Parking

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Revival is on the cards for sure!

channa said:
Sadly very true, FWIW it seems the degeneration has no boundaries, It seems to me all ages are guilty has charged. I am counting down the days when a simple 'please' and 'thank you' will be dropped from the English language.

Last one out the country switch the light off.

Channa
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I think we shall all be surprised to see an eventual revival of oldfashioned values. The appreciation of simple pleasures will make a come-back, you mark my words! People already want to return to a world of common sense and care for thy neighbour. It will take a bit of time, but it`s coming!

Sarina
 
Boxerman said:
Was this you?

I'll never forget that first day at t'pit.
Me an' mi fatha worked a 72 hour shift,
then wi walked home 43 mile through t'snow in us bare feet,
huddled inside us clothes med out o' old sacks.

Eventually we trudged over t'hill until wi could see t'street light twinklin' in our village.
Mi fatha smiled down at mi through t'icicles hangin' off his nose. "Nearly home now lad", he said.
We stumbled into t'house and stood there freezin' cold and tired out,
shiverin' and miserable, in front o' t' meagre fire.

Any road, mi mam says "Cheer up, lads. I've got you some nice brown bread and butter for yer tea."
Ee, mi fatha went crackers. He reached out and gently pulled mi mam towards 'im by t'throat.
"You big fat, idle ugly wart", he said. "You gret useless spawny-eyed parrot-faced wazzock." ('E had a way wi words, mi fatha. He'd bin to college, y'know).
"You've been out playin' bingo all afternoon instead o' gettin' some proper snap ready for me an' this lad", he explained to mi poor, little, purple-faced mam.

Then turnin' to me he said "Arthur", (He could never remember mi name), "here's half a crown.
Nip down to t'chip 'oyl an' get us a nice piece o' 'addock for us tea. Man cannot live by bread alone."
He were a reyt tater, mi fatha.

He said as 'ow workin' folk should have some dignity an' pride an' self respect,
an' as 'ow they should come home to summat warm an' cheerful.
An' then he threw mi mam on t'fire.

We didn't 'ave no tellies or shoes or bedclothes.
We med us own fun in them days.
Do you know, when I were a lad you could get a tram down into t'town, buy three new suits an' an ovvercoat, four pair o' good boots, go an' see George Formby at t'Palace Theatre, get blind drunk, 'ave some steak an' chips, bunch o' bananas an' three stone o' monkey nuts an' still 'ave change out of a farthing.

We'd lots o' things in them days they 'aven't got today - rickets, diptheria, Hitler and my, we did look well goin' to school wi' no backside in us trousers an' all us little 'eads painted purple because we 'ad ringworm.
They dun't know they're born today!

Frank :)
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aye but thou didnt ave polital correctness lad
 
not a chance:eek:who over fifty remembers it :mad:when was the last time you as in anybody heard someone under that age call someone mr surname or mrs surname:( when did someone let you go in front to be served because you only had a couple of items:cool:
 
As much as I hate to admit it life has changed dramatically over the past 30 years. People used to moved into the street and become neighbours, now people move into the street and are now simply people who live in the same street as you and have no wish to speak or become involved. As for a reply to a good morning, forget it. I find it all very sad.

Dezi
 
Not all gloom & doom

Let's not get too carried away. We don't like it when the bad behaviour of a few is used to paint us all black.

There are good manners out there - I know lots of youngsters who use please and thank you and are polite. I have also seen examples of over 50's being rude and overbearing. It is not possible to make sweeping generalisation.

Maybe there has been a drop in standards in some but not in all and I would agree that there is a swing back towards better manners.

Lynda
 
Parking The Highway Code

Alf 1 said:
Hows this for a quote from a motor caravan owner

Quoted on MHF


I am also inconsiderate when parked at Tesco as I staddle two or four spaces and park at a cock eyed angle to ensure I do not get blocked in. Or is it Tesco who are inconsiderate for not making provision for motorhomes? To be fair, at some of their stores, the are places for motorhomes to park.

Alf
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Now here is another one these are Parking Rules ? from THE HIGHWAY CODE

Laws CUR reg 101 & RVLR reg 24]

249
All vehicles MUST display parking lights when parked on a road or a lay-by on a road with a speed limit greater than 30 mph (48 km/h).


[Law RVLR reg 24]

250
Cars, goods vehicles not exceeding 1525 kg unladen weight, invalid carriages, motorcycles and pedal cycles may be parked without lights on a road (or lay-by) with a speed limit of 30 mph (48 km/h) or less if they are

at least 10 metres (32 feet) away from any junction, close to the kerb and facing in the direction of the traffic flow
in a recognised parking place or lay-by

Other vehicles and trailers, and all vehicles with projecting loads, MUST NOT be left on a road at night without lights.

Now how do you follow this !! :confused: is the Highway Code for the WHOLE of the UK or just England. :confused:

Alf
 
Alf 1 said:
Now here is another one these are Parking Rules ? from THE HIGHWAY CODE

Laws CUR reg 101 & RVLR reg 24]

249
All vehicles MUST display parking lights when parked on a road or a lay-by on a road with a speed limit greater than 30 mph (48 km/h).


[Law RVLR reg 24]

250
Cars, goods vehicles not exceeding 1525 kg unladen weight, invalid carriages, motorcycles and pedal cycles may be parked without lights on a road (or lay-by) with a speed limit of 30 mph (48 km/h) or less if they are

at least 10 metres (32 feet) away from any junction, close to the kerb and facing in the direction of the traffic flow
in a recognised parking place or lay-by

Other vehicles and trailers, and all vehicles with projecting loads, MUST NOT be left on a road at night without lights.

Now how do you follow this !! :confused: is the Highway Code for the WHOLE of the UK or just England. :confused:

Alf
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My 1992 Hymer is equipped to have either only the near or off side lights on when parked.

How many people actualy do this? How many wagons are parked all night with lights on? You will need a good battery or be on the road all day to be able to do this.

Some cars I have had did not let you put anything other than the 4 way flashers on when the ignition was off.

Our local policeman (1950s) was very hot on parking without lights and would come and knock on the door at any time during the night to let you know the car (1948 Hilman Minx) was parked without lights. We lived in a crescent of houses in a rural area. We had a bullet shaped thing with a single bulb and a red and white end that hung on the car window to keep him happy.

We had to have rear lights fitted to the car, as it was supplied originally with only one red light in the centre at the rear, when they changed the law to have lights on both sides of the car as well as the number plate. Happy Days!
 
John Thompson said:
Some cars I have had did not let you put anything other than the 4 way flashers on when the ignition was off.
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On the Boxer - well on my model - there's a button on the collar surrounding ignition switch, pressing this in and turning the key "backwards" switches on the side lights without the ignition etc. You can then remove the key.

I remember the parking lights which clipped over the window - my Dad had one, you can't get the acetylene for them now though:)

Street parking regulations were changed many moons ago with regard to lighting. If you needed parking lights, I think some enterprising soul would have come up with an LED one which would last for years on a couple of AAA batteries.

Frank
 
Parking and The Highway Code

Boxerman said:
On the Boxer - well on my model - there's a button on the collar surrounding ignition switch, pressing this in and turning the key "backwards" switches on the side lights without the ignition etc. You can then remove the key.

I remember the parking lights which clipped over the window - my Dad had one, you can't get the acetylene for them now though:)

Street parking regulations were changed many moons ago with regard to lighting. If you needed parking lights, I think some enterprising soul would have come up with an LED one which would last for years on a couple of AAA batteries.

Frank
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Frank
The parking rules are from the current Highway Code (Electronic Version ) if they are correct any jobsworth PC could move you on at anytime at night

The Carbide lightss were better the headlights were brill although you had to keep stopping to p*e in them to keep them lit :rolleyes::rolleyes:
Alf
 
Alf 1 said:


Frank
The parking rules are from the current Highway Code (Electronic Version ) if they are correct any jobsworth PC could move you on at anytime at night

Alf
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Looks like it's time I started reading it again then:eek:

Frank
 
Waiting and Parking

frogdude said:
That's a useful page you've found. I think i'll print a few copies, highlight certain bits... and bloody superglue them to the windscreens of some of the morons round my way!
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Now PC plod drives everywhere at high speed with blue lights etc.
They have no time to enforce laws cars blocking sight lines at junctions that aught to be done are not the list is endless. :mad::mad:

I would not bother with the leaflet drop I bet they can't read anyway. :eek::eek:

Alf
 
alf that is not PC (quote I would not bother with the leaflet drop I bet they can't read anyway. )
i think you would find most are the better educated ones:)its an attitude problem, me first, me second and if owts left i'll have that aswell:cool:
 
I actually phoned the police recently, about a lorry that was parked at the end of my cul-de-sac every day from about 3pm and all night. Not the sort of thing that would normally bother me, but it was right on the corner (and it's bad enough anyway) blocking any view of oncoming traffic. I called them after i had 2 near misses on the same day. I quoted the law as i knew it about parking on junctions, and was told ...
"Dunno where you got that from, there's no such law!"

Halfwits!
 
You probably spoke to one of the civilian office workers who take calls nowadays, rather than a real police officer

Frank
 
frogdude said:
I actually phoned the police recently, about a lorry that was parked at the end of my cul-de-sac every day from about 3pm and all night. Not the sort of thing that would normally bother me, but it was right on the corner (and it's bad enough anyway) blocking any view of oncoming traffic. I called them after i had 2 near misses on the same day. I quoted the law as i knew it about parking on junctions, and was told ...
"Dunno where you got that from, there's no such law!"

Halfwits!
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Sounds to me like you got a part timer,probably on their break,with the police station completely shut like ours does down here.
I expect the criminals go on their lunch breaks at about the same time,and when on reopening the raping and pillaging begins.!
 
NorfolkanGood said:
And if someone parks right up against my car in Tesco car park then I may have to gently nudge their paintwork with my 11 year old Ford Escort's door as I get my children strapped in. ... Sorry :)
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Sorry,but I find that far less acceptable than a large vehicle using 4 or more spaces to park in a supermarket car park and if you bumped my car or van I'd send you a bill!:mad:
 
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