Rant thread

[CanaBull]

19 minutes ago, ckn said:

On my subject of rubbish flags, I drive past this house with an English flag out front about twice a week. It’s usually grey and faded red with England across the horizontal centre bar. Today I noticed that the flag has finally frayed down to just “En” and a bit of “g” left on it.  It’s literally around 1/3 of a flag left.

Oh come on... you’d struggle to be less respectful if you got an English flag, wiped your bum with it outside Bucks Palace then fed it through a shredder. 

Pet peeve right there.  The maintenance folks where I work gave me the proper dirties for making them change the fraying flag out front just before Christmas.  Wasn’t as if it was really cold.

[Jeff Stein]

Traditional joined up thinking. Our line into London is shut this weekend for yet more engineering works so it is a tedious trip instead on the rail replacement bus. Fortunately one of the utilities has decided to make things even more enjoyable by choosing this weekend to dig up the approach road to the station and put in a threeway traffic light system, which paralyses the town even on a Sunday morning. Given that for the last two years the railway has been shut at weekends for 6-7 months every year, surely it could not have come as a shock that this might be the case?

[Bearman]

A few weeks ago I took a wrong turning coming out of Odsal and heading South. ( I was delirious having spent too much time being poisoned by the Yorkshire experience)

Last Tuesday I took the same journey and took particular care of where I was going and made sure I read the road signs so that I did not prolong the agony of being in that strange county.

It is about 14 miles ftom Bradford ( Yorkshire pendants will correct me if I am half an inch out) and here is what I found.

Every road in Yorkshire leads to somewhere in Yorkshire.

If you want to get out of Yorkshire ( which believe me I really did) you have to know the geography of Yorkshire. For instance, if you want to go to Lancashire ( which is actually the closest civilised place in the universe to Yorkshire) you have to know that you have to head for Halifax......( I know, where?) Why on earth would anyone want to go to Halifax? (Well to escape from Yorkshire obviously).

If you wanted to head North to the glorious delights of Edinburgh and Scotland or the fantastic Newcastle you need to know that Leeds is on the way.

Should you feel the need to get to foreignland then, of course Hull is the conduit.

But, what if you wanted to go to London, Paris, Rome or heaven forbid anywhere South?

Well,  of course that is FOREIGNLAND. So, first you need to head for Hull.Then eventually, you will come to a a sign that says "M1, the South and ( that big city in the South.....No, not Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry, Birmingham or even London) but  WAKEFIELD of couse" .

But, I had the last laugh cos I got a home run and escaped their dastardly clutches.

 

 

 

Edited February 11, 2019 by Bearman

[Bleep1673]

A Long Long time ago I was heading back to normal civilisation, west across the Pennines, after a game, with the M62 closed because of a little bit of drizzle (OK 3 foot of snow), so I went via the A roads. I Crashed my car into a snowdrift, and spent 22 hours in 1985 (before mobiles phones) freezing my knughts off, thanks to WY Rescue, GM Rescue commended them, but said they would have searched the roads we were on 10 hours earlier.

It was a good job I had started work in the NHS, & had 2x space sheets in my car, plus a few other life saving H2O etc

[Phil]

17 hours ago, Bearman said:

 

Halifax......( I know, where?) Why on earth would anyone want to go to Halifax? (Well to escape from Yorkshire obviously).

 

 

 

 

 

Whoa sunshine, let me stop you right there, that’s my town you’re talking about. 

We got Dean Clough, the Piece Hall, Halifax Minster, on the edges of town we have Shibden Hall we have several old Halls built in the unique style which caused them to be termed “Halifax Houses”

We have high moors and deep wooded valleys

We have it all 

[Futtocks]

2 minutes ago, Phil said:

Whoa sunshine, let me stop you right there, that’s my town you’re talking about. 

We got Dean Clough, the Piece Hall, Halifax Minster, on the edges of town we have Shibden Hall we have several old Halls built in the unique style which caused them to be termed “Halifax Houses”

We have high moors and deep wooded valleys

We have it all 

I've only been to the Piece Hall once, many years before the restoration job, and it was a bit shabby. The recent photos I've seen are stunning! Are plenty of businesses populating the retail/catering spaces now?

[Bearman]

21 minutes ago, Phil said:

Whoa sunshine, let me stop you right there, that’s my town you’re talking about. 

We got Dean Clough, the Piece Hall, Halifax Minster, on the edges of town we have Shibden Hall we have several old Halls built in the unique style which caused them to be termed “Halifax Houses”

We have high moors and deep wooded valleys

We have it all 

You are forgetting the other claim to fame that Halifax has.It was home to the invention of the guillotine.

What is less well known is that the local populace volunteered in their droves to test it. Anything to put themselves out of their misery of living in Halifax!

[Jacko45]

18 hours ago, Bearman said:

A few weeks ago I took a wrong turning coming out of Odsal and heading South. ( I was delirious having spent too much time being poisoned by the Yorkshire experience)

Last Tuesday I took the same journey and took particular care of where I was going and made sure I read the road signs so that I did not prolong the agony of being in that strange county.

It is about 14 miles ftom Bradford ( Yorkshire pendants will correct me if I am half an inch out) and here is what I found.

Every road in Yorkshire leads to somewhere in Yorkshire.

If you want to get out of Yorkshire ( which believe me I really did) you have to know the geography of Yorkshire. For instance, if you want to go to Lancashire ( which is actually the closest civilised place in the universe to Yorkshire) you have to know that you have to head for Halifax......( I know, where?) Why on earth would anyone want to go to Halifax? (Well to escape from Yorkshire obviously).

If you wanted to head North to the glorious delights of Edinburgh and Scotland or the fantastic Newcastle you need to know that Leeds is on the way.

Should you feel the need to get to foreignland then, of course Hull is the conduit.

But, what if you wanted to go to London, Paris, Rome or heaven forbid anywhere South?

Well,  of course that is FOREIGNLAND. So, first you need to head for Hull.Then eventually, you will come to a a sign that says "M1, the South and ( that big city in the South.....No, not Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry, Birmingham or even London) but  WAKEFIELD of couse" .

But, I had the last laugh cos I got a home run and escaped their dastardly clutches.

 

 

 

Don't worry pal we don't want to keep you here with your terrible driving, best book some lessons or stop driving if it's a bit hard for you.

[terrywebbisgod]

18 hours ago, Bearman said:

A few weeks ago I took a wrong turning coming out of Odsal and heading South. ( I was delirious having spent too much time being poisoned by the Yorkshire experience)

Last Tuesday I took the same journey and took particular care of where I was going and made sure I read the road signs so that I did not prolong the agony of being in that strange county.

It is about 14 miles ftom Bradford ( Yorkshire pendants will correct me if I am half an inch out) and here is what I found.

Every road in Yorkshire leads to somewhere in Yorkshire.

If you want to get out of Yorkshire ( which believe me I really did) you have to know the geography of Yorkshire. For instance, if you want to go to Lancashire ( which is actually the closest civilised place in the universe to Yorkshire) you have to know that you have to head for Halifax......( I know, where?) Why on earth would anyone want to go to Halifax? (Well to escape from Yorkshire obviously).

If you wanted to head North to the glorious delights of Edinburgh and Scotland or the fantastic Newcastle you need to know that Leeds is on the way.

Should you feel the need to get to foreignland then, of course Hull is the conduit.

But, what if you wanted to go to London, Paris, Rome or heaven forbid anywhere South?

Well,  of course that is FOREIGNLAND. So, first you need to head for Hull.Then eventually, you will come to a a sign that says "M1, the South and ( that big city in the South.....No, not Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry, Birmingham or even London) but  WAKEFIELD of couse" .

But, I had the last laugh cos I got a home run and escaped their dastardly clutches.

 

 

 

Why would anyone want to head south to places like coventry when they're full of whining tarts like you!

[Bob8]

54 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:

Don't worry pal we don't want to keep you here with your terrible driving, best book some lessons or stop driving if it's a bit hard for you.

 

24 minutes ago, terrywebbisgod said:

Why would anyone want to head south to places like coventry when they're full of whining tarts like you!

At to think Yorkshire people are known for their cheerful and easy going nature!

[Phil]

1 hour ago, Bearman said:

You are forgetting the other claim to fame that Halifax has.It was home to the invention of the guillotine.

What is less well known is that the local populace volunteered in their droves to test it. Anything to put themselves out of their misery of living in Halifax!

Only cos you got away

[Mister Ting]

2 hours ago, Phil said:

Whoa sunshine, let me stop you right there, that’s my town you’re talking about. 

We got Dean Clough, the Piece Hall, Halifax Minster, on the edges of town we have Shibden Hall we have several old Halls built in the unique style which caused them to be termed “Halifax Houses”

We have high moors and deep wooded valleys

We have it all 

Sorry Phil,

We have high moors and deep wooded valleys. Halifax is the bottocks of the Calder Valley, Brighouse is the ####...

Halifax looks a bit too much like the rest of West Yorkshire.

[Bleep1673]

13 hours ago, Phil said:

Whoa sunshine, let me stop you right there, that’s my town you’re talking about. 

We got Dean Clough, the Piece Hall, Halifax Minster, on the edges of town we have Shibden Hall we have several old Halls built in the unique style which caused them to be termed “Halifax Houses”

We have high moors and deep wooded valleys

We have it all 

Including four main roads out of there, that's the main point.

[Bleep1673]

The only time I have been to Halifax (Twice), once was to go to Colin Dixons pub on the way back from Castleford, and another to see Swinton beat the cahoonies out of 'Fax

[Phil]

3 hours ago, Bleep1673 said:

and another to see Swinton beat the cahoonies out of 'Fax

Must have been in 19hundred and frozen to death 

[ckn]

Driving into London today and there was one of those people who deserve to have their driving licenses removed and permanently inserted somewhere painful darting in and out of lanes at silly speeds and relying on the defensive driving of others not to cause an accident.  Normally I just sigh and put it down to these bloody southerners and their awful driving.  Today's was made worse by it being a brand new car with trade plates on, it still had the delivery tape over the bumpers and edges of the wing mirrors suggesting it was either on dealership testing or being delivered to its first owner.

Just pathetic, a shocking lack of respect for someone's investment in five figures worth of new car.  They not only deserve to have their driving license removed and inserted somewhere painful, they deserve to be given their license back once they've excreted it but forced to drive no newer than a 20 year old 1.0 Ford Fiesta that's been downgraded to the power of an asthmatic chihuahua.

[Bleep1673]

Go to sleep now Bleep

Edited February 12, 2019 by Bleep1673

[Bleep1673]

3 hours ago, Phil said:

Must have been in 19hundred and frozen to death 

1980's

 

[Bleep1673]

58 minutes ago, ckn said:

Driving into London today and there was one of those people who deserve to have their driving licenses removed and permanently inserted somewhere painful darting in and out of lanes at silly speeds and relying on the defensive driving of others not to cause an accident.  Normally I just sigh and put it down to these bloody southerners and their awful driving.  Today's was made worse by it being a brand new car with trade plates on, it still had the delivery tape over the bumpers and edges of the wing mirrors suggesting it was either on dealership testing or being delivered to its first owner.

Just pathetic, a shocking lack of respect for someone's investment in five figures worth of new car. 

Welcome to London. I lived there for 20 years, and found their driving as impossible as their language in the take aways.

London is nearly as impossible as New Dheli

[Bleep1673]

I wouldn't drive in London even if my life depended on it. Tube, Train, Bus, Taxi (At last most), tram (if in area), DLR, Overground & TfL rail. Blooming heck.

I used to live in Uxbridge, (Use Maps), and I didn't have a car for 25 years, except when I hired one.

[ckn]

5 minutes ago, Bleep1673 said:

I wouldn't drive in London even if my life depended on it. Tube, Train, Bus, Taxi (At last most), tram (if in area), DLR, Overground & TfL rail. Blooming heck.

I used to live in Uxbridge, (Use Maps), and I didn't have a car for 25 years, except when I hired one.

The North Circular is my limit, inside I'll go by train, outside I'll drive.

[Bleep1673]

5 hours ago, ckn said:

The North Circular is my limit, inside I'll go by train, outside I'll drive.

They have declared NCR the worst road for traffic jams

[gingerjon]

14 hours ago, ckn said:

Driving into London today and there was one of those people who deserve to have their driving licenses removed and permanently inserted somewhere painful darting in and out of lanes at silly speeds and relying on the defensive driving of others not to cause an accident.  Normally I just sigh and put it down to these bloody southerners and their awful driving.  Today's was made worse by it being a brand new car with trade plates on, it still had the delivery tape over the bumpers and edges of the wing mirrors suggesting it was either on dealership testing or being delivered to its first owner.

Just pathetic, a shocking lack of respect for someone's investment in five figures worth of new car.  They not only deserve to have their driving license removed and inserted somewhere painful, they deserve to be given their license back once they've excreted it but forced to drive no newer than a 20 year old 1.0 Ford Fiesta that's been downgraded to the power of an asthmatic chihuahua.

Tell me, have you ever 'enjoyed' the A21?

You get all of the above only on a single carriageway road with unexpected dips and bends.

[DavidM]

Bought 4 red mugs in Asda ... I had 4 red mugs from Asda before . Same price but when I get home and open them - they’ve shrunk ! Total con . Shrinkflation is everywhere . Noticeably smaller to 

[ckn]

1 hour ago, DavidM said:

Bought 4 red mugs in Asda ... I had 4 red mugs from Asda before . Same price but when I get home and open them - they’ve shrunk ! Total con . Shrinkflation is everywhere . Noticeably smaller to 

We had a set of dishes from Dunelm, quite nice but got them years ago and there have been breakages over the years.  Got new ones from the same store in the same range, they're noticeably thinner and more fragile than the old ones, they feel poorer quality as well.