This used to be a punishment when I were a Ganges lad and our ‘mess’ was ordered to double in line up and down the Covered Way carrying rifles. If the offender was at the back the order would be given each time we went about at top and bottom of the hill, so he had to run faster and further.
But… rear man to the front in road queues?
How often have you followed a slower vehicle for miles, then when an opportunity comes along to overtake, the rearmost person in the queue is already trying to overtake everyone? Then the next one to the rear follows through, and the next and so on.
Is this acceptable, or just bad manners?
What do you do? Wait patiently, or pull out in front of the bar stewards?
Perfectly acceptable. If someone at the back of the queue has already started to overtake then its obvious that the guy immediately behind should have started long before the last one had a chance to pull out. In my book they had their chance and ■■■■■■ it up, now its my turn.
If its a clear piece of road and the one immediately behind has made no intention to overtake, why shouldnt everyone else have a stab at it. If they didnt then the whole country would be crawling at 40 mph. I’ve lost count how many car drivers I’ve seen that don’t have the ability to overtake a trolley.
Yes the mast still stands, but not used anymore as it was a police training camp, but they moved out a few years back ant the place has fallen into disrepair or had last time i was in Shotly shame really. You wasnt one of the silly boys who climbed it, used to look at the top one and think omg lol.
I was never a button boy. That last nine feet shinning up a pole, then standing to attention and saluting, gripping a lightning rod between the knees was a little too scary for me. I did get as far as the cross-trees though, which was as high as the rigging went. The first platform required climbing the rigging outwards upside down. There was a safety net, but everyone knew that if you hit it, it would shred you like a mincer.
The worst memory is having to lay my kit out on the first platform, because I was a scabby little git. I had to carry each item up one at a time. When it was laid out, the PO climbed up, took one look at it, declared it crap and kicked it all over the parade-ground.
canaldrifter:
How often have you followed a slower vehicle for miles, then when an opportunity comes along to overtake, the rearmost person in the queue is already trying to overtake everyone?
was it a bulk tipper? or was it a trolley dolley driven by an agency driver
