tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post4626014421175156557..comments2024-02-09T06:24:16.626+00:00Comments on upside down in cloud: my pink half of the drainpipeDru Marlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-82235611986506665192009-06-26T06:36:13.086+01:002009-06-26T06:36:13.086+01:00did he have vaguely Catweazelly facial hair too? -...did he have vaguely Catweazelly facial hair too? -he sounds like the chap who runs the operation; met him at CREATE. I was a bit underwhelmed when I looked around the recycling yard... the fenders seem like a very good idea, since there is an increasing number of people parking with only the vaguest of nods to the parking bay markings, meaning you have to squeeze in or out of the carDru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-51744858870697858002009-06-24T22:00:20.081+01:002009-06-24T22:00:20.081+01:00I don't think it's the poshness of the veh...I don't think it's the poshness of the vehicle that counts. I was on my way to work on Monday past the wood recycling place on Cattlemarket Road, when the wood recycling truck pulled onto the pavement in front of me with all wheels off the road and blocking both the path and the cycle path. A very young man got out; I remonstrated with him. He said, very generously, and in an accent well to the right of RP, that he had left me a space to squeeze through. I wasn't going to get into an argument about why I shouldn't have to squeeze past his filthy lorry. I phoned Parking Services. <br /><br />I picked up a brilliant idea in the motorway services on Saturday. I was idly watching some bloke fossicking with his car, not really seeking to understand what he was doing. Then it slowly dawned on me. He was attaching rubber fenders to all four doors. You know, like boat fenders. It was a little pea-green car, not very blokeish to be honest, but it was an 09 reg.bramblynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-26696610107152101492009-06-19T06:46:20.652+01:002009-06-19T06:46:20.652+01:00yes, it's that attitude that I hate too, Chris...yes, it's that attitude that I hate too, Chrissie. Though in the long term it's better to have a 'lived in' car damaged than a highly polished thing. People used to get out of the way of my Sierra estate because it was obvious that I wasn't bothered about its appearance... sadly, I find that they are less afraid of the Moggy. But they should be....<br /><br />Cruel words, Jess. I fixed that hole in the hull in hardly any time, not quite a year... it was down in the boatyard at the time though...Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-19892236476564937382009-06-18T10:23:18.529+01:002009-06-18T10:23:18.529+01:00Your neighbours are clever and perceptive.
They k...Your neighbours are clever and perceptive.<br /><br />They know that throughout history there was only ever one boat building project finished on time - and there the circumstances were, if I may beg to suggest, wholly exceptional.<br /><br />The commenter's cynicism has nothing to do with owning two boats, and growing up on (or in?) a boat yard.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16662706007938391607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-57863865578910416732009-06-18T08:05:59.390+01:002009-06-18T08:05:59.390+01:00Dru asked..."Is yours the sort of car that do...Dru asked..."Is yours the sort of car that doesn't worry too much about scratches?"<br /><br />It's a little silver Nissan Micra. Given my old job, I did inflict some damage on it myself, like a broken exhaust pipe and a broken offside mirror, both while reversing in total darkness in very confined, obstacle-strewn areas.<br /><br />Oh, and it's got a dent on the offside front wing, from when two pheasants crossing the road were knocked in front of my car by a high speed nutter coming the other way, on the road between Welshpool and Mach.<br /><br />But I try and take a pride in it, and it's the sheer "I don't give a shite about anyone else" attitude of some people that angers me...<br /><br />Sadly, when someone is like that it tends to apply to everything they do. They are not quite human, at least in my book.<br /><br />love<br />chrissie<br />xxxxchrissieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495222190059079697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-33487822767293128002009-06-18T06:52:10.195+01:002009-06-18T06:52:10.195+01:00In cutting-edge Brizzle, people have taken to park...In cutting-edge Brizzle, people have taken to parking on the pavement outside shops so they can just step inside. Not many yet, but no doubt the habit will catch on. Things that I would not have thought possible some years ago, are now so commonplace as to attract no comment.<br /><br />Here's a posh car in supermarket scenario, though it was more a protest about not being allowed to get even more shitfaced drunk than he already was, apparently.<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8060284.stm<br /><br />That must have been intensely annoying, Chrissie. Is yours the sort of car that doesn't worry too much about scratches? -even if not, it's the attitude behind the action, isn't it? I am annoyed because ours is a 'nice' neighbourhood, even nice without the quotation marks; but there is an increasing amount of selfish behaviour, chiefly from young professional types moving in.<br /><br />It's funny looking at photos of Bristol from only twenty years back, Chandira; it's striking how many fewer cars there were around even then. Of course, most students seem to have cars now, too, and cars that are posher than any I've ever owned...Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-58947504654326044392009-06-17T21:48:57.831+01:002009-06-17T21:48:57.831+01:00I love that set diagram. Sums it all up nicely.. ...I love that set diagram. Sums it all up nicely.. <br /><br />I also love your parking photos. <br /><br />We are lucky enough to have 2 off street spaces behind our house, much valued.Chandirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629463765622067086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-80348188078334787052009-06-17T09:10:50.895+01:002009-06-17T09:10:50.895+01:00"Hopefully the owner had read the notice befo..."Hopefully the owner had read the notice before discarding it, and taken note that 'antisocial' parking is actually acceptable behaviour."<br /><br />As is Littering. <br /><br />Yeah. I'm sure the owner took notice. <br /><br />Hey look up there! A flying pig!!!<br /><br />I came out of my last therapy session and walked back to my car, to find a supermarket trolly up againts the passenger door, along with some shiny new scratches. <br /><br />The trolley park was only five yards away, but the git who unloaded the trolley into their car couldn't be bothered to push it there, so just let it roll down into my car.<br /><br />Let's face it. Some people ARE serious assholes.<br /><br />love<br />chrissie<br />xxxchrissieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495222190059079697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-53371130780132253112009-06-17T08:51:46.648+01:002009-06-17T08:51:46.648+01:00Rob and I spend many happy hours watching the disa...Rob and I spend many happy hours watching the disabled parking space in the village. (It's just across from the café) It's mainly used by people with big flash cars or convertables. We've decided that they are probably mentally hadicapped. If they could park inside the co-op/postoffice/newsagents they would. If the disabled space is being used the yellow lines provide the nearest empty space for them<br /><br />The local supermarket is much better, most of the disabled places stay empty - only disabled drivers use them.Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.com