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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: LJay on 21 February 2012, 21:38:38
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My poor car is having to be very tolerant towards my blatant lack of attention to signs! ::)
Saturday night, off clubbing in Chester with friends, parked up in a car park I've used hundreds of times and off we toddle. Arrive back to collect car at 2 a.m. only to find that the car park is now locked from 11 - 6.30 at weekends! Sign is smaller than A4 with very faded print! Bugger, can see Big Blue but can't get to her! :(
Had to treat my poor car to a nice bubble bath to apologise! :-*
Today. Driving along a road that we use frequently and therefore know to be a national speed limit, within said limit as patrol car behind me. Flashing blue lights, oops! Nice Mr police man asks if I realise that it's now a 50 mph limit and I was breaking it. Apologise profusely and explain that when I drove it yesterday it was still a national and I hadn't seen any new signs. Sent on my way with the suggestion that I may like to be slightly more observant. Phew! :-[
Had a good look and the speed signs have changed but no warning of a new speed limit which they seem very fond of doing around here! :(
So that's 2 incidents this week, wonder what'll be next?? :-[
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Things come in 3's, according to Mrs TB... ...lets hope the 3rd is not serious...
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this reminds me a busy mind when driving.. :-\
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Things come in 3's, according to Mrs TB... ...lets hope the 3rd is not serious...
They certainly do, that's what got me wondering!
Hope I don't choose to ignore an important sign next time! :-[
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The car park thing is outrageous IMO. Ok don't let cars in, for whatever reason, but you can't lock people's cars in without being able to leave . >:(
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*obligatory comment about women drivers here*
;)
/me runs away.
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i fell foul of the car park thing in watford a couple of years ago... .... no obvious signs saying they REALLY close it at 11 on a sunday, by which i mean, lock it all up , with big metal fencework gates, and charge you extra to get out..... i think it was £30 or something.....
fabulous, had a meeting in the hotel next to the car park, which does not have it's own car park.... finished at 11.30, got back to find i couldn't get to the car, never mind get it out of the car park and go home....
called the number on the ticket machine, and then waited an hour or so for them to come and let me out....
no obvious warnings in the car park or in the hotel.....
rather livid....
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Which road was it Ljay?
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A5104....meant to be roadworks between Broughton and Saltney till July!
looks like theyve started by reducing the speed limit :(
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A5104....meant to be roadworks between Broughton and Saltney till July!
looks like theyve started by reducing the speed limit :(
I thought it would be that one. Looks like i'll be cutting through the Lache to visit Morrisons from now until July then. So how did Ljay get away with it, was it fluttering her eyelashes or was the copper using a bit of common sense ;)
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Bit of leg.
3 times at least thats worked now ;)
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Common sense Pete! ;)
The car park was a nightmare, they'd put up paper signs which they'd admitted had been ripped down, hence no notice it would be locked. They came out after about an hour and a half and sat in their vans to smoke their fags before finally letting us out! Rude and obnoxious, good job I was the sober one or it might have ended differently! >:(
Used the same car park on mon and more paper signs had been sellotaped up...fantastic, well done lads! >:(
Aaron, I'm not gonna call you on women driver comments for once, I've not got a leg to stand on! :( :( :(
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Bit of leg.
3 times at least thats worked now ;)
Coppers are only human ;) Leg wouldn't do it for me and i'd be issuing a ticket, now show me a bit of cleavage ::)
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Bit of leg.
3 times at least thats worked now ;)
That never works for me, maybe I should shave it first.
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Common sense Pete! ;)
The car park was a nightmare, they'd put up paper signs which they'd admitted had been ripped down, hence no notice it would be locked. They came out after about an hour and a half and sat in their vans to smoke their fags before finally letting us out! Rude and obnoxious, good job I was the sober one or it might have ended differently! >:(
Used the same car park on mon and more paper signs had been sellotaped up...fantastic, well done lads! >:(
Aaron, I'm not gonna call you on women driver comments for once, I've not got a leg to stand on! :( :( :(
I'm surprised they didn't ask for money to let you out Ljay, seems the norm these days >:(
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Aaron, I'm not gonna call you on women driver comments for once, I've not got a leg to stand on! :( :( :(
;D Is that why you didn't go for the aforementioned "bit of leg" to get out of it? ;)
The car park one is atrocious really though. And I did think of you this morning as I was driving to work (ooer ;D) - there's a long, winding, fun(!) NSL road between Ascot & Virginia Waters on my route to work which became a 50 limit around Christmas with no notice. The daft thing is that where the road crosses the Berkshire/Surrey border the 50 limit ends and it goes back to NSL..
Apparently Surrey think that road is safer than Berkshire do ;D
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Things come in 3's, according to Mrs TB... ...lets hope the 3rd is not serious...
I guess that means I'll be waiting for the hospital to phone me again to tell me they f***ed up :(
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Common sense Pete! ;)
The car park was a nightmare, they'd put up paper signs which they'd admitted had been ripped down, hence no notice it would be locked. They came out after about an hour and a half and sat in their vans to smoke their fags before finally letting us out! Rude and obnoxious, good job I was the sober one or it might have ended differently! >:(
Used the same car park on mon and more paper signs had been sellotaped up...fantastic, well done lads! >:(
Aaron, I'm not gonna call you on women driver comments for once, I've not got a leg to stand on! :( :( :(
I'm surprised they didn't ask for money to let you out Ljay, seems the norm these days >:(
It wasn't mentioned on the sign that they would but I had a feeling it would have been requested but luckily not. I was just glad it wasn't just me and there were other drivers wanting access to their cars too.
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Aaron, I'm not gonna call you on women driver comments for once, I've not got a leg to stand on! :( :( :(
;D Is that why you didn't go for the aforementioned "bit of leg" to get out of it? ;)
The car park one is atrocious really though. And I did think of you this morning as I was driving to work (ooer ;D) - there's a long, winding, fun(!) NSL road between Ascot & Virginia Waters on my route to work which became a 50 limit around Christmas with no notice. The daft thing is that where the road crosses the Berkshire/Surrey border the 50 limit ends and it goes back to NSL..
Apparently Surrey think that road is safer than Berkshire do ;D
Big Blue is the prettier of the 2 of us so left it to her charms! ;)
Strange what pops into your head on the way to work!! ;D ;D
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Bit of leg.
3 times at least thats worked now ;)
That never works for me, maybe I should shave it first.
Not in Italy though, Mark. Quite fond of hirsute ladies are our Italian friends.
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Bit of leg.
3 times at least thats worked now ;)
That never works for me, maybe I should shave it first.
Not in Italy though, Mark. Quite fond of hirsute ladies are our Italian friends.
But Mark's a bloke, calm down Opti, that said maybe he'll shave his legs for you if you ask nicely enough! ;) ;D
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I don't know Laura, leaving Blue unattended in public car parks, breaking the law............be careful or I'll have to take her back!! ::) ;D
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I don't know Laura, leaving Blue unattended in public car parks, breaking the law............be careful or I'll have to take her back!! ::) ;D
Sorry Bob! :'( :'( :'(
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Ok so incident number 3 involved a petrol station...... :-X :-X :(
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Ok so incident number 3 involved a petrol station...... :-X :-X :(
Send for LD .... ??? :)
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Ok so incident number 3 involved a petrol station...... :-X :-X :(
Send for LD .... ??? :)
If she managed to get the Diesel into the petrol filler neck then she was very determined ;) ;)
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Ok so incident number 3 involved a petrol station...... :-X :-X :(
Send for LD .... ??? :)
If she managed to get the Diesel into the petrol filler neck then she was very determined ;) ;)
She's a woman ..... always gets her own way ... so anything is possible .. :) :) :)
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Ok so incident number 3 involved a petrol station...... :-X :-X :(
Fuel 'n run? ;D
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Ok so incident number 3 involved a petrol station...... :-X :-X :(
Fuel 'n run? ;D
nah .. she's not that daft .... is she ??? :-\ :-\ :-\
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Ok so incident number 3 involved a petrol station...... :-X :-X :(
Fuel 'n run? ;D
nah .. she's not that daft .... is she ??? :-\ :-\ :-\
Who knows by my current performances?? Thinking of going blonde just so I have an excuse! ;)
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Bit of leg.
3 times at least thats worked now ;)
That never works for me, maybe I should shave it first.
Not in Italy though, Mark. Quite fond of hirsute ladies are our Italian friends.
But Mark's a bloke, calm down Opti, that said maybe he'll shave his legs for you if you ask nicely enough! ;) ;D
Now there's an idea for Newent ;)
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Ahhhhh break. :'(
Due to yesterdays fuelling issue....she's taken mine this morning :o
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Ahhhhh break. :'(
Due to yesterdays fuelling issue....she's taken mine this morning :o
Did she manage to get the wrong fuel in? If so, PM/call me and I'll talk you through sorting it ;)
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Ok so incident number 3 involved a petrol station...... :-X :-X :(
Please tell me you didn't........ :o
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Ahhhhh break. :'(
Due to yesterdays fuelling issue....she's taken mine this morning :o
I bet you're wondering what state it's going to come back in! ;)
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Have we had a confession yet? :-\
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And you lot say women are dramatic.....talk about jumping to conclusions! :P
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And you lot say women are dramatic.....talk about jumping to conclusions! :P
OK Laura, so if you didn't wrong fuel it just what DID you do? Fes up! ::)
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And you lot say women are dramatic.....talk about jumping to conclusions! :P
OK Laura, so if you didn't wrong fuel it just what DID you do? Fes up! ::)
Even I can't get diesel into a petrol filler cap, Bob. I'm not that clever! ;)
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And you lot say women are dramatic.....talk about jumping to conclusions! :P
OK Laura, so if you didn't wrong fuel it just what DID you do? Fes up! ::)
Even I can't get diesel into a petrol filler cap, Bob. I'm not that clever! ;)
I know a few women that probably could. ::)
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And you lot say women are dramatic.....talk about jumping to conclusions! :P
OK Laura, so if you didn't wrong fuel it just what DID you do? Fes up! ::)
Even I can't get diesel into a petrol filler cap, Bob. I'm not that clever! ;)
Well... whatever you did it was not driveable .. as it appears you nicked his today .....so not the wrong fuel then, must be NO fuel ...... refueled the wrong car ??? the one parked behind you ?? paid for fuel you hadn't put in ???...
::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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i wouldnt worry too much about it, when i was on recovery the statistics show somewhere near 126k do the wrong fuelling a yr
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Easy, went to fill up, had forgotten her credit card, so came back home on empty.
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Easy, went to fill up, had forgotten her credit card, so came back home on empty.
Nice theory .. but what woman checks that she has her card BEFORE making a purchase .... thats too much like common sense for the well trained "shopaholic" purchasing expert ........
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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i wouldnt worry too much about it, when i was on recovery the statistics show somewhere near 126k do the wrong fuelling a yr
More than double that now... Happens every 2.5-3 minutes nationwide ;)
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Broke the fuel cap? Or lock solenoid jammed?
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i wouldnt worry too much about it, when i was on recovery the statistics show somewhere near 126k do the wrong fuelling a yr
More than double that now... Happens every 2.5-3 minutes nationwide ;)
Thats what happens when we, as a society, tolerate stupid people, rather than shoot them.
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i wouldnt worry too much about it, when i was on recovery the statistics show somewhere near 126k do the wrong fuelling a yr
More than double that now... Happens every 2.5-3 minutes nationwide ;)
Thats what happens when we, as a society, tolerate stupid people, rather than shoot them.
I'm happy to tolerate them... It pays the bills ;) :D
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You're all looking too deep! Though I'm not too sure what that says about me to be honest! ::) ::)
Big Blue is fine, if a tad thirsty. I merely embarrassed myself! :-[ :-[ :-[
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You're all looking too deep! Though I'm not too sure what that says about me to be honest! ::) ::)
Big Blue is fine, if a tad thirsty. I merely embarrassed myself! :-[ :-[ :-[
If you were on normal form, you must have fallen over something ::) ;D
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You're all looking too deep! Though I'm not too sure what that says about me to be honest! ::) ::)
Big Blue is fine, if a tad thirsty. I merely embarrassed myself! :-[ :-[ :-[
If you were on normal form, you must have fallen over something ::) ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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You're all looking too deep! Though I'm not too sure what that says about me to be honest! ::) ::)
Big Blue is fine, if a tad thirsty. I merely embarrassed myself! :-[ :-[ :-[
If you were on normal form, you must have fallen over something ::) ;D
No! You cheeky bugger! :P :P
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Hope it wasn't anything like this. ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaxLeliIBH4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaxLeliIBH4)
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Hope it wasn't anything like this. ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaxLeliIBH4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaxLeliIBH4)
Nope, car is still intact!
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Forgot your purse maybe ::)
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Forgot your purse maybe ::)
Got out of the car and her skirt was tucked in the back of her knickers ::)
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Forgot your purse maybe ::)
Got out of the car and her skirt was tucked in the back of her knickers ::)
You're assuming I wear them! ;) ;D
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broke wind :P
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locked keys in car
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broke wind :P
Cheeky! ;D
Nope! Just embarrassed myself by queuing for ages, then joining the shortest q to fill up on the offside of the car and then not being able to get the nozzle to stretch to the filler cap! Felt about an inch tall, got in the car and drove off! :-[ :-[
Then spent the next 60 miles waiting to run out of fuel, called back to the unmanned, pay at pump petrol station at 11 p.m. only to chicken out of filling up when a car full of blokes pulled up! :-[ :-[ :( Hence going to work in Jimbob's car as didn't have time to get fuel! ;)
The speculation from you lot has been amusing though! ;D ;D
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I Would like to add thanks for all the offers of help and advice. Much appreciated.
In her defence...we have both filled up here, and many other garages on the 'wrong' side. A great queue buster normally.
Whether this was a positioning error, or shorter hose than normal, I dont know.
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I Would like to add thanks for all the offers of help and advice. Much appreciated.
In her defence...we have both filled up here, and many other garages on the 'wrong' side. A great queue buster normally.
Whether this was a positioning error, or shorter hose than normal, I dont know.
:o i see but what about the garage :o ;D
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Ahhh, that explains a lot.....so YOU have been driving a small Citroen then!
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b394/Marks_DTM_Calib/DSC00158.jpg)
;D ;D ;D ;D
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I Would like to add thanks for all the offers of help and advice. Much appreciated.
In her defence...we have both filled up here, and many other garages on the 'wrong' side. A great queue buster normally.
Whether this was a positioning error, or shorter hose than normal, I dont know.
:o i see but what about the garage :o ;D
Maybe it ws just cold! ;D ;D ;D
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I Would like to add thanks for all the offers of help and advice. Much appreciated.
In her defence...we have both filled up here, and many other garages on the 'wrong' side. A great queue buster normally.
Whether this was a positioning error, or shorter hose than normal, I dont know.
:o i see but what about the garage :o ;D
Maybe it ws just cold! ;D ;D ;D
Obviously a man thing! ::) ::)
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wifey must have parked that citroenmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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;D ;D fell asleep with my fingure on the mmm ;D ;Dwhat a knob ;D ;D
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Ahhh, that explains a lot.....so YOU have been driving a small Citroen then!
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b394/Marks_DTM_Calib/DSC00158.jpg)
;D ;D ;D ;D
Only after taking lessons from the MDTM school of motoring mishaps! :P :P :P ;)