What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Hertz]

[Wack]

2 hours ago, Pieman said:

Successful appeal against a £100 parking charge.

Parked outside a pub in the middle of Thetford in August after a day working at Snetterton, and when I went to the pay machine it said "Not in use".  So I went to the other car park at the other side of the building (run by the same parking company) and paid at the machine in that one.  Got the fine in the post at the beginning of September because of course the camera on the car park I parked in couldn't see that I'd used my initiative and paid to park, just not in the place they wanted me to.  Sent the appeal off instantly with the evidence of the ticket I'd bought, and got a letter back today saying they'd cancelled it.  (The letter however was a standard one saying "we can't find evidence you entered your reg number in our machine but you clearly intended to do so correctly"...my reg number was on the ticket I included with my appeal letter!)

A bit different to my experience 

A free car park for decades  i use regularly was sold and the new owner introduced a £1 parking charge paid by machine , valid from 00:00 to 23:59 

They don't want the £1 , they want the £100 if you forget, or enter an incorrect digit  which they generously reduce to £60 if you just pay up.

I'd driven in , stayed 3 hours , forgot to pay , left,  went back an hour later and paid 

Got a ticket ( invoice) , appealed because I had a ticket for that reg , purchased that day that read valid 00:00- 23:59 

They rejected my appeal stating that ticket didn't cover the previous period  , offered advice ( veiled threat) that if I decided to appeal to POPLA I'd lose the £60 fine and be charged £100 if I lost the appeal 

I ignored their veiled threat and appealed to popla,  as soon as I did they removed their evidence and dropped the case because they knew if it went to court they'd lose.

They're bullies , they scare people into paying.

[Wack]

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Imagine putting that many hours in then losing your beloved wife , sorry flight sim 

[Rightnider]

A grin and a grump. In Copenhagen, just having seen Larkin Poe. Was supposed to have Rightnider Sr. with me, but his knee wasn’t up to it. Mrs. Rightnider came along and she liked it. 

[DSdriver]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

I don’t like the enter reg tickets as you can’t give them to anyone else if you’re only there for 15mins.

And when I put the reg of my DS (2RKE) in the parking ticket machine at Bedgebury Pinetum it came back with "Not an option". 

Well I'm very sorry but that is the only option my car has. 🤪

[EyesWeldedShut]

3 minutes ago, DSdriver said:

And when I put the reg of my DS (2RKE) in the parking ticket machine at Bedgebury Pinetum it came back with "Not an option". 

Well I'm very sorry but that is the only option my car has. 🤪

There you go - shite algorithm by some script kiddy using a poor regex - wait until you have a  UK postcode that  is not quite the norm  

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

@Mrs6C there's an alternative way of doing things - instead of towing the canal boat behind the car, tow the car behind the canal boat. 

Which would be slower, tho?

[hairnet]

31 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Which would be slower, tho?

less bork potential from RR tho

[hairnet]

new lump isnt lump its a storage of infection from another part of body (WTF?!?)

antibiotics and cream hopefully kill it

[hairnet]

@Dyslexic Viking kim - Jeg vil gjerne leie denne varebilen når jeg besøker

worse than the ones we use

 

[DSdriver]

Tis raining ici. Soggy postman just delivered soggy mail... why isn't the Rohan catalogue weatherproof?

[Rustybullethole]

On 10/10/2023 at 21:50, Wack said:

A bit different to my experience 

A free car park for decades  i use regularly was sold and the new owner introduced a £1 parking charge paid by machine , valid from 00:00 to 23:59 

They don't want the £1 , they want the £100 if you forget, or enter an incorrect digit  which they generously reduce to £60 if you just pay up.

I'd driven in , stayed 3 hours , forgot to pay , left,  went back an hour later and paid 

Got a ticket ( invoice) , appealed because I had a ticket for that reg , purchased that day that read valid 00:00- 23:59 

They rejected my appeal stating that ticket didn't cover the previous period  , offered advice ( veiled threat) that if I decided to appeal to POPLA I'd lose the £60 fine and be charged £100 if I lost the appeal 

I ignored their veiled threat and appealed to popla,  as soon as I did they removed their evidence and dropped the case because they knew if it went to court they'd lose.

They're bullies , they scare people into paying.

Am still ignoring a bunch of private parking fines. One from overstaying at the hospital by a few minutes as my mate id picked up had a hypo that needed sorting is the only one still sending threatening letters. Has bounced around a few different firms was one a week not long back they all go in the bin. 

[jakebullet]

CND have upgraded* from a range rover sport to a disco 4. A cat S one that's had 6 owners in the last year. They're either mighty brave or mighty stupid.

[DavieW]

Grin and Grumpy in one post.

Grin - This morning I saw a  rusty white Transit towing a dodgy looking caravan with no number plate (you know who I mean) come off the Keir roundabout near Stirling and accelerate (!) up the A9. I was just about at the rear corner of the caravan overtaking it when a huge plume of blue smoke came out of the Transit, a couple of lurches before the hazards came on and it pulled onto the grass verge. 

Grump - Someones Transit near Stirling might lose their turbo tonight to a caravan dweller.

[Remspoor]

[hairnet]

 

@PhilA :D

[PhilA]

Well, they guessed wrong.

[richardmorris]

Had the day off today and decided to go for a walk this morning. Esher, Claremont, mole valley ( no valves ) and homewood( a modernist 1930s floating glass and concrete brick) which is in things like a clockwork orange , marple and endeavour.

anyway, Claremont must be one of the last NT carparks not to have pay and display. Bit of a grump as I like scanning the card to get free parking. Not much use as it’s miles from anywhere in Esher but still…

[MikeR]

sons room has had a clear out , as in a redo , he now has a 50 inch telly in the corner instead of his 40 inch telly by the door .

loads more shelves and a lot less crap ..

her indoors has not noticed the lounge 30 inch telly has grown 10 inches ... yet

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, MikeR said:

 has grown 10 inches ... yet

unlikely to beat you up

until shes realises its a telly

[MikeR]

6 minutes ago, hairnet said:

unlikely to beat you up

until shes realises its a telly

Not one to boast , but another 10 inches would be a bit too much .

[MikeR]

Think I will be hiding upstairs tonight !!! 

the old xp machine is up and running ! 

[maxxo]

Just scored this off Facebook marketplace for £30! Looks near enough brand new and works great, plus was only a 5 minute drive away

what's even more exciting is it's the same model as the upstairs vacuum so tools etc will be interchangeable 

here's a photo of them both together 

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

37 minutes ago, maxxo said:

Just scored this off Facebook marketplace for £30! Looks near enough brand new and works great, plus was only a 5 minute drive away

what's even more exciting is it's the same bASe model of the upstairs vacuum so tools etc will be interchangeable 

here's a photo of them both together 

 

fify

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, maxxo said:

Just scored this off Facebook marketplace for £30! Looks near enough brand new and works great, plus was only a 5 minute drive away

what's even more exciting is it's the same model as the upstairs vacuum so tools etc will be interchangeable 

here's a photo of them both together 

 

Aww cute. Is she preparing you for having kids? 🤣

[beko1987]

11 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

fify

So true! All that differs is a cheap turbo head, the purple plastic and hepa post filter! And about £150 when new 😂

Good machines though, make bloody cheap dailies and once refurbished are still very powerful. Starting to fade and go brittle though like the Animal is starting to

[EyesWeldedShut]

First frost of the Autumn, gets a 🙂'cos it means that it's not actually raining

[hairnet]

had that in kendal

came out to car and all the ones in the middle of the car park frozen

ours under the trees - fine

fuck riding home in that so radio heat nice seat ftw