Traffic Wardens - total bar stewards the lot of em
07 May 2003, 02:09 PM
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<Just spit a gobfull of blood on her shoes >
Damn,, Dizzy beat me to it
I would have suggested do it in her face, then look at the stuff you bought from the chemist and say "Would you look at that, the chemist has given me the wrong stuff for my hepititus as well!"
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Damn,, Dizzy beat me to it
I would have suggested do it in her face, then look at the stuff you bought from the chemist and say "Would you look at that, the chemist has given me the wrong stuff for my hepititus as well!" astraboy.
07 May 2003, 02:10 PM
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I hear what you are saying telboy 
But there are quite often circumstances where there really isnt any need to issue a ticket.
Bravo being a prime example.
Did you see the documentary on traffic wardens? trying to beat their personal records for the number of tickets issued in one day
With that sort of carry on, people are bound to get pi$$ed off with traffic wardens in general.
Anyway.... im not trying to start a war here its just the way i see it 
But there are quite often circumstances where there really isnt any need to issue a ticket.
Bravo being a prime example.
Did you see the documentary on traffic wardens? trying to beat their personal records for the number of tickets issued in one day
With that sort of carry on, people are bound to get pi$$ed off with traffic wardens in general.
Anyway.... im not trying to start a war here
its just the way i see it
07 May 2003, 02:13 PM
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Thing is I can't afford to appeal if its going to risk doubling it so again I will be another easy income for them.
Exactly - the council wins again - how wrong is the system if this is the case - designed to make money at any cost F**K the public they are there to treat like s**T 'cause thay can!
Thing is I can't afford to appeal if its going to risk doubling it so again I will be another easy income for them.
Exactly - the council wins again - how wrong is the system if this is the case - designed to make money at any cost F**K the public they are there to treat like s**T 'cause thay can!
07 May 2003, 02:19 PM
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Exactly Paul, its a joke, they know they have u by the danglies and can twist all they want. What still really gets my goat is that I wasn't even on a single let alone double yellow line. It was a bloody parking space, just cos it was reserved for unloading doesn't warrant an immediate ticket in my opinion. Not like I had gone off to do my weeks shopping for gods sake. Plus I was unloading myself to the chemists shop
Im telling you she was a mini hitler and loved it. Hope something bad and painful happens to her and see how she likes it.
Im telling you she was a mini hitler and loved it. Hope something bad and painful happens to her and see how she likes it.
07 May 2003, 02:20 PM
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Parking ticket sounds like the least of your potential worries 
The dentist sounds like he don't know what he's doing, surley the X-ray should have indicated that the tooth was too big for the hole . Make sure you wash it out a lot with a strong salt solution, you don't need any kind of infection in the hole. 
The dentist sounds like he don't know what he's doing, surley the X-ray should have indicated that the tooth was too big for the hole . Make sure you wash it out a lot with a strong salt solution, you don't need any kind of infection in the hole.
07 May 2003, 02:20 PM
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You're right mwp!
At the end of the day it's a difficult, and no-win job. People they ticket get pissed off, people who suffer when they don't ticket when they could get pissed off too.
As Paul said, i don't know what salary they'd have to offer before i'd consider doing it. "Had a nice day dear?" is probably a phrase they don't hear from their spouses too often!!
At the end of the day it's a difficult, and no-win job. People they ticket get pissed off, people who suffer when they don't ticket when they could get pissed off too.
As Paul said, i don't know what salary they'd have to offer before i'd consider doing it. "Had a nice day dear?" is probably a phrase they don't hear from their spouses too often!!
07 May 2003, 02:25 PM
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GU5 I have been given a box of anti biotics to take as infection would be certain without them and thats the last thing I want, more pain! Hence me not smoking till wound is covered and stopped bleeding. Desperate for a smoke after the pain and shaking I went thru this morning lol, but I'd rather not have more trips to the dentist so will have to be patient.
Got to have the stitches out next week, just hope I have stopped bleeding by then lol
Hence me not smoking till wound is covered and stopped bleeding. Desperate for a smoke after the pain and shaking I went thru this morning lol, but I'd rather not have more trips to the dentist so will have to be patient.Got to have the stitches out next week, just hope I have stopped bleeding by then lol
07 May 2003, 03:51 PM
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Sorry about all the pain you are in mate and hope it feels a lot better soon so you can start to enjoy beer and cigarettes soon!!!
I thought I was having a bad couple of days but some bloke smaking the back of my car yesterday now seems fairly trivial although still very annoying
P.S. I dont like Traffic wardens either
Sorry about all the pain you are in mate and hope it feels a lot better soon so you can start to enjoy beer and cigarettes soon!!!
I thought I was having a bad couple of days but some bloke smaking the back of my car yesterday now seems fairly trivial although still very annoying
P.S. I dont like Traffic wardens either
07 May 2003, 04:03 PM
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B20 i'll have a smoke and beer for you when i get in mate.
i got a fridgeful of stella waiting for your recovery, so get the stitches out and lets get fishing....
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i got a fridgeful of stella waiting for your recovery, so get the stitches out and lets get fishing....
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07 May 2003, 04:57 PM
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If you're talking about the white powder rather than the black liquid, it was used up until recently as an anaesthetic, so not such a silly suggestion.
Just a bloody expensive one
Just a bloody expensive one
07 May 2003, 05:40 PM
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Steve sorry to hear about that m8, hope the car gets fixed soon. Catch up with on msn later and find out what happened!
BB, u know me, I have a fridge full of stella and I can't bloody touch it. Fishing Friday and Saturday m8 with Pete if you are about and I'm damn sure that a few stellas can be sunk by then
TK you naughty girl, never done coke of the white variety b4 but at the moment its about the only option I got left open to me Not to sure how it would mix with the anasthetics tho lol
It doesnt help when my son keeps making me laugh and then it bleeds more called the dentist and he said it could bleed for 3 days, I told him I thought only women could bleed like that with out dieing 
BB, u know me, I have a fridge full of stella and I can't bloody touch it. Fishing Friday and Saturday m8 with Pete if you are about and I'm damn sure that a few stellas can be sunk by then
TK you naughty girl, never done coke of the white variety b4 but at the moment its about the only option I got left open to me
Not to sure how it would mix with the anasthetics tho lol It doesnt help when my son keeps making me laugh and then it bleeds more
called the dentist and he said it could bleed for 3 days, I told him I thought only women could bleed like that with out dieing
07 May 2003, 06:23 PM
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I successfully appealled a parking ticket recently.
I wrote a very nice letter telling them that I had parked to see my psychiatrist. He noted I was making very good progress and my suicidal thoughts were in control. Then I got back to my car and noticed the parking ticket. Please cancel it.
It worked £60 fine cancelled.
I wrote a very nice letter telling them that I had parked to see my psychiatrist. He noted I was making very good progress and my suicidal thoughts were in control. Then I got back to my car and noticed the parking ticket. Please cancel it.
It worked
£60 fine cancelled.
07 May 2003, 07:15 PM
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I have only ever paid one parking fine in my life... lots of tickets, but I argue every time and in all but one instance the case has been dropped... I never accept anything and will argue every point to the bitter end... £20, 1991 paid in '94 and caused trouble too, I managed to get the Bailiff arrested for 'mis-representation' and I appeared at his re-application hearing for his licence and he failed, I nearly p!ssed myself.
It's just another bullsh!t tax on the motorist... like all the others...
It's just another bullsh!t tax on the motorist... like all the others...
07 May 2003, 08:29 PM
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LOL he cut my mouth up big time, now plucked up the courage to feel the stitches with my tongue and they feel well horrible. And its still bleeding I also didn't say about the hideous grinding sound and vibration I could feel in my jaw as he was pulling the tooth. It was so jammed in it ground the jaw away until it snapped. Even the tooth snapped he was putting so much pressure on it, thats why he had to cut the rest out Don't know how many stitches I got but its well stringy lol.
Wish he had given me ear plugs as well as anasthetic as the noise was evil, will never forget it, wish I had a sound sample of it to share with all those people who hate the dentists It was a real bone crunching
And you know I'm only going fishing if you arn't about to see me.
I also didn't say about the hideous grinding sound and vibration I could feel in my jaw as he was pulling the tooth. It was so jammed in it ground the jaw away until it snapped. Even the tooth snapped he was putting so much pressure on it, thats why he had to cut the rest out Don't know how many stitches I got but its well stringy lol.Wish he had given me ear plugs as well as anasthetic as the noise was evil, will never forget it, wish I had a sound sample of it to share with all those people who hate the dentists
It was a real bone crunching And you know I'm only going fishing if you arn't about to see me.
07 May 2003, 08:53 PM
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I hate the monkeys in London. Not the Met lot ,they are fine. just the 1/2 english speaking ignorant fools who make up the rules as they go along. See them out on a bank holiday at 11.00pm .....why what the hell for??? just greedy scum.
Would pay good money to see one get a kicking.
Would pay good money to see one get a kicking.
07 May 2003, 09:09 PM
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W69 the beer drinking has only taken a temporary back seat, normal service will be resumed asap (as soon as it stops bleeding )
U wont see the stitches, not unless you will be looking in my mouth I warn u its not a pretty sight LOL All this for a bridge as well, wish I'd never gone to the dentists in the first place!
(as soon as it stops bleeding )U wont see the stitches, not unless you will be looking in my mouth
I warn u its not a pretty sight LOL All this for a bridge as well, wish I'd never gone to the dentists in the first place!
07 May 2003, 10:44 PM
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Although I gave a semi flippant reply earlier I can sympathise...
had a horrific ordeal in the dentists chair in 1998. Had two impacted wisdom teeth taken out under local anaethetic. One was relatively straight forward as it was protruding enough to get the plier things onto and came out whole after about 5 attempts, the pliers kept slipping off.
Tooth number two was below gum level, and he had to cut a slit in the gum to get to it. By this time the anaesthetic was wearing off and I kept getting more jabs in various places in my mouth. Had about 5 or 6 in total I think. This tooth took quite a few attemts before finally snapping off above root level!
I could tell what had happened 'cos the dentist looked kind of worried at the nurse. He then resorted to drilling out the root which was the worst part because the vibes travelled through the bone, was deafening in the ear, and made my whole head feel numb. It also felt like a cold pain deep inside the jaw, hard to describe but quite sickening.
The nurse was starting to get tiny splatters of my blood on her mask, and I, who am not usually squeamish in the slightest, started feeling a bit shakey.
After 2.5 hours in the chair we were finally done. I had one hole in the top jaw and a ragged mess in the bottom jaw that was stitched closed to the inside of my cheek.
Got in my car and drove home and had a full mouthful of blood when I got there. It didn't really stop bleeding until late the next day when I stupidly went clay pigeon shooting and managed to burst the stitches from the recoil against my cheek.
Back to dentist to get restitched. Was ok for a week, then it got infected, by which time I was really pissed off and started gargling (and swallowing ) scotch instead of the recomended salt water. Each time it hurt like absolute hell for the first few, several scotches later felt better!
Another week later the infection had passed and the hole started to close up. The other hole was absolutely fine and sort of filled itself in. After about a month everything felt pretty much normal although I could (and still can) feel the scar on the bottom gum.
Then 6 months later the bottom hole felt sore again and eventually some shards of bone worked their way out of the wound. Presumably the remainder of the roots of the tooth. It then rehealed very quickly and has been fine ever since.
Absolute nightmare, and the worst thing is that my other 2 wisdom teeth on the other side are still deep in there like a time bomb waiting to go off.
Moral of the story: general anaesthetic next time!
By the way.... the first sign of infection get stright back to the dentist... by the sound of things you are better equipped than I was as you have antibiotics. I was sent away with swabs and a little bag containing all the bloody little pieces of my teeth.
Anyway, I hope you feel better soon - and watch out for those stray bits of bone - they can take a long time to work their way out!
[Edited by ajm - 5/7/2003 10:50:34 PM]
Although I gave a semi flippant reply earlier I can sympathise...
had a horrific ordeal in the dentists chair in 1998. Had two impacted wisdom teeth taken out under local anaethetic. One was relatively straight forward as it was protruding enough to get the plier things onto and came out whole after about 5 attempts, the pliers kept slipping off.
Tooth number two was below gum level, and he had to cut a slit in the gum to get to it. By this time the anaesthetic was wearing off and I kept getting more jabs in various places in my mouth. Had about 5 or 6 in total I think. This tooth took quite a few attemts before finally snapping off above root level!
I could tell what had happened 'cos the dentist looked kind of worried at the nurse. He then resorted to drilling out the root which was the worst part because the vibes travelled through the bone, was deafening in the ear, and made my whole head feel numb. It also felt like a cold pain deep inside the jaw, hard to describe but quite sickening.
The nurse was starting to get tiny splatters of my blood on her mask, and I, who am not usually squeamish in the slightest, started feeling a bit shakey.
After 2.5 hours in the chair we were finally done. I had one hole in the top jaw and a ragged mess in the bottom jaw that was stitched closed to the inside of my cheek.
Got in my car and drove home and had a full mouthful of blood when I got there. It didn't really stop bleeding until late the next day when I stupidly went clay pigeon shooting and managed to burst the stitches from the recoil against my cheek.
Back to dentist to get restitched. Was ok for a week, then it got infected, by which time I was really pissed off and started gargling (and swallowing
) scotch instead of the recomended salt water. Each time it hurt like absolute hell for the first few, several scotches later felt better!Another week later the infection had passed and the hole started to close up. The other hole was absolutely fine and sort of filled itself in. After about a month everything felt pretty much normal although I could (and still can) feel the scar on the bottom gum.
Then 6 months later the bottom hole felt sore again and eventually some shards of bone worked their way out of the wound. Presumably the remainder of the roots of the tooth. It then rehealed very quickly and has been fine ever since.
Absolute nightmare, and the worst thing is that my other 2 wisdom teeth on the other side are still deep in there like a time bomb waiting to go off.
Moral of the story: general anaesthetic next time!
By the way.... the first sign of infection get stright back to the dentist... by the sound of things you are better equipped than I was as you have antibiotics. I was sent away with swabs and a little bag containing all the bloody little pieces of my teeth.
Anyway, I hope you feel better soon - and watch out for those stray bits of bone - they can take a long time to work their way out!
[Edited by ajm - 5/7/2003 10:50:34 PM]
07 May 2003, 11:45 PM
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Cheers m8, christ I thought I had it bad at 45-50 mins of torture, for 2.5 hours I would have demanded a bloody general anasthetic
My root was just too big to come out and it was curved as well. There was blood splattered every where, all over my face etc. I am not screamish but when its my blood I hate it as its not normal to bleed and certainly not healthy
He didn't give me the tooth as it was in so many pieces by the time he had finished ripping it out that he didn't want me to see it lol. Hearing it snap in half when pulling so hard on it was quite worrying, thought how the fek is he gonna get the rest out now. Then you hear him say to the nurse "scalpel please" I was like I have changed my mind, can I go home now in a very dribbly sort of voice LOL
Got to be one of the worst things I have ever had done. My wisdom tooth extraction was a total doddle compared to today.
I still have parts of my mouth that are numb as I had so much anasthetic he said it would takes ages to wear off. And its typical I have had more bloody phone calls tonight than in about the last 2 weeks put together and the more I talk the more it bleeds god damn it LOL
Eating dinner tonight was interesting, lovely mix of food, drink and lots blood, mmm yummy - NOT.
Just hope it feels better by tomorrow!
My root was just too big to come out and it was curved as well. There was blood splattered every where, all over my face etc. I am not screamish but when its my blood I hate it as its not normal to bleed and certainly not healthy
He didn't give me the tooth as it was in so many pieces by the time he had finished ripping it out that he didn't want me to see it lol. Hearing it snap in half when pulling so hard on it was quite worrying, thought how the fek is he gonna get the rest out now. Then you hear him say to the nurse "scalpel please"
I was like I have changed my mind, can I go home now in a very dribbly sort of voice LOLGot to be one of the worst things I have ever had done. My wisdom tooth extraction was a total doddle compared to today.
I still have parts of my mouth that are numb as I had so much anasthetic he said it would takes ages to wear off. And its typical I have had more bloody phone calls tonight than in about the last 2 weeks put together and the more I talk the more it bleeds god damn it LOL
Eating dinner tonight was interesting, lovely mix of food, drink and lots blood, mmm yummy - NOT.
Just hope it feels better by tomorrow!
08 May 2003, 10:15 AM
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Having checked the ticket, its £60 or £30 if I pay now. I am going to contest it and apparently by law if they refuse the appeal you still have to be offered to pay the £30 as long as I get the appeal in before the 14 days is up.
Bloody rip off merchants. [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
At least I get to write a nasty letter and vent some anger
Bloody rip off merchants. [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
At least I get to write a nasty letter and vent some anger
08 May 2003, 10:46 AM
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Try and contest the ticket on a point of law.
Something like 70% of all parking restrictions in the UK are illegal for one reason or another.
It may mean a trip to your local library to obtain a copy of the traffic order, but it may prove worth your while.
Firstly, all yellow lines must have a termination line perpendicular to the end of the yellow line itself, without it the order is illegal and cannot be enforced.
Are the lines handpainted or machine painted? Handpainted lines are illegal.
Where does the restriction start and where does it finish? The local traffic order will state that a restriction will commence so many metres from.......... to a point so many metres from............
If the measurements are out by so much as a foot then the whole order becomes unenforceable and illegal and this is where many of the problems lie.
Are the signs clearly visible? Do they conform to the lines. Single yellows are limited waiting no return within a certain period of time, but many put up total prohobition of waiting signs. Illegal. If the signs cannot be seen easily that also throws out the offence as well.
These are the main problems with parking restrictions in the UK, and the local traffic order which every restriction of parking has to have will help you determine the legality of that restriction.
I often have great fun parking on double yellows in front of Traffic wardens knowing they can't do me, and when they have a go, I have a go back with both barrels knowing that on appeal they will have to refund my money together with money taken from thousands of motorists previously. Traffic wardens in our area hate me so I suppose it is a case of getting my own back.
May be worth a bit of time and effort on your part though for what its worth.
Something like 70% of all parking restrictions in the UK are illegal for one reason or another.
It may mean a trip to your local library to obtain a copy of the traffic order, but it may prove worth your while.
Firstly, all yellow lines must have a termination line perpendicular to the end of the yellow line itself, without it the order is illegal and cannot be enforced.
Are the lines handpainted or machine painted? Handpainted lines are illegal.
Where does the restriction start and where does it finish? The local traffic order will state that a restriction will commence so many metres from.......... to a point so many metres from............
If the measurements are out by so much as a foot then the whole order becomes unenforceable and illegal and this is where many of the problems lie.
Are the signs clearly visible? Do they conform to the lines. Single yellows are limited waiting no return within a certain period of time, but many put up total prohobition of waiting signs. Illegal. If the signs cannot be seen easily that also throws out the offence as well.
These are the main problems with parking restrictions in the UK, and the local traffic order which every restriction of parking has to have will help you determine the legality of that restriction.
I often have great fun parking on double yellows in front of Traffic wardens knowing they can't do me, and when they have a go, I have a go back with both barrels knowing that on appeal they will have to refund my money together with money taken from thousands of motorists previously. Traffic wardens in our area hate me so I suppose it is a case of getting my own back.
May be worth a bit of time and effort on your part though for what its worth.
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Thanks for the advice.
Unfortunately its an unloading area and the lines are clearly marked out in a rectangle shape down the street. My main argument will be that it was an urgent/emergency visit to the chemist due to severe pain and blood loss and that I wasn't parking on yellow lines and that where I parked in the unloading area there was lots of space and I wasn't denying any access to lorries/vans etc that needed to stop there. Plus I was no more than about 5 minutes.
If they tell me to get lost I'll say I'll take it further Not going to back down on this one I have decided
Unfortunately its an unloading area and the lines are clearly marked out in a rectangle shape down the street. My main argument will be that it was an urgent/emergency visit to the chemist due to severe pain and blood loss and that I wasn't parking on yellow lines and that where I parked in the unloading area there was lots of space and I wasn't denying any access to lorries/vans etc that needed to stop there. Plus I was no more than about 5 minutes.
If they tell me to get lost I'll say I'll take it further
Not going to back down on this one I have decided
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It is worth bearing in mind that Traffic wardens like Policemen have a power of discretion, and most in reasonable circumstances (which this is) would honour that discretion.
It may well be worth setting out your case in a detailed letter to the central processing unit but at the same time and in the same letter make an official complaint against the traffic Warden who issued the ticket and obviously found it very humerous. That might well take the smile of the Wardens face.
It may well be worth setting out your case in a detailed letter to the central processing unit but at the same time and in the same letter make an official complaint against the traffic Warden who issued the ticket and obviously found it very humerous. That might well take the smile of the Wardens face.