Wife and daughter need to get to Yorkshire - Simple?

Wife and daughter need to get to Yorkshire - Simple?

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T-195

2,671 posts

61 months

Thursday 23rd May 2019
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wolfracesonic said:
Looks like the OP's family are about to set off, wish them luck!
Sure they will be reassured to know Justin Welby is praying for them.

3.1416

453 posts

61 months

Thursday 23rd May 2019
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Ean218 said:
And presumably the insurance company refusing cover know something we don't!
20 billion times just to pass the test and further Arab state worth of funding to grease the palms of the examiners.

Keep 'er off the road chuck.

wolfracesonic

7,002 posts

127 months

Thursday 23rd May 2019
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T-195 said:
wolfracesonic said:
Looks like the OP's family are about to set off, wish them luck!
Sure they will be reassured to know Justin Welby is praying for them.
yes. #Prayforthem

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

253 months

Thursday 23rd May 2019
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Condi said:
He's not addressed any of the issues (eg, what's wrong with the mini, why are his wife and daughter incapable of everyday tasks, what is the need to take the bigger car, etc) which made the original post so incredible.
Yeah but he lives in London and he’s got a few quid. He and his missus can easily go the next 40 years without having to handle life the same way most of us do.

I don’t mean that aggressively. It’s another planet, and the people there, all lovely of course, are living a life completely alien to the rest of the UK.

The mistake was the thread. The situation is NfL. Normal for London.

smile

AlexRS2782

8,048 posts

213 months

Thursday 23rd May 2019
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JCollins said:
SmoothCriminal said:
Seriously this thread can't be real can it.

PH has seen an influx of bullst posts.

This one.
That Freeman of the land muppet who wouldn't show his receipt at Tesco.
The one who's misses hasn't had a car serviced in 3 years but wants goodwill.

I give up.
I would like links to these articles please.
Guy ttting a Tesco security guard here - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Non serviced Nissan Qashqai here - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Mr Tidy

22,344 posts

127 months

Thursday 23rd May 2019
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JCollins said:
So, you're going to cost yourself and your daughter, cash and a faffing pain in the arse because your wife doesn't fancy a drive on some motorways in a Cayenne 3.0D/MINI?

Unless she's disabled in some way and requires upmost comfort and accessibility by depole then that's understandable. But if not, then WTF are you doing to the general public?

Edited by JCollins on Thursday 23 May 17:25
The sooner your OH stops driving the better - as it seems she can't! banghead

Speed Badger

2,692 posts

117 months

Friday 24th May 2019
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Sorry to bring a sensible solution into the fray that doesn't involve use of a Ford Orion, but couldn't your wife drive halfway the day before, then both stay in a travel tavern and continue the second half the following day?


classicaholic

1,725 posts

70 months

Friday 24th May 2019
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If we have to be sensible then just get an Uber but better not get an electric one as there’s no electric north of Watford Gap!

anonymous-user

54 months

Friday 24th May 2019
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SpeckledJim said:
Condi said:
He's not addressed any of the issues (eg, what's wrong with the mini, why are his wife and daughter incapable of everyday tasks, what is the need to take the bigger car, etc) which made the original post so incredible.
Yeah but he lives in London and he’s got a few quid. He and his missus can easily go the next 40 years without having to handle life the same way most of us do.

I don’t mean that aggressively. It’s another planet, and the people there, all lovely of course, are living a life completely alien to the rest of the UK.

The mistake was the thread. The situation is NfL. Normal for London.

smile
Thing is you are actually spot on! They also genuinely have no idea that the rest of the country has little time for the capital and its inhabitants!

NDNDNDND

2,022 posts

183 months

Friday 24th May 2019
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I also hope they realise that they only have outside toilets in Yorkshire, and they use specially-trained whippets instead of toilet paper.

Skyedriver

17,859 posts

282 months

Friday 24th May 2019
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Wippets and pigeons are Tyneside and Northumberland and Durham.
Yorkshire still use sheep and puddings

Vaud

50,511 posts

155 months

Friday 24th May 2019
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Skyedriver said:
Wippets and pigeons are Tyneside and Northumberland and Durham.
Yorkshire still use sheep and puddings
STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP

I'm sick and tired of these lazy stereotypes about Yorkshire.

You would never soil a perfectly attractive sheep in that way, nor use a pudding that could be topped with tasty gravy or golden syrup.

There really is no need, not when there are so many Lancastrians that you can use instead.

Earthdweller

13,559 posts

126 months

Friday 24th May 2019
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Fiisch said:
Do they absolutely have to go? There’s very little of interest North of Watford, and I’ve heard it can be pretty grim.

Can’t you have the wedding relocated to somewhere more civilised? Surrey perhaps?
It’s a myth perpetuated by us northerners to keep our wonderful land free from soft southern shandy drinking wimps smile

iphonedyou

9,253 posts

157 months

Friday 24th May 2019
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cb1965 said:
Thing is you are actually spot on! They also genuinely have no idea that the rest of the country has little time for the capital and its inhabitants!
Yet time enough to mention it incessantly, if PH threads are any indication.

Funny that.

James_33

546 posts

66 months

Friday 24th May 2019
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Didn't think this thread would still be on the go haha

shalmaneser

5,934 posts

195 months

Friday 24th May 2019
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cb1965 said:
SpeckledJim said:
Condi said:
He's not addressed any of the issues (eg, what's wrong with the mini, why are his wife and daughter incapable of everyday tasks, what is the need to take the bigger car, etc) which made the original post so incredible.
Yeah but he lives in London and he’s got a few quid. He and his missus can easily go the next 40 years without having to handle life the same way most of us do.

I don’t mean that aggressively. It’s another planet, and the people there, all lovely of course, are living a life completely alien to the rest of the UK.

The mistake was the thread. The situation is NfL. Normal for London.

smile
Thing is you are actually spot on! They also genuinely have no idea that the rest of the country has little time for the capital and its inhabitants!
Please explain? How is my life so different (apart from the improved public transport?)

CooperS

4,504 posts

219 months

Friday 24th May 2019
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shalmaneser said:
cb1965 said:
SpeckledJim said:
Condi said:
He's not addressed any of the issues (eg, what's wrong with the mini, why are his wife and daughter incapable of everyday tasks, what is the need to take the bigger car, etc) which made the original post so incredible.
Yeah but he lives in London and he’s got a few quid. He and his missus can easily go the next 40 years without having to handle life the same way most of us do.

I don’t mean that aggressively. It’s another planet, and the people there, all lovely of course, are living a life completely alien to the rest of the UK.

The mistake was the thread. The situation is NfL. Normal for London.

smile
Thing is you are actually spot on! They also genuinely have no idea that the rest of the country has little time for the capital and its inhabitants!
Please explain? How is my life so different (apart from the improved public transport?)
I think their implying people in London have money..... Which means Londoners can make problems out of things people outside London can't......

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

253 months

Friday 24th May 2019
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CooperS said:
shalmaneser said:
cb1965 said:
SpeckledJim said:
Condi said:
He's not addressed any of the issues (eg, what's wrong with the mini, why are his wife and daughter incapable of everyday tasks, what is the need to take the bigger car, etc) which made the original post so incredible.
Yeah but he lives in London and he’s got a few quid. He and his missus can easily go the next 40 years without having to handle life the same way most of us do.

I don’t mean that aggressively. It’s another planet, and the people there, all lovely of course, are living a life completely alien to the rest of the UK.

The mistake was the thread. The situation is NfL. Normal for London.

smile
Thing is you are actually spot on! They also genuinely have no idea that the rest of the country has little time for the capital and its inhabitants!
Please explain? How is my life so different (apart from the improved public transport?)
I think their implying people in London have money..... Which means Londoners can make problems out of things people outside London can't......
Essentially that.

Most folk, faced with having to go somewhere by car, and having a car sat outside, will quickly make the leap to "I know, we'll take the car."

Easy problem. Done. Sorted.


In this case though, with the troublesome presence of some money and perhaps some keeping up of appearances to be done, maybe the gentle reminding of a sister left behind of how well we've done, we introduce a whole new problem - is the car the right car?

Major problem. Funny thread.

T-195

2,671 posts

61 months

Friday 24th May 2019
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cb1965 said:
SpeckledJim said:
Condi said:
He's not addressed any of the issues (eg, what's wrong with the mini, why are his wife and daughter incapable of everyday tasks, what is the need to take the bigger car, etc) which made the original post so incredible.
Yeah but he lives in London and he’s got a few quid. He and his missus can easily go the next 40 years without having to handle life the same way most of us do.

I don’t mean that aggressively. It’s another planet, and the people there, all lovely of course, are living a life completely alien to the rest of the UK.

The mistake was the thread. The situation is NfL. Normal for London.

smile
Thing is you are actually spot on! They also genuinely have no idea that the rest of the country has little time for the capital and its inhabitants!
I think we know that all too well.

T-195

2,671 posts

61 months

Friday 24th May 2019
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OP, don't forget to stay off the moors!