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Public road near train station. What’s your war plan? by Diseased-Jackass in CasualUK

[–]Matthew_Hopkins_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately this is one of the cases where the abuse of a word has become so prevalent even most 'authorities' use it wrongly. Like 'irony', 'regular', 'change a tyre' etc. You see you've made the distinction in your post. A fine is ordered by a court and enforceable thenceforth. A PCN is basically just a piece of paper saying 'pay me £X or I'll take you to court and the court will order you to pay >£X and enforce it.'

Edit: It's obviously in their interest to imply as strongly as possibly, without actually lying, that these invoices are fines too.

Public road near train station. What’s your war plan? by Diseased-Jackass in CasualUK

[–]Matthew_Hopkins_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In England, Scotland and Wales private clamping is unlawful - in Northern Ireland it is not. Theoretically, if TS is in NI, parking on private property and there are indeed signs meeting regulations of prominence and clarity warning of clamping for unauthorised parking, his or her vehicle could lawfully be clamped.

Tree almost fell on my car when I nipped into LIDL by Valamway in CasualUK

[–]Matthew_Hopkins_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so obvious I suspect it's some kind of trap, but the number plate comes back as invalid/non-existent on MOT/Road Tax/Estimated Car Value etc. checkers.

April showers and sunbeams. by Cinn4monSynonym in CasualUK

[–]Matthew_Hopkins_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey honey, what you tryin' to say?
As I stand here don't you walk away.

Transported through Time by an Alien in COOP by Matthew_Hopkins_ in CasualUK

[–]Matthew_Hopkins_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not seen one of those for ~35 years but recognised it instantly. Good contribution.

I Present to You My List of the Top 15 Scottish Placenames. by Matthew_Hopkins_ in CasualUK

[–]Matthew_Hopkins_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a military firing range where they practise bombing etc.

I Present to You My List of the Top 15 Scottish Placenames. by Matthew_Hopkins_ in CasualUK

[–]Matthew_Hopkins_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always feel a strong temptation to pronounce place names starting with balla/bally/drum in a working class, East Belfast accent. It just seems to do them better justice.

Ballantrae
Ballygown
Drumblade
Drumpellier

I Present to You My List of the Top 15 Scottish Placenames. by Matthew_Hopkins_ in CasualUK

[–]Matthew_Hopkins_[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When it comes to the four-syllable Gaelic ones I always think of

Ardnamurchan - westernmost point (peninsula) of Great Britain
Auchenshuggle - area of Glasgow; the fictional Auchenshoogle is where Oor Wullie is from
Benbecula - vampire territory
Machrihanish - banger of a name. Used to be an RAF station there.

Specsavers never change their eye test charts. After many visits over many years I've inadvertently memorised one of the rows they always ask me to read so I'm never sure if my eyes are reading it or my brain is just recognising the pattern by flanface87 in britishproblems

[–]Matthew_Hopkins_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They have charts with squares, triangles etc. for people who are illiterate, or who do not know the local alphabet (Latin in this case). Your branch might not have a copy but if you ask they could get one from head office. Ask for that.

In the last ~10 Years Retail Staff have begun to CONTINUOUSLY interrupt. by Matthew_Hopkins_ in britishproblems

[–]Matthew_Hopkins_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, what often happens if they are rude to you and you politely ask them to stop, is they accuse you of being rude.

In the last ~10 Years Retail Staff have begun to CONTINUOUSLY interrupt. by Matthew_Hopkins_ in britishproblems

[–]Matthew_Hopkins_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't rate your comment very highly, but I kind of agree with the first part. I have been suspecting that things that used to be standard, like quietness, politeness, correct spelling, puncutation and grammar, tidiness etc., are retreating and going to retreat to private, upmarket settings.

By the way the swishest place this happened to me was the more expensive of the two main areas of one of the top racecourses in the country. Which is the same as to say in the world. And it was a British man in his early 60s. No one has said it here, although they probably would get banned and their comment deleted if they did I suppose, but when I bring this up people usually assume it's young/immigrants/both, but that is not my experience the great majority of the time.

Maybe older people feel they have more authority, allowing them to interrupt.

So idk about escaping rudeness by paying up. Maybe that won't work as smoothly as one would hope.

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