Swine&Small wrote:

Yes ,I was broadsided by a cyclist jumping a red light. Shame was he broke his arm and not his neck.
Had the gall to ask to borrow my mobile phone and then became abusive when he failed to understand that I did not own one.
Nasty piece of work.

The first time was quite bad, crossing the road at a zebra crossing and just before I got to the other side and this dude came between a car and the pavement and ploughed into me full speed. He said “are you alright? sorry i’m Late for an interview” and proceeded on his way after seeing I was fine, he has ripped his trousers like a school kid though.

Second time I was at 4 way pelican crossing in Aldgate and he obviously jumped the lights as it wasn’t even that roads turn to go and crashed into me. He then asked what my problem was but he shut up when it was clear that I was getting visibly irritated and verging on violence.

Also saw a 8x8 tipper truck slam brakes on from 50mph trying avoid a light jumping cyclist going agonisingly slow. He did hit her but at that point he braked about half a foot after hitting her. I'm on IG: https://www.instagram.com/osloblue42/
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blackwolf wrote:

I have even met ar**hole pedestrians who give pedestrians a bad name!

Slideywindows wrote:

Had a dentist tugging at a molar tooth this afternoon.

please dont complain about dental work.

I Smashed my four back molars (to the point where my roots were also smashed) on my left side when i was 18, and to compensate, they grafted two from my right to my left.

At least when my wisdom teeth came through i had room for growth...

Still have nightmares about my teeth though... I'm on IG: https://www.instagram.com/osloblue42/
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shropshiredefender wrote:

To the recycling centre this morning with a bag full of assorted electronic gizmos.

Jobsworth on the gate (with his "I'm very important" yellow jacket) stops me and says that I need a permit to enter the site in a Land Rover.

W.T.F. "Just a few bits of old electronic stuff to get recycled surely that's not a problem?"

"Don't matter what it is you're bringing here if it's in a Land Rover you need a permit."

https://en.powys.gov.uk/cvt even applies to Series Vehicles

What a stupid attitude from Powys Council (who bombard us with incomprehensible leaflets telling us exactly what grade of plastic we can put in our recycling bin)- UNBELIEVABLE

We did have the same problem with the local recycling centre when it was run by S.I.T.A. on behalf of 3 local councils, they needed a list of everything that you intended to take and you could only have 4 permits per year. The site is now run by a different company who although the Council still requires Land Rover Defender owners to have permits do not need them. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to us off.

Richard