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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443   
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Bet you do when that BMW driver wears a peaked hat and has blue flashing lights
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6th Jul 2012 7:53am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 19665 
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Know what that's like came across a trio of un-marked coppers yesterday that went steaming past the last two had no siren or lights and the first one (black BM) just two little blues in the front and rear grille and a silly sounding siren that sounded like a burgular alarm and all this whilst they're over taking about 80
 I was also lucky enough to see the speed sign in front where the limit is 30 it's just there to show you I assume but it was 65 68mph when they went through  Diesel$ Live$ Matter. ⛽️🛢️👨🔧🧰⚙️ RED, WHITE & BOOST! 🇬🇧 |
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6th Jul 2012 10:59am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10367
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BAD; 2 weeks off work, with record levels of rainfall.
GOOD; 2 weeks off work, with record levels of rainfall. |
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6th Jul 2012 11:25am |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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was not cops - they were way too close for an advanced driver
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6th Jul 2012 12:44pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443
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I had some advanced drivers follow me once who were under training when I was a student on a farm. I was bale carting at the time and my route went along a certain main road with a steep hill and half way up driving an old nail of a tractor I missed a gear
 found one quickly but was a little enthusiastic regaining forward momentum I didn't realise that I'd transferred one of my big bales of straw to the bonnet of their fancy Ford Granada untill they pulled me up about half a mile up the road....................only to tell me to clear the bale off the verge where they'd put it and they would say no more about it as the instructor said that it had given the trainee a valuable lesson on driving too close to the vehicle in front  |
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6th Jul 2012 12:59pm |
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| RobKeay Member Since: 19 Jul 2009 Location: Stafford Posts: 1568 
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I am always grumpy about the police. The drivers round here are very bad. They think their some kind of road gods in A4's. A few years back they let my 90 go while chasing it. They have a very strange attitude which only a traffic policemen has.
My other gripe is people on the front desk at the doctors or the council, what's the matter with them. If my office dealt with our customers like that, I wouldn't have to sack them because they wouldn't be there because we'd have no work. I have no idea how you change people out looks but someone needs to. |
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6th Jul 2012 1:38pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8578
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At least the "yoghurt pot and string" phone worked as a phone!
Grey colour cars, heavy rain, fog/low cloud = no need for lights! Brendan |
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6th Jul 2012 5:31pm |
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| bm52 Member Since: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2189 
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got up - showered - went out.
go caught in a extremely heavy rain and was literally soaked to the bone, even did a Gene Kelly dance-ette in the huge puddles; couldn't have been any wetter if i had been swimming fully clothed. got home - showered again BM52 |
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7th Jul 2012 10:02am |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8578
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@RobKeay I'm grumpy about the police too. I was grumpy on Monday because we had a break in at work and 9 laptops went. Tuesday we were told by a child that her father had been offered one of them for sale in a local shop so we told the police - has anything happened? Nope! don't particularly want the laptops back now, just want the scrotes who did it caught and their route for fencing things closed.
Barbara |
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7th Jul 2012 11:28am |
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| BigRuss Member Since: 15 May 2010 Location: Norfolk Posts: 2785 
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Bloody neighbours and estates!!! And not the tv show!
Just had a knock at the door, can you move your car please! The defender is parked on the road outside my front door. The problem is simple, with my car parked on the road, he cant park his car outside his house on the other side of the road! I did ask why he didn't park one of his cars in his garage like he does at the weekend? But that's to much trouble in the mornings for him and his wife to have to get cars out of the garage every. Morning like everyone else does! What a prick  Russell
2011MY 110 XS USW Black |
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11th Jul 2012 6:31pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11240 
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Did you tell him to, er, go away? Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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11th Jul 2012 6:43pm |
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| BigRuss Member Since: 15 May 2010 Location: Norfolk Posts: 2785
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After telling him to try using his garage I pointed out that I am parked on a public highway which I'm not blocking
But it's ok because he doesn't want to start an argument  Russell
2011MY 110 XS USW Black |
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11th Jul 2012 8:57pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069
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Russ - you can always leave your truck at mine
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12th Jul 2012 7:30am |
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| BigRuss Member Since: 15 May 2010 Location: Norfolk Posts: 2785
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You don't need anymore reasons to leave yours in the garage as it is
Russell
2011MY 110 XS USW Black |
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12th Jul 2012 8:52am |
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