United Kingdom chat thread V3: We still miss our empire
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if you go 60 mph everywhere it's quicker than walking
My morning bus journey is 2 hours and I'm late more than I'm comfortable with.
On the weekend with little traffic it takes 25 mins to drive.
[QUOTE=Mr Kotov;51995311]I have a licence but have never had my own car[/QUOTE]
This reminds me of a funny story actually.
When I was looking for my first car, the insurance was a [B][I]MAJOR [/I][/B]issue although I noticed a really weird pattern.
It seems that the cheaper the car (and smaller) - the more expensive it is to insure for a new driver. For example, a £500 Ford Focus is £3000+ insurance in most cases (absolutely insane). A less sporty car like a Honda Jazz (~£400 in value) is £2100 in insurance. I think it would be because it's cheap to replace if you wrap it around a tree, compared to a car worth £3k.
Now comes the funny part - my mother bought an [URL="http://images.honestjohn.co.uk/imagecache/file/width/640/media/9878358/Isuzu~Trooper~1998~(2).jpg"]Izuzu Trooper (always had a Trooper when I grew up. Amazing 4x4s)[/URL] for £900 and it's worth £3500 in value (although the guy we bought it from was an idiot. Didn't care for it so we ended up having to get its cylinder head removed and sorted out (glo-plugs drilled out. Valves reseated etc)). My insurance on it as a first time driver? [B][I]£750.[/I][/B]
I'm not even bullshitting here. A car the size of a Range Rover, with a 3 litre Diesel engine and built like a tank is cheaper to insure me on than a smaller, shittier car (and the Trooper could do more damage in a crash although I'd be protected better).
Even the insurance person we phoned was surprised. I think it's because the Trooper is slow to move off (not very sporty) but gains momentum quickly (due to its weight). It's also not got a "well known name" (Range Rovers are stupidly expensive to insure mainly due to the name, as are Land Rovers) which I think brought the price down.
[QUOTE=Zenamez;51996011]This reminds me of a funny story actually.
When I was looking for my first car, the insurance was a [B][I]MAJOR [/I][/B]issue although I noticed a really weird pattern.
It seems that the cheaper the car (and smaller) - the more expensive it is to insure for a new driver. For example, a £500 Ford Focus is £3000+ insurance in most cases (absolutely insane). A less sporty car like a Honda Jazz (~£400 in value) is £2100 in insurance. I think it would be because it's cheap to replace if you wrap it around a tree, compared to a car worth £3k.
Now comes the funny part - my mother bought an [URL="http://images.honestjohn.co.uk/imagecache/file/width/640/media/9878358/Isuzu~Trooper~1998~(2).jpg"]Izuzu Trooper (always had a Trooper when I grew up. Amazing 4x4s)[/URL] for £900 and it's worth £3500 in value (although the guy we bought it from was an idiot. Didn't care for it so we ended up having to get its cylinder head removed and sorted out (glo-plugs drilled out. Valves reseated etc)). My insurance on it as a first time driver? [B][I]£750.[/I][/B]
I'm not even bullshitting here. A car the size of a Range Rover, with a 3 litre Diesel engine and built like a tank is cheaper to insure me on than a smaller, shittier car (and the Trooper could do more damage in a crash although I'd be protected better).
Even the insurance person we phoned was surprised. I think it's because the Trooper is slow to move off (not very sporty) but gains momentum quickly (due to its weight). It's also not got a "well known name" (Range Rovers are stupidly expensive to insure mainly due to the name, as are Land Rovers) which I think brought the price down.[/QUOTE]
It's all down to statistics like I've said before. Not many people will own them, not many people will crash them.
[QUOTE=BeAR!);51995467]The Arctic Monkeys AM album is so good, when you listen to one song it's like you've listened to their whole album[/QUOTE]
hey man don't kill my vibe. AT is a serious genius, like an ice cold glass of Kopparberg, whatever the weather.
[QUOTE=IAreLegend;51996120]hey man don't kill my vibe. AT is a serious genius, like an ice cold glass of Kopparberg, whatever the weather.[/QUOTE]
They'll never top the first. Turner's genius got lost somewhere in all that American accented hair grease.
wtf is going on in London
[editline]22nd March 2017[/editline]
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-39355505[/url]
damn
Sucks that a few people have died as well. Terrible stuff. Our Met is pretty good though, they don't fuck around.
That said, I've to take the tube on Friday. Hope it isn't closed.
Fucking hell
[QUOTE=Kiwi;51996637]Glen Eden and my work is all the way by the wharf in Central Auckland.
[t]https://files.catbox.moe/kqwh4t.png[/t]
Now it may say 20 minutes buy I know even on a good day it will take more than 20 minutes to get there.
Fuck all traffic[/QUOTE]
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3798635/2017-03-08%2017.05.45.jpg[/t]
Traffic issues solved
[QUOTE=El_Jameo;51996458]Sucks that a few people have died as well. Terrible stuff. Our Met is pretty good though, they don't fuck around.
That said, I've to take the tube on Friday. Hope it isn't closed.[/QUOTE]
I work at Canary Wharf so only a few stops from Westminster, no serious delays on the Jubilee or Northern on my way home luckily! Tfl have done a good job as well. Doubt it'll be closed.
If the 11/7 Terror attacks are anything to go by, London will be [I]completely[/I] unphased from this attack aside from maybe Westminster station.
[QUOTE=metallics;51997272][t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3798635/2017-03-08%2017.05.45.jpg[/t]
Traffic issues solved[/QUOTE]
These Fallout 4 mods are so realistic!
[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;51997329]If the 11/7 Terror attacks are anything to go by, London will be [I]completely[/I] unphased from this attack aside from maybe Westminster station.[/QUOTE]
we're used to terrorism. We have a fucking holiday that celebrates a failed terrorist attack. When I was little the IRA blew up a van outside the towerblock I lived in.
After a few hundred years you get kinda used to it.
[QUOTE=Mr Shadyface;51998145]we're used to terrorism. We have a fucking holiday that celebrates a failed terrorist attack. When I was little the IRA blew up a van outside the towerblock I lived in.
After a few hundred years you get kinda used to it.[/QUOTE]
I think we realise the minute we give the attacks meaning they gain some form of control over you. Their aim is disruption and fear, doing the opposite removes all effect from the attacks.
[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;51999773]I think we realise the minute we give the attacks meaning they gain some form of control over you. Their aim is disruption and fear, doing the opposite removes all effect from the attacks.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/youre-not-even-in-our-top-five-worries-londoners-tell-extremists-20151207104505[/url]
[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;51999773]I think we realise the minute we give the attacks meaning they gain some form of control over you. Their aim is disruption and fear, doing the opposite removes all effect from the attacks.[/QUOTE]
Which is what annoys me since the news will not stop banging on about it for a week+ now.
and then people change their picture on facebook, like stories/pics of people going "YOUR ATTACKS DO NOT AFFECT US"
well they do if you just made a post about it so
[QUOTE=TrannyAlert;52005311]Which is what annoys me since the news will not stop banging on about it for a week+ now.
and then people change their picture on facebook, like stories/pics of people going "YOUR ATTACKS DO NOT AFFECT US"
well they do if you just made a post about it so[/QUOTE]
My favourite thing is people saying they're safe in the Westminster attack, like calm down Doris your office is 4 miles away in Shoreditch you're more likely to be stabbed going to Pret at lunch than you are by a terrorist.
Kinda sick how much people and the news abuse situations like these.
[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;52005518]My favourite thing is people saying they're safe in the Westminster attack, like calm down Doris your office is 4 miles away in Shoreditch you're more likely to be stabbed going to Pret at lunch than you are by a terrorist.[/QUOTE]
My cousin works at Canary Wharf and used that facebook notification thing to say he was safe. Calm the fuck down Harry, I know it's a tower but you're jumping the gun here.
I've had a few people I knew at Uni who have coughed up old pictures of themselves on dates or trips to London and they've got a shot of Big Ben or the Houses of Parliament with them in it and a caption like "It feels like yesterday that I was right there, can't believe it". Get the fuck over yourself
I don't remember the last time I got a train that departed or arrived on time.
[QUOTE=icemaz;52007370]I don't remember the last time I got a train that departed or arrived on time.[/QUOTE]
I live near Brighton and I can't even remember what a train looks like.
[QUOTE=icemaz;52007370]I don't remember the last time I got a train that departed or arrived on time.[/QUOTE]
If I'm heading south: usually on time.
If I'm heading north: never on time.
I also have most of the pelican crossing patterns in town down pat.
black cats are considered good luck here, and if one goes into your house the old gods will bless you with prosperity
Should have done it man, making friends with street cats is always a good'un.
Yeah its good luck, cos you got to meet a cat
[QUOTE=Wiggles;52007517]I live near Brighton and I can't even remember what a train looks like.[/QUOTE]
i've probably driven a train with you on before
[QUOTE=Rudevinny;52007742]A black cat walked up to my leg while I was on my way to Tesco and meowed at me several times.
Not sure if it's a good or bad omen, but I'm sad I didn't manage to pet the cat before it left :([/QUOTE]
I once encountered a black and white cat that kept following me meowing and rubbing against my legs. So cute.
So last night I had a nightmare where there was a spiderweb in the corner of my room. I know I don't keep often, probably the impetus for this nightmare, but anyway. A big ol' cobweb, which I decide to do something about. I jab at it with a long brush (or broom?) and a big spider comes a calling to see what the fuss is about. A big booty spider with spindly long legs. Now, I'm not arachnaphobic but that's a nasty surprise. Not to mention that I saw black widow-esque markings on it. Anyway, it somehow realised where the disturbance was coming from, and the spider started creeping down and towards me, growing increasingly larger as my imagination played up the danger. I rather calmly left the room and tried to close the door but did so by trying to slam it from outside and the spider caught it. That was definitely a problem so I went downstairs and told my parents "I don't mean to alarm you, but there's a very dangerous spider in the house," and that's when I woke up.
Anyway, tonight I was getting ready for bed and I pick up my pyjama top and lo and behold there was a really big spider on it.
Luckily this one was only slightly larger than my thumb and no venomous. I swiftly shook out my top in the backgarden. I hate being a spider magnet sometimes.
Spiders are safe fam, I don't put them outside anymore.
[sp]slugs are my thing, I had to get my missus to remove a slug that had crawled across the door when it was open. I never used to be like this and I don't mind snails but slugs make my skin crawl[/sP]
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