A different experience with a car today...

David Waters said:

Instead of the usual being cut up, pushed into the kerb
etc etc, I had the "pleasure" of an ignorant car driver
who decided he needed to clean his windscreen at the very
instant I cam up behind in. The end result was a nice
faceful of chemicals. Obviously it would have been
impossible for him to wait an extra 10 seconds until I had
passed because that could be dangerous for him as it
needed cleaning right there and then.

Yuck. I was informed by a cager this morning that I should
"get in my

junctions for about a quarter of a mile either in front or
behind. Puzzling...

Sadly I couldn't think of a witty put-down at the time.

Regards,

-david

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David Waters said:

Instead of the usual being cut up, pushed into the kerb
etc etc, I had the "pleasure" of an ignorant car driver
who decided he needed to clean his windscreen at the
very instant I cam up behind in. The end result was a
nice faceful of chemicals. Obviously it would have been
impossible for him to wait an extra 10 seconds until I
had passed because that could be dangerous for him as it
needed cleaning right there and then.

Yuck. I was informed by a cager this morning that I should
"get in my

Quoted message said:

junctions for about a quarter of a mile either in front or
behind. Puzzling...

Sadly I couldn't think of a witty put-down at the time.

Regards,

-david

Not puzzling at all. Your lane is the gutter!

KC

David Waters said:

Instead of the usual being cut up, pushed into the kerb etc
etc, I had the "pleasure" of an ignorant car driver who
decided he needed to clean his windscreen at the very
instant I cam up behind in. The end result was a nice
faceful of chemicals. Obviously it would have been
impossible for him to wait an extra 10 seconds until I had
passed because that could be dangerous for him as it needed
cleaning right there and then. [censored].

exactly the same thing happened to me yesterday. yuck.

Audrey

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On Wed, 19 May 2004 11:15:28 +0000 (UTC), David Nutter
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Quoted message said:

David Waters said:

Instead of the usual being cut up, pushed into the kerb
etc etc, I had the "pleasure" of an ignorant car driver
who decided he needed to clean his windscreen at the very
instant I cam up behind in. The end result was a nice
faceful of chemicals. Obviously it would have been
impossible for him to wait an extra 10 seconds until I
had passed because that could be dangerous for him as it
needed cleaning right there and then.

Yuck. I was informed by a cager this morning that I should
"get in my

Quoted message said:

junctions for about a quarter of a mile either in front or
behind. Puzzling...

Sadly I couldn't think of a witty put-down at the time.

fails...

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Gawnsoft said:

Quoted message said:

Sadly I couldn't think of a witty put-down at the time.

Quoted message said:

fails...

True. I was trying so hard to think of something cutting to
say that I missed the opportunity to say anything at all.

Ah well.

Regards,

-david

David Nutter said:

True. I was trying so hard to think of something
cutting to say that I missed the opportunity to say
anything at all.

Unfortunately the middle finger is usually the first thing
that springs to mind, but it does seem to be the spark that
causes road rage.

David Waters said:

Instead of the usual being cut up, pushed into the kerb etc
etc, I had the "pleasure" of an ignorant car driver who
decided he needed to clean his windscreen at the very
instant I cam up behind in. The end result was a nice
faceful of chemicals. Obviously it would have been
impossible for him to wait an extra 10 seconds until I had
passed because that could be dangerous for him as it needed
cleaning right there and then. [censored].

Last time this happened to me it was immediately a van
overtook me having had to slow for all of, oh, 25m. I remain
utterly convinced that it was not just coincidence that he
had to wash the screen at preceisely that moment.

It was an AA van which I thought particularly apt.

David Waters said:

Instead of the usual being cut up, pushed into the kerb etc
etc, I had the "pleasure" of an ignorant car driver who
decided he needed to clean his windscreen at the very
instant I cam up behind in. The end result was a nice
faceful of chemicals. Obviously it would have been
impossible for him to wait an extra 10 seconds until I had
passed because that could be dangerous for him as it needed
cleaning right there and then. [censored].

Last time this happened to me it was immediately a van
overtook me having had to slow for all of, oh, 25m. I remain
utterly convinced that it was not just coincidence that he
had to wash the screen at preceisely that moment.

It was an AA van which I thought particularly apt.

David Nutter said:

Yuck. I was informed by a cager this morning that I should
"get in my

Quoted message said:

junctions for about a quarter of a mile either in front or
behind. Puzzling...

Sadly I couldn't think of a witty put-down at the time.

A big smile and "ya ni ponimayu angliski yazik" can be
quite amusing.

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. -
Mark Twain

David Nutter said:

Yuck. I was informed by a cager this morning that I should
"get in my

Quoted message said:

junctions for about a quarter of a mile either in front or
behind. Puzzling...

Sadly I couldn't think of a witty put-down at the time.

A big smile and "ya ni ponimayu angliski yazik" can be
quite amusing.

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. -
Mark Twain

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David Waters said:

Instead of the usual being cut up, pushed into the
kerb etc etc, I had the "pleasure" of an ignorant car
driver who decided he needed to clean his windscreen
at the very instant I cam up behind in. The end result
was a nice faceful of chemicals. Obviously it would
have been impossible for him to wait an extra 10
seconds until I had passed because that could be
dangerous for him as it needed cleaning right there
and then.

Yuck. I was informed by a cager this morning that I
should "get in my

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

junctions for about a quarter of a mile either in front
or behind. Puzzling...

Sadly I couldn't think of a witty put-down at the time.

Regards,

-david

Not puzzling at all. Your lane is the gutter!

KC

Perhaps he was referring to the pavement?

LGF