Parking – Yet Again
Posted: Wed 3 February, 2010 Filed under: Charm School, Driving, Parking 3 Comments »Another piece of residue from the weekend…
Here's a thought W642OAH- maybe you are meant to park BETWEEN the lines, not ON them
Broken Heels
Posted: Tue 26 January, 2010 Filed under: Cynicism, Driving, Thoughts Leave a comment »While driving to/from work, I have the radio on, and currently it tends to be Radio One. (I know, I’m not in the target market, blah blah – I still can’t stand R2, and can’t currently be arsed with my own music choices) One of the tracks that seems to be always played at some point in the drive is Alexandra Burke’s “Broken Heels” , which has lyrics that drive me barmy.
The lyrics in question are
All the ladies tell their fellas we can do what they do,
We can do it even better in broken heels
And that’s rubbish.I don’t have a problem with a song about women doing stuff better than men, that’s fine. But to say “We can do it even better in broken heels” is crap. That’s saying “We can do it well in normal shoes, but we can do it even better when the shoes are broken”
What I think it should read is “We can even do it better in broken heels” – implying that even with a handicap of broken heels, they can still do the job better than blokes.
I know, I’m a) pedantic and b) need to get out more. Guilty as charged.
But saying
Parking – Bury St Edmunds
Posted: Tue 19 January, 2010 Filed under: 1BEM, Charm School, Driving, Parking Leave a comment »This time, it’s a spectacular piece of parking in the Sainsbury’s at Bury St Edmunds…
That isn't a parking space, you utter twat
So yes, driver of S3NUM, you’ve been added to the Gallery Of Bell-ends. Congratulations.
Crunch – Finale
Posted: Mon 18 January, 2010 Filed under: Domestic, Driving 2 Comments »The car is finally back in my possession. All is fine with it, it has no visible scratches, and they’ve even cleaned the inside.
It feels insanely fast compared to the POS Chevy Matiz and Avgo I’ve had for the last month.
I’m very happy to have it back. Now it just remains to see how long I can go before scratching the cocking thing.
Crunch – Getting the Car Back
Posted: Sat 16 January, 2010 Filed under: Domestic, Driving Leave a comment »Following on from this week’s ridiculous stuff with the car, they called late yesterday to say I should get it back on Monday.
I’m not going to believe it ’til it’s actually here, but dear Lord I’ll be pleased to have it back when it happens.
If it does come back on Monday, it’ll be exactly a month since it went in.
Centre Console
Posted: Fri 15 January, 2010 Filed under: Driving, Thoughts, Weirdness 5 Comments »One of the things that’s very odd (in my experience) with the Chevrolet Matiz I’m currently driving – but only ’til Monday, praise the Lord! – is the layout of the dashboard. The speedo, rev counter and fuel gauge aren’t in the normal place, but are instead slap-bang in the middle of the dash.
You get used to it quickly enough, but it’s still very odd initially to not have the dials in the normal place. In some ways it’s like when one of your mirrors is unavailable (whether it’s fallen off, been smashed off, or just that the car is so full of [whatever] that you can’t see out of the back window) in that you suddenly realise again how often you do check them. Until you get used to it, every time you look for the dial, it’s a little jolt ’til you remember where it actually is.
I’m not a great fan of having the dials in the centre of the dash. It’s not much different – not like you suddenly have to look somewhere completely different, or move your head/neck in order to see them or anything. But it doesn’t feel “right”. After however many years of having the dials in line with the steering wheel, having them in a different location just feels strange, and somehow “wrong”.
Visibility
Posted: Thu 14 January, 2010 Filed under: 1BEM, Driving, People, Stupidity, Weather 1 Comment »Sometimes you just sit gobsmacked at the stupidity of people…
You might want to try scraping the snow off before leaving
Not seen by me, but instead featured on this story on Sky News (and other locations) with the photo provided by Devon police.
Apparently the person driving (an old woman) was told off, and given an ice scraper.