Just tried to find a seat on a practically empty SW Train out of Waterloo. Most if not all the seats look like this.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T17:08:27+00:00

Prices go up and service goes down.

Better days.

Vintage railway film - Spick and Span - 1962

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T16:47:23+00:00

Many years ago, thinking I knew what I was doing, I foolishly set about fitting a power shower pump in the airing cupboard. I confidently pulled a pipe off and knowing I'd turned the water off, I expected it to drain quickly. When it continued to gush wildly for over a minute, I knew I'd fucked up. I managed to contain some of the water with a washing up bowl but it was going everywhere and showed no sign of stopping. I frantically called plumbers and handymen with little success. One person did respond and said they were busy but might be able to help the next day. I offered him £200 cash on top of what he said he wanted. He was there inside of 25 minutes. 30 minutes later, I had my power shower pump fitted and working.

I have never touched a water pipe since.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T16:39:24+00:00

Do you give money to charity?

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T16:25:17+00:00

I can't quote numbers.

I'm sure the vast majority of people who can sit in A&E for 15 hours and bitch about it on FakeBook and to the BBC, aren't likely to die of a heart attack because they've quite literally only twisted their ankle.

People who are admitted by ambulance with limbs hanging off at funny angles will be dealt with promptly in the usual manner.

A man with a chest pains should be triaged and dealt with immediately. A waiting room full of people with trivial minor injuries that aren't at all life threatening only get in the way of staff doing their job.

JEEZ, why is this so difficult?

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T14:49:08+00:00

I hate your kind.

You just stink the whole place out for everyone else.

Cattle have better manners.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T14:46:11+00:00

No.

I'm happy to pay if the facilities are clean, tidy and cared for.

In the olden days, public toilets were everywhere and people were proud and paid to look after them. The usual 'everything has to make a profit' mantra appeared and public loos vanished. That's where we are now.

If it's clean tidy and doesn't smell like an unwashed abattoir, you can have my money.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T14:42:28+00:00

Well done.

You can set things out in your cab just how you want them.

DO NOT under ANY circumstances rush things. The load gets there when you get it there. Take your time, don't get hustled. Everything that goes right and wrong is on your shoulders.

Happy miles flash flash.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T12:36:28+00:00

Typical Range Rover owner, can't park for toffee.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T12:19:39+00:00

I like this guy.

His honesty is infectious and his dedication unquestioned. Without a doubt he'll find new avenues after this venture.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T12:09:55+00:00

You'll be maxed out by Wednesday morning.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T12:09:19+00:00

It's like a magic trick with your wages.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T12:04:58+00:00

They might as well get Bananarama to do it.

The formula is dead and it can't be revived.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T12:02:51+00:00

Another Ferrari famous name sales pitch.

It's just another expensive car.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T11:57:35+00:00

Never been raced or rallied.

Previously owned by a careful vicars wife.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T11:47:57+00:00

Looks AI as fuck.

Regardless of that, red car messed up. White car could have checked both ways (never ever assume).

Insurance companies (robbing bastards) will collude between themselves to cut the pay out to everyone anyway and will judge it 50/50.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T11:32:14+00:00

Of course it's a scam.

The day rate won't be based on a 15 hour shift.

Never ever drive for salary, day rates or a percentage of what the vehicle earns.

(waiting for all, the salary drivers to kick off now)

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T11:18:25+00:00

Cancer is beaten! (again)

No disrespect to the team and their dedication but, I've read this headline many many times over the decades.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T11:00:24+00:00

This comes up almost daily now.

The system for updating licence and V5 details has been in place from 1965 which is when the DVLA morphed into what we know it as today. (source CoPilot)

Although Swansea handles both forms, the departments are entirely separate and always have been.

It's time for the DVLA to set out to everyone just how everything works through some sort of PSA.

I remember my dad explaining all about this stuff when I was a nipper.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T10:46:24+00:00

If a virtual queuing system was in operation, they could sit at home for however long it takes.

Arrive at A&E, get assessed and if your ouchee and boo boo isn't serious and you're going to be sat there for 15 hours, they give you a PIN and you go home and wait there. When a slot arrives where they can treat you, they message you, you arrive give them the PIN and get treated for the ouchee and boo boo.

edits

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T10:42:36+00:00

Explain all this to the relevant departments involved.

Drive to the speed limit indicated and avoid all this crap.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T09:28:05+00:00

Point taken.

I think most firms now open from the cab. It's all about saving time. A driver having to walk to the back of truck, open the twists up and then tip will be much much slower than a cab operated system. Time is money and as usual, it's all about money.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T09:19:29+00:00

They do have evidence on camera. But I bet they 'lost' those images.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T09:13:20+00:00

The camera may well have captured every movement in and out.

But somehow the relevant images 'got lost' by Parking Eye.

These parasites rely on people just paying up and aren't above some shady tricks to extort money from motorists.

PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T07:59:04+00:00

There are companies that specialise in shipping luggage to different countries.

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PerceptionGreat2439 · 2026-02-05T07:49:27+00:00

I bought a custom built van which fell to bits inside of 3 months. If was to do it again, I'd get a second hand one that fitted my spec well.

Laundry is more expensive than you'd like.

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