Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[Adam Ef]

Originally Posted by Sir Trev

Wear an extra jumper?



I'll get me coat...


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Wear the jumper ... and the coat... and get an oil burner : )


(I've worked in my workshop the last 3 winters with no heating and no daylight to warm it up to outside (freezing) temperatures. Kind of like being outside but colder. I wrapped up in as many layers as possible but it's impossible to keep your hands warm handling frozen tools all day. It's been painful to say the least. Also suffered lots of split fingers from the cold).

[shiftin_gear98]

RIP to the rider on M11 this morning.


Traffic was horrendous along the A120 this morning total gridlock so I'd guessed there had been an accident on the M11. Turns out a 60 year old motorcyclist was killed at 5am this morning.
The other tosser in the cage didn't even stop. (yes, not stopping makes you a tosser - even if the rider was at fault or not)


I hope they find him/her and play Roshambo. Obviously the police officer going first.


This is Roshambo - not rock paper scissors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PonpQFaa-jA

[Swin]

Originally Posted by shiftin_gear98

RIP to the rider on M11 this morning.


Traffic was horrendous along the A120 this morning total gridlock so I'd guessed there had been an accident on the M11. Turns out a 60 year old motorcyclist was killed at 5am this morning. The other tosser in the cage didn't even stop. (yes, not stopping makes you a tosser - even if the rider was at fault or not)


I hope they find him/her and play Roshambo.

Can only echo the sentiment here, came up from Harlow this morning and found the m11 closed northbound, was afraid to hear that it might have been fatal when I saw that it was lorry vs motorbike

[Heorot]

Sad to hear but if it was a lorry, then the driver might not have realised that he'd hit someone. I lost a friend a few years ago when a lorry clipped him off his bike as he moved off from traffic lights. He fell under the wheels of the lorry and was killed instantly. The driver knew nothing about the clip and drove off oblivious.

There are videos on you tube where lorries can be seen pushing cars along the road without the driver realising.

[shiftin_gear98]

Wow the south bound carriageway is still closed!

[Bibio]

British politicians..

[ophic]

Originally Posted by Bibio

British politicians..

no this is "gripe of the day"

we need "gripe of the century" for this kind of thing.

[Swin]

Originally Posted by Heorot

Sad to hear but if it was a lorry, then the driver might not have realised that he'd hit someone. I lost a friend a few years ago when a lorry clipped him off his bike as he moved off from traffic lights. He fell under the wheels of the lorry and was killed instantly. The driver knew nothing about the clip and drove off oblivious.

There are videos on you tube where lorries can be seen pushing cars along the road without the driver realising.

The original reports said motorcycle vs lorry, but later ones said it was a hit a run by a "small dark coloured vehicle" - don't know if maybe the collision with the hit and runner pushed him into the lorry's path , but I sure hope the person either hands themself in, or is brought to answer for this another way!

[shiftin_gear98]

They are now questioning a 37 year old tosser from Harlow.

[Swin]

Driving under the influence, dangerous driving and failing to stop, hopefully the guy will go down for a long stretch