Other road users
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Valdeez, I have thoughts and opinions on everything especially things I know nothing about. I am a teacher afterall. You are correct on the squatter thing. if you leave a property empty, it could be occupied by a squatter and then you need the law to evict them - long and costly process [ mustn't deny parasite lawyers their slice of the cake, must we].
My daughter in London had her own flat but lived with her husband when they married. her flate was rented out. Ok For some time then the rentee's stopped paying rent. i wanted to go down and padlock the door after throwing their belongings into the street. I was told that this was against the law. She eventually managed to get them out but lost about £2000 in unpaid rent.
My daughter in London had her own flat but lived with her husband when they married. her flate was rented out. Ok For some time then the rentee's stopped paying rent. i wanted to go down and padlock the door after throwing their belongings into the street. I was told that this was against the law. She eventually managed to get them out but lost about £2000 in unpaid rent.
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Is L2000 more or less than the EURO? I looked up the euro and that's 2958 dollars! OUCH!
Is L2000 more or less than the EURO? I looked up the euro and that's 2958 dollars! OUCH!
We are also having a battle over metric weights and measures. In my city, a market trader was fined for selling bananas by the pound weight rather than the kilo. This became a cause celebre for the Euro phobes and he became known as the Metric Martyr. The last I heard, he had been given permission to continue selling in pounds and an apology from the jobsworth in the local govt. Sadly, the apology was posthumous but others picked up hisbanner. The same battle is being fought over our traditional pub pint - interference here will result in bloody revolution. Told you that we are awkward sods, didn't I.
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RE: Other road users
1.In this area (and others where I have lived) the equal to the white van mannemisis are commercial pickup trucks generally loaded with ladders and other construction equipment. Their radiators loom quite large in my Accord rear view mirror so I dash away yielding the lane at the same time. Forever in a hurry they are. some of the drivers actually speak English.....of sorts.
2. Perhaps in some parts of this state deer arenot prevelant but I hit five out of seven standing in the middle of the road.......driving a friends recently restored 1957 Ford Skyliner (the first hardtop convertible).Painful lesions for the deer and expensive lessons for yours truly. We are still friends by the way.....and the deer were tasty.
3.Bike Riders, where do I begin? Prior to moving here we lived in Austin TX, theworld capital of Yuppiedom and tree huggers. Since Lance Armstrong lives there he has a league of wanna be's numberingin the tens of thousands. They are on the roads daily but most are weekendpedal pumpers. They will take up the highway on Saturday mornings chugging along at best speed, taking up traffic lanes and daring the steel behemoths to hit them. Many roads have specific bike lanes and most riders realize they would lose the collision test so they remain where they should be.......out of the way. There are the few that simply defy law and logictaking up the car lanes causing traffic problems and giving the single digit salute to those that honk at them. Stupid Bastards! There would be the occassional car vs rider contest on the news, guess who lost? Now these are educated people with good incomes spending thousands of dollars on their bikes and corresponding "French racer" garb. On the job they are no doubt brilliant young wizards but on the bike they are stupid bastards. Perhaps the bike seat goes farther up their **** than it appears reaching the brain stem and damaging it temporarily?
2. Perhaps in some parts of this state deer arenot prevelant but I hit five out of seven standing in the middle of the road.......driving a friends recently restored 1957 Ford Skyliner (the first hardtop convertible).Painful lesions for the deer and expensive lessons for yours truly. We are still friends by the way.....and the deer were tasty.
3.Bike Riders, where do I begin? Prior to moving here we lived in Austin TX, theworld capital of Yuppiedom and tree huggers. Since Lance Armstrong lives there he has a league of wanna be's numberingin the tens of thousands. They are on the roads daily but most are weekendpedal pumpers. They will take up the highway on Saturday mornings chugging along at best speed, taking up traffic lanes and daring the steel behemoths to hit them. Many roads have specific bike lanes and most riders realize they would lose the collision test so they remain where they should be.......out of the way. There are the few that simply defy law and logictaking up the car lanes causing traffic problems and giving the single digit salute to those that honk at them. Stupid Bastards! There would be the occassional car vs rider contest on the news, guess who lost? Now these are educated people with good incomes spending thousands of dollars on their bikes and corresponding "French racer" garb. On the job they are no doubt brilliant young wizards but on the bike they are stupid bastards. Perhaps the bike seat goes farther up their **** than it appears reaching the brain stem and damaging it temporarily?