by general jack o'niell » Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:08 pm
never knew there was such a thing with regard to the scoop, you learn something new every day and heres me thinking theres nobody on here could teach me anything?
with regards to the "stargate" it is alive and well and surprisingly all the posts are pleasant, convivial and for the most part either insightful or humourous, not inciteful and humorless as is displayed elsewhere. and before anyone asks, no its not a "closed shop" anyone is welcome, all it takes is a request, simple case of "you don't ask, you don't get" theres no great secrets being recounted within it, just a place where its possible to post, safe in the knowledge that any disparaging remarks will be lighthearted and without malice.
sorry for continuing the offthread discourse, back, well nearly on track, i mentioned the illegal use of disabled parking spaces at tesco, so surprise surprise this morning at around 8.45am, a blue renault and a silver VW, no blue badge, parked right at the door, of course it was raining and you can't get wet walking that extra few yards, so thats ok, i'm ashamed to say i stood and said nothing, being on my best behaviour, now i'm annoyed that i didn't ask the drivers why they chose to park there, the carpark was nearly empty, the drivers looked able bodied (that means nothing of course, if your entitled your entitled, looks count for nothing, but if your entitled, then you have a badge, why not display it?)
i read in the paper about a tesco that was fining shoppers for parking too long, thats their perogative, why don't they fine those that park in the disabled bays without a blue badge?
for those that don't know, the badge is for the person on it, not the car, so theres no excuse for parking in a bay if you happen to have a relative with a badge but they are not present.
i'm mad at myself for not saying anything, it would have spoiled their day and brightened up mine, still i got my 10 call from that crowd who happen to be in the area and want to give you free windows (they wouldn't happen to be in the area because they are phoning from snipefield?) i gave the person a bit of a mouthful, politely of course, as i was fed up getting the calls, ten minutes later the phone rings again, i'm connected to someone but they don't talk, in the background i can hear others doing the "patter" i can also hear this female breathing, (you filthy minded lot!!!) obviously she thought it fun to call me and stay silent, what did i do? well my amp was handy, so was my bass, it happened to be switched on, up went the volume to 11 (its 180 watt bass amp) i held the phone to the 15" speaker and hit the strings as hard as i could, it was so loud i could feel it going up thru my legs, the end note and feedback was like hendrix "star spangled banner" helicopters.
don't think i'll be getting call No.12 somehow, oh and if you get a call don't bother with 1471, it gives you a number but its a recorded message, pity, my rant will have to wait for someone else, and hey presto AXA Healthcare just called trying to offer me life insurance, poor girl, how was she to know i'm the worst risk candidate for cover she'll have all week?
she does now!!!