johnofwessex

The reason why they dont want to be seen is that there are people waiting for organ donations But there is no shortage of Practitioners of the Solitary Vice on the roads whether they have four wheels, two wheels or shoes

So why is a 'High Street' retailer selling something that cant be legally fitted to a vehicle used on public roads in the UK?

If you get Attendance Allowance this can significantly increase your entitlement to Pension Credit. If you have any basic queries do PM me

I have done Ostend to Dover & Honk Kong to Macau by Jetfoil Admittedly the weather was good but very nice on both occasions

AFAIK if you are 'contracted out' the 'Occupational Pension' has to be uprated in line with inflation up to 4% and anything over that is paid with the State Pension so increases come via your State not Private Pension. If that makes sense..........

A harsh but fair comment

I think the issue over SUV's is that while we can all see the need for a Tradesman's Transit, who on earth needs a SUV in London unless you are a visiting upland sheep farmer?

Bring back The Inspectors of Lunatics, we need you

I have seen photo's of Industrial Tender loco's on the NCB Lampton system. The Derwent Valley Light Railway hired 0-6-0 Tender loco's from the LNER & the Mid Suffolk by then under LNER/BR ownership was operated with J15's

Get on to the landlords/agents The requirement not to cause a nuasance to adjoining neighbours is standard in tenancy agrfeements Also try the Local Authority, there may be issues around licensing

Well, its a business expense

Worth making the point that Traffic Wardens were 'Specials' Clearly that would mean that they could issue 'points' to the real idiots or even arrest them.

Couple of things.......... A friend lives in a modern (no more than 10 year old house) with garage. She and her ex husband had an Astra. They JUST got it in the garage one day but there was no way they could get out except by climbing out of the windows, so I suggest that as a planning issue som eof the assumptions around cars and garages need looking at. Then there is the van/bloat issue. My suggestion is that there should be the option to impose restrictions on parking vehicles over a certain size. Fair enough if a tradesman/delivery driver/whatever is working at a property but if you want to park a van on the road over the weekend, no, its a commercial vehicle so pay for somewhere to park it. When I lived in Bristol the local paper made their delivery van drivers take the vehicles home rather than provide parking. SUV's ditto

The experience in the State of Victoria (Australia) was interesting As I understand it, when they started doing road blocks for drink driving and the 'average' driver could expect to be stopped every two years or so it had a major impact on driving standards because people realised that they were likley to be caught if they misbehaved. I suspect that many of the poor parkers attitude extends to other areas of not only driving but life in general and towing their cars and giving them points might get a message over about their behaviour as well as being fairly 'low risk' in terms of not getting a car chase and possibly quite a productive use of police resources.

Nah what you want is this With voice actuated targeting 'White Audi at 3 o'clock'

Then make a fuss

Interesting document here https://www.southyorks.police.uk/media/9243/op-parksafe-v2.pdf You CAN get points for parking

Pity it was a Van and not a Telehandler............

https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/24111656.hms-prince-wales-seen-off-isle-wight-sunday/ And the most reliable ship is.......... It seems that there is (was) a mounting in the stern for a machine gun should HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Queen Elizabeth be unavailable

I am told that we dont rea;;y need the SAS, just send in the scaffolders

My father had a series of large family saloons, like the Austin 1800 & Princess's. When my brothers & I reached 'driving age' in about 1980 he bought a 1.3 Marina Coupe for us to learn on. Nippy(er) and rolled like a ship in a rough sea Youngesdt's first trip in it was with my mother driving, she wasnt as worried about bending it as the previous family cars and as she said if she coukd get home a second sooner it was an extra second to do the washing/cleaning/dinner in He's never been the same since and that was over 40 years ago.

This https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/29/us-car-costs-insurance-unaffordable explains why SUV's are so 'popular'

Fascinating, thank you very much, its an insight that goes far beyond both shipping and the subject under discussion.

But did any Railway Companies - or The Navy have their own coal mines? Not as far as I am aware.

I do wonder if we are going to look at Driver Training / Certification it should include an interview with an appropriate professional such as a probation officer to weed out any obvious twats