King Maz
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Dec 12, 2006 11:58:35 GMT
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She does sound like a bit of an old bag, but at the same time you can't blame her given the current press. I should care more about the environment (we all should), but I also have issues with respect - especially for the elderly - is the fact that she is so misinformed by the media entirely her problem, and more importantly is it enough to be calling her a curse word? Yes, I'm afraid I did get a bit angry about her and I should apologise. If more people were like her and took it upon themselves to act decisively, many issues would progress a lot better. Maybe, she should be invited to proceed to Downing Street and have a go there instead. |
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Dec 12, 2006 12:17:23 GMT
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Ever had a visit from the Zealots at DEFRA (used to be the enviroment agency)? Marched into my yard and accused my of running an unlicenced dismantlers, and pointed to all teh 'old scrap cars' as evidence..... looked a bit gobsmacked when I pointed out I put em back together again lol
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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Dec 12, 2006 12:37:14 GMT
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I cant believe anyone would actually behave that way in public.
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MWF
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Dec 12, 2006 13:06:41 GMT
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Thing is if someone does care a great deal about something and is badly informed they are likely to make the mistake of apprehending and unfortunate innocent party. Sadly this does tend to be middle aged upper middle class housewives with nothing better to do, be it saving the environment by shouting at car drivers or making everyone behave overly PC.
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Dec 12, 2006 13:14:19 GMT
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Thing is if someone does care a great deal about something and is badly informed they are likely to make the mistake of apprehending and unfortunate innocent party. Sadly this does tend to be middle aged upper middle class housewives with nothing better to do, be it saving the environment by shouting at car drivers or making everyone behave overly PC. Caring about something doesnt excuse a lack of manners/common decency. |
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Dec 12, 2006 13:14:28 GMT
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"what?! why isnt the television making this a major issue?! the people must be informed!!" "arent you dead yet you old crone?" "who let you out?" "the way you drive I'm surprised theres any children left to enjoy the future anyway" "thanks for informing me. I shall tell all my friends at our next weekly bonfire/panda barbeque/slash and burn fest" I'm here all night folks! ROFLMFARO!!!!!!!!! |
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guy
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Dec 12, 2006 14:30:58 GMT
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were not really going to do any real damage to the world, fair enough we may kill off our own species but the world will recover.
There has been mass exticnctions before that have wiped out over 95% of all living organisms. These are natural causes such as volcanoes and asteroids.
But hey wait a minute last time I looked we are pretty natural too! Global warming(term used lightly) is a product of our evolution and it will probably be the death of our species too. But its still natural(sort of?). The world will recover/adapt to the changes that we have made, it may take billions of years, but it 6 billion years before we arrived any way.
I think that changes can be made to the way we live, but it should not be forced upon us. I have as much right to be on this planet and do whatever I want, as an environmentalist who wears hemp and chains themself to trees.
I don't tell anyone that what they should drive or how they should conduct themselves. So I don't want anyone doing the same to me.
Sorry about the rant!
Guy
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Last Edit: Dec 12, 2006 14:32:07 GMT by guy
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Dec 12, 2006 14:43:08 GMT
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Sounds fair to me guy. Name calling on a forum (curse word retard etc) isnt probably ideal specially for people looking in from outside, but it does sum up how passionate and annoyed we get from name calling, large scale bullying, and vandalism. of course the half humanoid that took an Imp recently isnt an old fashioned style mentally challenged person (no offence to anyone BTW) and this motormouth posh do-gooder research-shy person was not a lady dog, but she'd get the first offensives that roll off my tongue if she came over to me. If i wasn't so off guard like this lad was, I'd probably have a good half hour chat with her.  ...and prob get nowhere  |
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Dec 12, 2006 14:48:20 GMT
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Dec 12, 2006 14:53:53 GMT
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she was in sainsburys car park. If it was Netto she'd obviously be a Chavscum!
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Dec 12, 2006 14:56:05 GMT
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she was in sainsburys car park. If it was Netto she'd obviously be a Chavscum! I saw a woman in a Porsche Cayenne shopping in Aldi ... |
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Dec 12, 2006 14:59:07 GMT
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I think that changes can be made to the way we live, but it should not be forced upon us. I have as much right to be on this planet and do whatever I want, as an environmentalist who wears hemp and chains themself to trees. I don't tell anyone that what they should drive or how they should conduct themselves. So I don't want anyone doing the same to me. The thing is that as a human being your actions effect everyone else. Its the reason smoking is banned in pubs and bars etc. Sure you have a right to smoke, you can do what you want as far as I'm concerned, but I have as much right not to breath in your smoke. Same with the environment stuff, the act of owning and driving a car has an impact. Right now the impact of cars has been totally distorted by the media (the paranoid person inside of me suspects this is at the encouragement of big business). However it is not true to say you have as much right to do as you please as the next person, because it might please the next person to drive a monster truck and crush all the cars they see. Which you wouldn't like... Limits are there in an effort to make us all get on. Its a delicate balance, and sometimes it gets upset. Not everyone will be happy,.. in fact it usually involved people being equally miserable and thats the best we can hope for. |
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Dec 12, 2006 15:07:05 GMT
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I can find no actual mention of the woman who's behavior has sparked this off, aside from being female & what she reportedly said, yet quite a few on here seem to have decided that this person is automatically middle / upper middle class etc etc   Sorry I know it is irrelevant, I admit, but while you ask; it seems she has no concern that people might not have thousands to buy newish diesel Golfs, and she views an efficiant(sp?) Mk2 Fiesta 1.0 (was it belching out black smoke Adam?) as old and offensive! plus like Alistair joked about her choice of store (do you have a Waitrose Adam?), and finally it appears she has time on her hands, as well as a distorted way of communicating with other people in the street. would she do the same at Kwiksave car park, or would she be oblivious to a potential head butt? No offense to anyone, but her, she does sound like a right pain! |
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts |
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Dec 12, 2006 15:14:30 GMT
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she was in sainsburys car park. If it was Netto she'd obviously be a Chavscum! I saw a woman in a Porsche Cayenne shopping in Aldi ... ...and this proves what? That she has no sense or logic whatsover! worst car in the world! Anyways, back on subject - I'd of given her a good slap upside the head! |
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MWF
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Dec 12, 2006 15:29:54 GMT
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quite a few on here seem to have decided that this person is automatically middle / upper middle class etc etc I said that overly militant highly opinionated holier-than-though types tend to be bored upper middle class house wives but I wasn't suggesting the woman in question must have been one. |
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MWF
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Dec 12, 2006 15:31:32 GMT
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However it is not true to say you have as much right to do as you please as the next person, because it might please the next person to drive a monster truck and crush all the cars they see. Which you wouldn't like... Limits are there in an effort to make us all get on. Its a delicate balance, and sometimes it gets upset. Not everyone will be happy,.. in fact it usually involved people being equally miserable and thats the best we can hope for. Well said. It even had monster trucks in it - vroom vroom  |
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Dec 12, 2006 16:59:12 GMT
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I doubt the Fezza belches black smoke, it has been cared for since new by his grandfather who owned a garage for 30 years, he then inherited it 2 months ago when his grandfather died. As it happens, the woman did look middle aged, and I have no idea whether there's a Waitrose because it happened somewhere in Essex (he moved there a few years ago). My mum shops in Aldi (infact, I am eating an Aldi mince pie as I type  ), and the majority of cars outside are mercs, BMWs, Volvos etc! ;D |
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MWF
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Dec 12, 2006 17:01:33 GMT
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Those new Aldi adverts are reet posh - they are like the M&S ones.
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Dec 12, 2006 17:18:57 GMT
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And for anyone who's interested, Aldi mince pie's are nowhere near as good as Tesco ones.
Aaaand snap.... back on topic.
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Jenn
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Dec 12, 2006 18:11:33 GMT
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Best course of action when faced with a verbal attack like this is to respond with manners and information. Gets them every time, they never expect you to actually have the intelligence to respond let alone factually and logically prove them wrong, manners just shows up their own insolence.
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), and the majority of cars outside are mercs, BMWs, Volvos etc! ;D