One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
Discussion
I'm in agreement with you with bikers, some of them are a menace! Moving through a dog-leg traffic light system on the A272 (Buck Barn) I was travelling east - west and several bikers proceed to go around me through the dog-leg, annoying I thought, then they proceeded to turn immediately left into the garage/McDonalds cutting me up in the process! Utterly pointless and just succeeded in getting in my way. Felt better after giving them a solid horn blast... just no need for it, inconsiderate t
ts.
ts.Bikers that don't give a wave or a nod when you've made an effort to move in for their overtake. You can always tell the ones you'll get a thank you from. Full protective gear, nice machinery (be it a superbike or a scooter; well looked after) and good courteous positioning. They will give a helmet nod or a wave when you make an effort to pull into the side of the road as much as possible. You make their life easier and safer - to which they reply with a simple gesture to make you realise they appreciate it. It also makes car drivers more likely to do it for more bikers in future.
When you see a rusty junker with someone that's sometimes not wearing a helmet, with Adidas trackies from the 90's that are about 4 inches too short for them, scruffy white peeling Diadora trainers and nothing more than a t-shirt and backpack, you know they're just gonna zoom on by without so much as a thank you. Pricks.
Also, car drivers that don't acknowledge courteousness. There's several cars in my industrial estate that I refuse to let out now as they never so much give a smile when you let them out. I like to be courteous, it keeps all traffic moving. But if you can't even give a 0.5 second wave or a flash of the hazards, you can bloody well wait at your junction that's near impossible to get out of during rush hour.
When you see a rusty junker with someone that's sometimes not wearing a helmet, with Adidas trackies from the 90's that are about 4 inches too short for them, scruffy white peeling Diadora trainers and nothing more than a t-shirt and backpack, you know they're just gonna zoom on by without so much as a thank you. Pricks.
Also, car drivers that don't acknowledge courteousness. There's several cars in my industrial estate that I refuse to let out now as they never so much give a smile when you let them out. I like to be courteous, it keeps all traffic moving. But if you can't even give a 0.5 second wave or a flash of the hazards, you can bloody well wait at your junction that's near impossible to get out of during rush hour.
yellowjack said:
Blown2CV said:
maybe you are selective about your FB friends, or maybe your previous friends were selective about theirs!!
in all honesty i don't think people that voted for Corbyn were nobs... but i do think that the Left has got a far better social media propaganda machine behind it now, like Navarra. I'm not saying they are 'fake news', but they are biased as fk and yet call themselves journalists... BUT do nothing but complain about bias the other way in the mainstream press. Hence the younger people following. They fking love websites.
Anyone, from the fin all honesty i don't think people that voted for Corbyn were nobs... but i do think that the Left has got a far better social media propaganda machine behind it now, like Navarra. I'm not saying they are 'fake news', but they are biased as f
k and yet call themselves journalists... BUT do nothing but complain about bias the other way in the mainstream press. Hence the younger people following. They fking love websites. king media, who really ought to know better, via Theresa and Jeremy themselves, to random folk on the internet who keep on repeating this incorrect tosh about "voting for Corbyn" or "voting for May".Unless you are registered to vote in either Islington North or Maidenhead YOU CANNOT VOTE FOR EITHER PARTY LEADER!!!! It's not the way our parliamentary democracy works FFS! Same with May going on about a "mandate". Eh? The stupid trollop already had a "mandate". It was the result that Cameron delivered in the last general election, combined with her victory in the Tory leadership election.
I despair, I really f
king despair about the British electorate's inability to understand the electoral process, and the inability of politicians and the media to explain it properly...
When folk, in a general election, refer to voting for the party leader when their own parliamentary candidate is another not, it is by proxy.
For eg, though I was in favour of a particular local candidate being elected, I didn't vote for him because I wanted a different party to lead the country. The following phrase ' ... so I voted for Corbyn/May' is therefore apt. Everyone knows it was by proxy, I didn't vote directly for May/Corbyn as neither were local parliamentary candidates - it's simply a vote for a candidate from May's/Corbyn's party to win the local seat, thereby increasing the number of that party's seats in the House by one, and increasing the probability that May's/Corbyn's party wins the majority as per the FPTP system.
Like I say, yours is a strange comment. 'Voting for May' or 'Voting for Corbyn' is a perfectly common colloquialism.
Edited by Tim bo on Monday 19th June 15:09
FIREBIRDC9 said:
eezeh said:
foxbody-87 said:
Solid white line? Check
Approaching bend? Check
Oncoming traffic? Check
Complete throbber? Check
(You learn something new everyday. The fact that i am 24 and don't know this makes me feel out of touch.)
If there is nothing better in life than a Mk4 Golf then that person doesn't have very high aspirations in life
Blacked out rear windows to either hide product or ugly children? £120
Black painted wheels from the VaG parts bin and mismatched tyres? £60
Acting surprised it's being operated in a dangerous/careless way. Priceless.
Liquid Knight said:
FIREBIRDC9 said:
eezeh said:
foxbody-87 said:
Solid white line? Check
Approaching bend? Check
Oncoming traffic? Check
Complete throbber? Check
(You learn something new everyday. The fact that i am 24 and don't know this makes me feel out of touch.)
If there is nothing better in life than a Mk4 Golf then that person doesn't have very high aspirations in life
Blacked out rear windows to either hide product or ugly children? £120
Black painted wheels from the VaG parts bin and mismatched tyres? £60
Acting surprised it's being operated in a dangerous/careless way. Priceless.
swisstoni said:
Europa1 said:
It may be that as it was rather bd hot over the last few days, they wanted the full benefit of the aircon.
Oh don't bother. This is a PH classic. d hot over the last few days, they wanted the full benefit of the aircon.What I'm talking about is when it's a beautiful, balmy morning, say 20°C with no cloud etc, pottering along in A-road traffic at 30-60mph, there's just no excuse.
Personally if I'm in a convertible I like the roof down in just about all weather, super-hot direct sunshine being an exception because I hate sunburn!
All of the motorcyclists, on a variety of different bikes, that I saw on the A12, M25 and A2/M2 yesterday that were wearing either a T-shirt, shorts or trainers, or a combination of. And no gloves. I really hope that they don't have to find out why this is very knobbish the hard way!
Registration number "31L".
It's on a Mercedes G-Wagen v8 BiTurbo, along with what looks like a GRRC/FoS badge (illegal emblem for a number plate
), but weirdly no cartell.ie or DVLA records for it. Parked illegally outside Frimley Park Hospital yesterday, in the exact same spot as a white Mercedes saloon was parked last week. On double yellow lines, near a box junction, on a bus and ambulance route to the bus stop and from A&E respectively.
What sort of utter knob-throbber can afford to run a fancy Merc, yet struggles with the means to pay for parking? Sad when you have such a poor regard for your fellow man that you'll park just where the fk you please simply because you are either too lazy to walk the extra 40 or 50 yards from the car park, or too tight to pay the fee.
I'm also sick to fking death of morons parking in the drop-off bays. It clearly says "10 minutes maximum - do not leave car unattended", yet cars park there for hours at a time. I strongly suspect that a lot of it is staff parking there. Possibly even the very security staff who's job entails stopping this sort of thing. Selfish, hypocritical, lazy, useless aholes the fking lot of you.
And as for the taxi drivers blocking through traffic within the drop-off area? Fk you. I hope your cab spontaneously combusts and the Inland Revenue drop a massive tax bill on your self-assessment arse. Either pull over to the side, or do another lap while you wait for your fare - you don't just stop in the middle of the road and block it completely "because taxi, innit, bruvv". The most dislikeable sub-group in society today, cabbies. I fking hate them. In the unlikely event that I ever come to use a taxi, the best tip you fkers can hope for is the steam off my st... 
It's on a Mercedes G-Wagen v8 BiTurbo, along with what looks like a GRRC/FoS badge (illegal emblem for a number plate
), but weirdly no cartell.ie or DVLA records for it. Parked illegally outside Frimley Park Hospital yesterday, in the exact same spot as a white Mercedes saloon was parked last week. On double yellow lines, near a box junction, on a bus and ambulance route to the bus stop and from A&E respectively.What sort of utter knob-throbber can afford to run a fancy Merc, yet struggles with the means to pay for parking? Sad when you have such a poor regard for your fellow man that you'll park just where the f
k you please simply because you are either too lazy to walk the extra 40 or 50 yards from the car park, or too tight to pay the fee.I'm also sick to f
king death of morons parking in the drop-off bays. It clearly says "10 minutes maximum - do not leave car unattended", yet cars park there for hours at a time. I strongly suspect that a lot of it is staff parking there. Possibly even the very security staff who's job entails stopping this sort of thing. Selfish, hypocritical, lazy, useless aholes the fking lot of you.And as for the taxi drivers blocking through traffic within the drop-off area? F
k you. I hope your cab spontaneously combusts and the Inland Revenue drop a massive tax bill on your self-assessment arse. Either pull over to the side, or do another lap while you wait for your fare - you don't just stop in the middle of the road and block it completely "because taxi, innit, bruvv". The most dislikeable sub-group in society today, cabbies. I fking hate them. In the unlikely event that I ever come to use a taxi, the best tip you fkers can hope for is the steam off my st... Person in an 09 plate Discovery TDV6 on Long Road in Cambridge, laying a fine smokescreen behind him.
Then swinging out into the oncoming lane to get to the (red) traffic light for turning right ahead, despite the fact that the queue of traffic was moving forwards: (a) there was traffic coming towards you; and (b) you left 2 black stripes on the road, not from your tyres but from your exhaust pipes.
Oh, and again: anyone who slows to 10mph below the speed limit to pass a speed camera. Especially if they have just barrelled past at over the speed limit on a dual carriageway.
Then swinging out into the oncoming lane to get to the (red) traffic light for turning right ahead, despite the fact that the queue of traffic was moving forwards: (a) there was traffic coming towards you; and (b) you left 2 black stripes on the road, not from your tyres but from your exhaust pipes.
Oh, and again: anyone who slows to 10mph below the speed limit to pass a speed camera. Especially if they have just barrelled past at over the speed limit on a dual carriageway.
MechMovement said:
Lack of lane discipline.
Lack of lane discipline followed by application of horn. Yes, Mr blue E46 convertable at J33 on the M4 the right hand lane on the slip road goes to the right hand lane on the Roundabout, not the centre lane. I would never use my horn unless I was certain I was right, so I wonder are you so s
t at driving you were convined you were right or do you just not give a toss? I use my horn a lot - for what its meant for! Mainly passing a row of parked cars in my village, on a hill corner. When I can't see that it's clear to go, horn blast it is. And yes, there is also a junction opposite where they parked - just yesterday, I saw a woman start pulling out of it turning left without looking left... nearly into the path of a lorry. 
. Mainly her fault, but wouldn't have happened if it weren't for the illegally parked cars.
It's not a problem with that single van, but when you get a row there...
. Mainly her fault, but wouldn't have happened if it weren't for the illegally parked cars.It's not a problem with that single van, but when you get a row there...
Blue Audi hot-hatch (2016 reg starts with S3 xxx) on M11 towards North Circular on Saturday evening around 19:30. I had moved to L2, preparing to overtake a vehicle in L1, when I checked my rear mirror to find it filled with said Blue Audi. Instinctively, I knew how events were to play out and wasn't disappointed: said Fast & Furious driver immediately swerved into L1, before cutting across me into L2 (hence why I didn't accelerate when I saw the Audi in my rear mirror), and then darted into L3 driving at a furious rate. Into the distance, I could see the driver swerve into various lanes at speed. 30 seconds later, I saw a police car turn on the lights and raced into the distance.
Sadly, I didn't see either (a) Audi driver by the side of the road receiving the full extent of the law, or (b) the burning wreckage of said vehicle.
Sadly, I didn't see either (a) Audi driver by the side of the road receiving the full extent of the law, or (b) the burning wreckage of said vehicle.
Fking idiots who, when you pull over to the side to allow oncoming traffic through past parked cars because they have priority, just try to drive on past you into the road ahead which is quite obviously blocked by oncoming traffic... which is why I stopped you bell end.
Taking my kids to school in a nearby village, this seems to happen at least a couple of times a week.
Taking my kids to school in a nearby village, this seems to happen at least a couple of times a week.
Im stopped with hazard flashers on a NSL rural A road, when some old biffer pulls up behind me, waits a bit & then honks the horn & tries to drive round me.
Now you might think *I* am the knob here but the fool behind needs to get to Specsavers, as they missed the 4 cows stood in the middle of the road in front of me, blocking everyone!
Now you might think *I* am the knob here but the fool behind needs to get to Specsavers, as they missed the 4 cows stood in the middle of the road in front of me, blocking everyone!
spookly said:
Fking idiots who, when you pull over to the side to allow oncoming traffic through past parked cars because they have priority, just try to drive on past you into the road ahead which is quite obviously blocked by oncoming traffic... which is why I stopped you bell end.
Taking my kids to school in a nearby village, this seems to happen at least a couple of times a week.
Similar situation in my locale. What do the drivers coming up behind think you are doing? They are not looking beyond the end of their bonnet, obviously.Taking my kids to school in a nearby village, this seems to happen at least a couple of times a week.
Last week was waiting for oncoming when a mini overtook me. As an HGV appeared she had to reverse past three cars to allow said large vehicle through. The sad thing is that she probably didn't learn a thing from the incident.
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