Afternooon, ossifer...:(
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Let me just say this..... DOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
It was a lovely day up here in the far northern wastes, not far from where the Boro beat Sunderland 3-0... but I digress, not being a footy fan, although me Julie being a mad Leicester supporter has dragged me to a few of their matches this year, for all the good it's done them with us being there. My granny could play footy better, but there I go digressing again.
So I came home at lunchtime, parked the company van and slipped into something less comfortable
to wit; my 390.
I was on the scrounge for some 3mm studding for a job at work but the local nut'n'bolt stockists didn't have any, so I had to go further afield. Time was a-wasting, so I started giving it laaaaaaaaaaaarrrrge as they say. Now my clutch has been playing up, sometimes it's OK, other times it's like an on/off switch and it started acting up, honest orifice. So I entered a roundabout 'with enthusiasm', smoking the rears 'cos the clutch was sharp, and opposite-locked my merry way down the next stretch of dual-carriage, a 30 limit I should point out ;-)
As I slowed behind the van at the next roundabout, I realised there was a white car behind me....
DOH!!
Anyway, he followed me for a couple of miles before the inevitable pull.
When asked why I thought he had stopped me, I replied that I was in a hurry. What else? queryeth he. Errrr...?
"Seatbelt".
DOHH!
So we had a little chat, and luckily (despite the big safety campaigns they have up here) I ended up with just a bollocking. When asked about the wheelspin, I mentioned the clutch and suggested he try it for himself to see I wasn't making it up.
"So the vehicle is defective, is it?"
DOHH!!!
Then he decides I have a shifty look about me and decides to give me a 'producer'.
DOH.... my insurance runs out tomorrow....
So he's filling in the form and says "Is the car insured for business use?" I say no, and he says "But you said you were in a hurry on company business..."
DOH again....
I happened to mention that I have 3 points on my license for MW10 (artic vehicle in the outside lane of a motorway!).
"I wouldn't worry", says he, "I have CD (careless driving) on mine for clouting another vehicle whilst on a call".
Then we got onto TVRs, how he'd like one etc. etc. and finally he says "If you must drive around without a seatbelt, for ****'s sake don't draw attention to yourself!" before switching on the blue lights and speeding off back to the station to relate how he chased and caught a TVR at 150 in his Fraud Fuckup.
And when I got back in the car to drive off, the clutch worked perfectly... !
Ian
It was a lovely day up here in the far northern wastes, not far from where the Boro beat Sunderland 3-0... but I digress, not being a footy fan, although me Julie being a mad Leicester supporter has dragged me to a few of their matches this year, for all the good it's done them with us being there. My granny could play footy better, but there I go digressing again.
So I came home at lunchtime, parked the company van and slipped into something less comfortable
to wit; my 390. I was on the scrounge for some 3mm studding for a job at work but the local nut'n'bolt stockists didn't have any, so I had to go further afield. Time was a-wasting, so I started giving it laaaaaaaaaaaarrrrge as they say. Now my clutch has been playing up, sometimes it's OK, other times it's like an on/off switch and it started acting up, honest orifice. So I entered a roundabout 'with enthusiasm', smoking the rears 'cos the clutch was sharp, and opposite-locked my merry way down the next stretch of dual-carriage, a 30 limit I should point out ;-)
As I slowed behind the van at the next roundabout, I realised there was a white car behind me....
DOH!!
Anyway, he followed me for a couple of miles before the inevitable pull.
When asked why I thought he had stopped me, I replied that I was in a hurry. What else? queryeth he. Errrr...?
"Seatbelt".
DOHH!
So we had a little chat, and luckily (despite the big safety campaigns they have up here) I ended up with just a bollocking. When asked about the wheelspin, I mentioned the clutch and suggested he try it for himself to see I wasn't making it up.
"So the vehicle is defective, is it?"
DOHH!!!
Then he decides I have a shifty look about me and decides to give me a 'producer'.
DOH.... my insurance runs out tomorrow....
So he's filling in the form and says "Is the car insured for business use?" I say no, and he says "But you said you were in a hurry on company business..."
DOH again....
I happened to mention that I have 3 points on my license for MW10 (artic vehicle in the outside lane of a motorway!).
"I wouldn't worry", says he, "I have CD (careless driving) on mine for clouting another vehicle whilst on a call".
Then we got onto TVRs, how he'd like one etc. etc. and finally he says "If you must drive around without a seatbelt, for ****'s sake don't draw attention to yourself!" before switching on the blue lights and speeding off back to the station to relate how he chased and caught a TVR at 150 in his Fraud Fuckup.
And when I got back in the car to drive off, the clutch worked perfectly... !
Ian
OY, Walden, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I am NOT a Geordie, I'm a Smoggie. Totally different thing altogether, see. In between us you have the Maccams, who are all unemployed (except for Nissan. And Fujitsu. And... Komatsu. And other major British companies ;-) and can't play footie for sh1te, not that I care other than to wind up my mate who's from Sunderland and a big fan.
So had away and bollocks, as Oz might say.
:-)
Ian
I am NOT a Geordie, I'm a Smoggie. Totally different thing altogether, see. In between us you have the Maccams, who are all unemployed (except for Nissan. And Fujitsu. And... Komatsu. And other major British companies ;-) and can't play footie for sh1te, not that I care other than to wind up my mate who's from Sunderland and a big fan.
So had away and bollocks, as Oz might say.
:-)
Ian
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You could have been driving from home to your 'place of work' - that's not business, just commuting...
Sensible copper though, able to make value judgements (or maybe his Vascar was U/S and he couldn't have done you anyway). Pity they're not all like that.
Yeah, kind of my point, in a roundabout way! He could see I was tooling around, but not actually speeding, and despite the seat belt he was reasonable enough to give me the benefit of the doubt. The producer is just to make sure I waste a bit of my time sorting out the paperwork. I consider myself bollocked. No doubt the local Max Tosser brigade who honked when they went past have had a good chortle at my expense. Little do they know, eh?!
I won't get on my soapbox about seatbelts 'cos I won't say anything that hasn't been said against them already ;-)
Ian
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