BeestonMick 263 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Pheew 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 49# PEVERAL.........................it seems everyone must be on fantastic wages for dealing/working in bits of metal, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Front brake pads are always replaced with new brake discs nowadays, why ? Don't tell me the discs should be changed as well, NOT if they are not badly scored they don't. A nice little earner there for someone ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Ben. #46. Its not rubbing off on you yet. Not 'til you start saying things like "I'm fixin too" like my Tennessee wife. Or ' I'm burnin' up" Translation = I'm too hot. Etc. Or if you live in Canada turn every statement into a question. Cold eh? Sunny day, eh? Nice car, eh? The list is unlimited. You know the rules though. When in Rome.... But none of 'em understand real Nottingham. We've gorrem licked there. Didjagdahn is total foreign to 'em. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Loppy so long as i don't get the Canadian one i don't mind,..........Upspeak' we call it,and i absolutely detest it,and its spreading like wild fire',even some news reporters now have it.every time i turn the car radio on someone is doing it, One of the cleaners, where i do a bit of work uses it,all the wifes relatives in Devon do it, ITS TAKING OVER THE WORLD,.....................HELP...................... and probably even 'educated fleas do it'.................................................. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Just read it, Phil. It's roundly ignored in this part of the country. It seems most of us are capable of treating the junction as a roundabout for the purposes of priority, without the need to attempt to drive around it. Some of the Highway Code is advisory and a breach could be a contributory factor in a prosecution but S.188 is a "must", unless the vehicle is too large to pass round, so it is a breach of the law to pass over the white dot. I sure we all do it at times but it could lead to a prosecution if an accident happens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Upspeak - ARRRRGH! Gerroffme 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Catfan #32: The Greens all say that electric vehicles are CO2 free but in fact all they do is transfer their pollution to a point source - the power stations. Even if they are using windmill electricity they are not CO2 free by a long chalk; it takes about ten years for a windmill to become Carbon neutral, until then they are paying the enormous cost of strip mining for Rare Earth to make the magnets and all the concrete production that goes into their massive bases and steel for their towers. At the end of all that, the 45m blades cannot be recycled. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Upspeak eh? They were doing it when I moved there in 71. Not so much a raised pitch of the voice. Just a conclusion to many sentences. I heard it explained that it demanded a response. The reason being that if you were out in the woods with a buddy and it is thirty below and you just said "Cold" You would not necessarily get an answer. If you turn it into a question by adding Eh? he is expected to answer. No answer means he froze to death two miles back! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Not so much a raised pitch of the voice. Just a conclusion to many sentences. Yes, doesn't sound like 'upspeak' in the least (which I agree is somewhat irritating). Begs the old questions, Loppy... Q: 'How do you spell Canada?' Q: :C eh N eh D eh' etc. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,279 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Why is the EA exempt from the Freedom of Information act? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 # 63 EA. Do you mean the Environment Agency? On their website it tells you how to do an FOI. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,088 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 #61 This is what worries me about our daughter being in Canada for the next six months. She's already noticed the "eh", I just hope she doesn't get assimilated! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 On 1/5/2016 at 12:27 PM, catfan said: When applying butter to bread or toast, if you drop the said article on the floor WHY does it always land face down ? Simples, wait until you’ve dropped it, before you butter it 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Why is it that when you get into a walk in bath, the water doesn't escape? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Why.. has the general media in isolation developed an obsession with a bookcase backdrop? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 A collection of books is supposed to show some sort of intelligence! The thing that is irritating me about these "home visit" interviews (especially bad on UK television but similar here as well) is having to look up into the interviewee's nostrils. Why can't they position their webcam (or whatever they're using) a touch higher to make their face on a similar level as the camera? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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