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But like you, they're so old.
Stick to your wheel and leave the jokes to me
But like you, they're so old.
Stick to your wheel and leave the jokes to me
And like cheese ....But like you, they're so old.
Except I followed a traffic cop car to work yesterday morning - in turn we were both following a sizable truck which had no working lights at all on the nearside (no brake, no tail & no indicator). We followed it for a solid 15 miles often as it travelled on the wrong side of the road, mounted the verge, squeezed oncoming traffic into the opposite verge by virtue of its size. Stopped? Nah, it was frosty so it simply didn't happen.Ah!!! this is one main reason I lament the low numbers of traffic patrol cars and so few bobbies on the beat................there is oh so much reliance of ANPR to catch specific legal infractions and not the misaligned/missing lamps etc (NB I wonder if there are any statistics about the Police stopping such non ANPR detected motoring offences?)
Except I followed a traffic cop car to work yesterday morning - in turn we were both following a sizable truck which had no working lights at all on the nearside (no brake, no tail & no indicator). We followed it for a solid 15 miles often as it travelled on the wrong side of the road, mounted the verge, squeezed oncoming traffic into the opposite verge by virtue of its size. Stopped? Nah, it was frosty so it simply didn't happen.
I thought it just went mouldy.And like cheese ....
They get better with age
Just incase some have missed the story... at around 4am two RAF jets were scrambled to intercept an unresponsive aircraft in UK airspace and were cleared to go supersonic. The resultant sonic boom was heard over a wide area and woke people in London. Apparently it all turned out well and they didn't have to shoot anyone down but surely anyone with a functioning brain can see the necessity to scramble the jets and get them up and there and ready to deal with anything coming our way in a situation like this?
Apparently not. There are some amazing posts on social media that are nothing short of baffling and I suppose shocking. People complaining about the RAF going supersonic over London and threatening to sue etc... blaming Boris and just about any conspiracy theory barminess you couldn't possibly dream up.
Really? Really? Really honestly truly?
What are these numb heads smoking? Are these really functioning adults complaining and seeing Tory conspiracy theories in this?
I'd like to say unbelievable but sadly in reality it's all too believable.
There are only three types of people in the world: those who can count up to two and those who can't.And no doubt they are the same people that would be equally vocal...
Same sort of people who will move near an airport, motor racing circuit, or busy road and then complain about the noise.Just incase some have missed the story... at around 4am two RAF jets were scrambled to intercept an unresponsive aircraft in UK airspace and were cleared to go supersonic. The resultant sonic boom was heard over a wide area and woke people in London. Apparently it all turned out well and they didn't have to shoot anyone down but surely anyone with a functioning brain can see the necessity to scramble the jets and get them up and there and ready to deal with anything coming our way in a situation like this?
Apparently not. There are some amazing posts on social media that are nothing short of baffling and I suppose shocking. People complaining about the RAF going supersonic over London and threatening to sue etc... blaming Boris and just about any conspiracy theory barminess you couldn't possibly dream up.
Really? Really? Really honestly truly?
What are these numb heads smoking? Are these really functioning adults complaining and seeing Tory conspiracy theories in this?
I'd like to say unbelievable but sadly in reality it's all too believable.
Same sort of people who will move near an airport, motor racing circuit, or busy road and then complain about the noise.
Some people just don't get that villages are places where people live and (even today) work. Here's a view of Newton Poppleford in East Devon that won't appear in estate agents' windows...The same neighbours also complained about the trees along the school perimeter fencing blocking their light, so we had the trees cut back & then they complained they could see the school building.......
blaming Boris and just about any conspiracy theory barminess you couldn't possibly dream up.
That sign shows the other side of the argument. Our village (and we've been here for 35 years) had a pub that was well thought of until the landlord died and was replaced by someone who can only be described as a yob. He brought in amplified music and attracted customers from outside the village who certainly weren't upstanding members of the community. That landlord moved on and was replaced by an even less salubrious bloke. Eventually the police and the council decided that enough was too much and hoiked the licence. This happened ten years ago and no one I've spoken to misses the place.Reminded me of this...
I didn't read and comments about him but there were some blaming Boris as part of a plot to divert attention away from the bridge attack. I kid you not. At the time I looked I didn't read anyone blaming Trump or linking it to the imminent NHS sell off but these things are probably there and being liked now.Don't they realise it's all Corbyn's fault.
1) How come hoodies and the like, turn themselves inside out?
2) How the hell does a duvet cover become a black hole in the washing machine, and suck in smaller ( and not so small ) items?
It's protecting socks (and other items) from being devoured by the machine.2) How the hell does a duvet cover become a black hole in the washing machine, and suck in smaller ( and not so small ) items?
WBMT? ( and other "laundry days" )
1) How come hoodies and the like, turn themselves inside out?
2) How the hell does a duvet cover become a black hole in the washing machine, and suck in smaller ( and not so small ) items?
Of course they are / were. How dare you!1) Were they all the right way out to start with?
Wanna bet ?If you do the duvet cover up it doesn't eat anything else ....
Of course they are / were. How dare you!
Wanna bet ?
I gave up with that idea after it kept undoing enough buttons to swallow a couple of pillow cases or a fitted sheet.
The damned machine is, I swear, haunted
WBMT? ( and other "laundry days" )
1) How come hoodies and the like, turn themselves inside out?
2) How the hell does a duvet cover become a black hole in the washing machine, and suck in smaller ( and not so small ) items?
Is there any other colourI take it you chuck it all in together in a grey wash then?
I suspect that they would all separate at the end of the wash cycle and possibly hang themselves out on the line too?I have wondered with a duvet cover what would happen if I put loads of things in it and then put it in the washing machine.
Same hereAm I the only one who washes duvet covers along with the rest of the bedding, but separate from any other laundry?
Ditto. But I'm also sad enough to give the washing machine a clean out using soda crystals before I get my detailing microfibre cloths in there.But by the time the duvet cover, fitted sheet and pillow cases are in there, they isn't much room for anything else.
I also wash bedding ( and towels) on a very hot wash. Not least to give the machine a good clean too
I'm not "sad enough" ( ) to have detailing cloths. A good old fashioned leather and a bucket of hot soapy water works for mebefore I get my detailing microfibre cloths in there.
I just buy new ones.Ditto. But I'm also sad enough to give the washing machine a clean out using soda crystals before I get my detailing microfibre cloths in there.
I suspect that the idea was to "repel" stains. for faster wash.Clothing fabrics have also changed to be more full of artificial fibres so do they hang onto stains more?