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03-06-15, 06:28 PM | #2021 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
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04-06-15, 12:17 PM | #2022 |
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Pedestrians. Just hit one. Not badly - just brushed him. He stepped out from between queueing cars without looking and I didn't even have time to touch the brakes.
He didn't seem injured and carried on crossing the road, so I carried on my journey. I've filled out a form at the local Police station. But now things are playing through my head. He was old. Hope he's ok and learns to use the bl00dy pedestrian crossing that the cars were all queueing for. For all I know he reached the far side and collapsed. I should have stopped for longer.
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04-06-15, 01:28 PM | #2024 |
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I don't really look like that. I've grown a beard
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04-06-15, 03:56 PM | #2025 |
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Kids driving clapped out scrapyard-dodging cars full of their mates who pull away from the curb just as you're about to pass because they're not paying attention and laugh when you nearly crash. Followed 30 seconds later by delivery barsteward who thinks might is right and crosses to your side of road to pass parked cars forcing you onto the verge whilst swearing at you out of his window for being in his way. This happens most of the times I go out in the bike, always when I'm within half a mile of getting back home and really ruins a nice ride out... Perhaps I should move.
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04-06-15, 04:18 PM | #2026 |
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£150 to replace a month old tyre after someone stabbed through it.
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04-06-15, 05:45 PM | #2027 |
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That sounds good value for such a big car to be honest. I pay that per corner on my Focus. Sucks though I quite agree.
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04-06-15, 06:27 PM | #2028 |
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The guys who service my car get them for a good price. And they whizzed it through the MOT at the same time and found a small screw in the front tyre which luckily hadn't gone through.
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05-06-15, 09:42 AM | #2029 | |
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05-06-15, 10:05 AM | #2030 |
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He might come across a headphone wearing pedestrian next.
That's not unusual round theses parts.
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