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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: sir moanalot on 18 December 2006, 19:41:31
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a quick guide to see where you all park in a car park?
as near to the exit/destination as possible but having to squeeze into a space with lots of other cars,
or further away from exit/destination so not to be next to too many cars ie less car door denting??
me- i am an "end of row, furthest away from other cars parker, sick to death of the fat cow too busy on her mobile while swinging on her car door brigade! tone.
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a quick guide to see where you all park in a car park?
as near to the exit/destination as possible but having to squeeze into a space with lots of other cars,
or further away from exit/destination so not to be next to too many cars ie less car door denting??
me- i am an "end of row, furthest away from other cars parker, sick to death of the fat cow too busy on her mobile while swinging on her car door brigade! tone.
Its not just me thats paranoid then? I park miles away from anything, even in the p*ssing rain.
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The only advantage to being crippled with arthritus is that I get to park in the much bigger disabled bays.
Mind you, it is the only advantage. :(
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The only advantage to being crippled with arthritus is that I get to park in the much bigger disabled bays.
Mind you, it is the only advantage. :(
I dont think it will be long before I join you there Royston.
I suffer terribly and no-one cares :'(
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I park as far away from everyone else as I can, doesn't matter about the weather or having to walk a few extra yards.
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a quick guide to see where you all park in a car park?
as near to the exit/destination as possible but having to squeeze into a space with lots of other cars,
or further away from exit/destination so not to be next to too many cars ie less car door denting??
me- i am an "end of row, furthest away from other cars parker, sick to death of the fat cow too busy on her mobile while swinging on her car door brigade! tone.
Its not just me thats paranoid then? I park miles away from anything, even in the p*ssing rain.
Same here m8 and again even if its raining hard wife has to get as close to the door as she can when she takes her own car if she wants to take mine she can walk
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Tell you what I've noticed....people who have, like, £40,000 mercs and beamers, dont seem to care! They park them all skew-wiff and in the tiniest gaps. Makes me cringe with fear.
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Tell you what I've noticed....people who have, like, £40,000 mercs and beamers, dont seem to care! They park them all skew-wiff and in the tiniest gaps. Makes me cringe with fear.
Thats very true i saw a 645ci parked all wonky in a gap at sainsburys and ashford sainsburys has the smallest gaps :o
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...and, now that I'm on a roll...you park miles away from anything, ten spaces either side, and when you come back....grannie has parked so close to your rather drivers door that you cant get in!
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......and of course there's the runaway shopping trolleys that people can't be arsed to walk 20ft and put them in the right place, id be scared of buying a new motor!! >:(
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Always park mine outside the front door... of my house ;D ain't internet shopping great.
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...and, now that I'm on a roll...you park miles away from anything, ten spaces either side, and when you come back....grannie has parked so close to your rather drivers door that you cant get in!
O i hate that i saw a woman wasn't old around 25-35 age well thats what she looked like she pulled up so so close to my meega i shouted u better watch my car door!!! she got out the car and said i wouldn't of hit it so i said well your not small sized and your not going to get out of that gap are you without hitting my car and she moved her car ;D i wouldn't have got in because i'm not exactly small either ;D
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its as though some peoples cars get lonely on their own, scares me when the grannie is revving at 6500 rpm while trying to reverse into a space.
i have even been asked by a total stranger to park their car for them!!
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......and of course there's the runaway shopping trolleys that people can't be arsed to walk 20ft and put them in the right place, id be scared of buying a new motor!! >:(
Thers usually a small child attached to them, playing dodgems, wrecking cars, while mum chats to her friend on her mobile >:(
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I do it for a laugh, I prefer to park clear of other cars any way, but i park in top carpark at ASDA in Sittingbourne where no one else parks and when i come park despite the rest of the car park being clear there is a few cars parked around mine. Must the collie dogs rounding them up into a herd. ;D
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OOOOOO_ER, I'm getting quite het up now ::)
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i tell ya what i have got into the habit of doing, i take down the reg no's of the cars either side of me (on my voice recorder mobile) so if i found a large dent in my door with a scrape of paint i could attempt to claim!! after all they are leaving the scene of an accident???
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Another story when i was in the hospital car park (wife had a collapsed lung) a bloke in a Preg renault megane hit my car while i was in it :o i got out and said u might want to not swing your F*cking car doors about so bl*ody much he goes well sorry m8 calm down so i said how would you fell someone hitting your car with there's when you were in it you wouldnt like it would you then he just walked off BL*ODY CHEEK
i'm gonna shut up now cos i'm getting quite irate lol
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i tell ya what i have got into the habit of doing, i take down the reg no's of the cars either side of me (on my voice recorder mobile) so if i found a large dent in my door with a scrape of paint i could attempt to claim!! after all they are leaving the scene of an accident???
Thats a brill idea
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i tell ya what i have got into the habit of doing, i take down the reg no's of the cars either side of me (on my voice recorder mobile) so if i found a large dent in my door with a scrape of paint i could attempt to claim!! after all they are leaving the scene of an accident???
Thats a brill idea
No...its paranoia actually...you'll be joining neighbourhood watch next ;D
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no...its total frustration at how inconsiderate people are nowadays, you only have to look at some of the other cars dents and scrapes to see how they look after them. (yeh possibly joining neighbourhood watch, i got some binoculars.. i bought them from dixons -and yes i am michael pane the nosey neighbour) ;D
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no...its total frustration at how inconsiderate people are nowadays, you only have to look at some of the other cars dents and scrapes to see how they look after them. (yeh possibly joining neighbourhood watch, i got some binoculars.. i bought them from dixons -and yes i am michael pane the nosey neighbour) ;D
Lol ;D
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i tell ya what i have got into the habit of doing, i take down the reg no's of the cars either side of me (on my voice recorder mobile) so if i found a large dent in my door with a scrape of paint i could attempt to claim!! after all they are leaving the scene of an accident???
AAAHHH!! A like minded sole! Do the same matey.... Dunno if I'm being paranoid or what, but the wife thinks I'm crackers. Good to know theres at least two of us.... :y
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i tell ya what i have got into the habit of doing, i take down the reg no's of the cars either side of me (on my voice recorder mobile) so if i found a large dent in my door with a scrape of paint i could attempt to claim!! after all they are leaving the scene of an accident???
AAAHHH!! A like minded sole! Do the same matey.... Dunno if I'm being paranoid or what, but the wife thinks I'm crackers. Good to know theres at least two of us.... :y
I'll bet they sh*t themselves if you go calling in your work clothes ;D
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i had a rover 820 si years ago, and while in a car park we watched an oldie run over and jam herself on a bay seperator kerb to which caused great amusement to me and my pals. on return to the car park later in the day i reversed ten foot and yes went straight over the same kerb ripping off my back box in the process, and yes again caused total amusement to my pals!!! needless to say i made them bus it back to barracks!!
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i tell ya what i have got into the habit of doing, i take down the reg no's of the cars either side of me (on my voice recorder mobile) so if i found a large dent in my door with a scrape of paint i could attempt to claim!! after all they are leaving the scene of an accident???
AAAHHH!! A like minded sole! Do the same matey.... Dunno if I'm being paranoid or what, but the wife thinks I'm crackers. Good to know theres at least two of us.... :y
hotel 21 your in the job would that actually be regarded as leaving the scene of an accident? :-/
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a quick guide to see where you all park in a car park?
as near to the exit/destination as possible but having to squeeze into a space with lots of other cars,
or further away from exit/destination so not to be next to too many cars ie less car door denting??
me- i am an "end of row, furthest away from other cars parker, sick to death of the fat cow too busy on her mobile while swinging on her car door brigade! tone.
Usual argument with my wife , i usually park in corners and i try to stay as far as possible from the car next to me, sometimes when the disabled spaces are empty i park there. When it comes to parking i'm paranoid, if i can occupy 2 spaces i will do it as well, i do not care about politicall corectness as it doesn't pay for my nice bodywork and people do not care about the car next to them.
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@ Tony H - yes, it would, to my mind.
Particularly if it was my car that had the brand new ding in the door!!
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im thinking of getting 360 degrees all around bull bars, ill park where l blooming well want to then!!
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On the rare occassions i take the megga to the shops, i'm one of those people
who takes up two spaces to make sure they dont park near me ;) unfortunately
this did not help the other week when someone ran there trolly into my rear
bumper & dented the crome strip :'(
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On the rare occassions i take the megga to the shops, i'm one of those people
who takes up two spaces to make sure they dont park near me ;) unfortunately
this did not help the other week when someone ran there trolly into my rear
bumper & dented the crome strip :'(
If you take up two spaces in the town centre here, you get clamped and forced to pay for another space. Not that expensive but bloody time consuming
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On the rare occassions i take the megga to the shops, i'm one of those people
who takes up two spaces to make sure they dont park near me ;) unfortunately
this did not help the other week when someone ran there trolly into my rear
bumper & dented the crome strip :'(
Total and utter idiots
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Just to say guys we are having a right moan up tonight eh lol ;D
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AAAHH, clamping. That gloriously Engerlish thing that was identified as extortion in Scotland and thus does not take place here!
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AAAHH, clamping. That gloriously Engerlish thing that was identified as extortion in Scotland and thus does not take place here!
Your well lucky ;)
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AAAHH, clamping. That gloriously Engerlish thing that was identified as extortion in Scotland and thus does not take place here!
Clamping is quite a good deterrent when used sensibly and fairly, and not seen as a cash cow. Unfortunately, in the sh*tty, money-grabbing world we live in today thats not going to happen.
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AAAHH, clamping. That gloriously Engerlish thing that was identified as extortion in Scotland and thus does not take place here!
As usual, you Jocks take the sensible route whilst we follow the stupidity of the colonies. :D
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a quick guide to see where you all park in a car park?
as near to the exit/destination as possible but having to squeeze into a space with lots of other cars,
or further away from exit/destination so not to be next to too many cars ie less car door denting??
me- i am an "end of row, furthest away from other cars parker, sick to death of the fat cow too busy on her mobile while swinging on her car door brigade! tone.
Frequently, I turn up at work, no parking available, so I drive home again. Thats assuming I go in in the first place....
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a quick guide to see where you all park in a car park?
as near to the exit/destination as possible but having to squeeze into a space with lots of other cars,
or further away from exit/destination so not to be next to too many cars ie less car door denting??
me- i am an "end of row, furthest away from other cars parker, sick to death of the fat cow too busy on her mobile while swinging on her car door brigade! tone.
Frequently, I turn up at work, no parking available, so I drive home again. Thats assuming I go in in the first place....
;D
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whether he ever did it or not but...
a person i knew said that he had a wheel clamp and stuck council badges on it and every time he parked up town put it on... it served a number of purposes 1) he did not have to pay for parking 2) he could take up two bays 3) he would not get the car stolen and finally would not have anyone park near him for fear of the "clampers" and their big towaway truck causing damage.
personally i thought the guy was a bull shi**er but............
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whether he ever did it or not but...
a person i knew said that he had a wheel clamp and stuck council badges on it and every time he parked up town put it on... it served a number of purposes 1) he did not have to pay for parking 2) he could take up two bays 3) he would not get the car stolen and finally would not have anyone park near him for fear of the "clampers" and their big towaway truck causing damage.
personally i thought the guy was a bull shi**er but............
Would've attracted a lot of sympathy if he'd actually been clamped on another wheel as well ;D
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its having the bottle to try these things, personally i'll stick with the £1.50 for 2 hours.......
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I always try to use an end space or as far away from the supermarket entrance as possible, especially with either of my classics :) Mind you, with them, you usually come back to find someone has parked next to them just to have a look - then opened the bloody door against it :'( That's where 24hr supermarkets are good. Do your shopping at 3am, fairly empty carparks and no screaming kids either ;D
Cheers Jim
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i may think about early am shopping jim, gould knows im not getting much sleep from the newborn baby downstairs, i thought those days were over for me, bloody neighbours!!!
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I always try to use an end space or as far away from the supermarket entrance as possible, especially with either of my classics :) Mind you, with them, you usually come back to find someone has parked next to them just to have a look - then opened the bloody door against it :'( That's where 24hr supermarkets are good. Do your shopping at 3am, fairly empty carparks and no screaming kids either ;D
Cheers Jim
Yes Jim, and no car when you come back ;D
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I use the child spots - just need to make sure I have one with me!
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I use the child spots - just need to make sure I have one with me!
I am a child (according to Mrs TheBoy), so can I use them as well?
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Its a good job the local Tescos have bollards at the front or the wife would park just inside the doors :o
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Its a good job the local Tescos have bollards at the front or the wife would park just inside the doors :o
You got a Tesco Metro then, rather than the wide aisles in the standard Tesco? :D
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You got a Tesco Metro then, rather than the wide aisles in the standard Tesco? :D
Brilliant :y
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Its a good job the local Tescos have bollards at the front or the wife would park just inside the doors :o
You got a Tesco Metro then, rather than the wide aisles in the standard Tesco? :D
Its not that, the wife likes to do a little exercise ;D
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Did i hear clamping??? hehe The fact that when i was at uni my mate's car got clamped was the reason that i bought my beloved angle grinder, you can imagine what happened!!!!
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I use the child spots - just need to make sure I have one with me!
I am a child (according to Mrs TheBoy), so can I use them as well?
Try it and see ;D
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Did i hear clamping??? hehe The fact that when i was at uni my mate's car got clamped was the reason that i bought my beloved angle grinder, you can imagine what happened!!!!
Well done - how many parts?
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I have a habit of parking furthest away from any other car when in carparks and it really pisses me off when I come back to find a car parked either side of me and shite loads of spaces scattered about, so my car tends to get a little punishment when in sainsburys or asda and places like that.
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Once I parked in an empty car park - came back 10 minutes later to find a WV parked next to me - and close as well.
Only time I have smashed a door open into another vehicle - I got quite a big dent in their side so I could get my daughter in her child seat.
They could have parked in any of another 200 spots, about 3 or 4 total in use.
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Parent and child when out with the littleun, nice big spaces.
Failing that any big enough space, if choice I park next to someone who obviosuly looks after their car.
No guarantee I know, but any small odds increase will do me.
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At our Sainsbury's I have no choice but to park wherever I can find a bloody space!! Damn place is always so busy you'd think there was a food shortage going on. :o It's even worse in the lead up to Christmas, you'd think the shops were going to be closed for a month, not 1 day!! >:(
........and I get really pissed off when I see perfectly healthy people in expensive cars parking in the disabled bays 'cos they're too rather lazy to find a normal space. Just because they've got a few quid, they think they can do what they like and get away with it......grrrrrr >:(
That's it.......I'm getting off my soapbox now. :-X ;D
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Usually parent and toddler spaces for me assuming that they haven't all been taken up by stupid blind old biddies who think that they can park where they like,but make a terrible fuss if you use one of their disabled bays (actually got one old dear to move her car to a disabled bay the other day after she parked in one of "my" spaces - it's not like they dont get more spaces than we do) Or parents with a car load of 10 year olds - Q? if i take my retired parents shopping does that entitle me to use the parent spaces?
Agree with the lonly car parking scenario - parked at the far end of the empty car park once over 2 bays as had the kids, came back to find some pillock had parked dead tight alongside my car. There is no helping them.
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I use the child spots - just need to make sure I have one with me!
Me Too ;)
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....Q? if i take my retired parents shopping does that entitle me to use the parent spaces?.......
Like the thinking. :y
I suppose its taking the helicopter view of the situation, making the point of all sing from the same hymn sheet, ensuring our ducks are all in the same row whilst maintaining the ability to hit the tallest nail on the head first...... ::)
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....Q? if i take my retired parents shopping does that entitle me to use the parent spaces?.......
Like the thinking. :y
I suppose its taking the helicopter view of the situation, making the point of all sing from the same hymn sheet, ensuring our ducks are all in the same row whilst maintaining the ability to hit the tallest nail on the head first...... ::)
On the Merlot again, Broocie? :D
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....Q? if i take my retired parents shopping does that entitle me to use the parent spaces?.......
Like the thinking. :y
I suppose its taking the helicopter view of the situation, making the point of all sing from the same hymn sheet, ensuring our ducks are all in the same row whilst maintaining the ability to hit the tallest nail on the head first...... ::)
On the Merlot again, Broocie? :D
Nope. Just been speaking to some of the guys from work. Really makes you think on what happens on the shop floor versus what gaffers thing what happens on the shop floor.....
Reality versus black and white.....
Explaining how a gaffer came down hard on a colleague who gave someone a warning rather than booking them for some minor nothing. Cop deamed a warning would be better heeded and likely to ensure a change of conduct, gaffer thought otherwise.
Ho Hum...
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Would I be right in thinking the manager in question hadn't done the job himself?
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....Q? if i take my retired parents shopping does that entitle me to use the parent spaces?.......
Like the thinking. :y
I suppose its taking the helicopter view of the situation, making the point of all sing from the same hymn sheet, ensuring our ducks are all in the same row whilst maintaining the ability to hit the tallest nail on the head first...... ::)
On the Merlot again, Broocie? :D
Nope. Just been speaking to some of the guys from work. Really makes you think on what happens on the shop floor versus what gaffers thing what happens on the shop floor.....
Reality versus black and white.....
Explaining how a gaffer came down hard on a colleague who gave someone a warning rather than booking them for some minor nothing. Cop deamed a warning would be better heeded and likely to ensure a change of conduct, gaffer thought otherwise.
Ho Hum...
How did said gaffer get to know about this warning? I take it there was no paperwork?