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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Varche on 05 February 2019, 12:04:02
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Chatting with some friends about the levels of traffic on the roads in the UK.
One said, it is hopeless going anywhere after 2 p.m. the roads are busy with OAPs out for a drive.
I think he has a point. They have disposable income and a car. Bargain Hunt has finished and several hours to kill before Pointless comes on.
Yesterday we hadnt eaten and thought we would drop into Palmers garden centre near Fosse Park. It was gone 2p.m. And the car park was about 80% full. A lot of people having coffee/ cake or a meal or a browse in the shop. Last time I saw a garden centre car park that full was at a sunny Easter 20 years ago! Sign of the times I guess.
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I moan a lot about OAP's clogging up the roads in the afternoon. Then I realise...I am one of them. :)
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I moan a lot about OAP's clogging up the roads in the afternoon. Then I realise...I am one of them. :)
Yes, and me! ;D ;D :y
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Do you reckon it is true then?
Get up , read papers, then go out in the afternoon for a little drive?
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Biggest problem comes this time of year when the said OAP,s stay out to long and have to try and drive home in the dark
I live in rural Essex and have been stuck in a que of over 20 cars travelling at between 10mph and 20mph at best as the OAP cant see in the dark
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Chatting with some friends about the levels of traffic on the roads in the UK.
One said, it is hopeless going anywhere after 2 p.m. the roads are busy with OAPs out for a drive.
I think he has a point. They have disposable income and a car. Bargain Hunt has finished and several hours to kill before Pointless comes on.
Yesterday we hadnt eaten and thought we would drop into Palmers garden centre near Fosse Park. It was gone 2p.m. And the car park was about 80% full. A lot of people having coffee/ cake or a meal or a browse in the shop. Last time I saw a garden centre car park that full was at a sunny Easter 20 years ago! Sign of the times I guess.
This is where TB's cull should be applied. :)
Today, old people generally live to a point long after 'what they have paid in' is dwarfed by what they get paid out.
They are also a big part of the problem with the overstretched NHS. The situation can only get worse as the ratio between working people and pensioners becomes closer. Eventually we will have a situation where there are not enough working people to pay for the ever increasing number of coffin dodgers.
I believe STMO is a pensioner so should do the honourable thing to help the balance of payments. :)
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It is only a temp blip as the next generation is going to work longer and die earlier. They are the ones brought up on burgers and fast food and the lovely sugar loaded soft drinks.
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Bloody good luck to them, got time & cash to spare enjoy it you're a long time dead, as for anyone not so lucky tough shit. By the way I become an OAP next month with plenty of disposable cash & will make the most of it , young whippersnappers always in too much of a rush in my opinion.😀😁😂
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Chatting with some friends about the levels of traffic on the roads in the UK.
One said, it is hopeless going anywhere after 2 p.m. the roads are busy with OAPs out for a drive.
I think he has a point. They have disposable income and a car. Bargain Hunt has finished and several hours to kill before Pointless comes on.
Yesterday we hadnt eaten and thought we would drop into Palmers garden centre near Fosse Park. It was gone 2p.m. And the car park was about 80% full. A lot of people having coffee/ cake or a meal or a browse in the shop. Last time I saw a garden centre car park that full was at a sunny Easter 20 years ago! Sign of the times I guess.
This is where TB's cull should be applied. :)
Today, old people generally live to a point long after 'what they have paid in' is dwarfed by what they get paid out.
They are also a big part of the problem with the overstretched NHS. The situation can only get worse as the ratio between working people and pensioners becomes closer. Eventually we will have a situation where there are not enough working people to pay for the ever increasing number of coffin dodgers.
I believe STMO is a pensioner so should do the honourable thing to help the balance of payments. :)
Talking of which: This morning I received a communication from the Dept for Work and Pensions informing me that, due to my hard work over the past 65 years, I am getting a rise of 2.6% in April. A bit mean, I thought, but paupers must be grateful for every penny. :'(
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Chatting with some friends about the levels of traffic on the roads in the UK.
One said, it is hopeless going anywhere after 2 p.m. the roads are busy with OAPs out for a drive.
I think he has a point. They have disposable income and a car. Bargain Hunt has finished and several hours to kill before Pointless comes on.
Yesterday we hadnt eaten and thought we would drop into Palmers garden centre near Fosse Park. It was gone 2p.m. And the car park was about 80% full. A lot of people having coffee/ cake or a meal or a browse in the shop. Last time I saw a garden centre car park that full was at a sunny Easter 20 years ago! Sign of the times I guess.
This is where TB's cull should be applied. :)
Today, old people generally live to a point long after 'what they have paid in' is dwarfed by what they get paid out.
They are also a big part of the problem with the overstretched NHS. The situation can only get worse as the ratio between working people and pensioners becomes closer. Eventually we will have a situation where there are not enough working people to pay for the ever increasing number of coffin dodgers.
I believe STMO is a pensioner so should do the honourable thing to help the balance of payments. :)
Talking of which: This morning I received a communication from the Dept for Work and Pensions informing me that, due to my hard work over the past 65 years, I am getting a rise of 2.6% in April. A bit mean, I thought, but paupers must be grateful for every penny. :'(
You been working for 65 years........fookin ell. :D
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Chatting with some friends about the levels of traffic on the roads in the UK.
One said, it is hopeless going anywhere after 2 p.m. the roads are busy with OAPs out for a drive.
I think he has a point. They have disposable income and a car. Bargain Hunt has finished and several hours to kill before Pointless comes on.
Yesterday we hadnt eaten and thought we would drop into Palmers garden centre near Fosse Park. It was gone 2p.m. And the car park was about 80% full. A lot of people having coffee/ cake or a meal or a browse in the shop. Last time I saw a garden centre car park that full was at a sunny Easter 20 years ago! Sign of the times I guess.
This is where TB's cull should be applied. :)
Today, old people generally live to a point long after 'what they have paid in' is dwarfed by what they get paid out.
They are also a big part of the problem with the overstretched NHS. The situation can only get worse as the ratio between working people and pensioners becomes closer. Eventually we will have a situation where there are not enough working people to pay for the ever increasing number of coffin dodgers.
I believe STMO is a pensioner so should do the honourable thing to help the balance of payments. :)
Talking of which: This morning I received a communication from the Dept for Work and Pensions informing me that, due to my hard work over the past 65 years, I am getting a rise of 2.6% in April. A bit mean, I thought, but paupers must be grateful for every penny. :'(
You been working for 65 years........fookin ell. :D
Since the day I was born.
Any chance of a medal? Or, even better, a small financial token of your gratitude. :-*
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You're getting 2.6%... Opps off and be grateful ;D
That said, 2.6% of sod all is still sod all ::)
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You're getting 2.6%... Opps off and be grateful ;D
That said, 2.6% of sod all is still sod all ::)
I know, I need more than the paltry £670 a month they give me, just for diesel. (To get out in the afternoon when bargain hunt has finished).
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Bloody good luck to them, got time & cash to spare enjoy it you're a long time dead, as for anyone not so lucky tough shit. By the way I become an OAP next month with plenty of disposable cash & will make the most of it , young whippersnappers always in too much of a rush in my opinion.😀😁😂
Dont forget to leave thegarden centre early enough not to be travelling in the dark at a fuel saving 20 mph. ;D
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Bloody good luck to them, got time & cash to spare enjoy it you're a long time dead, as for anyone not so lucky tough shit. By the way I become an OAP next month with plenty of disposable cash & will make the most of it , young whippersnappers always in too much of a rush in my opinion.😀😁😂
Dont forget to leave thegarden centre early enough not to be travelling in the dark at a fuel saving 20 mph. ;D
You foreigners will be in deep shit if us old Brits leave without a deal. Don't be crawling back here looking for handouts. Remember, OAP's run this country. The grey vote decides who gets into power, and it was us that voted to cut you adrift. :P
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How is that working out? ;D
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How is that working out? ;D
For me...fine. :) All the angst that goes on at Westminster doesn't really affect the common folk.
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Nice to see that ageism is alive and well on OOF. :D
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Nice to see that ageism is alive and well on OOF. :D
It's just jealousy, Ronny........because we spent all the money. ;D
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;D ;D
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Nice to see that ageism is alive and well on OOF. :D
It's just jealousy, Ronny........because we spent all the money. ;D
Even the most wealthy of pensioners get winter fuel allowance......free prescriptions.....free TV licence....free eye tests. But as STMO says the government dare not cut back because they all vote......although not during Bargain Hunt and other daytime crap. :)
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......do the coffin dodgers still get the £10 Christmas box put in place by Ted Heath?
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Nice to see that ageism is alive and well on OOF. :D
It's just jealousy, Ronny........because we spent all the money. ;D
Even the most wealthy of pensioners get winter fuel allowance......free prescriptions.....free TV licence....free eye tests. But as STMO says the government dare not cut back because they all vote......although not during Bargain Hunt and other daytime crap. :)
I think that's going (so mum tells me). Mind you, she never watches the bloody thing anyway, she says its all shite, where the celebrities are more important than the programmes. I can't disagree.
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Nice to see that ageism is alive and well on OOF. :D
It's just jealousy, Ronny........because we spent all the money. ;D
Even the most wealthy of pensioners get winter fuel allowance......free prescriptions.....free TV licence....free eye tests. But as STMO says the government dare not cut back because they all vote......although not during Bargain Hunt and other daytime crap. :)
Only once you are 75+ Opti :'( :'( ;)
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Nice to see that ageism is alive and well on OOF. :D
It's just jealousy, Ronny........because we spent all the money. ;D
Even the most wealthy of pensioners get winter fuel allowance......free prescriptions.....free TV licence....free eye tests. But as STMO says the government dare not cut back because they all vote......although not during Bargain Hunt and other daytime crap. :)
Only once you are 75+ Opti :'( :'( ;)
Almost forty years away for me...... :-\ ::) :) :-* :-* :-*
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Nice to see that ageism is alive and well on OOF. :D
It's just jealousy, Ronny........because we spent all the money. ;D
Even the most wealthy of pensioners get winter fuel allowance......free prescriptions.....free TV licence....free eye tests. But as STMO says the government dare not cut back because they all vote......although not during Bargain Hunt and other daytime crap. :)
Only once you are 75+ Opti :'( :'( ;)
Almost forty years away for me...... :-\ ::) :) :-* :-* :-*
Yeah, sure!! ::) ::). ;D ;D :-*
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......do the coffin dodgers still get the £10 Christmas box put in place by Ted Heath?
Yes. £200 winter fuel allowance to keep my poor old bones warm, and £10 Christmas bonus to feed me over the holidays. Life's hard, and then you die. :'(
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Nice to see that ageism is alive and well on OOF. :D
It's just jealousy, Ronny........because we spent all the money. ;D
Even the most wealthy of pensioners get winter fuel allowance......free prescriptions.....free TV licence....free eye tests. But as STMO says the government dare not cut back because they all vote......although not during Bargain Hunt and other daytime crap. :)
I think that's going (so mum tells me). Mind you, she never watches the bloody thing anyway, she says its all shite, where the celebrities are more important than the programmes. I can't disagree.
The BBC want it to go, so that the likes of Ginger Evans can get by on £2million a year but, so far, the government have said nowt.
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Nice to see that ageism is alive and well on OOF. :D
It's just jealousy, Ronny........because we spent all the money. ;D
Even the most wealthy of pensioners get winter fuel allowance......free prescriptions.....free TV licence....free eye tests. But as STMO says the government dare not cut back because they all vote......although not during Bargain Hunt and other daytime crap. :)
Only once you are 75+ Opti :'( :'( ;)
Almost forty years away for me...... :-\ ::) :) :-* :-* :-*
Yeah, sure!! ::) ::). ;D ;D :-*
I give you my word as a gentleman. ::) :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Don't forget the free bus passes..... :y
Ron.
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Nice to see that ageism is alive and well on OOF. :D
It's just jealousy, Ronny........because we spent all the money. ;D
Even the most wealthy of pensioners get winter fuel allowance......free prescriptions.....free TV licence....free eye tests. But as STMO says the government dare not cut back because they all vote......although not during Bargain Hunt and other daytime crap. :)
Blatantly not true. No winter fuel allowance for pensioners in Spain. IDS did a study and concluded that average temperature of Spain and its overseas dependencies was higher than the average for the UK and therefore not necessary. He is welcome to come and stay at our house and chop logs, barrow them and feed the log burner during his free stay. We occasionally have snow and minus temps down to as low as minus 14c.
You are right about Tories “ buying” the pensioners vote so , I would add, they can run the country to line the pockets of their rich mates. Labour attract votes in different ways so they can destroy the country for the benefit of everyone apparently. Fairly grim isnt it ;D
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Never mind pensioners and road traffic. I've just got back from ASDA and you should see some of the parking manoeuvres. I saw a Toyota Aygo and a Peugeot 107 both parked across two bays. ;D
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In fairness those are both large cars considering how tiny the parking spaces are nowadays.
Here is a question. If you go to a busy large car park and park well away from the main activity why does someone come and, despite having a great choice, park next to you? Is it some form of obsessive neatness?
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In fairness those are both large cars considering how tiny the parking spaces are nowadays.
Here is a question. If you go to a busy large car park and park well away from the main activity why does someone come and, despite having a great choice, park next to you? Is it some form of obsessive neatness?
Large cars? Try two of the smallest cars available :)
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That bemuses me too. I choose to park well away from the herd so that women can't open their doors carelessly and cause damage, but inevitably there will be some fat-arsed cow parked adjacent to my car when I get back to it. WHY?
Ron.
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In fairness those are both large cars considering how tiny the parking spaces are nowadays.
Here is a question. If you go to a busy large car park and park well away from the main activity why does someone come and, despite having a great choice, park next to you? Is it some form of obsessive neatness?
Large cars? Try two of the smallest cars available :)
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/sarcasm :P ;D
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That bemuses me too. I choose to park well away from the herd so that women can't open their doors carelessly and cause damage, but inevitably there will be some fat-arsed cow parked adjacent to my car when I get back to it. WHY?
Ron.
Is it the same one every time? Maybe she likes you and is just shy... ;) ;D
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That bemuses me too. I choose to park well away from the herd so that women can't open their doors carelessly and cause damage, but inevitably there will be some fat-arsed cow parked adjacent to my car when I get back to it. WHY?
Ron.
Is it the same one every time? Maybe she likes you and is just shy... ;) ;D
Indeed. Try parking a bit further from the shop. Either:
1) She won't be @rsed to walk that far.
2) She likes you enough to stomach the walk and the exercise will eventually make her more attractive.
Win win. ;)
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In fairness those are both large cars considering how tiny the parking spaces are nowadays.
Here is a question. If you go to a busy large car park and park well away from the main activity why does someone come and, despite having a great choice, park next to you? Is it some form of obsessive neatness?
Large cars? Try two of the smallest cars available :)
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/sarcasm :P ;D
You can never tell with these foreigners. ;D
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That bemuses me too. I choose to park well away from the herd so that women can't open their doors carelessly and cause damage, but inevitably there will be some fat-arsed cow parked adjacent to my car when I get back to it. WHY?
Ron.
Is it the same one every time? Maybe she likes you and is just shy... ;) ;D
Not the same one - we seem to have a supply of them. I don't usually see the face, only a large posterior mooning out of the door as she extracts her little accident from the car: although when her face is visible, she exhibits the "council-house face lift" hairstyle - hair swept right back and tied in a bun!
Ron.
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That bemuses me too. I choose to park well away from the herd so that women can't open their doors carelessly and cause damage, but inevitably there will be some fat-arsed cow parked adjacent to my car when I get back to it. WHY?
Ron.
Is it the same one every time? Maybe she likes you and is just shy... ;) ;D
Not the same one - we seem to have a supply of them. I don't usually see the face, only a large posterior mooning out of the door as she extracts her little accident from the car: although when her face is visible, she exhibits the "council-house face lift" hairstyle - hair swept right back and tied in a bun!
Ron.
Ah, yes, the "I am a hard cow, don't mess with me I am as tough as a man" look. Very popular down here as well Ron!
One challenged me last year, saying I was scarred of her! I just said I wasn't, laughed in her face and she then went to try and thump a OAP traveller friend of ours, who then, with her grown up daughter watching along with a crowd landed a few punches herself! Great stuff!!;D ;D ;D ;)
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Bloody hell, Lizzie - I thought it was just the Essex handbag dancers! ::)
Ron.
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Bloody hell, Lizzie - I thought it was just the Essex handbag dancers! ::)
Ron.
Oh no Ron, they are alive and kicking down here as well! :D :D ;)
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Can't be the Crawley Facelift as a look... ;D
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In fairness those are both large cars considering how tiny the parking spaces are nowadays.
Here is a question. If you go to a busy large car park and park well away from the main activity why does someone come and, despite having a great choice, park next to you? Is it some form of obsessive neatness?
Large cars? Try two of the smallest cars available :)
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/sarcasm :P ;D
You can never tell with these foreigners. ;D
Hmm, just googled those two cars. Not very big are they against real cars. Must be the spaces are getting smaller. < sarcasm off>