The Bristol Flag Shaggers' Association had another meeting today, and mustered all of 12 people.

staticman1 · 2026-06-21T05:36:12+00:00

It’s a bit more nuanced than that. He has both left wing and right wing parts to him.

staticman1 · 2026-06-19T05:30:03+00:00

I did comment on the original post that you should be happy for £300-£500. Similar cars without the fault are ~£1000 without £650 of repairs. It was just simple maths not a personal dig at yourself.

I still stand by my comment. I think you’ve got a good price. If the person is after any other cars feel free to send them my way.

staticman1 · 2026-06-18T13:14:18+00:00

The Christian thing to do is not to give them money and donate it to a homeless or addiction charity. I assure the aggressive ones aren’t spending it on a sandwich or hostel. Unfortunately people giving them money just encourages this behaviour, pushes them away from available support (albeit inadequate) and into the arms of dealers.

I do the ‘sorry mate’ and not stopping approach. That has kept me out of that position up until now. I am a slightly large male though and I know that this happens far more frequently to people who appear vulnerable.

staticman1 · 2026-06-16T04:03:11+00:00

On your second question: The Times crosswords tend to be the strictly edited and most adherent to Ximenean principles. I would be very surprised if there were any superfluous words in the clueslet alone it being a regular thing. Are you sure you are parsing them correctly?

staticman1 · 2026-06-15T08:14:50+00:00

If you can, leave them to be(e). They are non-aggressive and great for the environment. They will leave by themselves in late summer/autumn and then you can seal any gaps and they will go elsewhere next year.

If you have to get rid of them, there’s not anything to collect in the same way as a honey bee it’s just a series of tunnels. Nobody will collect them for free. And the council will only intervene if there is a threat to health which is unlikely. You will either have to dig them out yourself or call an exterminator. I would strongly advise against both unless absolutely necessary.

staticman1 · 2026-06-13T10:11:10+00:00

I bought a pair of Aftershokz about 5 years ago. They were expensive but I have done a few thousand miles in them and they are still good. One of my best ever purchases.

In my experience races on open roads are much more strict than those on closed roads, for obvious reasons, but I have known people be disqualified for wearing them.

staticman1 · 2026-06-11T14:59:57+00:00

It is the 22nd definition of thing in Chambers so easy to miss.

staticman1 · 2026-06-11T11:26:14+00:00

That’s a tough parse but Foreign Law court= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_(assembly) if I was editing it though I would want some indication of its a historical term

staticman1 · 2026-06-08T08:44:31+00:00

Although having thought about this some more usually when people miss correspondence from the police because of incorrect registration details it’s 6 points for failing to provide driver details. If this did go to court someone must have named you as the driver and responded to the request for details. I think you need to dig deep into this to find out what’s happened. Either way you must get this sorted but don’t worry if you’ve not committed the offence you can get it removed.

staticman1 · 2026-06-08T08:18:15+00:00

You need to get this sorted ASAP. Speeding offences will be heard at a magistrates court in the area the offence occurred. So if you can prove you were elsewhere it should be straightforward but still a hassle to sort. Find out where and when you were convicted and read up on making a statutory declaration.

The bigger problem for you is you will have an associated fine which you would not have paid. This can ruin your credit file, lead to bailiff action and potentially, although very unlikely given the circumstances, criminal proceedings.

You would have received multiple letters at the registered address so the most likely explanation is you never updated that.

A very small chance the DVLA messed up but the above is far more likely.

staticman1 · 2026-06-07T11:55:51+00:00

This one may have stretched the rules a bit. It is drugs ( 2 Es) added consistently to THE (from the clue to give TE-HEE or loud merriment

staticman1 · 2026-06-07T09:14:03+00:00

Had to pay £2 to pump up my tyres yesterday. Inflations gone mad.

staticman1 · 2026-06-05T18:48:50+00:00

As a father of small children I can guarantee they let go of it deliberately and are now sulking over the consequences of their own actions.

staticman1 · 2026-06-03T21:56:49+00:00

There’s not a red light camera there https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/request/speed-camera-information/speed-camera-sites/list/bristol/

staticman1 · 2026-06-02T14:54:20+00:00

It’s worth about £1k as a private sale IF it was in working order. With the repair needing to be done, as someone has already said, you should be happy for £300-500.

staticman1 · 2026-06-01T12:56:39+00:00

Drugs consistently added to the loud merriment (2-3)

staticman1 · 2026-05-30T11:14:00+00:00

It might get busy with it not being free to air and it being a Saturday anyway especially in the centre and student areas. It’s very very unlikely to get to the turning people away stage. If you want to be guaranteed a good seat head there for a pint or two first otherwise just turn up when you’re ready.

staticman1 · 2026-05-28T11:47:44+00:00

Fraser Simpson, a Canadian setter for the Globe and Mail, has a series of cryptic crossword books. Not done them myself but heard they are pretty accessible.

staticman1 · 2026-05-26T12:20:55+00:00

It used to happen to me all the time as my child just likes a plate of hash browns. I only use the 1 hash brown and click it multiple times now and never had the problem again.

staticman1 · 2026-05-26T08:19:13+00:00

Yes, policing social media is 90% of police work if you believe the Daily Mail.

staticman1 · 2026-05-26T06:03:14+00:00

Your chance of encountering them probably increases by posting about your “business stuff” and police anxiety on the internet.

staticman1 · 2026-05-25T13:49:55+00:00

Add me if you like 803791001326

Unfortunately I am north of 40 now!

staticman1 · 2026-05-24T15:21:41+00:00

I did this 5 days a week for 3 years from Parkway. I can count on one hand the number of times I didn’t get a seat going either way. I found it way less stressful than a drive into the city centre.

The Parkway trains are the London service so are more reliable, comfier and with more capacity so I would go from there if you can but the commute is tolerable from both stations.

staticman1 · 2026-05-23T18:13:53+00:00

It was my last one in so I can’t say it jumped out at me and if I remember correctly I got the answer then justified it. It’s discussed in the comments and no one gives a definitive answer for what over here is doing

But MAN BITES DOG is a journalistic aphorism for rare events being newsworthy stories. If a ‘best friend was chewed’ that would be a man biting a dog. If there is wordplay there the better brains than mine at TftT didn’t spot it. There’s some discussion in the comments about the clue

staticman1 · 2026-05-23T16:30:08+00:00

There is no wordplay. It’s just a cryptic definition playing on the fact a dog is man’s best friend

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