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geeks

9,183 posts

139 months

Friday 17th March 2023
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WarrenB said:
Spare tyre said:
Where we live is a nice enough place, the sort of place where at 7pm you could pop outisde and ask a family with torches why they are looking in bushes and under cars with torches, without being stabbed to death by a yoot

But no, you jump on face book and say all sorts of mad stuff about torches being flashed in your window “in the middle of the night”

Family man comes on a few hours later saying, don’t panic, it was me looking for an escaped kitten

But oh no, the local Facebook Karen’s have a bit of drama and won’t let it drop

Truly truly bizzare
I number of years ago I pulled up at the side of the road to take a phone call - no bluetooth/handsfree in the vehicle I was driving at the time. Only stopped for a couple of minutes if that, but noticed the curtains twitching from the house opposite as I set off but thought nothing of it.

Few miles down the road blue flashing lights came tearing up behind me and two police cars boxed me in. Apparently the police had received a number of calls from various residents saying I'd been stopping outside various houses in the village, looking through windows and sneaking into gardens. Didn't take long for the police to work out what happened. Showed them the call list on my phone which tallied up with when I was stopped, and despite it being a drizzly night my shoes and clothes were bone dry, as was the interior of the van which proved I hadn't even left the vehicle, let alone looking through windows or trying to break into garden sheds.

The whole thing blew my mind.
I've had similar in the past, fortunately plod have always been pretty good about it and I have been on my way in minutes but it does make you wonder what goes through some peoples fervent imaginations!

Spare tyre

9,573 posts

130 months

Friday 17th March 2023
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WarrenB said:
Spare tyre said:
Where we live is a nice enough place, the sort of place where at 7pm you could pop outisde and ask a family with torches why they are looking in bushes and under cars with torches, without being stabbed to death by a yoot

But no, you jump on face book and say all sorts of mad stuff about torches being flashed in your window “in the middle of the night”

Family man comes on a few hours later saying, don’t panic, it was me looking for an escaped kitten

But oh no, the local Facebook Karen’s have a bit of drama and won’t let it drop

Truly truly bizzare
I number of years ago I pulled up at the side of the road to take a phone call - no bluetooth/handsfree in the vehicle I was driving at the time. Only stopped for a couple of minutes if that, but noticed the curtains twitching from the house opposite as I set off but thought nothing of it.

Few miles down the road blue flashing lights came tearing up behind me and two police cars boxed me in. Apparently the police had received a number of calls from various residents saying I'd been stopping outside various houses in the village, looking through windows and sneaking into gardens. Didn't take long for the police to work out what happened. Showed them the call list on my phone which tallied up with when I was stopped, and despite it being a drizzly night my shoes and clothes were bone dry, as was the interior of the van which proved I hadn't even left the vehicle, let alone looking through windows or trying to break into garden sheds.

The whole thing blew my mind.
They will also be the same folk to moan when the police don’t come out when they are stretched

Spare tyre

9,573 posts

130 months

Friday 17th March 2023
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LankyFreak said:
These new Facebook group "chats" are seeeeensational fodder.

It’s kez the guru from “cheap fireworks in Manchester thread”

Aicmfp


MonkeyBusiness

3,935 posts

187 months

Friday 17th March 2023
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Spare tyre

9,573 posts

130 months

Friday 17th March 2023
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MonkeyBusiness said:
It’s a bit like when someone finds a drivers licence with an address in the village, they can’t work out what to do

marksx

5,052 posts

190 months

Friday 24th March 2023
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Jules Sunley

3,933 posts

93 months

Friday 24th March 2023
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marksx said:
Her time would be better spent with a dictionary.

Whistle

1,405 posts

133 months

Friday 24th March 2023
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I am sure half of the UK are beyond help.

Jules Sunley

3,933 posts

93 months

Friday 24th March 2023
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Whistle said:
I am sure half of the UK are beyond help.
Sadly I agree.

Scabutz

7,605 posts

80 months

Friday 24th March 2023
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Whistle said:
I am sure half of the UK are beyond help.
I do hope the local Facebook groups aren't a wider representation of society at large. 99% of them on mine can't form a coherent sentence with even basic spelling and grammar. I'm not even being a grammar snob about it, some you can't even understand what they are actually trying to say.

crmcatee

5,694 posts

227 months

Friday 24th March 2023
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Spelling and grammar; I don't even know where to begin with this one.

Inane ramblings.


vikingaero

10,331 posts

169 months

Friday 24th March 2023
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crmcatee said:
Spelling and grammar; I don't even know where to begin with this one.

Inane ramblings.

I see mental health issues exacerbated by the wacky baccy.

pocketspring

5,288 posts

21 months

Friday 24th March 2023
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He's on morphine and tramadol.... scratchchin

wobert

5,051 posts

222 months

Friday 24th March 2023
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Alorotom

11,939 posts

187 months

Friday 24th March 2023
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vikingaero said:
crmcatee said:
Spelling and grammar; I don't even know where to begin with this one.

Inane ramblings.

I see mental health issues exacerbated by the wacky baccy.
I don't use drugs. I only use opioid schedule 3 controlled drugs oh and a schedule 2 narcotic rolleyes

Fermit

12,956 posts

100 months

Friday 24th March 2023
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crmcatee said:
Spelling and grammar; I don't even know where to begin with this one.

Inane ramblings.

'Don't judge book by its cover'

In this instance it's easier to judge than this one.


P. ONeill

1,455 posts

52 months

Friday 24th March 2023
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davek_964

8,816 posts

175 months

Friday 24th March 2023
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To be fair, I do treat speed limits as "recommended"

vikingaero

10,331 posts

169 months

Friday 24th March 2023
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P. ONeill said:
Sounds like a problem for France, than us! biggrin

832ark

1,226 posts

156 months

Saturday 25th March 2023
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davek_964 said:
To be fair, I do treat speed limits as "recommended"
More a suggestion than what you’d call actual rules.