Room 101

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Smoke alarms and their batteries. Why do they always start to beep to indicate they need replacing at some unholy hour. Like 4:08 a.m. ...

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Tailgaters - stupid, dangerous and rude. I'm not a religious man, but they deserve their own circle in Hell...

 

[Al ears]

Tailgaters - stupid, dangerous and rude. I'm not a religious man, but they deserve their own circle in Hell...

I just slow down to make their life more enjoyable... 🙂

 

[WayneKerr]

I just slow down to make their life more enjoyable... 🙂

🤣 Me too.

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

Incompetent and/or, careless parking, eg:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-65008705

 

[plastic penguin]

Incompetent and/or, careless parking, eg:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-65008705

Speaking of parking, these supermarkets (and public car parks) should widen the parking bays or have dedicated bays for SUVs. The amount of times I've lugged the shopping back to the car and found some numpty has parked so close I can't open the door.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Speaking of parking, these supermarkets (and public car parks) should widen the parking bays or have dedicated bays for SUVs. The amount of times I've lugged the shopping back to the car and found some numpty has parked so close I can't open the door.

Like this, perhaps? Volvo was the latecomer, so I'm sure the guy in the Vauxhall was thrilled...

 

[plastic penguin]

Like this, perhaps? Volvo was the latecomer, so I'm sure the guy in the Vauxhall was thrilled...

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Yep, exactly like that. On many occasions I've had to go through the passenger door, not easy with a handbrake or gear knob stuck up your archipelago.

 

[plastic penguin]

Like this, perhaps? Volvo was the latecomer, so I'm sure the guy in the Vauxhall was thrilled...

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You can also just make out the faded bay lines. They are both inside their respective bays, yet modern cars swallow up every last inch

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

You can also just make out the faded bay lines. They are both inside their respective bays, yet modern cars swallow up every last inch

Cars have got progressively fatter and bays have stayed the same. People's desire to drive something tall, heavy and with barn door aerodynamics, doesn't help...

 

[WayneKerr]

Cars have got progressively fatter and bays have stayed the same. People's desire to drive something tall, heavy and with barn door aerodynamics, doesn't help...

My next car will be a Kia Picanto, or similar, for this very reason 🙂

 

[plastic penguin]

Cars have got progressively fatter and bays have stayed the same. People's desire to drive something tall, heavy and with barn door aerodynamics, doesn't help...

Well, most of these SUVs have the aerodynamics of a house brick regardless of what the brochure says.

And living in a village some SUVs/Chelsea tractors are the width of a Transit van.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

And living in a village some SUVs/Chelsea tractors are the width of a Transit van.

I've always hated them - I appreciate that for some the ease of ingress might make sense, but suspect that's a factor in 0.003% of purchases/leases.

 

[plastic penguin]

I've always hated them - I appreciate that for some the ease of ingress might make sense, but suspect that's a factor in 0.003% of purchases/leases.

This is the road I have to use to get to the shops and (ahem) pub.

So narrow if a bus comes the other way say adios to your door mirror.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

pub.

So narrow if a bus comes the other way say adios to your door mirror.

Can't say I see the point in going to the pub by car!

 

[Gray]

My next car will be a Kia Picanto, or similar, for this very reason 🙂

The woman next door to me has got one.
If nothing else it seems very reliable - and will be a lot lighter on road tax than my 2 litre Focus (but then i think most cars are 😡)

 

[plastic penguin]

Can't say I see the point in going to the pub by car!

I don't. I walk. The point I'm making is to get any food or other essentials, we have no choice but to use this road.

What makes it worse is there's an industrial estate and our railway station, so there's a quite a lot of HGVs and buses using the same 'B' road.

It's a nightmare if you're not familiar with the area.

 

[jjbomber]

Can't say I see the point in going to the pub by car!

Sometimes people get too drunk to walk home!

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

Well, most of these SUVs have the aerodynamics of a house brick regardless of what the brochure says.

And living in a village some SUVs/Chelsea tractors are the width of a Transit van.

See exactly that here in our village, after all, maybe once every few years, we see nearly an inch of snow…

 

[Al ears]

Sometimes people get too drunk to walk home!

Yes, the cars in question are called taxis....

 

[plastic penguin]

See exactly that here in our village, after all, maybe once every few years, we see nearly an inch of snow…

We're located in the Surrey hills, North Downs so we tend to erratic weather, as seen in this pic I took.

Strange thing is we live on the edge of a large common, and we have our own microclimate from the village high street half a mile away.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

My neighbour, who leaves her bin out on the street for days. Everyone else around here puts theirs away pronto, but hers can still be out four or five days (occasionally seven) after they've been emptied. Occasionally my patience wears thin and I move it into the middle of her driveway.

Not sure it's worth falling out over, but it's tempting sometimes...

 

[Gray]

My neighbour, who leaves her bin out on the street for days. Everyone else around here puts theirs away pronto, but hers can still be out four or five days (occasionally seven) after they've been emptied. Occasionally my patience wears thin and I move it into the middle of her driveway.

Not sure it's worth falling out over, but it's tempting sometimes...

If it's an empty bin, try not to let it bother you (easy to say).
Worse, where only bags are involved, is when people put them out the evening before....for foxes to tear to shreds.
That's why there's a 'not before 7a.m. on collection day' rule - meaning that you're effectively fly-tipping if earlier.

 

[jjbomber]

Worse, where only bags are involved, is when people put them out the evening before....for foxes to tear to shreds.

It's £1,000 fine around here.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

If it's an empty bin, try not to let it bother you (easy to say).

I know what you mean, and I do try. It's just that it's been going on for years, and is effectively left outside my house, not hers, as there's a bit of shared driveway.

I wouldn't mind so much, but she's the prissy type and we're as certain as we can be that if the roles were reversed, she'd be grumbling.