The grumpy thread

[Lankytim]

Find out where they live and next time you see them parked on the drive quickly drive around to their house and park on their drive instead. 

In other news, I found out today that I've been unsuccessful appealing a parking ticket via a POPLA appeal. I went over the 10 minutes grace period by 5 minutes to buy a parking ticket as the ticket machine wasn't working properly, there was no internet to download the payment app and the machine kept spitting a coin back out so it's basically impossible to pay unless you already have the app and use a local pubs wi-fi. By the time you realise you've got no hope of paying you're already over the 10 mins grace period. . Apparently I didn't provide enough evidence in the appeal ( make a video of the machine returning coins? a screenshot of my phone with no internet reception?) Obviously you don't know you've got a ticket until you get one in the post a week or so later so you don't gather any evidence at the time and the car park is 100's of miles away so it's not practical to return. 

So £100 goes to the car park bandits this time, at least I made them work for it rather than just caving in. Next time I'll make sure to cover my number plate and park for free. 

If anyone's interested it's the carpark at Llangrannog in mid Wales and it features heavily online because of the difficulty punters have in paying due to defective equipment (The ANPR camera always seems to work perfectly, mind)

[New POD]

13 minutes ago, Lankytim said:

Find out where they live and next time you see them parked on the drive quickly drive around to their house and park on their drive instead. 

In other news, I found out today that I've been unsuccessful appealing a parking ticket via a POPLA appeal. I went over the 10 minutes grace period by 5 minutes to buy a parking ticket as the ticket machine wasn't working properly, there was no internet to download the payment app and the machine kept spitting a coin back out so it's basically impossible to pay unless you already have the app and use a local pubs wi-fi. By the time you realise you've got no hope of paying you're already over the 10 mins grace period. . Apparently I didn't provide enough evidence in the appeal ( make a video of the machine returning coins? a screenshot of my phone with no internet reception?) Obviously you don't know you've got a ticket until you get one in the post a week or so later so you don't gather any evidence at the time and the car park is 100's of miles away so it's not practical to return. 

So £100 goes to the car park bandits this time, at least I made them work for it rather than just caving in. Next time I'll make sure to cover my number plate and park for free. 

If anyone's interested it's the carpark at Llangrannog in mid Wales and it features heavily online because of the difficulty punters have in paying due to defective equipment (The ANPR camera always seems to work perfectly, mind)

Sounds like fraud. 

[New POD]

16 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

hang on if its an offence to block you getting ONTO the road

I know @Zelandeth generally keeps TPA parked in a location where someone inconsiderately parking on his driveway, would be blocking TPA's access to the public road

and thus surely then Zel would have a legitimate valid reason to call the police and turn the tables on everyone? as now the 2 tone SUV is now blocking access to a public highway for Zel and TPA right?

 

(tho something tells me even if I am right, the police would just fob Zel off)

And a disability car too. Late for an urgent medical appointment.  

A few years back, the divorced lady living next door to my In-laws was a Senior Police officer.  Close to the local primary school. Her son came home to find someone parked on the drive, so blocked them in and went out. 

Apparently, the owner of the SUV complained to the police, who came, and tried to ballock the son, who had come back about 20 mins later.  He took the poor PCs details and moved his car, apologising nicely.  "So sorry, I thought it was my mum, so I parked on the road" 

For the next week the same PC was given a job of policing in the area at school start and finish time with particular emphasis on zero tolerance of parking on the curb, junctions etc. 

SUV owner may have been one of those that got more than one parking ticket. 

[Lankytim]

1 hour ago, New POD said:

Sounds like fraud. 

Sounds like it but I think it follows the letter of the law (if not the spirit) 

[Pieman]

1 hour ago, Lankytim said:

Find out where they live and next time you see them parked on the drive quickly drive around to their house and park on their drive instead. 

In other news, I found out today that I've been unsuccessful appealing a parking ticket via a POPLA appeal. I went over the 10 minutes grace period by 5 minutes to buy a parking ticket as the ticket machine wasn't working properly, there was no internet to download the payment app and the machine kept spitting a coin back out so it's basically impossible to pay unless you already have the app and use a local pubs wi-fi. By the time you realise you've got no hope of paying you're already over the 10 mins grace period. . Apparently I didn't provide enough evidence in the appeal ( make a video of the machine returning coins? a screenshot of my phone with no internet reception?) Obviously you don't know you've got a ticket until you get one in the post a week or so later so you don't gather any evidence at the time and the car park is 100's of miles away so it's not practical to return. 

So £100 goes to the car park bandits this time, at least I made them work for it rather than just caving in. Next time I'll make sure to cover my number plate and park for free. 

If anyone's interested it's the carpark at Llangrannog in mid Wales and it features heavily online because of the difficulty punters have in paying due to defective equipment (The ANPR camera always seems to work perfectly, mind)

Accidentally* reverse into the machine and knock it over next time.

[Lankytim]

1 hour ago, Pieman said:

Accidentally* reverse into the machine and knock it over next time.

I’m just going to cover the number plate next time so the ANPR camera can’t see it. The Llangrannog website (for local ppl by local ppl) even advise people do this so they don’t need to pay at all. 

[mitsisigma01]

Is this the one that was in your driveway?

[Remspoor]

3 hours ago, Lankytim said:

Find out where they live and next time you see them parked on the drive quickly drive around to their house and park on their drive instead. 

In other news, I found out today that I've been unsuccessful appealing a parking ticket via a POPLA appeal. I went over the 10 minutes grace period by 5 minutes to buy a parking ticket as the ticket machine wasn't working properly, there was no internet to download the payment app and the machine kept spitting a coin back out so it's basically impossible to pay unless you already have the app and use a local pubs wi-fi. By the time you realise you've got no hope of paying you're already over the 10 mins grace period. . Apparently I didn't provide enough evidence in the appeal ( make a video of the machine returning coins? a screenshot of my phone with no internet reception?) Obviously you don't know you've got a ticket until you get one in the post a week or so later so you don't gather any evidence at the time and the car park is 100's of miles away so it's not practical to return. 

So £100 goes to the car park bandits this time, at least I made them work for it rather than just caving in. Next time I'll make sure to cover my number plate and park for free. 

If anyone's interested it's the carpark at Llangrannog in mid Wales and it features heavily online because of the difficulty punters have in paying due to defective equipment (The ANPR camera always seems to work perfectly, mind)

 

1 hour ago, Lankytim said:

I’m just going to cover the number plate next time so the ANPR camera can’t see it. The Llangrannog website (for local ppl by local ppl) even advise people do this so they don’t need to pay at all. 

Try this.

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

Spilt fabric conditioner on my hands earlier today and I can still smell it, irritatingly so. Bah!

[High Jetter]

10 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Spilled fabric conditioner on my hands earlier today and I can still smell it, irritatingly so. Bah!

Spilt? Skin feels smoother though, softer...?

[AnnoyingPentium]

Just now, High Jetter said:

Spilt? Skin feels smoother though, softer...?

Edited, it is rather late, at least for me. 

The skin feels softer, as would be the desired effect on clothing should one use fabric conditioner. However, the smell is doing my head in!

[Soundwave]

Having a root canal tomorrow due to an old filling partially failing and becoming quite sore. This makes me and my wallet grumpy.

And about ten minutes ago, said filling failed entirely and came out. Fortunately I've only got until tomorrow afternoon to wait, but it's more than "quite sore" now. Doubt I'll be sleeping much tonight!

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Spilt fabric conditioner on my hands earlier today and I can still smell it, irritatingly so. Bah!

How about gearbox oil?! I've caked my hands in it many times* and the stench somehow embeds to your skin for DAYS. No matter how much scrubbing it still lingers 

 

* NOT  deliberately I must add!

[mitsisigma01]

12 hours ago, warch said:

That brake fluid can spray everywhere when you're conveying a bottle of stuff up the driveway, be careful*

I have the same trouble when carrying an open container of Nitromors 🤭

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said:

How about gearbox oil?! I've caked my hands in it many times* and the stench somehow embeds to your skin for DAYS. No matter how much scrubbing it still lingers 

I had a bottle of Castrol Syntrac leak in the back of the Forester once.

Absolutely rank.

It wasn't the ultimate reason, but it certainly fed into my calculations of whether to scrap it or not...

[Yoss]

5 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

How about gearbox oil?! I've caked my hands in it many times* and the stench somehow embeds to your skin for DAYS. No matter how much scrubbing it still lingers 

 

* NOT  deliberately I must add!

My garage stinks of gearbox oil now, has done ever since I started stripping the Triumphs broken box. Don't know why it smells so much more than engine oil (but then I have no idea how either are made or what they might put in them) 

All I know is it is the smell of failure. Every time I open the garage door I am reminded that I still haven't fixed it. 

[Floatylight]

16 hours ago, andy18s said:

A decent sized correctly worded document telling them not to park on private property but stuck in the drivers line of vision with decent glue should be enough to piss them off,but keep you legal whilst at it

On the bright side,surely somewhere so close to a popular school should be easy to sell ?!?

#sarcasm

Early 90's we used do this on our works car park which was next to a college, right in the drivers line of view with permanent spray mount

[BorniteIdentity]

On 9/7/2022 at 1:34 AM, LightBulbFun said:

I know @Zelandeth generally keeps TPA parked in a location where someone inconsiderately parking on his driveway, would be blocking TPA's access to the public road

In my eyes, keeping an Invacar from the Queen’s highway is a public service to us all - which should be recognised with one of the highest honours of the British Empire. 

I’d like to shake the naughty driver’s hand, but preferably before @junkyarddoghas smeared it in shit and @GrumpiusMaximushas outed them as a bona fide nonce. (I’ve my reputation to think of…)

[kirton]

!!!!s parking on your drive

many of the suggestions could end up with you having a conviction for criminal damage that wouldn't look good on your CV (and would probably bar you from travelling the the USA, maybe not a bad thing?).  Just remember the 11th Commandment if you do take action, and that these days must include CCTV in the locality and the possibility of a CCTV system in the car itself.

From reading the many postings on this subject in Speeed, Plod and the Law in Pistonheads it seems to me that there is nothing legal you can do if someone parks on your drive but doesn't block you in. Just ensure you have a vehicle that is blocked in so the police have something to act on.  If you do crack a legal way to deal with the problem do let us all know. 

Could Zelandeth park on the local school's drive whilst not blocking anyone in? Sideways across the drive if neccessary.   He might think himself lucky that the parking is only short term around school arriving/departing and that he's not close to an airport  and has someone leave their car for weeks.

[motorpunk]

Black Range Rover, check.

Black wheels, check.

Parked on the corner of a T junction, check.

Parked on the wrong side of the road, check.

Parked next to a school, check.

Parked opposite a scout hut, check.

Lots of safe parking a few metres away, check.

 

 

[Metal Guru]

5 minutes ago, motorpunk said:

Black Range Rover, check.

Black wheels, check.

Parked on the corner of a T junction, check.

Parked on the wrong side of the road, check.

Parked next to a school, check.

Parked opposite a scout hut, check.

Lots of safe parking a few metres away, check.

 

 

Well you have to be close to your customers if you’re a drug dealer.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, kirton said:

(and would probably bar you from travelling the the USA, maybe not a bad thing?)

IIRC Zel's in-laws are in the US so that might cause some problems.

[motorpunk]

4 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Well you have to be close to your customers if you’re a drug dealer.

Posh mummy dropping obnoxious fat kid at the Scout hut opposite is my guess. 

[sheffcortinacentre]

7 hours ago, kirton said:

!!!!s parking on your drive

many of the suggestions could end up with you having a conviction for criminal damage that wouldn't look good on your CV (and would probably bar you from travelling the the USA, maybe not a bad thing?).  Just remember the 11th Commandment if you do take action, and that these days must include CCTV in the locality and the possibility of a CCTV system in the car itself.

From reading the many postings on this subject in Speeed, Plod and the Law in Pistonheads it seems to me that there is nothing legal you can do if someone parks on your drive but doesn't block you in. Just ensure you have a vehicle that is blocked in so the police have something to act on.  If you do crack a legal way to deal with the problem do let us all know. 

Could Zelandeth park on the local school's drive whilst not blocking anyone in? Sideways across the drive if neccessary.   He might think himself lucky that the parking is only short term around school arriving/departing and that he's not close to an airport  and has someone leave their car for weeks.

Try parking like this on some local bigwigs property & I bet there's loads plod/court can do about it.

[omegod]

Parking on the drive,  pop under it and drain the fuckers oil, replace sump plug , a mile or three later they will lean their lesson 

[omegod]

I came out of work to a non start on my old fiesta today, not even a click of the starter  I gave the starter a whack with a pop rivet gun to no avail so called autoaid for the first time since joining them, pleasantly surprised when the guy turned up half an hour earlier than stated, one big whack from his bar and she was away again. I think driving through all the local flooded roads yesterday didn't help matters at all but new starter is on the cards 

[Mr Pastry]

7 minutes ago, omegod said:

Parking on the drive,  pop under it and drain the fuckers oil, replace sump plug , a mile or three later they will lean their lesson 

Yes, but sadly I think many drivers would be too stupid to make the connection.  If it was on my drive, I would just push it back off my property, with the aid of a big trolley jack if necessary.

[MikeR]

14 minutes ago, omegod said:

Parking on the drive,  pop under it and drain the fuckers oil, replace sump plug , a mile or three later they will lean their lesson 

quick turn of the oil filter , no oil to dispose of .. ?

[jakebullet]

How flat is the drive? Invest in wheel skates, roll into middle of road, profit.

Or go big like the farmer with the telehandler. 

 

[DavidB]

How does anyone clutching a carving knife not instantly lunge it directly into handbag faced, two bit, professional food warmer Gordon Ramsey’s map-of-Colorado-esque forehead while he is dishing out his criticisms, I don’t care if he’s ‘nice’ in real life, fuck him and his leathery, prematurely aged mummified casing. The fact he’s been doing the same thing for 15+ years, bothers me.