[David9694]

A new catch-all Tea Shop thread for those miscellaneous new stories that don’t quite fit with parking, crashing into buildings or trapped/prisoners in their homes. 

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[wtjs]

Storm Isha trapped Devon

Storm Isha trapped Devon millionaire’s wife in new Ferrari

Sadly, this is not quite funny enough- we need it on a beach with the tide coming in, or equivalent

[David9694]

Follow-up: not so ghostly

Follow-up: not so ghostly

Calls for crackdown on drivers using closed Ashford road Avocet Way after dog almost hit by car

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/my-dog-was-almost-hit-drivers-must-stop-mounting-pavement-300551/

[brooksby]

David9694 wrote:

Drivers ‘turn bus lane into car park’ along Stratford Road and locals say ‘it’s a problem’

Reading the article, the cars parking in the bus lane are double parking there.  So who’s parked in the actual parking spaces?  My money would be on ‘the people wot work in the shops’.

[DaiHoss]

Hermes actually out

Hermes actually out delivering parcels? That IS unusual!

 

[David9694]

Could it actually be the case

Could it actually be the case that in Devon “everybody was kung-fu fighting”?

[David9694]

Wait, what? Cars are

Wait, what? Cars are prosperity, retailers depend on cars being outside their shop. Say it ain’t so!

Drivers ‘turn bus lane into car park’ along Stratford Road and locals say ‘it’s a problem’

Drivers are parking in a a stretch of bus lane in Hall Green, causing issues

Bob Betts, from Urban Design Flowers said: “It’s a one or two hour slot and they leave their cars all day. I’ve spoken to them and they are lazy. If they get a £25 ticket, they say it’s only once every three months so it’s worth it.

“It damages our business because the customers can’t park and if we lose a customer spending £30, it’s a big loss to us.”

Another trader who did not wish to be named said: “It’s a huge problem – they just park anywhere.

“I don’t say anything because I get a mouthful of abuse and they say it’s nothing to do with me. We need more traffic wardens here – you don’t see them that often.”

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/plea-enforcement-after-drivers-turn-28478978

[Hirsute]

She looks tiny enought to

She looks tiny enought to have got out via the window.

[David9694]

Storm Isha trapped Devon

Storm Isha trapped Devon millionaire’s wife in new Ferrari

The incident reportedly caused around £50,000 worth of damage to the new yellow Ferrari

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/storm-isha-trapped-devon-millionaires-9051335

 

[Jogle]

Hirsute wrote:

Hirsute wrote:

“Normalise ridiculing Land Rover drivers”

Here’s another one from the same artist from a couple of years ago

[ktache]

Original story from a while
Original story from a while back, quite surprised he wished to publicise his tiny penis in a local rag. He had moved from one incredibly rural suburb of Birmingham to another incredibly rural area.

[Hirsute]

“Normalise ridiculing Land

“Normalise ridiculing Land Rover drivers”

[David9694]

A bit of a long read this one

A bit of a long read this one, but the story gets taller and taller as it goes along – 3 hours in Waitrose.

https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/it-s-a-bit-rich-waitrose-shopper-who-spent-over-600-on-9349194/

[andystow]

David9694 wrote:

anyone one know anything about this utopian image? New York, maybe Heath Robinson? 
 

https://www.soane.org/

Here. The Urban Anthro-Scape Above by Alexander Jeong.

[David9694]

If they do stop, it seems to

If they do stop, it seems to me they’re as likely to be a perpetrator as a knight in shining armour. 

[Hirsute]

The idea that it protects

The idea that it protects people is the same argument used against LTNs but equally discredited – as if drivers are going to notice much beyond the end of their bonnet or suddenly stop.

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