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So what you’re saying is you

So what you’re saying is you gave it up because you got two tyred with it?

[Sorry – someone had to]

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David9694 wrote:

brooksby wrote:

David9694 wrote:

“You see people watching out of their windows and spying to see when cars leave in Albert Street and Victoria Street then rushing out and calling their friends to say: ‘I have got a space.’

Is Whitstable too big to cycle around, then?

I just wondered where the car was parked before the other person drove off. 

It wasn’t – people are circling for days, just waiting for their ‘spotter’ to call them with the good news.

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I am admiring the superbly

I am admiring the superbly unnecessary precision of

More than  94.6% of journeys using the Dartford Crossing are paid correctly and on time

though.

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Pub bike wrote:

 That is a big political argument for never raising the duty

Not really – it’s an argument for paying care workers properly so that they can afford it.

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David9694 wrote:

Two men from the Council are booking into it 

Must be a very big sinkhole. How long are they staying?

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David9694 wrote:

“Tinderbox Britain” it says on the front of the Daily Mail today

Their new advertising campaign? After all, kindling seems about as good a use for it as anything.

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To be fair, they never said

To be fair, they never said it was a good example…

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Point of pedantry order:

Point of pedantry order: issuing a travel alert doesn’t necessarily equate to telling you not to travel to the country. The advice just says to keep aware of what’s going on and avoid areas where there’s trouble.

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Ah – reading comprehension

Ah – reading comprehension fail on my part (partly due to confusing quote – the ’24 hours a day’ bit was irrelevant) – I’d thought the restrictions were continuous, but work was only 7am-6pm.

So basically they’re complaining that it’s restricted every day but they’re not working every day? But they may not know ahead of time which days they are going to be working, so it’s simpler all round to say it’s suspended every day, rather than chopping and changing at short notice.

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Hirsute wrote:

“The thing is, they’re not working seven days a week, 24 hours a day, so why do they need no parking seven days a week?”

Probably because they don’t want to waste the first couple of hours of each working day getting the cars that have been left there ignoring the restrictions removed.

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The way I’m reading it, she

The way I’m reading it, she went in to the shop, he was still in the car with the child. It’s not clear why he was unaware of the ticket – maybe he was asleep as well as the child…

If we go out and park anywhere, I’m terrified. If we are over a line or anything, we have got to park right in the middle. That’s what they’ve said to us.

It’s just a lack of humanity.

Umm – that is generally how parking’s supposed to work – did she think the lines were just there for decoration?

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Bloody muntjacs – appearing

Bloody muntjacs – appearing out of nowhere and speeding through red lights. They need to be licensed and made to wear hi viz.

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Well you couldn’t reasonably

Well you couldn’t reasonably expect them to park somewhere else and then walk to the location, could you.

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BBC arranging crashes for TV:

BBC arranging crashes for TV:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lkylk3e0go

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Don’t think much of their

Don’t think much of their Kickstarter offer: “Get 20%” – what good is that without the other 80%?

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