So sorry to hear about your accident. Hope you're fully recovered soon @Jacqueline29. I'm not peeved enough to complain anywhere else about the meat. It happens all the time with lamb anyway. No good butchers round here so we're stuck with the supermarket. It's the hiding of the fat that annoys me. I wouldn't buy completely lean meat anyway, but I'd like to see what I've paid for.
Mrsglaze, hubby has been in the motor trade since he was 15, (now 61) I keep asking him why they still build cars without indicators!! Were we all taught, look in the mirrors, signal your intention, THEN carry out!
Have you noticed that these cars tend to be disproportionately of German manufacture?
I agree with the whole BMW / Audi driver thing, but , IMHO the most inconsiderate drivers around are those dropping off / picking up kids from primary schools. They seem to assume that everyone around is doing the same thing, so it's ok to just block the roads entirely. Walking a bit further to a more sensible parking space would , I'm sure, do them , and their kids the power of good.
Rural driving is much safer with headlights on, especially for darker coloured cars. Travelling along narrow roads overhung with trees, cars can be almost invisible, especially on bright sunny days. I frequently have my headlights on ... not fog lights tho no need for that
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Our work van headlights are always on. I see no reason for complaint. It's not as if they're blinding anyone, especially as much of my driving is along lanes described by @Dovefromabove. "See and be seen"
Our work van headlights are always on. I see no reason for complaint. It's not as if they're blinding anyone, especially as much of my driving is along lanes described by @Dovefromabove.
I’ve suggested to Wonky that she does the same ... rural driving has to be defensive driving as there are so many townie drivers treating narrow country lanes like racetracks
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think I read somewhere that it's illegal to drive without headlights on in some Scandinavian countries, which is why some cars - Volvo being the notable one - you actually can't turn them off unless you take it to a garage to be specially changed. We used to have one. The choice on the lights was side lights, dipped or full beam. There was no 'off' switch. My car is red. It came as a surprise to me when it was new how often cars would pull out very close in front of me, as if they hadn't seen me. It eventually dawned on me that a red car in green lanes is actually fairly invisible to quite a large % of the population, so like Dove, I quite often have my headlights on in broad daylight.
I also don't always indicate, specifically at some roundabouts, because it can be confusing, depending how they are laid out. The motorway junction near me is two lanes all round the roundabout. People heading south and west indicate right but pull into the left lane to filter off. There are frequently screeches of brakes as someone trying to sneak up the inside gets cut off by someone doing exactly what they should. I find not indicating causes the bully boy racers to hesitate long enough for me to manoeuvre properly without getting my rear wings bashed in.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Our work van headlights are always on. I see no reason for complaint. It's not as if they're blinding anyone, especially as much of my driving is along lanes described by @Dovefromabove.
I’ve suggested to Wonky that she does the same ... rural driving has to be defensive driving as there are so many townie drivers treating narrow country lanes like racetracks
Or "grockles" as we call them.
I was driving the van down a single track lane yesterday and met a tractor coming towards me. " I'm going to have to reverse, he's probably towing" I thought to myself. Nope, off he went in reverse straight away. The lane was so narrow I couldn't see if he had a trailer or not. He's done several 10s of metres before I realised he DID have a trailer. Not only was he reversing it like a total pro, he was casually smoking a fag whilst doing it. Respect
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I'm not peeved enough to complain anywhere else about the meat. It happens all the time with lamb anyway.
No good butchers round here so we're stuck with the supermarket.
It's the hiding of the fat that annoys me. I wouldn't buy completely lean meat anyway, but I'd like to see what I've paid for.
They seem to assume that everyone around is doing the same thing, so it's ok to just block the roads entirely.
Walking a bit further to a more sensible parking space would , I'm sure, do them , and their kids the power of good.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
"See and be seen"
THE HIGHWAY CODE
4. Lighting requirements (113 to 116)
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My car is red. It came as a surprise to me when it was new how often cars would pull out very close in front of me, as if they hadn't seen me. It eventually dawned on me that a red car in green lanes is actually fairly invisible to quite a large % of the population, so like Dove, I quite often have my headlights on in broad daylight.
I also don't always indicate, specifically at some roundabouts, because it can be confusing, depending how they are laid out. The motorway junction near me is two lanes all round the roundabout. People heading south and west indicate right but pull into the left lane to filter off. There are frequently screeches of brakes as someone trying to sneak up the inside gets cut off by someone doing exactly what they should. I find not indicating causes the bully boy racers to hesitate long enough for me to manoeuvre properly without getting my rear wings bashed in.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I was driving the van down a single track lane yesterday and met a tractor coming towards me.
" I'm going to have to reverse, he's probably towing" I thought to myself.
Nope, off he went in reverse straight away.
The lane was so narrow I couldn't see if he had a trailer or not. He's done several 10s of metres before I realised he DID have a trailer. Not only was he reversing it like a total pro, he was casually smoking a fag whilst doing it.
Respect