[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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[schlepcycling]

Hirsute wrote:

“Man with a lamp post outside his house rips out the front hedge to build a massive driveway, only to find he still has a lamp post outside his house.”

https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/people/man-calls-on-peterborough-council-to-move-lamp-post-blocking-his-drive-4128901

 

 

“How tall was the hedge if he only noticed the lamppost after removing it?”

Did he never wonder where all the light illuminating the front of his house was coming from?.

[brooksby]

David9694 wrote:

“…a number of fans on social media said they should have been exempt to normal parking rules”

I’d love to see how they seek to justify that.

“Football”, innit

[brooksby]

hawkinspeter wrote:

Bloody sinkholes, taking up all the road and not paying road tax:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/driver-trapped-sinkhole-opens-up-8421033

Ah, the joys of “local” news.  A story published on Bristol Live about something that happened in Worksop…

[brooksby]

David9694 wrote:

Letter: ‘Democracy is failing in Bath’ as residents’ views are ignored, city local claims

Bath locals are not getting a say in what happens in their own city, a resident has claimed

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/letter-democracy-failing-bath-residents-8408545

Massive swing to the Lib Dems – go cry some more, Mr Driver.

Reading that article and the language he uses, I’d wager that “Roger Whitmore, part of local action group 70percent” is also opposed to vaccines and is seriously thinking about voting for the Reclaim Party (Lawrence Fox’s bunch of nutters concerned citizens).

[David9694]

I know, it’s a slippery slop.

I know, it’s a slippery slope. 

[David9694]

driver discovers disability

driver discovers disability discrimination – and decides to use it as a way of saying all cars must be able to go absolutely everywhere 

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23513541.southampton-consultation-controversial-cemetery-bollards/

[David9694]

“…a number of fans on

“…a number of fans on social media said they should have been exempt to normal parking rules”

I’d love to see how they seek to justify that.

 

[stonojnr]

Football fans complain about
Football fans complain about getting parking tickets for parking on a yellow line
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/23510211.ipswich-45-parking-tickets-issued-promotion-party/

[hawkinspeter]

Bloody sinkholes, taking up

Bloody sinkholes, taking up all the road and not paying road tax:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/driver-trapped-sinkhole-opens-up-8421033

[David9694]

Letter: ‘Democracy is failing

Letter: ‘Democracy is failing in Bath’ as residents’ views are ignored, city local claims

Bath locals are not getting a say in what happens in their own city, a resident has claimed

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/letter-democracy-failing-bath-residents-8408545

Massive swing to the Lib Dems – go cry some more, Mr Driver.

Drivers face three weeks of road closure hell in Taunton as key route shuts

The road will be closed overnight for resurfacing

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/drivers-face-three-weeks-road-8411506

hell, I tells ya

[David9694]

methu parcio yno ffrind
 

methu parcio yno ffrind
 

[Jogle]

Disbelief as van snared by
[b]Disbelief as van snared by bollards in North Wales seaside resort[/b]

One bystander wrote:

The posts are there to stop traffic but, as they are black, they are not easily seen.

Yes, it’s all because the bollard wasn’t wearing hi-viz. And I bet it wasn’t wearing a helmet either!

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/disbelief-van-snared-bollards-north-26854015

[David9694]

Cyclists should pay road tax

Cyclists should pay road tax and have an mot and insurance  

…it transpired that the car in question had no insurance, its MOT had expired 12 months ago and had not been taxed since May 2022.

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/speeding-cornwall-driver-no-insurance-8420867

[David9694]

cyclists should be made to

cyclists should be made to have a registration plate 

Ferrari driver fined by Wiltshire Police for missing items 

https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/23503301.ferrari-driver-fined-wiltshire-police-missing-items/

[David9694]

“According to First buses, an

“According to First buses, an investigation has been launched in order to find out what the cause of the incident was.”

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/bus-smashes-railway-bridge-bath-8414779

you crashed into a bridge – £10 please

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