Rant Thread

[Wack61]

It's normally taxi drivers in Lane 3 doing 65mph especially on the M23 in their 7 year old Prius... The batteries must be shot by now and just contributing to the pollution problem by being dead weight and difficult to recycle.

pre covid I read on another forum , a guy got a taxi to work in london about 3 times a week for 5 years , it was always a prius and not one trip was on electric , they bought them for the free congestion zone bonus but only ever intended to run them on petrol

lets face it, a minicab driver working in London is unlikely to have access to off street parking and no time to charge it up when working

 

[midlifecrisis]

I read last year that Black Cabbies in London want the MOT rules changed to check the that batteries work on hybrids because a survey of some sort said that something like 80% of Prius's working in London for Uber have no hybrid abilities and therefore shouldn't be exempt the congestion charge.

They have a very good point!

 

[Simon1963]

I have come to believe that this type of behaviour is typically British, I have always thought the continental drivers are so much better, they have good lane control, maintain safe speeds and distances and seem to get around much better. Since moving here I find it the same, drivers are much more courteous and if your going quicker then them they move over to make too to pass. Certainly don't miss UK driving and when I do come back I just think WTF.

Obviously this doesn't apply to Dublin but that's Dubs for you

Your spot on there zagatoes. I love driving on the continent. You can easy do a 500 mile trip in a day without any hassle or stress. You can eat well at the service stations. Like you say lane discipline is good and considering most of the motorway network in France is just two lanes I’ve only occasionally been held up at the pay stations. Get off the euro tunnel and I’m usually pi553d off by the time I hit the M25.

 

[Wattie]

Am I the only one that looks at this and thinks, this is is laughable, ridiculous?
Farcical.


They’ve both been double vaccinated (apparantly) haven’t they?

Perfect opportunity to show the world the difference being vaccinated makes....shake hands ffs!

Totally fecked it.

 

[philw696]

When I was a lad Wattie you got a clip around the ear for hands in pockets and have never done it since.
He just looks so scruffy.

 

[Wattie]

When I was a lad Wattie you got a clip around the ear for hands in pockets and have never done it since.
He just looks so scruffy.
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Agreed mate mine were stitched up.....

(Confucius say - Man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day.
Man with two holes in pocket....he no feel too cocky)

......and I hope he’s washed that jacket cos the risk of infection having been touched must be off the scale.....

and they’re within 1.5m now!

Honestly what a joke. We are all being MUGGED.

 

[philw696]

Wait till Boden sees him go for a run

 

[Wattie]

Wait till Boden sees him go for a run
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Honestly and now they’re giving away hundreds of millions of jabs......what so we can all elbow tap?
Beyond ridiculous and don’t get me started on the cdc emergency meeting on vaccines and heart swelling in young people.

 

[Felonious Crud]

Sad

Your spot on there zagatoes. I love driving on the continent. You can easy do a 500 mile trip in a day without any hassle or stress. You can eat well at the service stations. Like you say lane discipline is good and considering most of the motorway network in France is just two lanes I’ve only occasionally been held up at the pay stations. Get off the euro tunnel and I’m usually pi553d off by the time I hit the M25.

I very much look forward to getting back to driving in continental Europe, hopefully this summer.

Yes, yes, I know this is the whinging little ***** thread, so if anyone wants to complain that I was positive on a thread of doom, negativity and whining then knock yourselves out. I don't mind.

 

[philw696]

You're always welcome this side of the Channel Bond and I can report the roads are still exceptional.
Could do with the yellow vests destroying the speed cameras again and removing the toll barriers

 

[CatmanV2]

You're always welcome this side of the Channel Bond and I can report the roads are still exceptional.
Could do with the yellow vests destroying the speed cameras again and removing the toll barriers

France is very high on our list of Mexico alternates if at all possible.

C

 

[Oishi]

@&*!$#)%stupidmanagers#&""@#!$^feckinglazymanagers&^%)(*dumbfucks@#^%$#!!!!

 

[CatmanV2]

@&!$#)%stupidmanagers#&""@#!$^feckinglazymanagers&^%)(dumbfucks@#^%$#!!!!

A good day, then?

C

 

[zagatoes30]

@&!$#)%stupidmanagers#&""@#!$^feckinglazymanagers&^%)(dumbfucks@#^%$#!!!!

We all have days like that

 

[CatmanV2]

We all have days like that

Well, certainly my teams do

C

 

[philw696]

Decided I'm not having those days anymore just paddling my own canoe.

 

[MarkMas]

Decided I'm not having those days anymore just paddling my own canoe.

@&!$#)%stupidclients#&""@#!$^feckinglazycustomers&^%)(dumbfucks@#^%$#!!!!

 

[philw696]

@&!$#)%stupidclients#&""@#!$^feckinglazycustomers&^%)(dumbfucks@#^%$#!!!!

Still paddling on my own

 

[D Walker]

Getting my test to release test money refunded....
After all it is 21 on Saturday and I still haven’t had a result......

 

[GeoffCapes]

Buses. Bloody great double decker things driving down country lanes.

Just because they're bigger than you they think it is ok to take up most of the road, including your side!
Nearly ended up in a ditch because of one of those gits this morning!