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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #350 on: 02 November 2015, 03:14:34 pm »
People who drive with fog lights on in clear conditions, then this morning in thick fog I saw loads of cars with no lights on at all?  :wall

You beat me to it :), going along A64 this morning the number of cars with no lights on at all was  ridiculous.

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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #351 on: 02 November 2015, 04:31:45 pm »
Too many plebs believe that automatic headlights work.
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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #352 on: 02 November 2015, 05:21:16 pm »
people who put for sale signs on cars/bikes etc without putting a price on.

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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #353 on: 02 November 2015, 05:33:33 pm »
people who put for sale signs on cars/bikes etc without putting a price on.


Agreed. Then those same people get all pissy about 'lowball offers'.  :lol

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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #354 on: 02 November 2015, 10:57:51 pm »
Guys switching their bike off with the kill switch. :evil :evil :evil

Its just a bit like stalling your car purposely every time to switch it off instead of using the key :evil

I don't see it's a big deal. If you stopped, held the clutch in with the bike still in gear, then held the front brake and let the clutch out, that would be stalling it (and probably not good), not simply cutting power to the ignition.

I used to stop the engine on the kill-switch  because my bike has an alarm and when I switch the main key off it starts arming which would cause it to go off if I'm still pushing the bike into the shed or getting stuff out of the top box. I only stopped doing this when I found that it was leaving the headlight on which was draining the battery, so now I have to switch the key off, then back on for two seconds, then off again which puts the alarm into service mode.

I then have to remember to re-arm it before I walk away...

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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #355 on: 02 November 2015, 11:00:00 pm »
people who put for sale signs on cars/bikes etc without putting a price on.

People who put messages in the For Sale area with the subject line of "For Sale". Yes, we know it's something for sale, that's what the bloody area is about, try putting *what* is for sale in the subject so we don't have to open the bloody message and find it's nothing of any interest to us!

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« Reply #356 on: 03 November 2015, 06:58:19 am »
Guys switching their bike off with the kill switch. :evil :evil :evil

Its just a bit like stalling your car purposely every time to switch it off instead of using the key :evil

I don't see it's a big deal. If you stopped, held the clutch in with the bike still in gear, then held the front brake and let the clutch out, that would be stalling it (and probably not good), not simply cutting power to the ignition.

I used to stop the engine on the kill-switch  because my bike has an alarm and when I switch the main key off it starts arming which would cause it to go off if I'm still pushing the bike into the shed or getting stuff out of the top box. I only stopped doing this when I found that it was leaving the headlight on which was draining the battery, so now I have to switch the key off, then back on for two seconds, then off again which puts the alarm into service mode.

I then have to remember to re-arm it before I walk away...


Doesn't it make an almighty bang if you're still moving and switch it back on?
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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #357 on: 03 November 2015, 10:06:46 am »
Guys switching their bike off with the kill switch. :evil :evil :evil

Its just a bit like stalling your car purposely every time to switch it off instead of using the key :evil

I don't see it's a big deal. If you stopped, held the clutch in with the bike still in gear, then held the front brake and let the clutch out, that would be stalling it (and probably not good), not simply cutting power to the ignition.

I used to stop the engine on the kill-switch  because my bike has an alarm and when I switch the main key off it starts arming which would cause it to go off if I'm still pushing the bike into the shed or getting stuff out of the top box. I only stopped doing this when I found that it was leaving the headlight on which was draining the battery, so now I have to switch the key off, then back on for two seconds, then off again which puts the alarm into service mode.

I then have to remember to re-arm it before I walk away...


Doesn't it make an almighty bang if you're still moving and switch it back on?

I think that only happens if your in gear with the clutch out, fuel on a carbed bike would still be drawn into the engine and ignited when you flick the kill switch to on
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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #358 on: 03 November 2015, 11:02:59 am »
Doesn't it make an almighty bang if you're still moving and switch it back on?

Not on a fuel injected bike :thumbup

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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #359 on: 03 November 2015, 12:08:12 pm »
People who drive with fog lights on in clear conditions, then this morning in thick fog I saw loads of cars with no lights on at all?  :wall

You beat me to it :) , going along A64 this morning the number of cars with no lights on at all was  ridiculous.

Oh yes then they look at you as though you're stupid when you flash your lights at them. I had one clever soul follow me for about 1/2 mile completely oblivious to any gesture I made and ignoring me turning my lights off and on again.
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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #360 on: 03 November 2015, 02:02:19 pm »
People who drive with fog lights on in clear conditions, then this morning in thick fog I saw loads of cars with no lights on at all?  :wall

You beat me to it :) , going along A64 this morning the number of cars with no lights on at all was  ridiculous.

Oh yes then they look at you as though you're stupid when you flash your lights at them. I had one clever soul follow me for about 1/2 mile completely oblivious to any gesture I made and ignoring me turning my lights off and on again.


He's probably on another forum moaning about "People who flash their lights on and off for no apparent reason?"  :lol
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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #361 on: 03 November 2015, 03:39:57 pm »
 :lol
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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #362 on: 04 November 2015, 09:46:41 am »
All the year round fireworks. When I was a kid November 5th was magical, we looked forward to it almost as much as Christmas. Now every other night is firework night >:.

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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #363 on: 04 November 2015, 04:54:51 pm »
All the year round fireworks. When I was a kid November 5th was magical, we looked forward to it almost as much as Christmas. Now every other night is firework night >: .
Where do you live, downtown Damascus?  :rollin
We get fireworks for about a fortnight around Nov 5th but not all year  :D
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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #364 on: 04 November 2015, 05:02:27 pm »
There is the 3-4 weeks before 5th November when the kids realise they are available in the local shops (they forget the shop a couple of miles away that sells them all year), New year, Diwali, end of Ramadan, Chinese new year, the odd scrotes birthday and whenever the scrotes remember the shop down the road that sells them all year round.

My dogs don't seem to mind them too much if they (the dogs not the fireworks) are inside the house but wont go out into the garden if they hear fireworks going off.
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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #365 on: 04 November 2015, 09:33:49 pm »
It's not even bonfire night and just saw a Xmas advert on TV!

These should be banned till December 1st at the earliest :grumble
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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #366 on: 04 November 2015, 10:11:37 pm »
It's not even bonfire night and just saw a Xmas advert on TV!

These should be banned till December 1st at the earliest :grumble


 :lol  Your'e right It's shocking. The missus was offered overtime on Sunday night to put up the Xmas decorations- she works for Tesco.
It's the same every year, as soon as Halloween is over the whole thing kicks off!


I expect 'Black Friday' will soon be rammed down our throats, the latest consumerist festival to be foisted upon us 
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« Reply #367 on: 04 November 2015, 10:25:20 pm »
It's not even bonfire night and just saw a Xmas advert on TV!

These should be banned till December 1st at the earliest :grumble


 :lol  Your'e right It's shocking. The missus was offered overtime on Sunday night to put up the Xmas decorations- she works for Tesco.
It's the same every year, as soon as Halloween is over the whole thing kicks off!

I was in Asda last week before Halloween and they were putting the decorations om the tree that might of been put there by night shift, bit anyway, I said to the staff "bit early"? Reply was....."no way, would be even earlier if we didn't have to wait on the boss telling us to do it" says it all really :(


I expect 'Black Friday' will soon be rammed down our throats, the latest consumerist festival to be foisted upon us
your right, they just want us to spend our hard earned cash on others instead of ourselves or our beloved bikes :eek
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« Reply #368 on: 05 November 2015, 01:57:17 am »
I expect 'Black Friday' will soon be rammed down our throats, the latest consumerist festival to be foisted upon us 

I think after the debacle that last year's nonsense resulted it, shops are going to be a lot more careful about this sort of thing :thumbup

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« Reply #369 on: 05 November 2015, 06:53:06 am »
It's not even bonfire night and just saw a Xmas advert on TV!

These should be banned till December 1st at the earliest :grumble



Roll back to 4th September!


http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,18151.0.html
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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #370 on: 05 November 2015, 06:57:12 am »
It's not even bonfire night and just saw a Xmas advert on TV!

These should be banned till December 1st at the earliest :grumble



Roll back to 4th September!


http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,18151.0.html

Yeah Mr darrsi, but that's not foccin adverts on the TV or big trees in shops. Just saw another advert last night. We have to start a rebellion about this :rolleyes :rolleyes
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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #371 on: 05 November 2015, 01:23:45 pm »
It's not even bonfire night and just saw a Xmas advert on TV!

These should be banned till December 1st at the earliest :grumble



Roll back to 4th September!


http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,18151.0.html

Yeah Mr darrsi, but that's not foccin adverts on the TV or big trees in shops. Just saw another advert last night. We have to start a rebellion about this :rolleyes :rolleyes



Started hearing adverts on the radio today too.
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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat"
« Reply #372 on: 05 November 2015, 06:25:12 pm »
Pedestrians who stand 10ft away from a pedestrian crossing but refuse to use it.
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« Reply #373 on: 05 November 2015, 06:32:51 pm »
  :lol Pedestrians in general!
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« Reply #374 on: 05 November 2015, 08:00:16 pm »
Pedestrians who stand 10ft away from a pedestrian crossing but refuse to use it.

Yep I see that all the time in town :rolleyes.

Other variations on the same theme are the pedestrian stood at the Zebra crossing on the phone, but not actually intending to cross, thus wasting everyone's time pulling up and the pedestrian that does a seamless 90 degree turn from the pavement onto the crossing without even pausing/looking to make sure the traffic has stopped.
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