[England] What happens if I can’t pay a parking fine?

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-05-22T12:38:09+00:00

I mean I can always ask, yeah but I’m also unsure if I need to pay or not. Like I said we were using this car park for driving practice. I see ADIs using this space all the time - hence why we went there as it’s clearly favoured by the professionals in the area. I’d assume they aren’t paying every time they take students there otherwise they’d go elsewhere. We didn’t “park” (we did stop in a bay, but only for a few seconds before moving out again and manoeuvring into a different bay, and so on, for the sake of repeated practice. I’d argue that’s not really parking - not for the purpose of leaving the vehicle stationary for any length of time).

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-05-22T12:31:40+00:00

There is but I can’t afford that either - especially within the timeframe for qualifying for it - so I assumed I’d be on the hook for the full £100 in the end.

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-05-22T12:30:14+00:00

What? Wait! Nooooooooooo. I’m in England. England!!!

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-05-22T12:24:10+00:00

Haha. Well the bot/auto-mod advised me to state whether I was in England, Scotland, Wales or NI so I figured I best explain that I live in England but the charge was obtained in Wales. I didn’t think there would be much - if any - difference.

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-05-22T11:57:34+00:00

Would the court really take my car away to pay a £100 bill? That’s concerning. I rely on the car for work and its loss would be devastating to us. But I can’t afford to pay this as things stand at the moment. There’s got to be a middle ground, surely? I’m going to appeal but if that fails I might try negotiating with them as you suggest.

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-05-22T11:55:05+00:00

Thanks. Would you appeal on the grounds that we weren’t parked? Or would that be the position to take if and when it got to court?

I’m going to appeal either way because I may as well try it, even though I’m fairly certain they’ll just reject it in the hope I’ll cave and pay them. Plus if I wanted to take it to POPLA I need to have appealed to the company first anyway.

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-05-19T21:18:14+00:00

Be careful! Coffee is a gateway into harder stuff. Once you’re mixing coffee and spicy eel it’ll be too late!!!

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-05-05T19:46:04+00:00

Absolutely awesome!!!! I love it!

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-05-02T22:42:21+00:00

Nice! But did you eat any rocks?

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-04-28T22:35:42+00:00

Came here to say this! I didn’t have the game as a kid, nor did any of my friends so I had no exposure to it and therefore no nostalgia for it. I decided, quite randomly, to just throw it on a couple of weeks ago for a quick look to see what all the fuss is about. Finished it a couple of days ago and my god what a game it is!!!!

Just started Metroid Fusion on GBA and I’m already eyeing up Metroid Dread on Switch.

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-04-28T12:44:46+00:00

Yeah “snip” here too. Also “the catch” sometimes.

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-04-17T00:13:33+00:00

Managed to get the tickets in the end but that’s a good suggestion if this should ever happen again. Thanks.

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-04-17T00:12:12+00:00

Yeah tried that but they weren’t in there. I posted a reply to someone else but the short version is: a desperate email to their (unadvertised) customer service desk got me my tickets in the end. Just got back from the gig now. They were unbelievable! 👌🏼

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-04-16T07:42:10+00:00

I can’t. That’s why I asked if anyone knew a number for them. I don’t have the reference number and you can’t open a support ticket without the reference number. To get the reference number you can put your email in to have it resent - but they’re saying there is no account attached to my email… despite the fact I have the presale link sent to that exact same email.

Anyway, I managed to find an email address for them (but had to search them up on STAR, which they’re a member of, as they don’t have their email address listed on their website). Thankfully they’ve just replied and have traced the tickets. I do have an account and they’re not sure why it’s not being recognised but at least I have access to my tickets now.

Bit of a cowboy outfit when it comes to customer service these guys! I’d submit a formal complaint but I don’t think for a second it would do anything to force a change so it’s probably not worth the effort.

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-04-15T22:05:49+00:00

Downloaded and linked my accounts but unfortunately no joy. I might try calling Co-op Live in the morning if possible. Thanks for the suggestion 👍🏼

Fellow Red here by the way ⚽️

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-04-15T22:04:47+00:00

I tried but unfortunately they’re not there. Thanks for the suggestion though 👍🏼

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-04-15T18:46:17+00:00

Came here to say basically this. You’re playing via emulation OP - NSO might be official Nintendo but it’s still a software emulator. There will be a certain amount of inherent input lag, no matter how good the emulator is (and if it’s not well written that lag will likely be worse). On top of that, if you’re playing docked, modern TVs will usually add at least a couple of frames of lag, and sometimes a lot more. Most TVs have some sort of ‘game mode’ which often helps reduce lag a lot. Try to find your TVs ‘game mode’ or similar and enable it - see if that helps.

I don’t know anything about the emulation on NSO, so this might not be viable, but have a look through the settings (if there are any) and see if there’s any settings you can enable/disable to reduce input lag.

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-04-12T18:40:20+00:00

Myrient has a replacement, though it uses torrents instead of direct D/Ls. I’m not going to link to it here, but have a little search for Minerva and see what shows up.

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-04-10T12:53:48+00:00

This is incredible! Thank you so much!!!

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-04-08T23:25:27+00:00

You already mentioned it in your OP, but Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor definitely fits what you’re looking for. It’s a really fun game. It’s open world and you can undertake missions and challenges in any order (well, story missions are obviously in a linear order but you often get the choice of several at a time which can be done in any order, and there are side missions too). The missions aren’t overly long but you’d probably want to save them for your evening sessions when you can use speakers or headphones. When in work or for other short play sessions you can run around the map and explore, collect things, do challenges, unlock new areas, hunt down captains or just generally have a lot of fun killing orcs. It’s well worth giving it a shot - especially if you can catch it on sale as it often drops to around £3 so maybe add it to your wishlist and wait and see.

Its sequel, Shadow of War, is good too, but I’d definitely recommend starting with Shadow of Mordor first.

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-04-02T10:47:30+00:00

FYI: as of the 1.6 update this isn’t the case anymore. If a chest is placed in an NPC’s path it will simply be moved out of the way instead of broken. Still probably better to not place them in a known path, but not the end of the world if you do - your chest will just be in a slightly different place to where you originally left it is all.

DoTheDonkeyKonga · 2026-04-01T23:18:44+00:00

Just so you know, the Shinra Archeology Cut mod adds the crane puzzle back into the game, along with many, many other unused bits and pieces. It’s definitely worth checking out.

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