Amishtat Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 34 minutes ago, MikeR said: why does this country always flood at the first sign of a any old storm ? I do wonder if we would need waders and gills after a really proper prolonged bashing off the heavens . gate shut horse gone the after type maintenance regime ????? I don't know what area you're in, but where I lived previously it was usually because of undredged rivers, overgrown ditches and the like. Or, if you wish to be cynical, a short-sighted attempt to save a few quid by the council. Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Waderider said: Tetleysmooth, if you parked in a disabled space without the badge you're in the wrong. It's black and white, no one is picking on you. My mother in law is in a wheelchair and every day peoples thoughtless actions make her, and her carers life a little difficult. It doesn't sound like you where really impacting on the Fiesta driver directly, but the poor man shall be worn down from being a carer in a society that neither cares or makes an effort to accommodate him. There’s a difference between parking in a disabled space and parking in an almost empty car park while you sit in your car the bloke was being a twat , deliberately making his life difficult so he could moan about it , why else would he not park in the next space and make his life easy. I’ve never parked in a disabled space in my life but stopping in an empty car park for 10 minutes while I’m sat in the car , I don’t see a problem with that Tickman, Craig the Princess, Angrydicky and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Wack said: There’s a difference between parking in a disabled space and parking in an almost empty car park while you sit in your car I’ve never parked in a disabled space in my life but stopping in an empty car park for 10 minutes while I’m sat in the car , I don’t see a problem with that Ask Arnold. https://www.arnoldclark.com/newsroom/074-is-it-ever-ok-to-park-in-a-disabled-parking-space#:~:text=To be allowed to park,to avoid certain parking exemptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimad5 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Jesus no one got hurt, let Tetley man have his rant. Anyway my slight gripe: I walk doggo through a small village, and have noticed for a few months a lovely classic that has been left in a random road, so I kind of make a point of going that way just to see how it is. Todays visit shows someone has popped the passenger window, Why !?. It'll be taken for scrap soon no doubt, sad really. And no its not a LDV with curtains / Escort Cosworth etc Craig the Princess and Rab 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 First Rule of AS. Be honest and express an opinion. Second Rule of AS. Expect to be routinely condemned and bullied for the first rule. anonymous user 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 36 minutes ago, Rab said: First Rule of AS. Be honest and express an opinion. Second Rule of AS. Expect to be routinely condemned and bullied for the first rule. I joined a motorhome forum , fuck me they know how to moan , once you get past retirement it all turns to shit so they just moan about everything Within a week I had 4 on the ignore list , that's more than I've ever had on every forum I'm on since the dawn of the internet myglaren and Rab 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Mally said: Ask Arnold. https://www.arnoldclark.com/newsroom/074-is-it-ever-ok-to-park-in-a-disabled-parking-space#:~:text=To be allowed to park,to avoid certain parking exemptions. I wouldn't ask them how to pump a tyre up Craig the Princess, Supernaut and stonedagain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 33 minutes ago, Wack said: I wouldn't ask them how to pump a tyre up Obviously you won't read this either. It is long winded, but relevant. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5742871/parked-in-hospital-disabled-bay Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Amishtat said: I don't know what area you're in, but where I lived previously it was usually because of undredged rivers, overgrown ditches and the like. Or, if you wish to be cynical, a short-sighted attempt to save a few quid by the council. As someone who works in flood risk management you may be interested to know that the responsibility for maintaining watercourses rests with the riparian owner. This would only be the council where they own the land through which the watercourses runs. If you own land on one side you are responsible for it up to the middle. Maintenance should only be done outside such periods where it will not affect fish spawning/bird nesting/etc. (No it doesn't leave much time) Any drainage system will have a maximum capacity, once that is exceeded you will get flooding. Lacquer Peel, Datsuncog, Amishtat and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 42 minutes ago, Mally said: Obviously you won't read this either. It is long winded, but relevant. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5742871/parked-in-hospital-disabled-bay Correct BorniteIdentity and Three Speed 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 27 minutes ago, anonymous user said: Any drainage system will have a maximum capacity, once that is exceeded you will get flooding. Yes, this. And as areas get more built-up, older drainage systems become quickly overwhelmed. Round here there's been a trend for older houses with large gardens being bought up by developers, and bulldozed to build forty-odd shoebox apartments plus carpark. But the developer rarely does much to upgrade the drainage system where it leaves the development, so there's inevitably massively more waste water trying to enter the sewerage network than previously - so the pipes are permanently carrying more than the estimated baseline flow (also those sodding wet wipes that clog everything). Also, if you consider the amount of rainfall that previously would have been soaked up by lawns and gravel drives but now runs straight off the tarmac down the drain, it doesn't take much of a cloudburst to suddenly push the drain system way beyond capacity in a matter of minutes. One solution is installing proper storm drains, as other countries do, but that would be very expensive and extremely disruptive. At the minute, it's easier (cheaper) for water companies to deal with local flooding as and when, than invest properly in infrastructure and rebuild the network from scratch to deal with the ever-increasing pressure on the waste network. danthecapriman, Lacquer Peel and myglaren 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Took the dogs out as it had ceased raining/blowing a gale fora few minutes, all going fine, stopped at the shop on the way home, got back in the car ad up popped the engine management light. Ho hum, fekkin' car. Merry Christmas? Bah Humbug! stonedagain and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 10 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: Yes, this. And as areas get more built-up, older drainage systems become quickly overwhelmed. Round here there's been a trend for older houses with large gardens being bought up by developers, and bulldozed to build forty-odd shoebox apartments plus carpark. But the developer rarely does much to upgrade the drainage system where it leaves the development, so there's inevitably massively more waste water trying to enter the sewerage network than previously - so the pipes are permanently carrying more than the estimated baseline flow (also those sodding wet wipes that clog everything). Also, if you consider the amount of rainfall that previously would have been soaked up by lawns and gravel drives but now runs straight off the tarmac down the drain, it doesn't take much of a cloudburst to suddenly push the drain system way beyond capacity in a matter of minutes. One solution is installing proper storm drains, as other countries do, but that would be very expensive and extremely disruptive. At the minute, it's easier (cheaper) for water companies to deal with local flooding as and when, than invest properly in infrastructure and rebuild the network from scratch to deal with the ever-increasing pressure on the waste network. This was the Thames near northmoor lock yesterday, not as bad as last year Im told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taranaki Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Yes, I use a popup blocker. And an ad blocker.If you're smart enough to code a popup that can defeat them both, you should be smart enough to know that using it to ask for money to read your biased opinions dressed as news isn't going to work. stonedagain, myglaren, Cavcraft and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Bid on a doo-dad on eBay the other day and won. Before I bid I checked the method of delivery, Royal Mail 2nd class tracked...all good. Got a notification this afternoon with a Hermes tracking number on it. Cunt. Talbot and myglaren 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 8 hours ago, Mally said: Obviously you won't read this either. It is long winded, but relevant. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5742871/parked-in-hospital-disabled-bay It's not relevant as he didn't get charged. This is the grumpy thread; perhaps you've misunderstood the point of it? The meta-grumpy thread has not yet been created, perhaps you should start one? Rab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I don't see the problem with someone sitting in a half empty car park in their car drinking coffee. If there were no spaces then it would be reasonable to moan, but having a disability doesn't give you carte blanche to be unpleasant. Wack, Three Speed, timolloyd and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Laurence Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I seem to have some sort of magic touch that means I break anything I lay my hands on. I don’t have a lot of experience working on cars, but I’ve been trying to teach myself. It’s just so disheartening to repeatedly spend hours out in the cold trying to fix something, only for it to end up more broken than it was when you’ve started. This feels like the case whenever I do any ‘repairs’ on my cars. It’s mighty tempting to sack it all off and get a Yaris or something on PCP like the rest of the world does. stonedagain, Craig the Princess, myglaren and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Horatio gearbox Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Being sans garage and cars, making me grumpy and bored. (Tho I can only blame myself for moving back to Wales during a pandemic) Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 On 12/27/2020 at 11:08 AM, Wack said: some people are just so cheesed off with life they go out of their way to make it as difficult as possible just so they've got something else to moan about. There's a few people on this forum like that 😂 Talbot, Jerzy Woking, goosey and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 For fuck sake it’s snowing. Cue a load of people now treating it like some sort of national holiday. Or people in faux 4x4s out to demonstrate how great a Ford Kuga is on summer tyres in the snow. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 13 hours ago, Mr Laurence said: I seem to have some sort of magic touch that means I break anything I lay my hands on. I don’t have a lot of experience working on cars, but I’ve been trying to teach myself. It’s just so disheartening to repeatedly spend hours out in the cold trying to fix something, only for it to end up more broken than it was when you’ve started. This feels like the case whenever I do any ‘repairs’ on my cars. It’s mighty tempting to sack it all off and get a Yaris or something on PCP like the rest of the world does. Or just farm the job out and accept that work low cost cars there's a certain amount you can spend keeping it worthy of daily driving. You have to do a lot of repairs to even come anywhere near the monthly PCP cost! Like a full ongoing restoration or something daft like that. I'm exactly the same, I thought I could learn mechanicing but I'm just not made from the right stuff. I'll try to do the basics but I'm very easy to give up and take it to the garage. myglaren, Mr Laurence, Shite Ron and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taranaki Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 21 minutes ago, Tim_E said: Or just farm the job out and accept that work low cost cars there's a certain amount you can spend keeping it worthy of daily driving. You have to do a lot of repairs to even come anywhere near the monthly PCP cost! Like a full ongoing restoration or something daft like that. I'm exactly the same, I thought I could learn mechanicing but I'm just not made from the right stuff. I'll try to do the basics but I'm very easy to give up and take it to the garage. Cars with carburettors - I can tinker all day. Cars with computers and explosives in the panel work? Not so much. Cars with computers and explosives in the panel work, and lovingly modified at great expense for driving without foot pedals? Well bless my beloved government, they will have it repaired for me and supply taxis as a courtesy car. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 2 hours ago, sierraman said: For fuck sake it’s snowing. Cue a load of people now treating it like some sort of national holiday. Or people in faux 4x4s out to demonstrate how great a Ford Kuga is on summer tyres in the snow. 200 dead in Canada They died of laughter Tickman, taranaki, Low Horatio gearbox and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Horatio gearbox Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 2 hours ago, sierraman said: For fuck sake it’s snowing. Cue a load of people now treating it like some sort of national holiday. Or people in faux 4x4s out to demonstrate how great a Ford Kuga is on summer tyres in the snow. Don't, I know somone who specifically bought a discovery 2 (before he had even passed his test!) because he had a slight hill in the medium sized Buckinghamshire town he lived in. Stevebrookman, timolloyd, myglaren and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 12 minutes ago, Wack said: 200 dead in Canada They died of laughter Pffffffftttttt Someone else’s van will go fuckin’ anywhere! Talbot, Tickman and myglaren 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Not asda though , I don't think there'll be any biscuits at that meeting when they find out how much a new engine is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 33 minutes ago, Low Horatio gearbox said: Don't, I know somone who specifically bought a discovery 2 (before he had even passed his test!) because he had a slight hill in the medium sized Buckinghamshire town he lived in. I've seen a few that don't understand physics , 4WD might get you moving but it doesn't help you stop Cord Fourteener, stonedagain, Stevebrookman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 59 minutes ago, Wack said: 200 dead in Canada They died of laughter 808 Estate, myglaren, Cord Fourteener and 5 others 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 So,yeah....with much of the same for at least a week Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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