One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4

One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4

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nonsequitur

20,083 posts

117 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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Flibble said:
I think George is literally the only person in the country who uses inside to mean the lane nearest the central reservation.
He always seemed so nice in the novels, especially ' Tinker Tailor Soldier PHer'.

Greg the Fish

1,410 posts

67 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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The bell end in the Cherokee on my street.

Last night, got home about 730 and just a bit further down there's a Jeep with its FNS wheel and suspension hanging off. The road is one way, single lane and cars parked one side so he's completely blocking the road.

Still there at 830 this morning. rolleyes

hurstg01

2,918 posts

244 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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The tool across the road from me; quiet cul de sac, but since this family have moved in, its been a noise fest.

He has a works 'van' with a big-bore exhaust on it, and can hear it start up and trundle off for about 5 minutes at 7.55am [every mon-fri].....

Must be a thing with him, as he has a fast motorbike [unsure of what kind] he uses in the evening / weekends but you can hear him come home from between 5 and 10 minutes before he arrives. He's obviously liking his speed addiction with his bike, as you can hear what sounds like the Isle of Man TT races up and down dual carriageways and long roads near us and the noise only subsides when he 'coasts' up the cul de sac before turning off the bike on his drive, normally between 9 and 10pm, swiftly followed by the annoying high pitched beep, beep, beepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeep of the bike alarm.

Surely its only a matter of time before PC Plod either turns up at his door with some bad news for his wife, or turns up at his door to tell him to slow it down.

nonsequitur

20,083 posts

117 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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hurstg01 said:
The tool across the road from me; quiet cul de sac, but since this family have moved in, its been a noise fest.

He has a works 'van' with a big-bore exhaust on it, and can hear it start up and trundle off for about 5 minutes at 7.55am [every mon-fri].....

Must be a thing with him, as he has a fast motorbike [unsure of what kind] he uses in the evening / weekends but you can hear him come home from between 5 and 10 minutes before he arrives. He's obviously liking his speed addiction with his bike, as you can hear what sounds like the Isle of Man TT races up and down dual carriageways and long roads near us and the noise only subsides when he 'coasts' up the cul de sac before turning off the bike on his drive, normally between 9 and 10pm, swiftly followed by the annoying high pitched beep, beep, beepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeep of the bike alarm.

Surely its only a matter of time before PC Plod either turns up at his door with some bad news for his wife, or turns up at his door to tell him to slow it down.
Sounds like he doesn't care too much about the neighbours either. Not that he notices his excessive noise making, it is inbred. Next to caravans, works vehicles are the cause of many neighbouly disputes.

Fermit and Sexy Sarah

13,031 posts

101 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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George Smiley said:
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
Head over to the Gender None Binary debate thread. The way he speaks to JJ is beneath contempt. Prick.
Don’t bring that in here, she talks equally the same to me and others, just because she’s transgender doesn’t excuse her in any way
I've always found that if you treat her fairly and with respect you'll get the same back, and I don't always agree with her on the same note. When she's had to spend 362 pages essentially justifying her identity and existence I can understand why she holds you and a few others in short shrift.

Edited by Fermit and Sexy Sarah on Friday 17th May 14:39

WarrenB

2,423 posts

119 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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Stupid old bint with her old bint mates in her Fiesta. Narrow residential-ish street, cars parked on either side. She's stopped at the bottom of the hill on a corner, I stop behind her, as does four or five cars behind me. I notice a car coming down that she's giving way to, fair enough. The car comes down the hill, stops by me as it can't get past because of the queue of cars behind me. Fiesta doesn't move. I can't move forward because of the Fiesta, cars behind can't go anywhere and the car that came down the hill can't go anywhere either. I give the Fiesta a beep, just incase she's dozed off or not aware of the queue behind. She winds her window down but nothing happens. A few seconds later I hear beeping a few cars behind me, so I beep again. Fiesta woman aggressively points somewhere up the hill where there doesn't appear to be anything happening.

All pretty much stuck. I can't get around the Fiesta because the car she gave way to is stuck at the side of me, theres now a long queue of cars behind me so I can't reverse anywhere, meanwhile the Fiesta is still unwilling to move.

After a few seconds a badly parked car which was half blocking off a garage access road screams off up the street and the Fiesta pulls in to the gap it left. As I drove past the rear window comes down too and I'm greeted with a load of shaking heads with looks on their faces like I'd just shat on their bonnet.

Must have been there for at least a minute, which doesn't sound long but when you're stuck with nowhere to go and places to be with a queue of increasingly tetchy cars behind whilst Doris and her mates wait for a 'parking' spot it's fking annoying!

Liquid Knight

15,754 posts

184 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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When you advertise anything for £1,500 and someone sends a message offering £600

I'm tempted to invite them round and chop them to pieces with a machete to put the world out of their misery.

Krikkit

26,544 posts

182 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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Liquid Knight said:
When you advertise anything for £1,500 and someone sends a message offering £600

I'm tempted to invite them round and chop them to pieces with a machete to put the world out of their misery.
We had another poster recently who suggested leading on that kind of spammer, then just giving them the wrong address!

Wasted trip and a vicious slap-down might help, but incredibly annoying. Second only to people asking things that are easily found in the advert.

Liquid Knight

15,754 posts

184 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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Krikkit said:
Liquid Knight said:
When you advertise anything for £1,500 and someone sends a message offering £600

I'm tempted to invite them round and chop them to pieces with a machete to put the world out of their misery.
We had another poster recently who suggested leading on that kind of spammer, then just giving them the wrong address!

Wasted trip and a vicious slap-down might help, but incredibly annoying. Second only to people asking things that are easily found in the advert.
Like when you clearly list the car as having an MOT until, the number plate is clearly visible so they can do DVLA/MyCar/Askmid checks but they send the...

"How my test is on it?"

...message anyway. furious

The Idiocracy is happen people! Time to buy a shotgun.

Fermit and Sexy Sarah

13,031 posts

101 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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Liquid Knight said:
When you advertise anything for £1,500 and someone sends a message offering £600

I'm tempted to invite them round and chop them to pieces with a machete to put the world out of their misery.
I had worse when we bought our current house. The one item left behind was an old, but good standard Sony CRT 32". We phoned the Estate Agent to ask if they wanted it, and were told 'no, she couldn't remove it as she is pregnant'. Funny that, she managed with the sofas and beds etc. Couldn't be arsed to take it to the tip is my guess.

Anyways, I put it on FB market place, free to anyone who wants it. We got a message asking 'can you deliver it'. FRO!!!

J4CKO

41,641 posts

201 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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Young women in Audi A1's with a private plate on, generally with a phone glued to their ear monopolizing the right most lane.

The Mad Monk

10,474 posts

118 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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J4CKO said:
Young women in Audi A1's with a private plate on, generally with a phone glued to their ear monopolizing the right most lane.
Is that the lane nearest the kerb(curb)?

nonsequitur

20,083 posts

117 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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J4CKO said:
Young women in Audi A1's with a private plate on, generally with a phone glued to their ear monopolizing the right most lane.
Doesn't happen round our way. Plenty of Audi's but no young women.drivinggrumpy













Far Cough

2,239 posts

169 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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Triumph Man said:
Difference with horse st is that it's basically hay and other vegetable matter type stuff. Dog poo is nasty, nasty stuff.
I take it you are not a motorcyslist then ? Come round the corner to find all that in the road and it could end in tears. Police horses leave their st all over the place in Lewisham. I swear they have trained them to only st outside of the compound !!!

anonymous-user

55 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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J4CKO said:
Young women in Audi A1's with a private plate on, generally with a phone glued to their ear monopolizing the right most lane.
Is it my imagination or is the new A1 a fair bit wider than the old one ? I saw one today with a 3.0 badge too. I know they aren't actually 3 litres, but it just looked odd to me.

Drive Blind

5,098 posts

178 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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Grahamdub said:
Is it my imagination or is the new A1 a fair bit wider than the old one ? I saw one today with a 3.0 badge too. I know they aren't actually 3 litres, but it just looked odd to me.
its the new Audi badging isn't it?

i think they now go 30,35,40,45etc no idea how it relates to engine size or spec. I'll need to google it

Fermit and Sexy Sarah

13,031 posts

101 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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Drive Blind said:
Grahamdub said:
Is it my imagination or is the new A1 a fair bit wider than the old one ? I saw one today with a 3.0 badge too. I know they aren't actually 3 litres, but it just looked odd to me.
its the new Audi badging isn't it?

i think they now go 30,35,40,45etc no idea how it relates to engine size or spec. I'll need to google it
I recall it's to do with engine hierarchy?

anonymous-user

55 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
Drive Blind said:
Grahamdub said:
Is it my imagination or is the new A1 a fair bit wider than the old one ? I saw one today with a 3.0 badge too. I know they aren't actually 3 litres, but it just looked odd to me.
its the new Audi badging isn't it?

i think they now go 30,35,40,45etc no idea how it relates to engine size or spec. I'll need to google it
I recall it's to do with engine hierarchy?
It guess it will relate to kilowatts soon enough laugh

George Smiley

5,048 posts

82 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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J4CKO said:
Young women in Audi A1's with a private plate on, generally with a phone glued to their ear monopolizing the right most lane.
You mean the inside lane?

Fermit and Sexy Sarah

13,031 posts

101 months

Friday 17th May 2019
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Grahamdub said:
It guess it will relate to kilowatts soon enough laugh
I think that is actually part of the thinking, as we're in a transitional period. CC soon won't mean as much.
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