Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

[Mr. Dazzle]

When I first moved here there was loads of free parking...it was dead simple. Green spaces free, purple 20p/hour, red 50p/hour. Those days are long gone! It was like that as recently as 2011. They actually painted around my car (while I was on holiday) when it was parked in a green space and made it into a purple one

True about the shops though. CMK has typically been pretty immune to "boarded up shop syndrome" IME, but even here there are 5 or 6 empty units in the big centre.

[KungFooBob]

I live in a small town, there's quite a thriving Highstreet, with a 'Spoons and a Poundland

There's three car parks all free.

The local train station car park is free too.

There has to be some benefit to living in the Northern Wastes.

[Yorick]

Thankfully there is no paid parking over here.
They did try it a few years ago around a big shopping centre. Nobody paid. All the locals stuck together.

It was soon stopped

[Count Steer]

I live in a small town, there's quite a thriving Highstreet, with a 'Spoons and a Poundland

There's three car parks all free.

The local train station car park is free too.

There has to be some benefit to living in the Northern Wastes.

Really?! Blimey. Are there many spaces and can you actually get parked when you need to? Most of them in this neck of the woods charge £lots and, even then, if you turn up late you're stuffed.

[KungFooBob]

I live in a small town, there's quite a thriving Highstreet, with a 'Spoons and a Poundland

There's three car parks all free.

The local train station car park is free too.

There has to be some benefit to living in the Northern Wastes.

Really?! Blimey. Are there many spaces and can you actually get parked when you need to? Most of them in this neck of the woods charge £lots and, even then, if you turn up late you're stuffed.

It's not a massive station...

Two car parks, one either side of the road.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/7cRABT2aXjD6L3QR9

It's the Leeds/Huddersfield to Sheffield line.

[Mr. Dazzle]

£11 here, take it or leave it Doesn't matter if you stay 5 mins or 23 hours 59 mins.

Unsurprisingly, I very very seldom stay any minutes.

Still....s'not as bad as Heathrow, £5 to drive past the front door please, even if you don't stop. Then a ULEZ charge if you're lucky too

[Cousin Jack]

£11 here, take it or leave it Doesn't matter if you stay 5 mins or 23 hours 59 mins.

Unsurprisingly, I very very seldom stay any minutes.

Still....s'not as bad as Heathrow, £5 to drive past the front door please, even if you don't stop. Then a ULEZ charge if you're lucky too

You know you are supposed to walk or cycle everywhere don't you?

Locally a new crematorium was refused planning permission. One of the reasons given for refusal was that it didn't offer easy walking or cycling access. Does anyone do a bicycle hearse?

[636mick]

Come to Daventry, free parking in every town centre car park. They charge silly money to park in the Country Park though, which seems a bit arse about face tbh.
I think they are sorting out paying in one car park, all the rest remain free!! Hospital is just out of the town centre and they charge, so when I visit the hospital I park in town and walk for two minutes. We don’t have a railway station very local.
Mick.

[MrLongbeard]

I live in a small town, there's quite a thriving Highstreet, with a 'Spoons and a Poundland

There's three car parks all free.

The local train station car park is free too.

There has to be some benefit to living in the Northern Wastes.

Street parking is free for 2 hours.
Tesco parking is free for 2 hours.
30 paid spaces £1.5 for 2 hours.
90 free spaces in long stay car park.

[Horse]

Locally a new crematorium was refused planning permission. One of the reasons given for refusal was that it didn't offer easy walking or cycling access.

Have they seen the typical ages for attendees? [Vertical, not the horizontal one]

[Count Steer]

A copy of Spiderman 1 just sold for £1 million. I had a copy but my mother cleared out a lot of my stuff when I left home. (I had the first 4 or 5 issues).

Admittedly the auctioned copy was 'mint' but a 'fine' one went for £0.5M a couple of years ago.

*sigh*

[weeksy]

A copy of Spiderman 1 just sold for £1 million. I had a copy but my mother cleared out a lot of my stuff when I left home. (I had the first 4 or 5 issues).

Admittedly the auctioned copy was 'mint' but a 'fine' one went for £0.5M a couple of years ago.

*sigh*

On that note, i used to own Steve Heighways shirt from the 1977 European Cup final win. My old man used to do work for Joe Fagan and was given the shirt. Where, when and how it's gone... i have no idea.. I owned a few other classics too, again, i don't know where or when they went.

[ChrisW]

A copy of Spiderman 1 just sold for £1 million. I had a copy but my mother cleared out a lot of my stuff when I left home.

But if pretty much all parents hadn't done just this what might the values be?!

[Greenman]

Cars, mines fucked this morning on the coldest day of course!

Handbrake is stuck on. I tried to drive it off the drive with no luck at all. Handbrake level all floppy with no resistance at all!

I have managed to walk in the 2 miles to my morning school almost literally arriving with frosticles on my nose as it's -5 here today.

Going to contact a few mobile mechanics and hopefully they will take payment in litres of tap water as i don't really have any money to pay for the repairs that will no doubt be astronomical.

Anyone had any experience with mobile mechanics? I can't take it to my normal mechanic as i can't move the car!

[Horse]

Cars, mines fucked this morning on the coldest day of course!

Handbrake is stuck on. I tried to drive it off the drive with no luck at all. Handbrake level all floppy with no resistance at all!


Anyone had any experience with mobile mechanics? I can't take it to my normal mechanic as i can't move the car!

Cable or electric?

If cable, it could be water ingress. I had that with an old Astra. 'Sorted' it by leaving the car running until heat from the exhaust warmed the cable. 'Fix' would be a new cable.

[Greenman]

Cars, mines fucked this morning on the coldest day of course!

Handbrake is stuck on. I tried to drive it off the drive with no luck at all. Handbrake level all floppy with no resistance at all!


Anyone had any experience with mobile mechanics? I can't take it to my normal mechanic as i can't move the car!

Cable or electric?

If cable, it could be water ingress. I had that with an old Astra. 'Sorted' it by leaving the car running until heat from the exhaust warmed the cable. 'Fix' would be a new cable.

Yeah mobile mechanic bloke just told me this could work. They also advise hitting the caliper with a hammer and screwdriver could release any stuck pads or frozen pads!

I'm going to try these ideas at dinner time after i have froze my ass off walking home.

[DefTrap]

Anyone had any experience with mobile mechanics? I can't take it to my normal mechanic as i can't move the car!

Insurance? My co. moved my buggered TT to the garage of my choice when I couldn't move it (burst high pressure power steering line)

[Greenman]

Anyone had any experience with mobile mechanics? I can't take it to my normal mechanic as i can't move the car!

Insurance? My co. moved my buggered TT to the garage of my choice when I couldn't move it (burst high pressure power steering line)

If my hammering or warming up plan doesn't fix it i might try that, good idea.

[Yorick]

Anyone had any experience with mobile mechanics? I can't take it to my normal mechanic as i can't move the car!

Insurance? My co. moved my buggered TT to the garage of my choice when I couldn't move it (burst high pressure power steering line)

If my hammering or warming up plan doesn't fix it i might try that, good idea.

You'll need the special brake hammer.

[Greenman]

Insurance? My co. moved my buggered TT to the garage of my choice when I couldn't move it (burst high pressure power steering line)

If my hammering or warming up plan doesn't fix it i might try that, good idea.

You'll need the special brake hammer.

Special brake hammer?