited by ChunkyNat on Tuesday 26th November 13:14
Castrol for a knave said:
My other half went ashen the first time she was with me at a fill up, realising she had spent many merry trips sitting a top a fuel tank...
She's still sat on top of a fuel tank even if they have can external filler, it's not like the thin bit of aluminium on top of the seat box is going to protect you from much!Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff