One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
Discussion
nonsequitur said:
jpp said:
Drivers who can't help but stray over the white line on A/B roads with oncoming traffic and nothing to overtake. Not sure if it's down to being on the road 4 hours per day but I never recall it being so bad. Given some of the models involved this can't be testing out the lane 'assist'
They probably are 'Straightliners' cutting the bends and curves in the road. Far too many of them around, a modern motoring menace. (But approved by some PHers, because the police and IAM say it's OK).Also people who can not stay in one lane when there are several, approaching or leaving a roundabout for example. Half a mile before a merge. Not straddling but crossing the line and back "just in case".
Some people weren't given colouring books when they were little.
I thought the Police recommended drivers should take the widest line possible round left bends and tight round right bends, especially blind ones. Still that would mean people would have to learn their left from right and if they were that intelligent they would know what the "blind" part of blind bend meant.
Edited by Liquid Knight on Thursday 18th April 11:21
elpichichi said:
Blown2CV said:
are you genuinely saying that cats and people are equivalent? They are not.
Cats are living, breathing, sentient beings therefore they are every bit equal to people, superior in some cases..There is no way a cat is equal or superior to me.
Car-Matt said:
elpichichi said:
Blown2CV said:
are you genuinely saying that cats and people are equivalent? They are not.
Cats are living, breathing, sentient beings therefore they are every bit equal to people, superior in some cases..There is no way a cat is equal or superior to me.
Grahamdub said:
Inconsiderate people buying lottery tickets. A chap barged to the front of the queue in our local shop last night, as it was 5 minutes to the cut off for buying his lottery ticket. Not sure why that was our problem and it would have been nice to have been asked however. He gets to the cashier who wasn't impressed with him queue jumping anyway and he handed her a scrappy lottery ticket thing with his numbers on it for her to scan. Trouble is it was so dirty and creased it wouldn't scan. By now time is ticking on and he is starting to panic. The cashier then said he would need to fill in a new ticket, but that he'd have to rush. Mr Knob then starts completing his new ticket (with god knows how many lines) at the till, prompting a huge sigh from the cashier. He did get it done with seconds to spare, much to the annoyance of us in the queue who were willing the cashier to stall him a bit longer.
I called in to the shop again this morning on my way past, just as they had opened. The three people in the queue in front of me all wanted scratch cards, with the first one actually scratching it off while stood at the till. At least the others took theirs home, although they did make the cashier run through all the cards before choosing one. Me and the queue of builders buying their breakfast were not happy !
...whilst on a queue-jumping trip, our local Coop seems to have closed the separate Post Office counter at the back, and be doing the post office business through a "normal" till.I called in to the shop again this morning on my way past, just as they had opened. The three people in the queue in front of me all wanted scratch cards, with the first one actually scratching it off while stood at the till. At least the others took theirs home, although they did make the cashier run through all the cards before choosing one. Me and the queue of builders buying their breakfast were not happy !
A few days ago I was in buying a few essentials but the queue wasn't moving. The issue was with some bloke dithering about whether he wanted to post items that were heavy, and therefore going to be expensive to post. In the end he posted some, but not the heaviest one. I've no idea what he planned to do - maybe go to another post office expecting a different result?
Anyway, by the time this hobbit-like chap had finished, there was a palpable sense of relief among my fellow queuers that we might at last get served. but then the woman on the till pipes up with "Anyone else for post office business?" shouted so the back of the queue could hear it.
Well blow me down with a feather when queuers no 4 and no 6 both toddled to the front of the queue with letters to post.
A) F
k right off. It might be convenient for staff to not have to keep switching between till functions (which is, I suspect, the reason for calling people forward like that) but it's intensely annoying for people who got to the front of the queue earlier than those now being served.B) It won't take much more of this nonsense to send customers elsewhere. Like the One Stop shop just 352 yards away, where there is no post office to f
k up the usual rules of a queue.The greatest annoyance was that both those who jumped the queue were simply posting letters and needed to buy stamps. Something you've always been able to do from a till as part of your normal shopping, so no need for the specific post office menus on the till at all.
lyonspride said:
Car-Matt said:
elpichichi said:
Blown2CV said:
are you genuinely saying that cats and people are equivalent? They are not.
Cats are living, breathing, sentient beings therefore they are every bit equal to people, superior in some cases..There is no way a cat is equal or superior to me.
Of the 3 cats i've run over the owners have gotten away scott free with the damage to my car. Hardly fair is it.
Harji said:
This was a while ago so we had a Police force that was not decimated by cuts. They came round to interview me the next day. As the dog was off the leash, I was not speeding, they were not interested pursuing it, we spent the next 30 mins watching the Riddick Bowe v Golota highlights that I had recorded they were good chaps.
...thats a good reason why we had police cuts.OpulentBob said:
Blown2CV said:
Harji said:
Sadly, I once killed a puppy, it had ran out onto the road, unleashed between parked cars. I had swerved to avoid but caught it on my corner. What did I get for pulling over, leaving my details with a neighbour ( I even tried to say sorry but the young girl was distraught) ? I had her brotther and friends come round my house and threarten me. This was a while ago so we had a Police force that was not decimated by cuts. They came round to interview me the next day. As the dog was off the leash, I was not speeding, they were not interested pursuing it, we spent the next 30 mins watching the Riddick Bowe v Golota highlights that I had recorded they were good chaps.
someone on our local FB group posted a massive rant about how her cat got hit by a car and maniac drivers need to slow down etc. I am going to assume she wasn't watching at the time when the cat was struck, so how the fk does she know the circumstances? Cats get hit by cars all the fking time. They are a fking menace, slinking around the place and running out. You can't drive everywhere at 10mph in case a cat chooses to put itself in danger. If you own a cat, then you accept the risk that one day it is probably going to get flattened, and it's just one of those things. Don't get angry at anyone who runs over your cat, it nearly always would not be their fault. I would choose killing a cat over taking evasive action in all but situations where I am absolutely sure this would not put risk to people either in my car or outside, or in other vehicles. To be quite frank i would choose killing a cat over taking significant damage to my car - so shoot me on that one. Also, I am not about to start knocking on doors in the local area asking if the crushed mass of blood, bones, flesh and fur in my arms is their precious car either. It could be miles from home. Not sure what owners really expect other people to do. your post makes you sound. But hey, f
k them. As long as your 2CV is safe, hey 
Liquid Knight said:
Liamst said:
People who drive 2.3 ecoboost mustangs!
I prefer it to the V8 or even the V6 over here. Then I am old enough to remember the Sierra RS500 and the Mustang Ecoboost is the closest thing a proper two door, rear wheel drive, turbo four pot Ford have made since. When you let two cars in front of you in, on a filter lane, then a third is still trying to push in front of you. You then move your camera to point at the occupants, they realise and very quickly back off.
A) Why act like that, you realise your actions are wrong when you change them due to being filmed.
and
B) I'm in a race red mustang that I work verying hard for! I'm not exactly incon-fing-spicuous.
/rant
P.s I don't have a dash cam, I just tend to keep my go pro in the car for when I get to the good roads.
A) Why act like that, you realise your actions are wrong when you change them due to being filmed.
and
B) I'm in a race red mustang that I work very
ing hard for! I'm not exactly incon-fing-spicuous./rant
P.s I don't have a dash cam, I just tend to keep my go pro in the car for when I get to the good roads.
yellowjack said:
Grahamdub said:
Inconsiderate people buying lottery tickets. A chap barged to the front of the queue in our local shop last night, as it was 5 minutes to the cut off for buying his lottery ticket. Not sure why that was our problem and it would have been nice to have been asked however. He gets to the cashier who wasn't impressed with him queue jumping anyway and he handed her a scrappy lottery ticket thing with his numbers on it for her to scan. Trouble is it was so dirty and creased it wouldn't scan. By now time is ticking on and he is starting to panic. The cashier then said he would need to fill in a new ticket, but that he'd have to rush. Mr Knob then starts completing his new ticket (with god knows how many lines) at the till, prompting a huge sigh from the cashier. He did get it done with seconds to spare, much to the annoyance of us in the queue who were willing the cashier to stall him a bit longer.
I called in to the shop again this morning on my way past, just as they had opened. The three people in the queue in front of me all wanted scratch cards, with the first one actually scratching it off while stood at the till. At least the others took theirs home, although they did make the cashier run through all the cards before choosing one. Me and the queue of builders buying their breakfast were not happy !
...whilst on a queue-jumping trip, our local Coop seems to have closed the separate Post Office counter at the back, and be doing the post office business through a "normal" till.I called in to the shop again this morning on my way past, just as they had opened. The three people in the queue in front of me all wanted scratch cards, with the first one actually scratching it off while stood at the till. At least the others took theirs home, although they did make the cashier run through all the cards before choosing one. Me and the queue of builders buying their breakfast were not happy !
A few days ago I was in buying a few essentials but the queue wasn't moving. The issue was with some bloke dithering about whether he wanted to post items that were heavy, and therefore going to be expensive to post. In the end he posted some, but not the heaviest one. I've no idea what he planned to do - maybe go to another post office expecting a different result?
Anyway, by the time this hobbit-like chap had finished, there was a palpable sense of relief among my fellow queuers that we might at last get served. but then the woman on the till pipes up with "Anyone else for post office business?" shouted so the back of the queue could hear it.
Well blow me down with a feather when queuers no 4 and no 6 both toddled to the front of the queue with letters to post.
A) F
k right off. It might be convenient for staff to not have to keep switching between till functions (which is, I suspect, the reason for calling people forward like that) but it's intensely annoying for people who got to the front of the queue earlier than those now being served.B) It won't take much more of this nonsense to send customers elsewhere. Like the One Stop shop just 352 yards away, where there is no post office to f
k up the usual rules of a queue.The greatest annoyance was that both those who jumped the queue were simply posting letters and needed to buy stamps. Something you've always been able to do from a till as part of your normal shopping, so no need for the specific post office menus on the till at all.
nonsequitur said:
jpp said:
Drivers who can't help but stray over the white line on A/B roads with oncoming traffic and nothing to overtake. Not sure if it's down to being on the road 4 hours per day but I never recall it being so bad. Given some of the models involved this can't be testing out the lane 'assist'
They probably are 'Straightliners' cutting the bends and curves in the road. Far too many of them around, a modern motoring menace. (But approved by some PHers, because the police and IAM say it's OK).Car-Matt said:
If, heaven forbid i was to run over a dog, the owner would be liable.
Of the 3 cats i've run over the owners have gotten away scott free with the damage to my car. Hardly fair is it.
Where the hell are you running over cats? Most cat owners are in urban areas, that means 30 zones, if you can't see and react in time doing 30 in a 30 zone then either your blind or deliberately aiming for them.........Of the 3 cats i've run over the owners have gotten away scott free with the damage to my car. Hardly fair is it.
There's no excuse for not avoiding a cat in an urban speed limit, except for snow, ice, fog, or pitch black darkness.
You don't expect a dog to go sprinting across the road, but you should be expecting cats, just as you'd hopefully expect children.
I had a car written off by a badger on a pitch black 60 limit, badgers populations are getting too great, they're migrating to form new colonies, so who do I blame? the f**king anti-badger cull protestors?
Edited by lyonspride on Thursday 18th April 16:19
lyonspride said:
Car-Matt said:
If, heaven forbid i was to run over a dog, the owner would be liable.
Of the 3 cats i've run over the owners have gotten away scott free with the damage to my car. Hardly fair is it.
Where the hell are you running over cats? Most cat owners are in urban areas, that means 30 zones, if you can't see and react in time doing 30 in a 30 zone then either your blind or deliberately aiming for them.........Of the 3 cats i've run over the owners have gotten away scott free with the damage to my car. Hardly fair is it.
There's no excuse for not avoiding a cat in an urban speed limit, except for snow, ice, fog, or pitch black darkness.
You don't expect a dog to go sprinting across the road, but you should be expecting cats, just as you'd hopefully expect children.
I had a car written off by a badger on a pitch black 60 limit, badgers populations are getting too great, they're migrating to form new colonies, so who do I blame? the f**king anti-badger cull protestors?
Edited by lyonspride on Thursday 18th April 16:19
lyonspride said:
Car-Matt said:
If, heaven forbid i was to run over a dog, the owner would be liable.
Of the 3 cats i've run over the owners have gotten away scott free with the damage to my car. Hardly fair is it.
Where the hell are you running over cats? Most cat owners are in urban areas, that means 30 zones, if you can't see and react in time doing 30 in a 30 zone then either your blind or deliberately aiming for them.........Of the 3 cats i've run over the owners have gotten away scott free with the damage to my car. Hardly fair is it.
There's no excuse for not avoiding a cat in an urban speed limit, except for snow, ice, fog, or pitch black darkness.
You don't expect a dog to go sprinting across the road, but you should be expecting cats, just as you'd hopefully expect children.
I had a car written off by a badger on a pitch black 60 limit, badgers populations are getting too great, they're migrating to form new colonies, so who do I blame? the f**king anti-badger cull protestors?
Edited by lyonspride on Thursday 18th April 16:19
Do you know where I’ve run over them !!!??
All of them have been on 50 or over country lanes!
lyonspride said:
Where the hell are you running over cats? Most cat owners are in urban areas, that means 30 zones, if you can't see and react in time doing 30 in a 30 zone then either your blind or deliberately aiming for them.........
There's no excuse for not avoiding a cat in an urban speed limit, except for snow, ice, fog, or pitch black darkness.
You don't expect a dog to go sprinting across the road, but you should be expecting cats, just as you'd hopefully expect children.
I had a car written off by a badger on a pitch black 60 limit, badgers populations are getting too great, they're migrating to form new colonies, so who do I blame? the f**king anti-badger cull protestors?
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In the 1970's I lived with my parents near Welwyn and we had the A1 at the bottom of the garden. There's no excuse for not avoiding a cat in an urban speed limit, except for snow, ice, fog, or pitch black darkness.
You don't expect a dog to go sprinting across the road, but you should be expecting cats, just as you'd hopefully expect children.
I had a car written off by a badger on a pitch black 60 limit, badgers populations are getting too great, they're migrating to form new colonies, so who do I blame? the f**king anti-badger cull protestors?
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Let's just say we had a new cat every six months for the twelve years we lived there.
We went from A-Z names in cats very quickly.
They just never came home, or limped back like an extra from Saving Private Ryan with extremities hanging off and then costing a fortune at the vets to disappear the following week.
My mother never made the link between the A1 and
I fear.. My mate - a vet - said he would ask which road the run over bit of cat fur had been hit on, only to be told that it must have happened at home. As the cat never went out that far. He had to put down some of these scraps off kitty as they were basically living with a car track across their backs.
I hit a cat once, back roads towards Southport. Looked everywhere for it, but it had scarpered.
I hit a cat once, back roads towards Southport. Looked everywhere for it, but it had scarpered.
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