Elderly folk and global warming

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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Have the elderly drivers come out of hibernation early?
I got stuck behind 2 doing 30mph on the way up to the mill, coming back from my drop I stopped at a roundabout, the old guy at the next junction waited too, the car that I was waiting for turned off at the old geezers junction, the old geezer continued to wait, I pulled onto the roundabout and he decided it was clear for him to pull out :open_mouth: :laughing: then got stuck behind another 4 on the way back to the wood, 2 of em would slow to 20mph for every corner and floor it on every straight :imp:

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What’s an Eldery??

I thought this was going to be that joke … you know the one??

In the queue at a supermarket, a young checkout assistant told an older man that he should bring his own grocery bags because disposable ones weren’t good for the environment.

The old man apologised to her and explained: “We didn’t have the green thing back in my day.” The young woman responded: “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment.”

She was right — our generation didn’t have the green thing. Back then, we returned milk bottles, soft-drink bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the factory to be washed and sterilised and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

We walked up stairs, because we didn’t have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the corner shop and didn’t climb into a two-ton car every time we went shopping. But she was right. We didn’t have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby’s nappies because we didn’t have the disposable kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 240 volts. Wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house — not a TV in every room. And the TV had a screen the size of a handkerchief, not a screen the size of a football pitch.

We drank from a water fountain or tap when we were thirsty, instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole caboodle just because the blade got dull. But we didn’t have the green thing back then.

Back then, children rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their parents into 24-hour taxi services. And we didn’t need a computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest chip shop.

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waynedl:
What’s an Eldery??

I thought this was going to be that joke … you know the one??

In the queue at a supermarket, a young checkout assistant told an older man that he should bring his own grocery bags because disposable ones weren’t good for the environment.

The old man apologised to her and explained: “We didn’t have the green thing back in my day.” The young woman responded: “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment.”

She was right — our generation didn’t have the green thing. Back then, we returned milk bottles, soft-drink bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the factory to be washed and sterilised and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

We walked up stairs, because we didn’t have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the corner shop and didn’t climb into a two-ton car every time we went shopping. But she was right. We didn’t have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby’s nappies because we didn’t have the disposable kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 240 volts. Wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house — not a TV in every room. And the TV had a screen the size of a handkerchief, not a screen the size of a football pitch.

We drank from a water fountain or tap when we were thirsty, instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole caboodle just because the blade got dull. But we didn’t have the green thing back then.

Back then, children rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their parents into 24-hour taxi services. And we didn’t need a computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest chip shop.

Pretty sure you should have posted that joke in this thread viewtopic.php?f=2&t=80005

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No, just saying what I expected :unamused:

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waynedl:
What’s an Eldery??

It’s an old Chinese person isn’t it?

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I got stuck behind 2 doing 30mph on the way up to the mill

what was the speed limit?

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del949:

I got stuck behind 2 doing 30mph on the way up to the mill

what was the speed limit?

60mph, shame my truck can only do 56mph :frowning:

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And why do they pull out infront of you when you’re the only thing on the road besides them? I’ve overtaken many of them only to see Tom and Doris shaking their heads at mad driver doing 35 in a 60 limit.
I’m fed up with people defending their slow motion driving by saying “their reactions are slower…have some consideration…”
Well why don’t they have some consideration for our safety by giving up driving if their reactions are so bad they can’t go faster than 35. Then some have the cheek to have a sticker with “Caution, Elderly driver” as if we’re to blame, in their rear window. :imp: The National Trust sticker is code for “Decrepid coffin dodger most likely to drive down the motorway the wrong way”…
I think that’s everything :smiley:

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Muckaway:
The National Trust sticker is code for “Decrepid coffin dodger most likely to drive down the motorway the wrong way”…
I think that’s everything :smiley:

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: Tis true.

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:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: I undertook the 2nd one i met, the crusty fanny one was driving and her ■■■■■■ taking husband was licking the window as i went past, I pointed to the company name on the door and stuck 2 fingers up :laughing:

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bubsy06:
:lol: :laughing: :laughing: I undertook the 2nd one i met, the crusty fanny one was driving and her ■■■■■■ taking husband was licking and stuck 2 fingers up :laughing:

Fixed for you :laughing:

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undertook the 2nd one i met, the crusty fanny one was driving and her ■■■■■■ taking husband was licking the window as i went past, I pointed to the company name on the door and stuck 2 fingers up

must have made you feel butch!
you will be there one day…supposing you live long enough!

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waynedl:
What’s an Eldery??

I thought this was going to be that joke … you know the one??

In the queue at a supermarket, a young checkout assistant told an older man that he should bring his own grocery bags because disposable ones weren’t good for the environment.

The old man apologised to her and explained: “We didn’t have the green thing back in my day.” The young woman responded: “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment.”

She was right — our generation didn’t have the green thing. Back then, we returned milk bottles, soft-drink bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the factory to be washed and sterilised and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

We walked up stairs, because we didn’t have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the corner shop and didn’t climb into a two-ton car every time we went shopping. But she was right. We didn’t have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby’s nappies because we didn’t have the disposable kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 240 volts. Wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house — not a TV in every room. And the TV had a screen the size of a handkerchief, not a screen the size of a football pitch.

We drank from a water fountain or tap when we were thirsty, instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole caboodle just because the blade got dull. But we didn’t have the green thing back then.

Back then, children rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their parents into 24-hour taxi services. And we didn’t need a computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest chip shop.

Did you mention that in does Times were no Washing machine and Ma washed by hand :question:

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Immigrant:

waynedl:
What’s an Eldery??

I thought this was going to be that joke … you know the one??

In the queue at a supermarket, a young checkout assistant told an older man that he should bring his own grocery bags because disposable ones weren’t good for the environment.

The old man apologised to her and explained: “We didn’t have the green thing back in my day.” The young woman responded: “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment.”

She was right — our generation didn’t have the green thing. Back then, we returned milk bottles, soft-drink bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the factory to be washed and sterilised and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

We walked up stairs, because we didn’t have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the corner shop and didn’t climb into a two-ton car every time we went shopping. But she was right. We didn’t have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby’s nappies because we didn’t have the disposable kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 240 volts. Wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house — not a TV in every room. And the TV had a screen the size of a handkerchief, not a screen the size of a football pitch.

We drank from a water fountain or tap when we were thirsty, instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole caboodle just because the blade got dull. But we didn’t have the green thing back then.

Back then, children rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their parents into 24-hour taxi services. And we didn’t need a computerised gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest chip shop.

Did you mention that in does Times were no Washing machine and Ma washed by hand :question:

I’m not the old man… But, anyway, when I go to my house in Bulgaria, we still have to do that, in the communal washing area :smiley: