[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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[haruto]

I had major issues before I

I had major issues before I got a waterproof car seat cover. Every time it rained or I took my dog out, the seats would end up soaked and muddy. Spills from coffee or water bottles left stains that were hard to clean and made the car smell musty. Since I didn’t have any protection, the fabric wore out quickly. That’s why I switched to the Stablela waterproof cover for car seat – now everything stays clean, dry, and easy to wipe down.

[David9694]

Well, having criticised the

Well, having criticised the driver, this commenter has a go at the Dilbert “Bigger Picture Manoeuvre”:

But is there a lack of parking space in the area?

How difficult it is getting to park even outside your house now so there’s a bigger picture

[chrisonabike]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

’m almost disappointed that none of the BTL comments so far is saying “but he might have a disability/he probably doesn’t have anywhere else to leave it”.

They were not being anti-social by blocking the road?  It was an emergency?  I had to attend to a sudden call of nature / family emergency (phone call)?  I was only making a delivery / dropping off?  It was just a minute or two … ?

[mdavidford]

PCSO should have responded

PCSO should have responded “Really? Exactly how many times have you parked here?” And then issued him that many tickets.

[David9694]

How much and for how long

How much and for how long does a driver have to take the piss before the police will act? 

‘I always park here’ says driver who blocked footpath forcing children into road

The motorist was ridiculed online by social media commenters

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/i-always-park-here-says-10396245?int_source=nba

I’m almost disappointed that none of the BTL comments so far is saying “but he might have a disability/he probably doesn’t have anywhere else to leave it”.

[Mr Blackbird]

It sounds much more serious
It sounds much more serious having taken place in a pretty Cotswolds market town.
Had the row happened in a Teesside industrial town it would have fitted in nicely and even been expected.

[mdavidford]

David9694 wrote:

so anyway, has anyone waxed their chain lately? 

Absolutely, but you’re surely not claiming that as an American import?

[Oh, wait – did you say ‘chain’…?]

[David9694]

chrisonabike wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Hot diggety dawg!

Yeehaw!

so anyway, has anyone waxed their chain lately? 

[the little onion]

It was – and this will come

It was – and this will come as absolutely no surprise at all to anyone who regularly sees bad driving in West Yorkshire – a black hatchback Audi with blacked out windows. It’s the straight-from-central-casting car which drives itself into buildings in West Yorkshire.

 

Edit: Absolute classic quote from the article, of a local man who witness the incident “James added: “It wasn’t a shock because it happens so often.””

[David9694]

James added: “It wasn’t a

James added: “It wasn’t a shock because it happens so often.”

[wtjs]

this will come as absolutely

this will come as absolutely no surprise at all to anyone who regularly sees bad driving in West Yorkshire – a black hatchback Audi with blacked out windows

They sometimes come over the Border. Hierarchy of Road Users? What Hierarchy of Road Users? MF67 VEP

https://upride.cc/incident/mf67vep_audi_hierarchydenial/

https://upride.cc/incident/cd10wer_audiq7_closerpass/

https://upride.cc/incident/hk64pzt_audiq5_dwlcross/     White is just as bad

https://upride.cc/incident/st23fhf_audi_closepass/

https://upride.cc/incident/k7ddy_audia4_redlightpass/

https://upride.cc/incident/yh66utp_audia1_handheldmobile/     etc.etc

Never mind the hordes without MOT, VED etc

[chrisonabike]

the little onion wrote:

the little onion wrote:

This car apparently “smashed like fury” into a wall outside a large school in Bradford.

Sure it was a car?

[Rendel Harris]

Also a proper noun: perhaps

Also a proper noun: perhaps they simply neglected to capitalise and meant smashed like Tyson Fury.

[hawkinspeter]

the little onion wrote:

Not only are cars sentient and able to drive themselves into walls, but they have now evolved emotions. This car apparently “smashed like fury” into a wall outside a large school in Bradford

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/25361735.car-smashed-like-fury-wall-off-bradford-road-bingley/ 

“Fury” can also be a noun – the furies are chthonic goddesses of vengeance that like to wear squirrel suits, though I might be confusing “furies” with “furries”.

(They appear in The Sandman, but prefer to be called “The Kindly Ones”)

[the little onion]

Not only are cars sentient

Not only are cars sentient and able to drive themselves into walls, but they have now evolved emotions. This car apparently “smashed like fury” into a wall outside a large school in Bradford

 

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/25361735.car-smashed-like-fury-wall-off-bradford-road-bingley/ 

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