WAMT....what annoyed me today!

Some years ago, I drove a Series 2a Diesel LandRover SWB in off white. Had several people pull out on me and after one particularly close call, I got out at the traffic lights 25m down the road and told the driver that if he had any idea just how bad the brakes are on old Landies, he wouldn't do it again! Had the lights on at the time.
 
Keith W said:
If the line is double dashed then that is a give way and you must come to stop before then proceeding if safe to do so
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Wrong,
You MUST stop behind the line at a junction with a ‘Stop’ sign and a solid white line across the road. Wait for a safe gap in the traffic before you move off.
Laws RTA 1988 sect 36 & TSRGD regs 10 & 16

Dashed lines you dont *have* to stop if you can merge safely and/or road is clear.
 
@Nod
Your brakes on a 2A Landie were bad - ours were first class - I loved both of ours and indeed doughtier #1 was taught to drive on one of them

Those things had CHARACTER :P
 
The petrol ones have servo assistance, the Diesels don't! Mine had an upgrade from SWB brakes too - having been rebuilt from an LWB on a new SWB chassis, we retained the bigger LWB brakes. Having driven an all but identical "standard" SWB with the smaller brakes (again a Diesel), I know that mine was better less bad than standard.
 
You can't beat the curry hook on a Landy ! I got some odd looks when I used to open the door and fill the tanks up with fuel on my Lightweight at petrol stations !
 
Always (and still do!) fancied an Air Portable with a V8 in it. A mate had one and it flew. Didn't have the suspension or brakes to match its get-up-and-go though but that issue could be addressed!
 
Nod said:
Always (and still do!) fancied an Air Portable with a V8 in it. A mate had one and it flew. Didn't have the suspension or brakes to match its get-up-and-go though but that issue could be addressed!
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I didn't have a V8 just a standard engine but did have a Farly Overdrive fitted which was pretty awesome.
 
Being asked if I minded doing a different round tomorrow, one I haven't done for a while but should be ok, said I would as long as I can use my van.
Person doing my round commented only if the other one has fuel WTF filled mine up yesterday, but that's ok I can have the empty one :mad:
Not gonna happen ;)
 
Top up £10 on my phone, Only to be greeted with a balance of £9.03. WTF?
 
Shopping trolleys and the people who "drive" them, I sure hope they don't drive their cars the same way
 
"Spray and sprinkle" top dressing "resurfacing". The highway equivalent of one coat gloss.
 
WAMT: The Fortune Of War "roundabout" on the A127. I'm originally from Southend, and whenever I go back to visit family I'm always annoyed as hell by this uniquely ridiculous junction. What on earth did the transport planners think they were doing?
 
For those who don't know the Fortune Of War, here's a screenshot from Google Earth.
 
Annoyed? Nothing.
Today that would be tough to do. :-) :-) :-)
 
StewartR said:
WAMT: The Fortune Of War "roundabout" on the A127. I'm originally from Southend, and whenever I go back to visit family I'm always annoyed as hell by this uniquely ridiculous junction. What on earth did the transport planners think they were doing?
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Every once in a while, traffic planners like to take a perfectly good junction and screw it up. It was always perfectly alright as a full roundabout so no idea why they had to do that to it.
 
The abomination that is Happy Campers. Bloody aptly named too.:rolleyes:
 
StewartR said:
WAMT: The Fortune Of War "roundabout" on the A127. I'm originally from Southend, and whenever I go back to visit family I'm always annoyed as hell by this uniquely ridiculous junction. What on earth did the transport planners think they were doing?
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What happens when you need to go top to bottom or vice versa on that screen shot?
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
What happens when you need to go top to bottom or vice versa on that screen shot?
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You've got to drive up the road and go back on yourself.
 
I seem to be attracting stupid people today.

Customer 1 "Do you do cashback?"
Me "Yes, up to £a limit of £50"
Customer 1 "I'll have £120 then"

Customer 2 walks towards me from direction of tills...
Customer 2: "Excuse me, do you sell ice?"
Me "Yes, it's back the way you came, by the tills" (You can't miss it, it's a freezer full of nothing but ice cubes, right next to the tills)
Goes away, comes back 2 minutes later
Customer 2 " But I came in that way" (gestures to the way she came, past the tills and freezer of ice)
 
Lol so annoying. You should blame your other half for not thinking about that :p
 
I'm glad it's not just me that does things like that!!!

WAMT was finding my credit card bill (that needs to "reach them" by tomorrow) behind several other things in the important things to do rack. All my fault and the things in front of it were things I'd already done anyway!!! Did give me an excuse to blatt down to town on the bike then carry on for 50 or so miles for the hell of it!
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
What happens when you need to go top to bottom or vice versa on that screen shot?
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You have to get off at the previous junction and drive around all the residential roads. What makes this "roundabout" worse is that it's 70mph limit but just before you get to it, the limit drops to 40mph with cameras.
However the most annoying thing is I leave the A127 at the previous junction, to the left of the photo. If I'm going into work on a Sunday morning, there maybe a bootsale near the junction I need, but the idiots queue using both lanes of the slip road. This means I have to carry on and come back, but because I can't turn back at this roundabout, I have to carry on to the next exit, adding an unnecessary 5 miles or more on my journey.
 
WAMT... I've just totted up the difference in allotted time and time taken for both doorstep and travel time for one of my drivers at work to discover he's, rather successfully, wasted two odd hours, giving us late deliveries on our stats.
 
Flying ants. Well, not the flying ants themselves, just the flock of gulls that's devouring as many as they can and crapping all over the place!
 
Being on a bus/coach on a long journey with someone who on insists on whistling (out of tune) the whole way.
 
Could have done without the cat chucking up on the duvet cover at 3 this morning. Cooking fat!
 
The bird flapping around in the chimney.
I really dont know how they get in there!
 
Today's list so far...

Cat crapped on kitchen floor next to litter box.
Cat left dead mouse on living room carpet (I'm assuming as apology for crapping on the floor...)
Discovered fancy top flight car stereo fitted to new to me car with USB doesn't have a usb socket at the rear as shown on diagrams.
Can't update the software on it without the USB socket!
Can't just play my music without USB.
The mystery lightening lead doesn't seem to go anywhere or connect to anything so that's plan D thwarted.
CD changer I discovered in the rear of the car doesn't seem to open to allow you to put any CDs in it. Still can't play own music.
DAB part of Radio wasn't working and fm radio will tune about 2 stations so radio doesn't really work either...
Cigarette lighter in rear is a permanent live not switched yet one in ashtray is switched. I was going to be tidy and plug dash cam into rear one but as a perm live it's a nuisance so I'd have to unplug it every single time and plug it back in.
Pocket lining of coat stuck in zip so I had a wrestle and swearing match just to get back into the house as my keys were in that pocket.

It seems to be one of those days...
 
Wamt the lack of oxygen in the air. Damn it is hard to breath in London.
 
srichards said:
Today's list so far...
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b****r! :(
dejongj said:
Wamt the lack of oxygen in the air. Damn it is hard to breath in London.
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It was nice just South of Sheffield today, albeit a bit wet,
but you can't beat working in the open countryside, all that fresh air :)

Cg_Girl said:
Everything!
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Don't beat bout the bush Trace, say what you mean :D

WAMT?
It was a bit too wet to get my flying in today, but there wasn't a lot to chase anyway.
So I guess the real answer is not a lot (y)
 
Yup it's nice to be home.
 
due to being able to get cheap tickets if you book far enough in advance, first class on trains seems to be turning into chav-ville with a free bacon roll. 1st class used to actually mean something!
 
AshleyC said:
due to being able to get cheap tickets if you book far enough in advance, first class on trains seems to be turning into chav-ville with a free bacon roll. 1st class used to actually mean something!
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Have they stopped the scrambled egg and smoked salmon? Oh damn.
 
Cobra said:
WAMT?
It was a bit too wet to get my flying in today, but there wasn't a lot to chase anyway.
So I guess the real answer is not a lot (y)
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Must have been damn windy too :p
 
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