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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:28 pm 
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shortbread keeps better in a tin my arse , its all soft :evil:


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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 7:32 pm 
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but did you understand any of them?

Nope. 8-[

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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wannabeeahack wrote:
but did you understand any of them?

Nope. 8-[


whens the show over?

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 4:59 pm 
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not having anything much to gripe about today :sad:

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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Uber opening their app in B&H.

Going against, it would appear, what they told the licensing committee.

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 7:39 pm 
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drivers who think the speed cameras on motorways are linked to the variable speed signs :roll: :roll: :roll: #-o

Are they not then?



No they have to be calibrated so are set at 70 MPH plus the allowance for error they can't vary it because every time you change the settings the camera has to be recalibrated or so I'm told




On the M1 the other day car came past me at about 80 whilst signs said 50 and guess what the camera didn't flash !!


They may not need to flash.

This thread has some answers for you: http://www.pepipoo.com/forums/lofiversi ... 97775.html

Alternatively, find a stretch of motorway with a variable speed limit of, say, 40 mph, and go through at ever increasing speds: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90. Let us know how many tickets you get.

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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What is it with KFC and those little packets of salt ?
I get a 2 piece meal and ideally I'd like 1 salt packet, 1 cleanup wipe and a couple of napkins. What I actually get is a dozen salt packets ten napkins and no clean wipe. My record is 15 salt packets and nothing else, how hard is it to put one of each in a bag !

Also why can't the fast food drive-throughs turn off their lights at night when they're closed ? Many a time I've been out of town, felt a bit peckish and driven into one with all its lights on, sat at the intercom for a couple of minutes before realising they're shut :x Or just put a sign near the entrance with 'Closed' written on it. :idea:


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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 8:37 pm 
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What is it with KFC and those little packets of salt ?
I get a 2 piece meal and ideally I'd like 1 salt packet, 1 cleanup wipe and a couple of napkins. What I actually get is a dozen salt packets ten napkins and no clean wipe. My record is 15 salt packets and nothing else, how hard is it to put one of each in a bag !

Also why can't the fast food drive-throughs turn off their lights at night when they're closed ? Many a time I've been out of town, felt a bit peckish and driven into one with all its lights on, sat at the intercom for a couple of minutes before realising they're shut :x Or just put a sign near the entrance with 'Closed' written on it. :idea:



their english probably isn't good enough to read the labels :badgrin:

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:47 pm 
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DURHAM SERVICES

Postage sized car park full of cars trying to escape and cars trying to get in once in your'e trapped :sad: took me 36 minutes to get from my parking space to back onto southbound A1 half a mile away traffic queueing back onto A1 trying to get in blocking traffic trying to exit back onto A1 and cars stuck unable to get out their parking spaces because the entrance is off the main A road into Durham which means only about 30 cars an hour can exit with over a hundred an hour trying to get in

Whoever the planners were that approved that without a roundabout on the entrance should be thrown down a redundant coal mine without the means to escape ! #-o

I've seen some ridiculous results of planning that has to take the biscuit and apparently it is like that every friday

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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edders23 wrote:

I've seen some ridiculous results of planning that has to take the biscuit and apparently it is like that every friday

If you can get in to buy the biscuit. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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B*st"rd that punched a dent in my vehicle after walking across the back of me whilst reversing then lashing out because i didn't immediately stamp on brakes :( :( :( added to the scratch that appeared on the drivers door yesterday looks like I 've worked hard all week for nothing :sad:

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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Teenage kids (not mine) being rude to their parents in my car.

I want to bang their heads for the contempt they show their parents, and bang the parents heads for allowing it to happen.

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fixed rate local fares when the A38 detour means it meters £11 and i get £7 "plus a quid for yourself".....hows that work?

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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edders23 wrote:
B*st"rd that punched a dent in my vehicle after walking across the back of me whilst reversing then lashing out because i didn't immediately stamp on brakes :( :( :( added to the scratch that appeared on the drivers door yesterday looks like I 've worked hard all week for nothing :sad:


punched a dent in your car? why didn't you call the law mate? still on the plus side you should think yersell lucky,my mate had his 62 plate 8 seater firebombed last night at 4am , its a burnt out shell now :shock:


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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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meter....£12.44 "how much is it mate"....call it a tenner....."the base quoted me £7....." (why ask?)

boo hoo.....4 of em £2.50 each instead of £1.75......FFS #-o

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