cobblers Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 At Bamburgh castle in the camper tonight, they have a few spaces in the 250+ space car park for you to stay overnight. Empty car park with maybe three or four people in it in total. Some fucker comes and parks their van directly next to us, 2 foot from the sliding door. Literally the whole fucking place to choose from. I went out and warned them we'll be in and out slamming the door all night (dogs on steroids and needs a piss every hour). "no problem" they said. GrumpiusMaximus, MiniMinorMk3, myglaren and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 1 hour ago, cobblers said: At Bamburgh castle in the camper tonight, they have a few spaces in the 250+ space car park for you to stay overnight. Empty car park with maybe three or four people in it in total. Some fucker comes and parks their van directly next to us, 2 foot from the sliding door. Literally the whole fucking place to choose from. I went out and warned them we'll be in and out slamming the door all night (dogs on steroids and needs a piss every hour). "no problem" they said. Let their tyres down, then move your van - just to make sure they don't follow you myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 3 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said: Keep meaning to try the other one in Eastbourne, used to be a garage I believe Indeed it did, one I knew well back in the day and keep meaning to post about. It's been a 'training' spoons for years, service can be shit at times, food has been ok for us on the few occasions we ate there. The Duke of Devonshire (was Diplocks pub & Calebs night-club years ago) has better food IMHO, especially the burgers which are great. RoverFolkUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Shit like this makes me grumpy Back in March I inadvertley clicked an ad on Facebook for DVLA services I was just clearing messages from African tarts looking for a man, any man when I found they'd messaged me Now it's either a scam or worse they can get you a driving licence Obviously I didn't ring the number but I wonder how many did and might be driving amongst us AnnoyingPentium, myglaren, MiniMinorMk3 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 48 minutes ago, Wack said: Shit like this makes me grumpy Back in March I inadvertley clicked an ad on Facebook for DVLA services I was just clearing messages from African tarts looking for a man, any man when I found they'd messaged me Now it's either a scam or worse they can get you a driving licence Obviously I didn't ring the number but I wonder how many did and might be driving amongst us I understand your frustration, but when was the last time your licence was checked by a traffic cop? For me, it was the christmas of 2003 when I was 'Des' taking some mates home from a gig and the police stopped me shortly after I left a pub carpark and breathalysed me. I passed. Since then, having done probabaly 150k miles over 20 years I've never need to provide any evidence I have a licence, am insured or have a valid MOT. There is literally nothing stopping you from getting behind the wheel with no licence, and virtually zero chance of ever being caught out unless you are involved in a major collision. I'm amazed anyone actually bothers calling them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Bren said: The powder monkey in Exmouth takes some beating. Used to go there with my Gran. She loved it. She lived in Exmouth for over 30 years... Interesting* fact. The character played by Brad Pitt in 'The Big Short' visits a fictional pub in Exmouth to make the trades at the end of the film. In reality, Ben Hockett (called Ben Rickert in the film) actually made the trades (and thus £55 million) whilst at the Powder Monkey as it had a reliable WiFi connection and he was on holiday in the area. nomiST 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 16 hours ago, Timewaster said: Probably a clueless manager has taken the head office direction to encourage people to download the app a bit too seriously. Went to a Chinese restaurant in Blackpool about a year ago , they were attempting to implement a similar system. My wife , who works as an IT consultant, started helping them get it working properly. Tight bastards didn’t even give us a free meal even though they’d had £500 worth of free help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 *weeps softly chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 6 hours ago, Wack said: Shit like this makes me grumpy Back in March I inadvertley clicked an ad on Facebook for DVLA services I was just clearing messages from African tarts looking for a man, any man when I found they'd messaged me Now it's either a scam or worse they can get you a driving licence Obviously I didn't ring the number but I wonder how many did and might be driving amongst us I don’t think you actually pay and get a valid licence. More likely is you pay and immediately get blocked. What can you do? Inform the police you were scammed tying to buy an illegal drivers licence? AnnoyingPentium, myglaren, Rust Collector and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 11 hours ago, hairnet said: *weeps softly At the state of that tea presumably. Talbot and Muniphobia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 My lower denture broke on Friday evening. Got a repair kit yesterday and glued it but that failed. Going to be hungry for a while Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Fireworks. I know it's new year but ffs last night was like battle of the fucking Somme round here. I bet half the wankers spunking a fortune into thd sky are moaning about being hard up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 8 minutes ago, ETCHY said: Fireworks. I know it's new year but ffs last night was like battle of the fucking Somme round here. I bet half the wankers spunking a fortune into thd sky are moaning about being hard up ! Sounds about right. Cancel the council tax direct debit and spend it on fireworks... twosmoke300 and ETCHY 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 16 hours ago, Lankytim said: I don’t think you actually pay and get a valid licence. More likely is you pay and immediately get blocked. What can you do? Inform the police you were scammed tying to buy an illegal drivers licence? Plenty would - believe me. Like druggies who score with their mate and their mate has more than their share. Then they try and report a theft..... Lankytim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 4 hours ago, ETCHY said: Fireworks. I know it's new year but ffs last night was like battle of the fucking Somme round here. I bet half the wankers spunking a fortune into thd sky are moaning about being hard up ! Seconded. It was gone 4am before it really stopped here last night. ETCHY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 On 12/31/2022 at 9:15 PM, Stanky said: There is literally nothing stopping you from getting behind the wheel with no licence, and virtually zero chance of ever being caught out unless you are involved in a major collision. I'm amazed anyone actually bothers calling them? People with no licence or insurance get caught because they think they're completely above the law and drive like absolute cunts. They may as well write on the back of their cars "HELLO COPS, PLEASE PULL ME OVER". myglaren and twosmoke300 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 8 hours ago, High Jetter said: My lower denture broke on Friday evening. Got a repair kit yesterday and glued it but that failed. Going to be hungry for a while Had another go at glueing it today, was able to enjoy roast beef. Might fall apart when I take it out shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 11 hours ago, High Jetter said: Had another go at glueing it today, was able to enjoy roast beef. Might fall apart when I take it out shortly. Try superglue mixed with baking powder. Can be tricky, do some tests first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 20 minutes ago, myglaren said: Try superglue mixed with baking powder. Can be tricky, do some tests first. Thanks, might try that if/when my repair fails. Fortunately, I've already started on the path for replacements - after 12 years these dentures are getting a bit blunt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Sat waiting for the car wash at Morrisons. Couple in front can’t work out how to pay for the car wash now it’s contactless or card at the machine. I’ve been sat here for 10 minutes and not even an apology. Predictably they’re trying to wash a nearly-new Audi A1 with a personalised plate. I feel my IQ dropping rapidly. Oh! And the bloke walked off to the shop for some help and of course bought a sandwich, bucket of coffee, etc. before he got help. HarmonicCheeseburger, AnnoyingPentium, myglaren and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 17 hours ago, Pieman said: People with no licence or insurance get caught because they think they're completely above the law and drive like absolute cunts. They may as well write on the back of their cars "HELLO COPS, PLEASE PULL ME OVER". What Cops? There are no Police on the road these days. I used to see a Traffic Police car on the road every single time I drove anywhere in the 90s. These days I might see two a year, and invariably they're going the other way. I could have not had a licence for the last 20 years and it would have made 2/10ths of sod-all difference. Only people who checked up on it is my employer so I can drive company vehicles. Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 16 minutes ago, Talbot said: What Cops? There are no Police on the road these days. I used to see a Traffic Police car on the road every single time I drove anywhere in the 90s. These days I might see two a year, and invariably they're going the other way. I could have not had a licence for the last 20 years and it would have made 2/10ths of sod-all difference. Only people who checked up on it is my employer so I can drive company vehicles. Hand on heart I genuinely cannot remember the last time I even saw a traffic police car on the road. It's a "sore point" with me so if I saw one I would definitely make a mental note of it. The last time I was pulled over was in 2004 ish. Unless you live in a big city you could comfortably just drive around with no documents or anything for decades, so long as your number plates checked out on ANPR. That's a point actually, I need to SORN the t25, now that it's parked off the road there's no point having it taxed for the amount of miles it does. Talbot and Stevebrookman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 2 minutes ago, cobblers said: so long as your number plates checked out on ANPR. Hence people put Romanian/Polish/Hungarian/any-other-eastern-european plates on UK cars and just run them around with no tax, insurance, mot or licence. ANPR "ignores" it and there's no traffic police to pull over the very obvious RHD car with UK dealer stickers but on foreign plates. This has been mentioned as a complete pisstake before on the forum, but you can see how people get away with it for years. twosmoke300, hennabm and chadders 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popsicle Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 7 hours ago, Talbot said: What Cops? There are no Police on the road these days. I used to see a Traffic Police car on the road every single time I drove anywhere in the 90s. These days I might see two a year, and invariably they're going the other way. I could have not had a licence for the last 20 years and it would have made 2/10ths of sod-all difference. Only people who checked up on it is my employer so I can drive company vehicles. I do around 100k miles a year, last time I was pulled over was 2008, so approx 1.2 million miles (had a couple of years off) ago on the A66 at about 5 in the morning. The reason I was pulled? Some farmer had a couple of quad bikes pinched so they wanted to look in the back of my van - copper was disappointed to see some beds and wardrobes I was delivering. Even during lockdown I never got pulled, as long as the vehicles legal on plods database and you're not driving like a dick you've very little chance of being pulled over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 7 hours ago, Talbot said: Hence people put Romanian/Polish/Hungarian/any-other-eastern-european plates on UK cars and just run them around with no tax, insurance, mot or licence. ANPR "ignores" it and there's no traffic police to pull over the very obvious RHD car with UK dealer stickers but on foreign plates. This has been mentioned as a complete pisstake before on the forum, but you can see how people get away with it for years. I may of mentioned this before, but they where/are so prolific here that when I was learning to drive and having driving lessons I made it a bit of a game to point them out to my long suffering driving instructor LOL easily spotted 1 per lesson if not more, I would say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Ffs. Spent all evening trying not to nod off and with no appetite. Gone to bed and I'm wide awake and hungry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 minute ago, horriblemercedes said: Ffs. Spent all evening trying not to nod off and with no appetite. Gone to bed and I'm wide awake and hungry That's been my existence for several months now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 minute ago, Pieman said: That's been my existence for several months now. It started for me just before Christmas, but this is the first time I have to get up early the following day so it hasn't been that big a problem. We will see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Frigging smoke alarm just went off in the kitchen, for absolutely no reason that I can see. Brand new optical detector, only fitted seven months ago. Hasn't given any bother before. No smoke/ dust/ anything out of the ordinary that I could find. 9V alkaline battery absolutely fine, bags of power left in it. Disconnected the bugger as I don't want it sounding again for no reason (two other units installed on the same floor). One in the last house did the same thing; it had a built-in battery and I ended up having to stab it with a screwdriver to get it to shut up. Great the way these things, out of all the hours in the day, always like to malfunction at about 2.45am. Now just lying in the dark trying to get my heart rate down from about 180bpm. I'm sure* I'll feel really rested when I've to get up for work in 4hrs time. Bah. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 hour ago, Datsuncog said: Frigging smoke alarm just went off in the kitchen, for absolutely no reason that I can see. Brand new optical detector, only fitted seven months ago. Hasn't given any bother before. No smoke/ dust/ anything out of the ordinary that I could find. 9V alkaline battery absolutely fine, bags of power left in it. Disconnected the bugger as I don't want it sounding again for no reason (two other units installed on the same floor). One in the last house did the same thing; it had a built-in battery and I ended up having to stab it with a screwdriver to get it to shut up. Great the way these things, out of all the hours in the day, always like to malfunction at about 2.45am. Now just lying in the dark trying to get my heart rate down from about 180bpm. I'm sure* I'll feel really rested when I've to get up for work in 4hrs time. Bah. One of my smoke alarms kept going off for no reason. It was only about a year old with five warranty. Makers told me to hoover all the holes as dust can cause false alarms. Cured problem , no alarms for more than a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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