Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)
Discussion
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Frank7 said:
Joy of driving?
I’m on the right site, as there’s a bunch of other things here for me, but joy
of driving is a totally alien concept, and has been since circa 1988 for me.
I'm sorry to hear that. I’m on the right site, as there’s a bunch of other things here for me, but joy
of driving is a totally alien concept, and has been since circa 1988 for me.
She knows that if she really doesn’t feel like it, I’ll drive, but I bi*ch about having to do it so much, that it’s rare that she asks.
I really, really, cba with driving, bores me to tears.
Joy? You’re kidding, right?
George Smiley said:
I used to agree with you, now I figure if I cant beat them join them and have taken to grabbing some camera phone pics for discussion on Facebook
Yup facebook for idiots, why take pictures? Just get on with your journey. But take a photo for the rest of the idiots to comment on fking weird. Do you not have a life?
I will never understand SM
Edited by Allanv on Friday 29th November 00:48
Allanv said:
Yup facebook for idiots, why take pictures? Just get on with your journey.
But take a photo for the rest of the idiots to comment on f***ing weird. Do you not have a life?
Same with those bottom feeders who video any incident the police will attend, a fight, a public arrest, traffic shunt.But take a photo for the rest of the idiots to comment on f***ing weird. Do you not have a life?
When actually would be the right time to gather the family and watch that again ?
Frank7 said:
I really, really, cba with driving, bores me to tears
Are you sure you're on the right website? Frank7 said:
Joy? You’re kidding, right?
"The joy of driving" is, or certainly was, the tagline of EVO magazine.But, yes, driving is fun. Why else would you do a track day or road trip?
Cantaloupe said:
Same with those bottom feeders who video any incident the police will attend, a fight, a public arrest, traffic shunt.
When actually would be the right time to gather the family and watch that again ?
To be fair, if the fracas turns out to involve someone famous the pictures could be worth a few quid.When actually would be the right time to gather the family and watch that again ?
George Smiley said:
Ver said:
Rubberneckers...
If you're so desperate to see a mangled car wreckage then go to your local banger meet not slow down to snails pace to have a gawp at whats happening on the other carriageway of the motorway to then continue at normal speed straight after...
I used to agree with you, now I figure if I cant beat them join them and have taken to grabbing some camera phone pics for discussion on FacebookIf you're so desperate to see a mangled car wreckage then go to your local banger meet not slow down to snails pace to have a gawp at whats happening on the other carriageway of the motorway to then continue at normal speed straight after...
DoubleD said:
Shakermaker said:
Ver said:
Rubberneckers...
If you're so desperate to see a mangled car wreckage then go to your local banger meet not slow down to snails pace to have a gawp at whats happening on the other carriageway of the motorway to then continue at normal speed straight after...
Once I've been slowed down by the person in front, in turn slowed down by the person in front of them, and so on for 2,000 cars or whatever, I might as well have a look?If you're so desperate to see a mangled car wreckage then go to your local banger meet not slow down to snails pace to have a gawp at whats happening on the other carriageway of the motorway to then continue at normal speed straight after...
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Frank7 said:
I really, really, cba with driving, bores me to tears
Are you sure you're on the right website? Frank7 said:
Joy? You’re kidding, right?
"The joy of driving" is, or certainly was, the tagline of EVO magazine.But, yes, driving is fun. Why else would you do a track day or road trip?
plenty of other stuff to pique my interest on PH.
To your second quote, I’m unsure what a track day is, I’d guess maybe a race meeting, like Brands Hatch, Silverstone?, or is it more of a get together of like minded car enthusiasts?
Neither being my style.
A road trip suggests U.S.A. to me, I did a couple in the early to mid 80s, NYC to Montreal round trip, Atlanta GA to Memphis TN round trip, Las Vegas NV to Los Angeles CA, via San Francisco CA one way, great fun then, with a sun tanned 25 something Yankette in the passenger seat, and I drove 44 tonners all over Europe, but working hasn’t got the same cachet I guess.
If anyone suggested a trip to Cornwall nowadays for example, I’d check the schedules from London City Airport to Newquay Airport, I couldn’t do a schlep like that in a car, even in the back seat.
The whole "rubberneckers" thing is a pain in the 'arris, true enough, but in most cases those being accused of "rubbernecking" actually aren't. It only takes one imbecile to slowly crawl past an incident for a passenger to film it on their phone, and suddenly the whole road is limited to their speed on a two lane DC/motorway. So traffic behind them has no choice, they are pinned to the speed of the idiot. And it only takes a few seconds for the concertina braking effect to roll back and form a queue which may then stretch for miles. The original idiot who caused the problem is long gone, but everyone is now starting from a standstill. There might not even be any "rubberneckers". If several vehicles ahead collide, traffic behind has to brake hard, sometimes to a standstill, to avoid being involved themselves. Drop the speed of hundreds of cars from 70+mph to zero, and then try to get them rolling again, while traffic behind continues toward the back of the still-forming queue and you have a volume v. capacity problem that cannot be solved simply by driving through the restriction at full speed. Add in the morons blocking traffic from merging together smoothly into one lane from two, and it just makes things worse.
It's also true to say that it is usually necessary to slow down past an incident, especially if it's still "live" and emergency crews are working in close proximity to traffic, or if there is debris on the carriageway to be avoided. Besides which, collisions are seldom truly accidents - they usually have a cause, and it's almost certainly going to be one or more drivers who can't manage to look around them properly and avoid crashing into one another. Blame them, not the poor saps stuck in the queue with little choice as to their rate of progress past the mess they caused...
It's also true to say that it is usually necessary to slow down past an incident, especially if it's still "live" and emergency crews are working in close proximity to traffic, or if there is debris on the carriageway to be avoided. Besides which, collisions are seldom truly accidents - they usually have a cause, and it's almost certainly going to be one or more drivers who can't manage to look around them properly and avoid crashing into one another. Blame them, not the poor saps stuck in the queue with little choice as to their rate of progress past the mess they caused...
Big Easy said:
George Smiley said:
Ver said:
Rubberneckers...
If you're so desperate to see a mangled car wreckage then go to your local banger meet not slow down to snails pace to have a gawp at whats happening on the other carriageway of the motorway to then continue at normal speed straight after...
I used to agree with you, now I figure if I cant beat them join them and have taken to grabbing some camera phone pics for discussion on FacebookIf you're so desperate to see a mangled car wreckage then go to your local banger meet not slow down to snails pace to have a gawp at whats happening on the other carriageway of the motorway to then continue at normal speed straight after...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50556886
People like this, they want to be banned, why don't they just have a tiny bit of self control
People like this, they want to be banned, why don't they just have a tiny bit of self control
George Smiley said:
Big Easy said:
George Smiley said:
Ver said:
Rubberneckers...
If you're so desperate to see a mangled car wreckage then go to your local banger meet not slow down to snails pace to have a gawp at whats happening on the other carriageway of the motorway to then continue at normal speed straight after...
I used to agree with you, now I figure if I cant beat them join them and have taken to grabbing some camera phone pics for discussion on FacebookIf you're so desperate to see a mangled car wreckage then go to your local banger meet not slow down to snails pace to have a gawp at whats happening on the other carriageway of the motorway to then continue at normal speed straight after...
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Frank7 said:
I really, really, cba with driving, bores me to tears
Are you sure you're on the right website? Frank7 said:
Joy? You’re kidding, right?
"The joy of driving" is, or certainly was, the tagline of EVO magazine.But, yes, driving is fun. Why else would you do a track day or road trip?
borcy said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50556886
People like this, they want to be banned, why don't they just have a tiny bit of self control
"Harriet thinks it would be a good idea if retailers banned serial returners because it would encourage her to make more considered decisions". People like this, they want to be banned, why don't they just have a tiny bit of self control
Or she could just go to a shop and try things on before buying them.
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