What grinds my gears...

[Foxdiamond]

5 hours ago, Tommy Fresh said:

I mean the fact they are so annoying it would stop me ever using them is probably relevant but okay. They haven't purposely made a cringey advert to have it register with people, it's just shite.

The quality of tv adverts has declined over the years.  Perhaps we should support the BBC after all

[Milo]

22 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

The quality of tv adverts has declined over the years.  Perhaps we should support the BBC after all

Plenty of adverts on the BBC, unfortunately. 

[Foxdiamond]

3 minutes ago, Milo said:

Plenty of adverts on the BBC, unfortunately. 

I know what you mean. Rather too long advertising their own programmes. Probably because not enough revenue to fill the day with actual programming 

[Parafox]

20 hours ago, Milo said:

Plenty of adverts on the BBC, unfortunately. 

Not direct advertising or product placement, but the endless repetitive trailers for their output particularly for the iPlayer, is very grinding.

 

Especially on BBC R1 and R2

[Izzy]

Potholes. Everywhere.

 

For a so called advanced nation, the quality of our roads are a Fvckin disgrace.

 

I can’t believe with all this modern technology there’s not a long term solution to it.

 

Absolute crap.

[Tuna]

53 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Potholes. Everywhere.

 

For a so called advanced nation, the quality of our roads are a Fvckin disgrace.

 

I can’t believe with all this modern technology there’s not a long term solution to it.

 

Absolute crap.

I reckon they just do cheap repairs and the potholes recur, too expensive to re do the whole section of road.

[Wymsey]

Paying for a TV licence.

 

The quality of channels seem poor nowadays.

[Jimothy]

30 minutes ago, Tuna said:

I reckon they just do cheap repairs and the potholes recur, too expensive to re do the whole section of road.

There's a really bad one on Earls Way in Thurmaston at the minute. Not so much a pot hole as the road surface isn't damaged, but its sinking. They plonked layers of tarmac over it a few times and it just adds more weight and it sinks again. Why continually spend on repairs that don't work instead of paying more, once, to get the job done properly?

[Innovindil]

2 hours ago, Facecloth said:

There's a really bad one on Earls Way in Thurmaston at the minute. Not so much a pot hole as the road surface isn't damaged, but its sinking. They plonked layers of tarmac over it a few times and it just adds more weight and it sinks again. Why continually spend on repairs that don't work instead of paying more, once, to get the job done properly?

****ing death trap that dip. Been like it for months too.

 

Same as the flooding section near the liquor on humberstone lane. How the **** they've not had someone out to fix the drain since before xmas is criminal.

[Captain...]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65143093

 

Dover chaos, well done brexiteers.

[kenny]

4 minutes ago, Captain... said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65143093

 

Dover chaos, well done brexiteers.

I wonder if the issues would be the same if we were dealing with a different European country.

[Captain...]

40 minutes ago, kenny said:

I wonder if the issues would be the same if we were dealing with a different European country.

The fact there are border controls are the issue, and by the sounds of it there are issues on our side and the French side.

 

 

[kenny]

2 hours ago, Captain... said:

The fact there are border controls are the issue, and by the sounds of it there are issues on our side and the French side.

 

 

Only issues on the French side being reported currently.

 

Perhaps the government should start to look at Belgium as a solution.

[los dedos]

10 hours ago, Innovindil said:

 

 

Same as the flooding section near the liquor on humberstone lane. How the **** they've not had someone out to fix the drain since before xmas is criminal.

I used to live near there, I'm sure it never used to flood. Now it just takes a slight spot of rain and its like Rutland water . What's changed ?

[Innovindil]

21 minutes ago, los dedos said:

I used to live near there, I'm sure it never used to flood. Now it just takes a slight spot of rain and its like Rutland water . What's changed ?

They relaid the road. Badly. 

[Jimothy]

10 hours ago, Innovindil said:

****ing death trap that dip. Been like it for months too.

 

Same as the flooding section near the liquor on humberstone lane. How the **** they've not had someone out to fix the drain since before xmas is criminal.

It's a nightmare if the bridge on Churchill Road floods, the bottom if the lane is flooded snd then you have the dip. My mum lives off Colby Drive, last Sunday there was a crash on Humberstone Lane between Silverdale Drive and Colby Road. Made going anywhere a nightmare for her.

[Innovindil]

48 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

It's a nightmare if the bridge on Churchill Road floods, the bottom if the lane is flooded snd then you have the dip. My mum lives off Colby Drive, last Sunday there was a crash on Humberstone Lane between Silverdale Drive and Colby Road. Made going anywhere a nightmare for her.

Anywhere the wrong side of that train line is a disaster when it rains. Doesn't help they keep adding thousands of houses to thurmaston wherever they can. 

Edited 1 April 2023 by Innovindil

[Parafox]

15 hours ago, Izzy said:

Potholes. Everywhere.

 

For a so called advanced nation, the quality of our roads are a Fvckin disgrace.

 

I can’t believe with all this modern technology there’s not a long term solution to it.

 

Absolute crap.

 

14 hours ago, Tuna said:

I reckon they just do cheap repairs and the potholes recur, too expensive to re do the whole section of road.

It's not just potholes, it's road surfaces breaking up as well. Tarmac just getting stripped off by HGV's and the volume of traffic.

 

There were a number of holes on the A47 near me and the repairs were just lumps of tarmac tamped into them. not even smoothed over.

[Foxdiamond]

23 minutes ago, Parafox said:

 

It's not just potholes, it's road surfaces breaking up as well. Tarmac just getting stripped off by HGV's and the volume of traffic.

 

There were a number of holes on the A47 near me and the repairs were just lumps of tarmac tamped into them. not even smoothed over.

Indicative of the breakdown in the fabric of our nation 

[The Bear]

Potholes are the bane of where I live too in Burton. Absolutely awful as they're everywhere. 

[AyewJoking]

Cannot seem to make a post on here without making a spelling mistake or forgetting to put a space between some words.

 

(Except above post)

[AyewJoking]

On 31/03/2023 at 20:39, Izzy said:

Potholes. Everywhere.

 

For a so called advanced nation, the quality of our roads are a Fvckin disgrace.

 

I can’t believe with all this modern technology there’s not a long term solution to it.

 

Absolute crap.

Thought councils deliberately used short term solutions to pot holes not only to prevent lengthy roadworks but another reason for extortionate tax rates??

[Jon the Hat]

On 01/04/2023 at 13:46, Captain... said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65143093

 

Dover chaos, well done brexiteers.

The idiots on both sides of the channel have had literally years to properly staff the border, but this it definitely the fault of how people voted years ago.

[Otis]

6 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

The idiots on both sides of the channel have had literally years to properly staff the border, but this it definitely the fault of how people voted years ago.

Whilst I agree with this, I'm still waiting for the Brexit benefits?

[Zear0]

43 minutes ago, Otis said:

Whilst I agree with this, I'm still waiting for the Brexit benefits?

Gives us more things to moan about?