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  On 03/02/2025 at 08:15, sierraman said:

What about all the people that live on that route or the farmers that use it for access?

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They'll be provided with ladders. 

Maps will be updated to show access as a game with its ups and downs

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wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Nearly every time I've driven the Snake Pass I've ended up being stuck behind a camper or caravan doing 35 for most of the length.  Although last time I went that way (westbound, unusually), I saw a 7.5-tonne lorry off in the distance and my heart sank.  A few bends later I saw it again, still in the distance.  It took me a good 5 minutes to catch him up, and when I did I just sat behind him - he was absolutely hooning it, and it was more fun sitting behind and watching a lorry being driven properly than it would have been to try and overtake.

Sorry, no snake jokes in this post, I think we've adder nough of those for now.

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Pieman

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  On 03/02/2025 at 14:26, comfortablynumb said:

Not Dodge vipers?

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Or the anacHonda NSX?

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BorniteIdentity Rank: Isuzu Florian

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  On 03/02/2025 at 11:35, lesapandre said:

Keith Charmer.

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Loved him on the Big Breakfast.

 

cobblers Rank: Isuzu Florian

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The first time I went over snake pass was when I was about 7 and we were going on holiday.

The taxi company forgot to send the car to collect us at 2am to take us to manchester airport, and in the panic all they had was a 5 door fiat uno, and there was 5 of us plus luggage. I was sat on the back seat, on my mums knee, with a suitcase on my knee. I was sick twice. 

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Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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  On 03/02/2025 at 14:55, wuvvum said:

Nearly every time I've driven the Snake Pass I've ended up being stuck behind a camper or caravan doing 35 for most of the length.  Although last time I went that way (westbound, unusually), I saw a 7.5-tonne lorry off in the distance and my heart sank.  A few bends later I saw it again, still in the distance.  It took me a good 5 minutes to catch him up, and when I did I just sat behind him - he was absolutely hooning it, and it was more fun sitting behind and watching a lorry being driven properly than it would have been to try and overtake.

Sorry, no snake jokes in this post, I think we've adder nough of those for now.

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It must be absolutely shit driving them for a living now, with all the onboard cameras, digital tachographs and trackers, etc.  The good old days of 'if in doubt, flat out' were great fun.

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reb Rank: Lancia Gamma

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  On 03/02/2025 at 16:25, cobblers said:

fiat uno

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What kind of miserable taxi company has fiat unos at all? I don't even fit in the front of one let alone in the back!

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Conrad D. Conelrad

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It is a national embarrassment that they didn't plough the M67 through there when they could have done it in the 70s. 

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cobblers Rank: Isuzu Florian

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  On 03/02/2025 at 16:33, reb said:

What kind of miserable taxi company has fiat unos at all? I don't even fit in the front of one let alone in the back!

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It was gold star taxis in rotherham, in 1997

wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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  On 03/02/2025 at 16:33, reb said:

What kind of miserable taxi company has fiat unos at all? I don't even fit in the front of one let alone in the back!

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Most of the taxi firms in Marrakesh, for one.

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reb Rank: Lancia Gamma

reb

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I forget that normal people have stumpy little legs so they can fit in cars.

Jim Bell Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Jim Bell

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  On 03/02/2025 at 17:03, reb said:

I forget that normal people have stumpy little legs so they can fit in cars.

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Snake fact. 

Most snakes have zero percent legs. Meaning that a trip in a Fiat Uno taxi sat on their mams lap, with a suitcase on their knee would be an absolute breeze. It may still be sick, but most likely because it's eaten something larger than it's stomach. Which greedy snakes sometimes do. 

Text STOP to cease daily updates about snakes. 

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Mous good.  Leave me alone in warm two day please or ill throw it up again though.  

 

No passenger rides on mum's lap in fiat.  Absolutely not.

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comfortablynumb Rank: Citroen Ami

comfortablynumb

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  On 03/02/2025 at 17:22, Jim Bell said:

Most snakes have zero percent legs.

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So if they have no legs, how are they going to pass then?

Sorry.....

reb Rank: Lancia Gamma

reb

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My friend's snake eats rats, but it's racist so will only eat white ones. Which apparently are more expensive because most snake food rat breeders don't specifically breed for colour.

camryv6 Rank: Citroen Ami

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  On 03/02/2025 at 17:22, Jim Bell said:

Snake fact. 

Most snakes have zero percent legs. Meaning that a trip in a Fiat Uno taxi sat on their mams lap, with a suitcase on their knee would be an absolute breeze. It may still be sick, but most likely because it's eaten something larger than it's stomach. Which greedy snakes sometimes do. 

Text STOP to cease daily updates about snakes. 

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Do snakes have knees ?

treehugger Rank: Renault 16

treehugger

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I don't have krait expectations the council will keep the snake open. 

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loserone Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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  On 03/02/2025 at 18:18, treehugger said:

I don't have krait expectations the council will keep the snake open. 

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Very good 

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  On 03/02/2025 at 18:13, camryv6 said:

Do snakes have knees ?

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I'm gonna tell you the truth mate. 

No. .

No snakes don't have knees. Or laps. And they don't get taxis. 

I feel like a fool now. 

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Jim Bell

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  On 03/02/2025 at 18:44, camryv6 said:

Snakes don't have pockets, so they can't pay the taxi 

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That's why taxi drivers hate them. 

Pieman Rank: Renault 16

Pieman

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  On 03/02/2025 at 18:44, camryv6 said:

Snakes don't have pockets, so they can't pay the taxi 

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They use Asp'll Pay.

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Sunny Jim Rank: Citroen Ami

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Snakes travel by plane, I saw a documentary with Samuel L Jackson all about it. It didn't say whether they got a taxi to the airport.

reb Rank: Lancia Gamma

reb

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Sometimes they wear top hats and smoke cigarettes*

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(And go blurry because the march of time comes for us all)

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And you moan about the graphic design on Range Rover steering wheels….

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