[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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[Hirsute]

Eh?
 

Eh?

 

[brooksby]

Its surprising that the Wales

Its surprising that the Wales Online website hadn’t checked something as fundamental as that before clicking on ‘publish’… 

[Rendel Harris]

Hmm, it’s a 19-year-old car

Hmm, it’s a 19-year-old car and the interior is now waterlogged because she didn’t bother to stick, or get her partner/kids to stick, a binliner over the damage for 24 hours? Sounds like somebody is angling for the “so much damage it’s not worth repairing, we’ll replace” angle? Also, according to the DVLA, no vehicle with that reg plate exists, so there’s something decidedly fishy going on…

[David9694]

Is that the same for hire

Is that the same for hire jobbie that wrecked Remembrance Day oop north?

[Hirsute]

Seasonal one.
Seasonal one.
Not a good ad for armoured personnel carriers though !
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-64082342

[David9694]

Woman claims Wales and West

Woman claims Wales and West Utilities won’t pay to fix her car smashed by road sign

so your street parked “life”, “pride and joy” had two flat tyres when this happened and you’ve decided not to get the the glass done, even. 

‘The 37-year-old said: “My car was undriveable at the time because I had two flat tyres and I had warned them: ‘Please don’t put your stuff so close to my car, it’s a custom car, it’s expensive, it’s my pride and joy, it’s my life because I’m disabled and I have got three kids.

“All I want is exactly what I had prior to the damage, and that’s what I’m entitled to. I’ve not had a car for weeks now, I’ve got three children and my partner works nights. It is not ideal before Christmas. What am I supposed to do? I’ve got to run around in taxis now. It’s ridiculous.

…I’ve been fobbed off with them telling me: ‘We’re not happy with this, we’re not happy with that’. I’m not being funny, but it’s all there to see.

“I’m not asking for a new gearbox, new mirrors, new wheels, nothing, but the problem is, the car does have to be resprayed so it’s matching. The window needs sorting. The inside of the car is pretty waterlogged now because it was left for a whole 24 hours. Because my garage is the only place which has the custom paint, they were not happy with the cost…”‘

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/woman-claims-wales-west-utilities-25815916?int_source=nba

[ktache]

Wouldn’t filling the void

Wouldn’t filling the void with huge amounts of concrete and aggregate be an effective solution?

And what on earth is wrong with running more freight trains?…

[SaveTheWail]

Yes, their interpretation is

Yes, their interpretation is along the lines of ‘I’m using this access-only road to access where I want to get to on the other side of it.’

[brooksby]

SaveTheWail wrote:

The renewal of a railway bridge is going to cause gridlock:

(Local Facebook pages are full of people trying to reinterpret what ‘Access Only’ means, to suit their own agenda; conspiracy theories – the crack in the bridge is fictitious/they’re only renewing it so they can run loads of extra freight trains; ‘but emergency services’, ‘how will I get the kids to school’, etc. etc.)

https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/transport/public-pressure-forces-network-rail-to-update-major-whaley-bridge-repair-plans-3964315

In my experience, many drivers interpret ‘access only’ as ‘its fine because I want to go that way’.

[SaveTheWail]

The renewal of a railway

The renewal of a railway bridge is going to cause gridlock:

(Local Facebook pages are full of people trying to reinterpret what ‘Access Only’ means, to suit their own agenda; conspiracy theories – the crack in the bridge is fictitious/they’re only renewing it so they can run loads of extra freight trains; ‘but emergency services’, ‘how will I get the kids to school’, etc. etc.)

https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/transport/public-pressure-forces-network-rail-to-update-major-whaley-bridge-repair-plans-3964315

[David9694]

Some demolition of dragon’s

Some demolition of dragon’s teeth required. Another job for a daisy chain of cycle helmets. 

[AlsoSomniloquism]

Smart for a dog, shame it

Smart for a dog, shame it still hasn’t learnt how to spell Labour. 

[Simon E]

Earlier this month a dog

Earlier this month a dog ‘drove’ a Jeep across the road into a neighbour’s car in Gronant, Flintshire. Caught on a doorbell camera earlier this month, it seems the dog jumped into the car and knocked it out of gear.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/paris/doorbell-camera-catches-moment-dog-drives-jeep-before-crashing-into-parked-car/vi-AA15dvq2

[Hirsute]

Shunted back by the 2.5T

Shunted back by the 2.5T range rover is my guess

[David9694]

The white car … how? 

The white car … how? 

[Author]

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