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Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - BBROWN1664 - 08-05-18
(05-05-18, 08:10 AM)darrsi link Wrote: [quote author=YamFazFan link=topic=17546.msg279225#msg279225 date=1524776328]
Isn't it static electricity that starts most of the refueling fires?.
Fella at work calls me 'Magneto'.
There are are certain bits of equipment that i literally get a buzz from, as in a mild shock, which NOBODY else gets, and when we were in our previous building there was a lift on a mezzanine floor and i used to have to touch the button with my elbow otherwise there'd be a 2 inch spark if i used my finger. Never hurt so much with the elbow.
I hate shocks.
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That will be your nylon underpants and/or socks that cause that
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - darrsi - 08-05-18
(08-05-18, 10:05 AM)BBROWN1664 link Wrote: [quote author=darrsi link=topic=17546.msg279601#msg279601 date=1525504240]
[quote author=YamFazFan link=topic=17546.msg279225#msg279225 date=1524776328]
Isn't it static electricity that starts most of the refueling fires?.
Fella at work calls me 'Magneto'.
There are are certain bits of equipment that i literally get a buzz from, as in a mild shock, which NOBODY else gets, and when we were in our previous building there was a lift on a mezzanine floor and i used to have to touch the button with my elbow otherwise there'd be a 2 inch spark if i used my finger. Never hurt so much with the elbow.
I hate shocks.
[/quote]
That will be your nylon underpants and/or socks that cause that
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Ha, yeah, i've had to stop wearing the Superman outfit to work these days. :lol
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - maddog04 - 11-05-18
women drivers
I'm not sexist but in the space of 30 seconds today, 3 women drivers really made me shake my head in amazement
two x 2 lane carriageway, with standing traffic on the left side, but in lane 2 a wagon has broke down and has his hazards on......I'll come back to this
an ambo on a shout approaches from behind and crosses the centre line to pass the traffic......at the lights is a 90 degree bend to the left and a van comes around that bend and pulls over to lane 1 to allow the ambo through who's in lane 2 but going against the flow
a woman decides to overtake the van even though she must've seen/heard the ambo. The ambo holds position as he has nowhere to go (+ on a shout) and the woman in the car takes evasive action at the last minute......
I look across at the broken down wagon and two female drivers are now sat in lane 2 behind him, traffic moves in lane 1 and they're left sitting behind him whilst the rest of lane 2 changes to lane 1 to progress
even my dog was shaking his head at the 3 women
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - fazersharp - 11-05-18
(11-05-18, 07:47 PM)maddog04 link Wrote: women driversmay its the beer but I could not follow ANY of that. I would say though about women drivers that gets my goat - every traffic light they come to they are flicking their hair or looking in the mirror at them selves - maybe the hair flicking is the unconscious picking of nose that fellas do, but it does make me think they are not really concentrating on the road constantly fidgeting.
I'm not sexist but in the space of 30 seconds today, 3 women drivers really made me shake my head in amazement
two x 2 lane carriageway, with standing traffic on the left side, but in lane 2 a wagon has broke down and has his hazards on......I'll come back to this
an ambo on a shout approaches from behind and crosses the centre line to pass the traffic......at the lights is a 90 degree bend to the left and a van comes around that bend and pulls over to lane 1 to allow the ambo through who's in lane 2 but going against the flow
a woman decides to overtake the van even though she must've seen/heard the ambo. The ambo holds position as he has nowhere to go (+ on a shout) and the woman in the car takes evasive action at the last minute......
I look across at the broken down wagon and two female drivers are now sat in lane 2 behind him, traffic moves in lane 1 and they're left sitting behind him whilst the rest of lane 2 changes to lane 1 to progress
even my dog was shaking his head at the 3 women
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - Hugh Mungus - 12-05-18
A few years ago the gearbox in my lorry was playing up. I was going up the hill on Stratford Upon Avon bypass and gradually getting slower which meant lots of downshifts. There was a car directly behind me despite there being an overtaking lane which was built specifically so traffic could pass slow lorries. My lorry gearbox decided at this moment it wasn't going to engage low range and I ground to a halt. The car stayed behind me, sitting there while other cars passed by. It wasn't that busy with traffic and he could have pulled out to overtake at any time. I sat there for a good twenty minutes while fiddling with the low/high range button until I heard it click into low range and could set off again. Maximum speed was 10mph going up this hill from a standing start and he still sat behind me. When I really got going and my speed got up to 50mph the car driver then decides to overtake in the most stupidist place possible.
Yeah, it was a bloke. I find that most of the really dangerous and thoughtless manoeuvres are done by blokes.
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - darrsi - 12-05-18
(11-05-18, 08:49 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: [quote author=maddog04 link=topic=17546.msg279889#msg279889 date=1526064465]may its the beer but I could not follow ANY of that. I would say though about women drivers that gets my goat - every traffic light they come to they are flicking their hair or looking in the mirror at them selves - maybe the hair flicking is the unconscious picking of nose that fellas do, but it does make me think they are not really concentrating on the road constantly fidgeting.
women drivers
I'm not sexist but in the space of 30 seconds today, 3 women drivers really made me shake my head in amazement
two x 2 lane carriageway, with standing traffic on the left side, but in lane 2 a wagon has broke down and has his hazards on......I'll come back to this
an ambo on a shout approaches from behind and crosses the centre line to pass the traffic......at the lights is a 90 degree bend to the left and a van comes around that bend and pulls over to lane 1 to allow the ambo through who's in lane 2 but going against the flow
a woman decides to overtake the van even though she must've seen/heard the ambo. The ambo holds position as he has nowhere to go (+ on a shout) and the woman in the car takes evasive action at the last minute......
I look across at the broken down wagon and two female drivers are now sat in lane 2 behind him, traffic moves in lane 1 and they're left sitting behind him whilst the rest of lane 2 changes to lane 1 to progress
even my dog was shaking his head at the 3 women
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I reckon you may be misinterpreting the signs me old mucker!
They're not looking at themselves......they've suddenly seen some knight in shining body armour on some gleaming black steed, thinking "Wow, look at that bad boy!" :b
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - NorthWestern - 12-05-18
Male or female, lots of bad drivers... Why can't they be exceptional at it like me...
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - maddog04 - 12-05-18
yeah, lots of bad drivers but the thread is called Today's "What Gets My Goat"
emphasis on "Todays"
fazersharp.......its the ale.
a road with two lanes on each side, the ambo passes standing traffic on the opposite carriageway like you'll have seen loads of times. Oncoming van pulls over only for a goon behind the van to overtake and plays chicken with ambo
the other carriageway has a broken down lorry in lane 2 with goons sat up his arse for ages
all goons in the story are women
THE END :lol
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - NorthWestern - 12-05-18
What about tomorrow!
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - tommyardin - 12-05-18
(12-05-18, 09:25 AM)maddog04 link Wrote: yeah, lots of bad drivers but the thread is called Today's "What Gets My Goat"
emphasis on "Todays"
fazersharp.......its the ale.
a road with two lanes on each side, the ambo passes standing traffic on the opposite carriageway like you'll have seen loads of times. Oncoming van pulls over only for a goon behind the van to overtake and plays chicken with ambo
the other carriageway has a broken down lorry in lane 2 with goons sat up his arse for ages
all goons in the story are women
THE END :lol
Mad forgot his meds again this morning
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - maddog04 - 12-05-18
eh darrsi......magneto man
since I read your post I've been the same......getting buzzed off everything I touch :rolleyes
last two days have been interesting to say the least :lol
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - darrsi - 12-05-18
(12-05-18, 06:54 PM)maddog04 link Wrote: eh darrsi......magneto man
since I read your post I've been the same......getting buzzed off everything I touch :rolleyes
last two days have been interesting to say the least :lol
I got given a free rugby top at work the other day, but it's made of polyester for strength purposes.
I swear i was waiting to spontaneously combust when i put it on, you could hear the crackling of static, absolutely no way i could wear it.
All my boots have to be anti static as well, otherwise i get shocks between my toes when i walk, which is even worse in winter. Can only wear 100% cotton socks as well otherwise it just makes things worse.
Sounds funny, but it really isn't. :lol
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - maddog04 - 13-05-18
I know what you're saying bro :lol
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - YamFazFan - 20-05-18
When you get a weekend of lovely weather like this one and some complete arse in the vicinity decides to light a bonfire.
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - Trebus - 20-05-18
(20-05-18, 10:30 AM)YamFazFan link Wrote: When you get a weekend of lovely weather like this one and some complete arse in the vicinity decides to light a bonfire.
Usually 5 minutes after you’ve hung the washing out to dry!
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - maddog04 - 20-05-18
nuisance neighbours eh?
in a garden or on wasteland.........if garden
ring 999 get fire to attend, tell operator you think its a house job........upon arrival Fire may let it go as a controlled burn but the proviso will be that if further calls come in, we'll have to extinguish
so if it isn't put out first go................multiple calls from you and the neighbours :lol
there's more than one way to skin a cat
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - steve 10562cc - 21-05-18
If it's a regular problem by the same person report them to your environmental health department they will take action. We had the same problem where I used to live the idiot had a gardening business and rather than pay tipping charges for his business waste he used to burn it most evenings in summer burning weeds and grass stinks and the smoke hung on wind lass nights. I spoke to the t**t but no change so reported him to environmental health along with several of the neighbours. He was served with an enforcement notice to stop the fires he had no choice but had to comply. Best do these things the legal way rather than the way most of us would like too.
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - Dudeofrude - 21-05-18
I was under the impression it's perfectly legal to have a bonfire in your own garden?
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - BBROWN1664 - 21-05-18
(21-05-18, 12:32 PM)Dudeofrude link Wrote: I was under the impression it's perfectly legal to have a bonfire in your own garden?Depends on your local by-laws
Where I am in the UK, it is after dusk only.
At my French place, none are allowed from April to October
Re: Today's "What Gets My Goat" - steve 10562cc - 21-05-18
They might have acted because there were a fair few reports about the same person and it was commercial garden/waste he was burning. He stopped and that was all the people that lived with a square mile of him was bothered about.