Imurg
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I taught 'em to drive..not pass the test
Random Irritations
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Bunkermagnet
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Isn't that because they are?
SwingsitlikeHogan
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I didn’t enjoy the stage adaptation of Moulin Rouge as much my wife. She was pretty pi55Ed with me when I gave it just 3 out of 5 (I was actually thinking 2 but relented), she gave it 5++. Don’t get me wrong. The dressing of the theatre; scenery and scene changes; and costumes, were all fabulous…but apart from three or four great songs from the film version, the rest of the songs (changed from that of the film to chart pop of the last maybe 10yrs) was just a bit meh and didn‘t work for me.
The irritation?…How many times has my OH been to the theatre or a film with our daughter or a girlfriend and afterwards said to me ‘it was great but you wouldn’t have liked it’.
The irritation?…How many times has my OH been to the theatre or a film with our daughter or a girlfriend and afterwards said to me ‘it was great but you wouldn’t have liked it’.
Imurg
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One cold snap, admittedly a very cold one, and most roads around here are littered with potholes
What's possibly more irritating is that they're often in the same place year after year
What's possibly more irritating is that they're often in the same place year after year
Our county council has a very good 'report a pothole' section on their website. I've used it many times and the repairs are usually done within 7-10 days. All very good. As with you though, it's a shame you can't copy and paste from previous years as very few are new holes, they are the same ones year after year. Just a bit bigger each year ?
Voyager EMH
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I taught my dog to whistle.I taught 'em to drive..not pass the test
He never whistles.
The important thing is that I taught him to.
GB72
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A timely post. My wfe just had a tyre go when she hit a pothole on the way in to work this morning.
Bunkermagnet
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Umbrellas. I’m 6ft 1 and sink an tired of having my eyes attacked by umbrella supports. Can we not just ban them.
Pants
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The problem is that they are often not repaired properly. The contractor is paid by the size and number of repairs done so it's a case of in and out asap. If they can do it quickly enough (I was once stuck in a mini traffic jam for 5 minutes while one was "repaired") without having to have a traffic management system then so much the better (for them). Poor repair, a year of traffic over it, water gets underneath, a couple of frosts and the pothole is back.
Pants
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If it pothole had previously been reported, you may have a claim against the LA. (I'm sure that you know that but some may not
)
Oh, I completely get how it works. The cheap repair, seen enough of them, costs them a minimal amount each year. That is soon adds up to more than a proper repair is irrelevant, it's about what they have to spend each financial year. It is the absolute epitome of short term planning. I need a shrugs shoulder emoji but can't see oneThe problem is that they are often not repaired properly. The contractor is paid by the size and number of repairs done so it's a case of in and out asap. If they can do it quickly enough (I was once stuck in a mini traffic jam for 5 minutes while one was "repaired") without having to have a traffic management system then so much the better (for them). Poor repair, a year of traffic over it, water gets underneath, a couple of frosts and the pothole is back.
Orikoru
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Same here! I just reported two of them this morning.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
I've posted this before but it's worth doing again to highlight things.
I was listening to a Tarmac expert on the radio, must be 10 or more years ago, and he said that once a hole in the surface has formed you have 7 days to plug it and you have to dig up and repair an area 1 sq metre around the damage.
If you leave it more than a week or don't repair correctly, water gets into the tiny gaps in the tarmac and stays there....you then have to dig up 10 times the area to get that water out otherwise, as soon as the frosts come, the water will freeze, expand and crack the surface and you're back to square 1....
I was listening to a Tarmac expert on the radio, must be 10 or more years ago, and he said that once a hole in the surface has formed you have 7 days to plug it and you have to dig up and repair an area 1 sq metre around the damage.
If you leave it more than a week or don't repair correctly, water gets into the tiny gaps in the tarmac and stays there....you then have to dig up 10 times the area to get that water out otherwise, as soon as the frosts come, the water will freeze, expand and crack the surface and you're back to square 1....
fundy
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The winter support for those on heating oil has still not been paid, worse than that they still cant give a definite date and method to when yet - shambolic
Piece
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Not a random irritation but only place for it...
Ken Block (rally and stunt driver), RIP.
Ken Block (rally and stunt driver), RIP.
Pants
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It was what he lived for but very sad nevertheless. Does anyone remember the Top Gear episode where he took James May on a rally stage? James was white faced and scared
less.
Slime
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That's just so sad.
His Gymkhana series was just superb, he also drove the greatest Mustang I've ever seen.
3offTheTee
Tour Rookie
Sure some of you will remember The Catherine Tate sketch with “Cold Gazpacho soup” Hillarious.
Today we went one better when in Spain.
I ordered hake at lunchtime and what did it come with: cabbage and a fried egg. At least the hake was not battered!
Today we went one better when in Spain.
I ordered hake at lunchtime and what did it come with: cabbage and a fried egg. At least the hake was not battered!
Wife was going visiting today, so needed a lift to meet her friend. Surprised to find it was 7deg and the car not frosted up at 8am . Perfect will have thawed enough to go mountain biking. Nope, still lots of ice about esp on some of the tarmacadam sections on the canal . Bits of the Great Glen way that are cinder path were unpassable, which they weren't yesterday.
jim8flog
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I taught 'em to drive..not pass the test
That does bring back a memory I was taught to drive at a the age of 17 and drove on a very regular basis to and from work but it was 10 years before I decided to take a test. I had to go to a driving school to learn how to drive for taking a test. I remember my instructors comments (after I passed) he said " I was worried if I was just another boy racer when he started giving me lessons"
