Pet Peeves IV

[Mibbes Aye]

The effin Playhouse. Nine pounds for a glass of wine. I live ten miles from the border with England and if I go south I can get three bottles for that!

[Just Alf]

Black bin bags rolled up the wrong way by the manufacturer... Aargh!

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[Scouse Hibee]

Idiots who drive far too fast along residential streets where children can be playing.

[Just Alf]

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Idiots who drive far too fast along residential streets where children can be playing.

And slow down then rev up like a lunatic from one speed bump to the next. Just go at a steady pace and you'll get there around the same time...

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[Moulin Yarns]

Car drivers on the A9 who don't understand the 50mph signs are for hgv drivers not everybody. Overtook an eejit in a Jeep just north of birnam today and got filthy looks from the driver

[O'Rourke3]

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Car drivers on the A9 who don't understand the 50mph signs are for hgv drivers not everybody. Overtook an eejit in a Jeep just north of birnam today and got filthy looks from the driver

The 50mph limit for lorries slowing everyone else down...

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[Hiber-nation]

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The effin Playhouse. Nine pounds for a glass of wine. I live ten miles from the border with England and if I go south I can get three bottles for that!

At least the price hasn't increased in 3 years! That was what they charged me for a large Pino Grigio back in 2016 at Let It Be. Couldn't quite believe it. A few months later I was charged £6.50 at a theatre in Covent Garden. Mental.

[Moulin Yarns]

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The 50mph limit for lorries slowing everyone else down...

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Wrong. Any single carriageway road has a 40mph limit for hgvs, the A9 has an experimental 50 mph for hgvs to speed traffic up.

Any hgv over 40 mph is speeding and breaking the law except on the A9.

[O'Rourke3]

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Wrong. Any single carriageway road has a 40mph limit for hgvs, the A9 has an experimental 50 mph for hgvs to speed traffic up.

Any hgv over 40 mph is speeding and breaking the law except on the A9.

Kinda missing the point. I can go 60 but not pass safely.

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[Moulin Yarns]

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Kinda missing the point. I can go 60 but not pass safely.

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Kinda missing the point. Hgvs are going 10mph faster so everything is moving at a better pace than before. It's car drivers that don't know the laws that slow everything down.

[O'Rourke3]

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Kinda missing the point. Hgvs are going 10mph faster so everything is moving at a better pace than before. It's car drivers that don't know the laws that slow everything down.

There are more lorries driving the road intentionally than people misreading the signs though. If everything was the same speed there'd be less braking and frustration.

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[Moulin Yarns]

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There are more lorries driving the road intentionally than people misreading the signs though. If everything was the same speed there'd be less braking and frustration.

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How often do you drive the A9? I'm on it every day.

[Rocky]

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How often do you drive the A9? I'm on it every day.

Slightly naughty motive to this question but it's for a friend... Do you know if the dual carriageway bits are covered by the average speed cameras?

[O'Rourke3]

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How often do you drive the A9? I'm on it every day.

All of it? Not on it every day but frequently have to drive from Edinburgh to Thurso and points in between for work.

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[Moulin Yarns]

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Slightly naughty motive to this question but it's for a friend... Do you know if the dual carriageway bits are covered by the average speed cameras?

Dual carriageway is a race track. 8km of single carriageway North of Perth has 40mph average speed cameras currently while work is going on. Dual carriageway is not covered by the cameras.

[Moulin Yarns]

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All of it? Not on it every day but frequently have to drive from Edinburgh to Thurso and points in between for work.

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So you will know that the 50mph for hgvs has improved the average speed of traffic and made the road safer due to less idiots trying to overtake.

[O'Rourke3]

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So you will know that the 50mph for hgvs has improved the average speed of traffic and made the road safer due to less idiots trying to overtake.

Not sure I ever denied it or disgreed with it.

My peeve is two types of vehicle with different limits on the same road. One where trucks outnumber cars mostly. Why you felt Alan Partridge like to "force me smell your cheese" - I've no idea . That might even be my next one .

[Bangkok Hibby]

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Slightly naughty motive to this question but it's for a friend... Do you know if the dual carriageway bits are covered by the average speed cameras?

Tell your friend he can put his foot down. Occasionally there may be police van cameras on these stretches of road but not often. The average speed cameras DO NOT cover the dual carriageway sections

[patch1875]

People who don’t use the driving pet peeves section.

[Bangkok Hibby]

Pedants

[Moulin Yarns]

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Not sure I ever denied it or disgreed with it.

My peeve is two types of vehicle with different limits on the same road. One where trucks outnumber cars mostly. Why you felt Alan Partridge like to "force me smell your cheese" - I've no idea . That might even be my next one .

Different speed limits apply to different vehicles on every road in the UK not just the A9. On other A roads it is 40mph for hgvs.

I have no idea what you are on about Alan Partridge.

[Pete]

Charity shop staff.

I had a garage clear out fairly recently and donated 3 golf clubs to a local shop. A few days later I donated a **** load of other stuff which was worth a lot of money.

I’ve visited the shop regularly since then and have seen about 0% of the things I have donated offered up for sale on the premises.

On asking, you get some flim-flam about stock having to be rotated but I know exactly what goes on. The good stuff, like my forged irons worth roughly £50 each, get picked off by the internal vultures and are taken for free or for some daft, token amount.

[Just Jimmy]

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Charity shop staff.

I had a garage clear out fairly recently and donated 3 golf clubs to a local shop. A few days later I donated a **** load of other stuff which was worth a lot of money.

I’ve visited the shop regularly since then and have seen about 0% of the things I have donated offered up for sale on the premises.

On asking, you get some flim-flam about stock having to be rotated but I know exactly what goes on. The good stuff, like my forged irons worth roughly £50 each, get picked off by the internal vultures and are taken for free or for some daft, token amount.

so sell them and donate the money? you handed them over at which point they were given to the charity shop. if you 'knew' what goes on and it angered you, why do it?

I have no connection to any charity shop or staff, I just think it's daft to moan about something you committed to.

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[pollution]

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Charity shop staff.

I had a garage clear out fairly recently and donated 3 golf clubs to a local shop. A few days later I donated a **** load of other stuff which was worth a lot of money.

I’ve visited the shop regularly since then and have seen about 0% of the things I have donated offered up for sale on the premises.

On asking, you get some flim-flam about stock having to be rotated but I know exactly what goes on. The good stuff, like my forged irons worth roughly £50 each, get picked off by the internal vultures and are taken for free or for some daft, token amount.

That is exactly what goes on, as a close family member told me.

Some incredible bargains, if you work in a charity shop in a good location.

[heretoday]

I don't like being called Buddy.

[Scouse Hibee]

I don’t like being called son, it was acceptable to be called it by my Dad no one else. I am nearly 52 yet still get called son mostly by other bowlers who are often just a couple of years older than me!

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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I don’t like being called son, it was acceptable to be called it by my Dad no one else. I am nearly 52 yet still get called son mostly by other bowlers who are often just a couple of years older than me!

I've not got a particularly complimentary nickname although it's justified 😁 If "my mates" call me it I don't bat an eyelid, anyone else, it really annoys me.

[Peevemor]

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I've not got a particularly complimentary nickname although it's justified If "my mates" call me it I don't bat an eyelid, anyone else, it really annoys me.

Ditto. My nickname was (and still is to some) Doughnut - a play on my surname, McDonaugh.

Same goes for my Edinburgh accent when I'm speaking French. My mates take the crap out of me but I don't mind as I can give out as much as I take, but with othrt people it comes across as a cheap shot, sometimes verging on racism.

[Bangkok Hibby]

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I don’t like being called son, it was acceptable to be called it by my Dad no one else. I am nearly 52 yet still get called son mostly by other bowlers who are often just a couple of years older than me!

I dont mind at all. It seems to be common amongst my North of England workmates even though I'm considerably older than them.

[Jay]

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I don’t like being called son, it was acceptable to be called it by my Dad no one else. I am nearly 52 yet still get called son mostly by other bowlers who are often just a couple of years older than me!

I got called love today in subway by a twenty year old.