The Red Bull F1 car
The tesco advert with the freaky smiley faces. Creeps me out![]()
Terrifying. Reminded me of the Aphex Twin - Windowlicker video from years ago.The tesco advert with the freaky smiley faces. Creeps me out![]()
Trying to get through to HMRC to pay them some money. At the start of the call they said it would be a 30 minute wait. It's now been 48 minutes, no idea how much longer it will be. Why can't they give you an updated estimate when you are sitting in the queue?
Trying to get through to HMRC to pay them some money. At the start of the call they said it would be a 30 minute wait. It's now been 48 minutes, no idea how much longer it will be. Why can't they give you an updated estimate when you are sitting in the queue?
What century are these people living in?
It’s probably no help but if you’re registered for self assessment it’s ludicrously easy to send them money online.
You could have stopped at the first word Greg......what a shower....Currys.
I would like to buy this item. Fine, we do not hold stock and so you need to buy it on our website and collect from the store. OK, I can do that.
3 Weeks later
This item has developed a fault, I would like a replacement. But you bought it online sir and because it is not a store purchase you will need to contact the online helpdesk, arrange and DPD pickup and they will arrange it from there. But you told me in store to order online as you do not hold stock, I had to collect it from the store and yet I cannot return it to the store. No, you purchased online and so you have to deal with them. So, you are basically just a high street front for your website. Pretty much.
OK, as I am here, can I call from here, leave the item here and have the DPD pick up from here as I am not in to arrange that. Waits 45 minutes while manger looks into it. OK, that is fine, we can arrange that, DPD are picking it up in the morning.
Call from Currys on Monday morning telling me I was not there for my pick up. I went through everything that had happened and apparrrenty there was nobody in the store at 3.30 on a Friday to hand it over. Pick up re-arranged, next available date a week later.
A lady with P plates, doing 55 in The 3rd lane of a 4 lane stretch of M25. Lane 1 is going the same speed and has space, lanes 2 and 4 going faster than her and with space. What on earth was her instructor teaching her??
I thought fast road driving was compulsary now? I know my instructor took me a few times on multi lane A roads, to get me to understand driving faster than 30 and also teach me to overtake correctly.The big problem is that, whilst some instructors offer motorway lessons to those who have passed their tests, the take up is virtually nil. As a consequence most drivers have never had a motorway lesson.
The standard of motorway driving in this country, lane discipline especially, is abysmal.
Why wait until they have passed their test. Do it before like plenty do my wayThe big problem is that, whilst some instructors offer motorway lessons to those who have passed their tests, the take up is virtually nil. As a consequence most drivers have never had a motorway lesson.
The standard of motorway driving in this country, lane discipline especially, is abysmal.
Not compulsory but a good idea to include it in the training if possibleI thought fast road driving was compulsary now? I know my instructor took me a few times on multi lane A roads, to get me to understand driving faster than 30 and also teach me to overtake correctly.
Sadly, she looked like an accident waiting to happen.
Fair enough, I obviously misunderstood the requirements.Not compulsory but a good idea to include it in the training if possible
Even dual carriageway driving isn't really enough to prepare them for 3, 4 or even 5 lane motorways
And many areas are too far from motorways to make it a viable lesson...I'm half an hour from a motorway in every direction so there would be a need for a 2 hour lesson which the pupil may not be able to afford. They may also have a preference for just doing what will get them through their test.
PassPlus is the after test training which includes motorways.
Up to, about , 10 years ago many insurance companies gave a decent discount if the pupil had done this training - it was an easy sell.
Pay me £150 and you'll get 500 off your premium
Nowadays hardly any companies give a discount so there's no incentive to do it.
So few do it.
DVSA have been "revamping" PassPlus for the last 12+ years and, true to form, bugger all has happened.