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

[Mussels]

People whilst sitting on the train who insist on having a very loud mobile phone conversation via speaker phone , why? The whole carriage does not want to hear your personal details . Currently drowning her out (well trying to) with head phones. Apparently she has a migraine coming on……..

That annoys and mystifies me. Calls were always private, not public.

It's one of the things that I've noticed about English people since leaving. So many (too many) think they are so effing important that no-one else matters. IME it's these same muppets that think the gov't are watching them, because they believe their pathetic little lives warrant watching.

Not surprising as you work in places and an industry that will attract that type, especially in the last two years.

[Silly Car]

People that wear polo shirts with the collar popped.
I thought they'd finally died out but I saw one earlier - it's the universal way of announcing that you're an arsehole without saying a word.

Agreed, although there is an obvious joke regarding walking past mirrors / plate glass windows that should not be overlooked

[Mr. Dazzle]

[Skub]

Shirley polio shirts of any descriptions are the mark of golfing bankers leisure wear? Deeply uncool,but matching those knife edge crease chinos.

Sir needs a washed out black Iron Maiden 'Eddie' T-shirt,stretched ineffectively over a distended gut and further embellished with beard dandruff and a collection of other dubious stains.

[MrLongbeard]

Sir needs a washed out black Iron Maiden 'Eddie' T-shirt,stretched ineffectively over a distended gut and further embellished with beard dandruff and a collection of other dubious stains.

You called?

[Skub]

[Jody]

That annoys and mystifies me. Calls were always private, not public.

It's one of the things that I've noticed about English people since leaving. So many (too many) think they are so effing important that no-one else matters. IME it's these same muppets that think the gov't are watching them, because they believe their pathetic little lives warrant watching.

Not surprising as you work in places and an industry that will attract that type, especially in the last two years.

I think you missed my point. The English behaviour and attitude that disappoints me is what I see when I'm in the UK.

[Noggin]

I'm always a bit amazed at people who speed up when you go to overtake. I mean, in a works minibus, I'm only overtaking if you are going less than the limit and on a road where it's safe to do an over take

But was proper BMP is people who think that, just because they have - incorrect tyres, don't know the road, are scared of snow on the road, on holiday so they are important etc etc etc, they think that it's ok to pull over the white line to prevent an overtake FFS

I mean, the car today was Belgian, and we all know about Belgian drivers!! LOL

But seriously - twice on places I could have overtaken, but wasn't looking to at the time, the guy driving the car pulled to the left and straddled the white line in his 'I'm impotenter than you are' gurt big Porche thingy (not a Cayenne, but similar sized). After a while of driving very slowly (yes, it was snowing but the roads were clear, I know them very very well and have very good winter tyres and a fair bit of winter driving experience!) I figured he'd given up with that lark

I was wrong

I indicated, pulled out and as I began to accelerate, he fucking crossed the white line to block me

Rarely do I use the horn on the minibus but I did then. He pulled back over and I completed the overtake. I had followed him for about 10kms, so I can't believe he didn't know I was there. And no, I hadn't been tailgating him - it was snowing FFS, that just ain't safe!!!

But what a complete and utter Bell-end


Not the first time It's happened to me on this road, won't be the last. Will always BMP though cos it's such a dick move and so bloody dangerous!!!

[demographic]

I think some people just don't like being passed by a van.
I sort of understand some of it cos being behind a van does reduce visibility a lot but if I've caught up with them in my mighty Hiace its fair to say they aint no rocketship pilot and it's likely that I just know the road better.

Some people (quite rare, thankfully) do take pet and speed up.
Maybe some of them just realise they were dawdling?

Not usually that much of an issue, depends on the road really.

[Noggin]

I think some people just don't like being passed by a van.
I sort of understand some of it cos being behind a van does reduce visibility a lot but if I've caught up with them in my mighty Hiace its fair to say they aint no rocketship pilot and it's likely that I just know the road better.

Some people (quite rare, thankfully) do take pet and speed up.
Maybe some of them just realise they were dawdling?

Not usually that much of an issue, depends on the road really.

I have a lot speed up on the motorway. Originally going slow enough that I can overtake within the speed limit then breaking it to keep me behind them! THose ones I sort of get, and it doesn't bother me, might roll my eyes a bit!! LOL

But to piss about on a mountain road in the snow is a bit stupid really!!

(And I totally get the lack of visibility - on the bike I'll overtake high vehicles just to see better, even if I'm not in a play mood or a hurry!!)

[weeksy]

I'm always a bit amazed at people who speed up when you go to overtake. I mean, in a works minibus, I'm only overtaking if you are going less than the limit and on a road where it's safe to do an over take

But was proper BMP is people who think that, just because they have - incorrect tyres, don't know the road, are scared of snow on the road, on holiday so they are important etc etc etc, they think that it's ok to pull over the white line to prevent an overtake FFS

I mean, the car today was Belgian, and we all know about Belgian drivers!! LOL

But seriously - twice on places I could have overtaken, but wasn't looking to at the time, the guy driving the car pulled to the left and straddled the white line in his 'I'm impotenter than you are' gurt big Porche thingy (not a Cayenne, but similar sized). After a while of driving very slowly (yes, it was snowing but the roads were clear, I know them very very well and have very good winter tyres and a fair bit of winter driving experience!) I figured he'd given up with that lark

I was wrong

I indicated, pulled out and as I began to accelerate, he fucking crossed the white line to block me

Rarely do I use the horn on the minibus but I did then. He pulled back over and I completed the overtake. I had followed him for about 10kms, so I can't believe he didn't know I was there. And no, I hadn't been tailgating him - it was snowing FFS, that just ain't safe!!!

But what a complete and utter Bell-end


Not the first time It's happened to me on this road, won't be the last. Will always BMP though cos it's such a dick move and so bloody dangerous!!!

Why didn't you just go a little slower ?

[Noggin]

Why didn't you just go a little slower ?

Cos he was doing 35kph on a 50-60kph (in the snow with proper equipment - faster in the dry!) road - and I was working. Empty at the time but at his speed I'd have had to rush to get to the pick up - I prefer not to rush because that's when things go wrong and you might not get to the pick up!!

I did go at his speed for the first 8 ish kms. But with another 8 ish kms of the mountain route to get down, I prefered to pass in a safe place and leave him to it!!


I know it probably reads as if I was a lunatic, but I really don't rush/speed in minibuses on mountain roads. There's no point!

Mind you. Both EgoPorche guy and I were following another car for the first 3 or 4 kms that was doing 20kph!!! I do understand why people do that, but why not pull over in one of the many many places available to allow others to pass. That's what I do. With passengers I drive slower - mostly due to the bends/hairpins and not wanting people to be car sick. But as a result, if there are a couple of cars behind me, or one car that hasn't been able to over take for a while, I pull over to let them pass. Always thought that was pretty sensible really??



Definitely KPH, NOT MPH!! MPH and it wouldn't have been so bad!!

[McNab]

Which one is prompting your ire?

No vax

I'll take a wild stab at that being a crude play on the name Novak.

Is it safe to assume that the cancelled Czech doesn't bother you? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-59910838

Well, yeah, that exactly. All the fuss and rhetoric as if he is being held against his will in a Russian gulag. There's the crowds outside his hotel to support him because of who he is. No one gives a shit about the other player you linked there.

There's more outrage over him, than there was about that Chinese player that was disappeared after suggesting she was raped by a Chinese official.

Anyway, all sorted now. Djockavic got his way.

[Jody]

I went to chain reaction cycles to find some new trainers
I found some at €60
"free delivery over €75"
Seems fair, I then got a bit carried away
T shirts, knee pads, rucksack...
Basket total is now over €500
I'm just about to put in my credit card details and I spot
"large package, €30 postage costs"

So I was 'forced' to remove items from my cart until the postage charge disappeared!

[the_priest]

I'm with Noggin on the stupid drivers thing. Dropped my daughter off at school, stuck behind a Honda Civic in my mighty Skoda Octavia (smaller engine too) and the daft driver keeps on yielding where they have right of way. It throws the traffic flow and causes brain bleeds and unhappy drivers behind them. I was glad to see them turn off in another direction to wander in their own path of mayhem. The rest of the drive was smooth and uneventful.

[DefTrap]

Posted a package containing "important documents".
Sent it tracked because it's "important documents", the machine spewed out all the labels etc, plus a receipt with a bar code so that you can track it on the App. Package labelled up, off it goes. Bosh.

Except - the package has never showed up on the App. And of course the package never arrived.

FFS. What is the effing point of tracked? The last time this happened they could tell me where the package had been last before they lost it ....

[slowsider]

I was glad to see them turn off in another direction to wander in their own path of mayhem.

It turned the other cheek ?

[the_priest]

I was glad to see them turn off in another direction to wander in their own path of mayhem.

It turned the other cheek ?

I did. They are still alive...

[MingtheMerciless]

Realising that trying to fit new fence panels that are almost as big as you on your own, after a run of 7 nights is a recipe for disaster.

[weeksy]

Realising that trying to fit new fence panels that are almost as big as you on your own, after a run of 7 nights is a recipe for disaster.

How much fire-wood do you now have ?