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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #60 on: 22 July 2023, 18:41:38 »

Half of them can't even read the road SIGNS ,let alone read the road  ::)
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Have you noticed that many roadsigns are completely obscured nowadays by trees  & bushes due to the local council cutbacks, even our roundabouts in this are are completely overgrown looks dreadful.
Lack of cut backs, actually  ;D

There's a speed camera near here which is totally obscured by the hedge grown up in front of it.  :y

Thing is the hedge has been cut around the camera with a tractor mounted flail cutter and the operator obviously couldn't be arsed to get out and clear the bit in front of the camera by hand.  ;D

Shame they didn't flail the whole camera to oblivion.  :)
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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #61 on: 22 July 2023, 19:34:26 »

A38 (streethay Lichfield to Alrewas) recently .
it's been reduced from NSL to 40 with average speed cameras for weeks due to HS2 works (though no one is ever working on the A38 when i drive down it daily  ::) people dob't understand how average speed works  :-X
An example of the idiots NOT reading the signs is, for the last week ,a large section has been reduced to ONE lane .
 800 yards (and every 200 Yards there after) before the single lane section are signs saying "USE BOTH LANES WHEN QUEING " and "MURGE IN TURN" .
Idiots Block the "fast" lane and dawdle along with the other idiots in lane one at 2MPH causing a massive mile long tailbacks  >:(
You'd think they'd learn to spell merge correctly  ;D
                  Better than minge though?

I don't know....  I'm partial to a bit of munge!  :D

                Aren’t we all? 🙀🙀
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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #62 on: 22 July 2023, 19:45:42 »

I wonder how many of us would fail the driving test  if were required to take it again unannounced?

Quite a number. :-X

A number of years ago, when I was invited to do a speed awareness course, in the days when it was both classroom & practical driving on the road, I was told I wasn't allowed to left foot brake in the automatic car ..... just incase I pressed both at the same time! So that would be a fail ..... obviously I would never exceed the speed limit!

But we all know what we should or shouldn't be doing when driving. So if a driving test was suddenly sprung on us, we'd know to look in our mirrors every 50 ft .... not cross our arms when turning the wheel ....tyres & tarmac etc etc etc
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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #63 on: 22 July 2023, 19:48:12 »

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I don't think old people should swap to automatic cars as they age because you are partially right about the pedals. Although it's not confusion, but terror causing them to freeze in place. ....

people should swap to autos as soon as they've passed their test in a manual!  ::) ::) ::)

I've driven autos for the past 30+ years  :y
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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #64 on: 22 July 2023, 20:58:24 »

A38 (streethay Lichfield to Alrewas) recently .
it's been reduced from NSL to 40 with average speed cameras for weeks due to HS2 works (though no one is ever working on the A38 when i drive down it daily  ::) people dob't understand how average speed works  :-X
An example of the idiots NOT reading the signs is, for the last week ,a large section has been reduced to ONE lane .
 800 yards (and every 200 Yards there after) before the single lane section are signs saying "USE BOTH LANES WHEN QUEING " and "MURGE IN TURN" .
Idiots Block the "fast" lane and dawdle along with the other idiots in lane one at 2MPH causing a massive mile long tailbacks  >:(
You'd think they'd learn to spell merge correctly  ;D
                  Better than minge though?
NO ONE wants to que up for minge , especially if there's 2 lanes  :o
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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #65 on: 22 July 2023, 21:03:58 »

Sloppy seconds think I'll pass..😂
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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #66 on: 22 July 2023, 21:29:10 »

As long as it’s not on double white lines🤣🤣
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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #67 on: 22 July 2023, 21:48:16 »


NO ONE wants to que up for minge , especially if there's 2 lanes  :o

Some do....  ::)

Apparently this is a photo of migrants queuing up at Kim's Massage Parlour in Folkestone.....



Twitter is a funny place!  ;D
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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #68 on: 22 July 2023, 22:12:12 »


NO ONE wants to que up for minge , especially if there's 2 lanes  :o

Some do....  ::)

Apparently this is a photo of migrants queuing up at Kim's Massage Parlour in Folkestone.....



Twitter is a funny place!  ;D
Probably need a good massage after being cramped up in a lorry trailer  :-\
Is this "service"  ::) billed to the NHS  :-\ or do they have to pay cash out of their benifits / free money own pockets then claim it back  >:D
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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #69 on: 22 July 2023, 22:17:19 »

As long as it’s not on double white lines🤣🤣
double YELLOW lines
definitely DON'T stop or leave tour car unattended in these places  :-X
apparently  :P   
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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #70 on: 22 July 2023, 23:40:15 »

Don't get old . . . .
I watered artificial plants today
It's all downhill from here . . . . .  :-\
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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #71 on: 23 July 2023, 07:59:14 »

Don't get old . . . .
I watered artificial plants today
It's all downhill from here . . . . .  :-\


When you buy dehydrated water to do it, you know you're near the bottom ::)
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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #72 on: 23 July 2023, 08:34:55 »

Back to the point, mum (87 and still driving okay) has been quoted £400 to insure her P reg Seat Ibiza.
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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #73 on: 23 July 2023, 10:04:12 »

Back to the point, mum (87 and still driving okay) has been quoted £400 to insure her P reg Seat Ibiza.

Depends where you live,  doesn't help that I've got a Birmingham Post code.

If I lived 2 miles north I would be paying about the same as your mom.
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Re: Don't get old
« Reply #74 on: 23 July 2023, 19:54:18 »

I'll have to ask my Dad ..... he was 86 last week & drives a Chrysler Grand Voyager
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