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  1. JohnboyC

    What do you hate???

    Only a few things annoy me these days - i'm pretty chilled behind the wheel :) but here goes : Drivers of shitbox cars with pop and bang exhausts who want to do anything to get past you (and disturb my slumber at home). Drivers who drive up my chuff when I have no where else to go. Bell ends...
  2. JohnboyC

    Estate agent dirty tricks

    One very dirty trick is that the Estate Agents will charge their percentage on the price advertised, not what it actually sold for .....If I could cut out Estate Agents completely I would.....
  3. JohnboyC

    Have good manners disappeared?

    Politeness and curtesy cost nothing........ The worst thing that seems endemic up here in the North West (Leyland, Chorley, Preston) are people pulling out in front of you at roundabouts......they are "supposed" to give way to vehicles coming from their right, but I get the impression they...
  4. JohnboyC

    Tailgaters

    OK folks to lighten the mood....I assume you guys have seen this.........speed it up to about 2:25 minutes into the video.....(my mates all take the rip out of my Audi btw - but its the best motor I ave ever had)
  5. JohnboyC

    EBAY FEE DODGERS

    Ive lost count how many times I have sold stuff on fleabay and I get messaged - got a buy it now (BIN) price? I will set a BIN price if I agree a price with a buyer IF no one has bid on it.....if someones bid then I stay with the auction..... As a seller though, what really annoys me is the...
  6. JohnboyC

    Hummer Limo's

    This evening was stuck behind a massive Hummer Limo (must of been 2 to 3 normal cars in length) on the A49 between Bamber Bridge (near Preston) and Charnock Richard village.....on a National Speed Limit (60 mph) stretch of 2 lane A road. The pile of sh1t could only do 25mph and it had to brake...
  7. JohnboyC

    ORANGE TW*TS!!!!!

    Typical.....just received a text from Orange telling me that I now have to pay an additional £5 a month for Mobile Internet access.....writing to Tom.Alexander@orange.co.uk AGAIN ! All I can say is that the people who work for Orange must wear their ar$e's for hats !
  8. JohnboyC

    Kept waiting :-(

    OK...like many folk I had a problem with my tailgate on my 2003 A4 Avant.....by slamming it a bit too hard once the small tab that keeps the warning triangle cover flap closed broke....so I called my local Audi Main Dealer and ordered my new bit .....all £3.06 of it....I then called them a...
  9. JohnboyC

    ORANGE TW*TS!!!!!

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    ORANGE TW*TS!!!!!

    Further to my above posting...I e-mailed the CEO of Orange.....was called this morning. They were VERY apologetic....have given me a decent sized credit and 800 MB download / month on anytime internet. OK I am a bit happier now but lets wait until the next bill arrives eh !......
  11. JohnboyC

    ORANGE TW*TS!!!!!

    I was a PAYG Orange customer for about 6 years paying around £15/month....then my ancient Nokia started playing up...so when I thought I would go on an Orange Contract for £20/month in March 2010 and get a new Nokia X6 out of it as well - I dealt direct with Orange - not the monkeys who work in...
  12. JohnboyC

    Blackpool Illuminations - Don't bother !!!!!!!

    Thought I would take the family out in my hobby car this evening...so we left Chorley at 6pm ish to get to Blackpool for 6:40ish. Anyways got on the road between St Annes & Blackpool....got half way along it...and then spent 2 hours queuing, for about half a mile, BEFORE we got to the 1st set of...
  13. JohnboyC

    Pushbike nicked....now fuming

    Thanks chaps.....apparently where I work is doing the "Cycletowork" thing soon....will pick myself another bike o that scheme.... Just goes to show you cannot trust anyone When I reported the theft to Lancs Police, apparently bike theft is rife....and so is garden furniture... Will lock...
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    Pushbike nicked....now fuming

    Talk about having some balls....whilst I was mowing my back garden on friday afternoon some scumbag walked into my garage (where I keep my mower, etc) and nicked my £250 mountain bike.....OK it may have been 4 years old...but it was in mint condition...........the ***** sh1t even left his/her...
  15. JohnboyC

    40mph drivers ( no matter where they are) ggrrrr

    I had to smile reading your thread ....... Not sure if its just me but EVERY Nissan Note I get stuck behind seems incapable of doing no more than 25mph no matter what the posted speed limit is !!!.....
  16. JohnboyC

    Cheltenham Festival...

    Well, I rented a flat whilst on work secondment down there...and the best I could get was a flat in the new block of flats next to the Shell Petrol Station on PE Way.......police car sirens all bl**dy nite :-(
  17. JohnboyC

    Cheltenham Festival...

    Nice part of the world Cheltenham.....unless you live along or near PE Way like I once did ! Often used to stay at the Rising Sun on Cleeve Hill......... Avoided the Races week tho !
  18. JohnboyC

    HM Revenue & Customs

    Hmmm, when i was self employed systems engineer I had a great time when i was investigated by the Inland Revenue 7 or 8 years ago....Its great to know that the fine i had to pay funded some MP's house flipping.... Not that I am bitter or twisted...
  19. JohnboyC

    Small minded t**ts

    OK....I see your points.....but £10000 in fines ....and refusal to pay = 6 months in jail......shame they dont do the same sort of fines for drink drivers, drug pushers & muggers....
  20. JohnboyC

    Small minded t**ts

    I read this last night in my local freebie newspaper......... http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/news/5034239.Chorley_pub_landlord_jailed_over_smoking_ban_fines/ god was I wound up......there are drivers who kill on the road who get less than this.....someone in this politically correct country...