ezydriver:
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It’s true. I heard two drivers talking in Tesco Reading about this, one of which overheard it in a pub from someone connected to the railways.
The lack of emojis suggests you’re being serious, if that was supposed to be sarcasm you need to edit it to indicate so, but if you are being serious…
Why would that be sarcasm? I tend to have a lot of faith in people and what they tell me. There was another driver recently in Tesco Lichfield that told me in the 80s he was on Euro work. He said he dashed for this ferry but just missed it, as the lorry in front was the last one on. But he said it must have been God’s intervention because the ferry sunk, killing many people on board. He said if he’d been on it, he probably wouldn’t have been talking to me that night.
I had a similar thing at Daventry rail port.The re eptionist told me to park my lorry in the middle of the yard so the container could be removed but,for some reason,I went around by the track and then,I heard a loud bang,the heavy winds had blown 2 containers over where she told me to park.And Im thinking,what was all that about?
FFS… This is the problem with your Troll persona: Any genuine middle-aged UK truck driver has heard the stories about the driver who only just missed getting on board the Herald of Free Enterprise. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Herald … Enterprise
Hence Ezydriver is either (i) taking the mick without the benefit of emojis to denote sarcasm or (ii) is gullible enough to believe any old nonsense anyone tells him.
Here’s another UK cliche you won’t know about Sploom, “I was on that balcony”, a fantasist claim heard many a time from all manner of people, and referring to the SAS storming the Iranian embassy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Embassy_siege
If everyone who claimed to have been on that balcony really had been there, it would have to have been the size of football stadium
Ive already had a truck driver tell me he was only two hours away from using the Herald boat.He then went on to say he only just missed a big fire in a road tunnel.I cant remember where that fire was but a lot of people died.He could have been telling the truth.I mean,whenever a ferry leaves a port,there must be half a dozen people who missed it.Ive missed ferries myself,it happens.I dont know if he is telling the truth or not
Sploom:
Ive already had a truck driver tell me he was only two hours away from using the Herald boat.He then went on to say he only just missed a big fire in a road tunnel.I cant remember where that fire was but a lot of people died
What you don’t know Zac is that I was in fact on the balcony, and I was young and quite green I wasn’t sure whether this was other work or POA. Here is the unedited version with me on the far right voicing my concerns.
the maoster:
What you don’t know Zac is that I was in fact on the balcony, and I was young and quite green I wasn’t sure whether this was other work or POA. Here is the unedited version with me on the far right voicing my concerns.
I’d have to go with Other Work, you’re up to your oxters in wanna-be martyrs, definitely not available for anything more than a bit of slotting
What the round sign really means is. The driver can be prosecuted if the veh height exceeds the sign, regardless of striking the bridge or not. Striking the bridge just ensure an invite to see the traffic Commissioner
njl:
This one strikes me as odd, in that there are no markings on the bridge itself, and triangle signs on posts instead.
Its fairly obvious if you look into it logically, unmarked bridge heights are 16’ 6’‘, this bridge is less than 16’6’’ at around 16’ so has the warning triangle on it for the occasional vehicle that might be running over 16’ and if you are running at 16’ you better make sure you are running at the correct vehicle ride height
njl:
This one strikes me as odd, in that there are no markings on the bridge itself, and triangle signs on posts instead.
Its fairly obvious if you look into it logically, unmarked bridge heights are 16’ 6’‘, this bridge is less than 16’6’’ at around 16’ so has the warning triangle on it for the occasional vehicle that might be running over 16’ and if you are running at 16’ you better make sure you are running at the correct vehicle ride height
njl:
This one strikes me as odd, in that there are no markings on the bridge itself, and triangle signs on posts instead.
Its fairly obvious if you look into it logically, unmarked bridge heights are 16’ 6’‘, this bridge is less than 16’6’’ at around 16’ so has the warning triangle on it for the occasional vehicle that might be running over 16’ and if you are running at 16’ you better make sure you are running at the correct vehicle ride height
njl:
This one strikes me as odd, in that there are no markings on the bridge itself, and triangle signs on posts instead.
Its fairly obvious if you look into it logically, unmarked bridge heights are 16’ 6’‘, this bridge is less than 16’6’’ at around 16’ so has the warning triangle on it for the occasional vehicle that might be running over 16’ and if you are running at 16’ you better make sure you are running at the correct vehicle ride height
Complete comprehension failure.
Not too bad for a dyslexic though is it■■?
Why did they choose such a difficult word to spell to describe people with dyslexia?
No emojis suggests that was a serious question, was it?
If so it’s basic etymology - ie compounding the roots, prefixes, suffixes already in use to make a new word
Dys, from the Greek, meaning: bad, ill; hard, difficult; abnormal, imperfect
Lexia, also from the Greek, meaning: word or words, vocabulary; a saying, a phrase; speaking, speech
If you want really perverse, what about the (alleged) fear of long words?
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
But that looks to me like a nerdy wordsmith in-joke.
Zac_A:
No emojis suggests that was a serious question, was it?
If so it’s basic etymology - ie compounding the roots, prefixes, suffixes already in use to make a new word
Dys, from the Greek, meaning: bad, ill; hard, difficult; abnormal, imperfect
Lexia, also from the Greek, meaning: word or words, vocabulary; a saying, a phrase; speaking, speech
If you want really perverse, what about the (alleged) fear of long words?
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
But that looks to me like a nerdy wordsmith in-joke.
Brilliant! I’ll use it elsewhere…I’ll need to copy and paste the word, just as I suspect you have done.
