One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 5
Discussion
LunarOne said:
The expectation to stay near home is one that was being spouted at the height of lockdown, but I believe the only legal test was whether the journey was reasonable. I don't think anyone would say that going for a 300-mile drive for no particular purpose is reasonable during lockdown, and I don't believe that going for a 300-mile cycle is reasonable either, even if you are training for the Tour de France. In fact according to this site, 100 miles is a bit of a stretch for most people and therefore not a reasonable trip. The kebab is neither here nor there.
The Welsh are expected to 'Stay Local' in the latest relaxation of lockdown in the Principality. I'm sure that 'local' will be a hot debate in the country before the day is out.Electro1980 said:
If it’s not on Strava...
I feel his pain.I cycled from Brighton to Poole for a laugh one day and my phone, and hence Strava, died five miles before my destination.
That too was during airshow week and although it was early evening by the time I reached Bournmouth the day's display schedule was delayed because of appaling weather earlier on. So I stopped and watched The Reds and the the Eurofighter. Bloody fantastic.
LetsTryAgain said:
Anyone who supports the state stopping and fining free citizens going about their lawful business.
Any sensible, educated, reasonable person in the future will look back at the Covid-era of our national history as shameful.
One of my local towns had signs up asking local runners not to use the mostly closed up high street as a through route.Any sensible, educated, reasonable person in the future will look back at the Covid-era of our national history as shameful.
They were happy for anyone to still walk through there though.
Post Covid, the public view could go the way you suggest, but there could just as easily be a witch hunt in support of people who lost close family members.
As usual, the press will report on what people should and should not think, based on the rating potential.
Hol said:
One of my local towns had signs up asking local runners not to use the mostly closed up high street as a through route.
They were happy for anyone to still walk through there though.
Post Covid, the public view could go the way you suggest, but there could just as easily be a witch hunt in support of people who lost close family members.
As usual, the press will report on what people should and should not think, based on the rating potential.
Catching CV19 outside is provably the same odds as wining the lottery. Also off packaging, yet these outdated thoughts are still all around us.They were happy for anyone to still walk through there though.
Post Covid, the public view could go the way you suggest, but there could just as easily be a witch hunt in support of people who lost close family members.
As usual, the press will report on what people should and should not think, based on the rating potential.
whilst COVID chat is the most tedious thing in the world, some of the worst knobs i have seen this week are the EU member states banning the AZ vaccine because of data that doesn't even show a problem, and then issuing press releases saying that it does, for obvious political gain, only to be told to f
king stop it a few days later. Utter pricks. I was a remainer too.
king stop it a few days later. Utter pricks. I was a remainer too. nonsequitur said:
LunarOne said:
The expectation to stay near home is one that was being spouted at the height of lockdown, but I believe the only legal test was whether the journey was reasonable. I don't think anyone would say that going for a 300-mile drive for no particular purpose is reasonable during lockdown, and I don't believe that going for a 300-mile cycle is reasonable either, even if you are training for the Tour de France. In fact according to this site, 100 miles is a bit of a stretch for most people and therefore not a reasonable trip. The kebab is neither here nor there.
The Welsh are expected to 'Stay Local' in the latest relaxation of lockdown in the Principality. I'm sure that 'local' will be a hot debate in the country before the day is out.Pan Pan Pan said:
nonsequitur said:
LunarOne said:
The expectation to stay near home is one that was being spouted at the height of lockdown, but I believe the only legal test was whether the journey was reasonable. I don't think anyone would say that going for a 300-mile drive for no particular purpose is reasonable during lockdown, and I don't believe that going for a 300-mile cycle is reasonable either, even if you are training for the Tour de France. In fact according to this site, 100 miles is a bit of a stretch for most people and therefore not a reasonable trip. The kebab is neither here nor there.
The Welsh are expected to 'Stay Local' in the latest relaxation of lockdown in the Principality. I'm sure that 'local' will be a hot debate in the country before the day is out.Our allotment neighbour. As you may know S has just under 50 poultry. Upon seeing them he decided when he recently took it on that he would like some. S shared her much learnt know how and the like so they were best catered for. He advised that he was being given 10 adolescent chickens, we suggested to him that this is unwise. Un-sexed he'd have no idea how many boys he'd have, and they could well scrap, meaning he'd need to separate and adopt more girls for whatever number of boys he ended up with (like we had to when we took on some hatchlings.
Turns out he had three boys. Two were scrapping, so he said he was going to chuck one over a farmers wall. S couldn't see this, and luckily one of our runs (bantams and ex injured/ picked on else where girls) hadn't got a boy, and he was small enough to not be unfair 'on' them (literally!)
We were there last weekend and he announced that the remaining two boys had started scraping, so one of them was chucked over said farmers wall. FFS, knob, we thought.
Fast forward to last night, 8pm dusk. Coming home from my parents, having a bit of 'fun' on the (rather lovely) twisties tarmac leading to ours S 'shreaked 'watch out for that bird!' (we assumed at first a pheasant, which I hadn't yet clocked) Bought the car right down to a slow speed and I realised it was a chicken walking along the roadside. The allotment neighbours ex-cockerel to be precise
We managed to corner it in to a hedge row and catch it, and as I did the nearby farmers wife pulled in to the lane we'd stopped on. Apparently it had been wandering around the vicinity for a week, and she'd not been able to catch him.
We couldn't just leave him, so he came back to our runs, where the only place he could go without another boy is in with the ducks.
His wife cried last weekend when he got rid, so S put a photo of him on our local FB page, asking if anyone was missing him, and where he was found. We know they're both members of this page, she will have seen, and she'll have likely torn him a new one, to save us the trouble.
PS, anyone in the E.Midlands or S.Yorks want a rather handsome cockerel?
Diablo first pic, in with the bants, un-named new boy second.
Turns out he had three boys. Two were scrapping, so he said he was going to chuck one over a farmers wall. S couldn't see this, and luckily one of our runs (bantams and ex injured/ picked on else where girls) hadn't got a boy, and he was small enough to not be unfair 'on' them (literally!)
We were there last weekend and he announced that the remaining two boys had started scraping, so one of them was chucked over said farmers wall. FFS, knob, we thought.
Fast forward to last night, 8pm dusk. Coming home from my parents, having a bit of 'fun' on the (rather lovely) twisties tarmac leading to ours S 'shreaked 'watch out for that bird!' (we assumed at first a pheasant, which I hadn't yet clocked) Bought the car right down to a slow speed and I realised it was a chicken walking along the roadside. The allotment neighbours ex-cockerel to be precise
We managed to corner it in to a hedge row and catch it, and as I did the nearby farmers wife pulled in to the lane we'd stopped on. Apparently it had been wandering around the vicinity for a week, and she'd not been able to catch him.
We couldn't just leave him, so he came back to our runs, where the only place he could go without another boy is in with the ducks.
His wife cried last weekend when he got rid, so S put a photo of him on our local FB page, asking if anyone was missing him, and where he was found. We know they're both members of this page, she will have seen, and she'll have likely torn him a new one, to save us the trouble.
PS, anyone in the E.Midlands or S.Yorks want a rather handsome cockerel?
Diablo first pic, in with the bants, un-named new boy second.
On the M27 earlier, cruise on, slowly gaining on an an Audi S5. I catch him, signal right, and move out to overtake. I get level, when suddenly he hoofs it and disappears off. Then backs off and slows right down again. I eventually catch him again and this time he doesn’t react as I overtake.
Not sure what point he was trying to make, but I’m sure it made sense to him...
Not sure what point he was trying to make, but I’m sure it made sense to him...
Limpet said:
On the M27 earlier, cruise on, slowly gaining on an an Audi S5. I catch him, signal right, and move out to overtake. I get level, when suddenly he hoofs it and disappears off. Then backs off and slows right down again. I eventually catch him again and this time he doesn’t react as I overtake.
Not sure what point he was trying to make, but I’m sure it made sense to him...
Depending what car you were in he might have thought you were up for a bit of a race. Then realised you weren’t so just let you go the second time Not sure what point he was trying to make, but I’m sure it made sense to him...
recaroroadster_oli said:
Depending what car you were in he might have thought you were up for a bit of a race. Then realised you weren’t so just let you go the second time
Was in my i30N. Hardly a match for an S5 in a straight line so wasn’t going to take that on, even if I didn’t have my kids in the car 
Limpet said:
recaroroadster_oli said:
Depending what car you were in he might have thought you were up for a bit of a race. Then realised you weren’t so just let you go the second time
Was in my i30N. Hardly a match for an S5 in a straight line so wasn’t going to take that on, even if I didn’t have my kids in the car 
Nissan Qashqai driver (as usual) going 35mph on a 60 road. I overtook in a legal place with nothing coming the other way. As soon as I got in front he started flashing his lights. I wanted to ask him why he was flashing and tell him if he didn’t like being overtaken don’t drive at half the speed limit, but that’s not a wise thing to do. So I just opened the window and gave him the middle finger.
carlove said:
Nissan Qashqai driver (as usual) going 35mph on a 60 road. I overtook in a legal place with nothing coming the other way. As soon as I got in front he started flashing his lights. I wanted to ask him why he was flashing and tell him if he didn’t like being overtaken don’t drive at half the speed limit, but that’s not a wise thing to do. So I just opened the window and gave him the middle finger.
How childish of you. I'd have done the same as you 
You do wonder what goes through their heads though. My wife is a dawdler, but she knows she is, so she will let people past to get on at a normal speed.
The pillock in the white A6 Avant last night on the M40 heading towards London from Oxfordshire. I was sitting in Lane 1 doing an indicated 73, so probably a real 70 or just under. A6 tt comes past in lane 3 at about 90, Slews across into lane 1 in front of me, and then hits the brakes, forcing me to also brake. He slows to well below 70, so as soon as I check that L2 is clear, I indicate, switch lanes and let cruise control take me back up to my original speed, where I slide past. When I'm well clear, I indicate and move back into L1.
A few minutes later, A6 man cruises past at around 85, before moving back into L1 and slowing to below my speed, forcing me to overtake again. 20 minutes later, he flies by and disappears into the distance, only for me to again come up behind him at Beaconsfield. I move back into L2 to cruise past and again I drop back into L1 after getting a few seconds ahead. He sits there for a few minutes before again overtaking and again disappearing into the distance. That was the last time I saw the tt. I joined the M25 and reached home around 20 minutes later without seeing him again. No idea what that was all about, but I can only imagine he was playing some silly game or doesn't know how to use either cruise control or foot control!
t comes past in lane 3 at about 90, Slews across into lane 1 in front of me, and then hits the brakes, forcing me to also brake. He slows to well below 70, so as soon as I check that L2 is clear, I indicate, switch lanes and let cruise control take me back up to my original speed, where I slide past. When I'm well clear, I indicate and move back into L1.A few minutes later, A6 man cruises past at around 85, before moving back into L1 and slowing to below my speed, forcing me to overtake again. 20 minutes later, he flies by and disappears into the distance, only for me to again come up behind him at Beaconsfield. I move back into L2 to cruise past and again I drop back into L1 after getting a few seconds ahead. He sits there for a few minutes before again overtaking and again disappearing into the distance. That was the last time I saw the t
t. I joined the M25 and reached home around 20 minutes later without seeing him again. No idea what that was all about, but I can only imagine he was playing some silly game or doesn't know how to use either cruise control or foot control!Limpet said:
On the M27 earlier, cruise on, slowly gaining on an an Audi S5. I catch him, signal right, and move out to overtake. I get level, when suddenly he hoofs it and disappears off. Then backs off and slows right down again. I eventually catch him again and this time he doesn’t react as I overtake.
Not sure what point he was trying to make, but I’m sure it made sense to him...
I seem to get these speed up/slow down wNot sure what point he was trying to make, but I’m sure it made sense to him...
kers all the time on the M25 when using cruise. I guess it's not strange that they are usually in Audis, BMWs or VWs. moffspeed said:
Old blokes (that firmly includes me) out at the weekend in their immaculate MGB roadsters/Morgan 4/4s.
Fellow classic owners, petrol still flowing through their varicose veins, that’s fine by me. However, the Irvin jacket, WW2 flying hat and goggles...come on.
Um. that's what I used to wear in the XI, but then it didn't really have a windscreen so you needed something to keep the bugs/gravel out of your eyes. Plus when it's cold the Irvin kept you nice and toasty and the hat stopped your ears from going crispy and dropping off.Fellow classic owners, petrol still flowing through their varicose veins, that’s fine by me. However, the Irvin jacket, WW2 flying hat and goggles...come on.
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