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Capt'n Midnight · 03-03-2009 2:03pm

darealtulip wrote: »

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Hang on till I decrypt the message..

I've to kill who ! :eek:

Mrs.T · 03-03-2009 2:14pm

Xiney wrote: »

I didn't see this at all at the time Sue, sorry to hear you didn't pass (only by one question!!)

At the time I even thought the theory test cost 100 euro. Don't know what gave me that idea.

anyway, now I know it's around 35 or so because I booked mine last night. Thursday 12 March, here I come!

Shall we post random highway code questions at you? Just to help....

I'll probably forget when the date comes so GOOD LUCK!!!!!!

Xiney · 12-03-2009 6:49pm

40/40

:pac: woo hoo!

fozzle · 12-03-2009 6:59pm

Xiney wrote: »

40/40

:pac: woo hoo!

AHHHH!!! Well done!

darealtulip · 12-03-2009 7:04pm

Xiney wrote: »

40/40

:pac: woo hoo!

HOORAY go girl!! congrats

Basq · 12-03-2009 7:27pm

Xiney wrote: »

40/40

:pac: woo hoo!

Congrats Xiney.

I'm off to warn the Galway road users! :pac:

magnumlady · 12-03-2009 7:33pm

well done Xiney:D

Mrs.T · 12-03-2009 7:41pm

Xiney wrote: »

40/40

:pac: woo hoo!

Well done you!!!

Xiney · 12-03-2009 7:49pm

basquille wrote: »

Congrats Xiney.

I'm off to warn the Galway road users! :pac:

...have you been to Galway? They're certainly more of a danger to themselves!

Basq · 12-03-2009 7:54pm

Xiney wrote: »

...have you been to Galway? They're certainly more of a danger to themselves!

At least you won't have to face Sligo's "arse-ways" and daft one-way system..

Xiney · 12-03-2009 7:57pm

again... have you seen the roads in galway!?

they have a freakin' roundabout fetish. I'm ****ting myself.

Basq · 12-03-2009 8:02pm

Xiney wrote: »

again... have you seen the roads in galway!?

they have a freakin' roundabout fetish. I'm ****ting myself.

True..

But you ain't seen roundabouts til you've seen Kilkenny. I'm convinced the place doesn't have a city - just a continuous loop of roundabouts.

Yourself and Mr Xiney round for Paddy's Day, or are ye staying in Galway?

Xiney · 12-03-2009 8:05pm

*note to self: never visit Kilkenny*

we were planning on coming up for Paddy's day but Mr Xiney's parents already have a full house at the time.

If you're offering us a couch we might be up for it though......... :pac:

Basq · 12-03-2009 8:09pm

Feel free to use our couch..

I probably won't be there though!

Am planning on visiting friends in Dublin. But plans might change - will let ye know in advance if so.

fozzle · 12-03-2009 8:13pm

Xiney wrote: »

*note to self: never visit Kilkenny*

we were planning on coming up for Paddy's day but Mr Xiney's parents already have a full house at the time.

If you're offering us a couch we might be up for it though......... :pac:

Kilkenny's just a series of regular roundabouts - nothing on this earth can prepare you for that god-awful partially light-controlled roundabout of doom in Terryland in Galway. Best of luck.

Xiney · 12-03-2009 8:14pm

haha aw

well Mr. Xiney might have the next week off so maybe we'll come up the week following

tbh going out on St Patrick's day doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun to me - too much potential for trouble not to mention stupidly crowded pubs.

Xiney · 12-03-2009 8:16pm

fozzle wrote: »

Kilkenny's just a series of regular roundabouts - nothing on this earth can prepare you for that god-awful partially light-controlled roundabout of doom in Terryland in Galway. Best of luck.

Thanks - I was actually at the "magic roundabout" today (after taking that test to the cleaners) and I thought a couple times about the doom that awaited...

darealtulip · 12-03-2009 8:21pm

Try Dundee they even came up whit a dubble round about. so it's in the shape of a 8!! I'm not joking! Mad scots (sorry darling!)

Xiney · 12-03-2009 8:22pm

darealtulip wrote: »

Try Dundee they even came up whit a dubble round about. so it's in the shape of a 8!! I'm not joking! Mad scots (sorry darling!)

*whimper*

Xiney · 12-03-2009 8:23pm

anyway how about this monstrosity?

fozzle · 12-03-2009 8:27pm

Xiney wrote: »

Thanks - I was actually at the "magic roundabout" today (after taking that test to the cleaners) and I thought a couple times about the doom that awaited...

I confess for the first while I was driving I would drive 3 times round Galway to avoid it. It's the idea of it that's the worst though - once you're used to it it's much less of a trauma.

fozzle · 12-03-2009 8:28pm

What the hell is that Xiney?! :eek:

darealtulip · 12-03-2009 8:59pm

Where the fck is that??

fozzle · 12-03-2009 9:29pm

darealtulip wrote: »

Where the fck is that??

Swindon in the south of England it seems. It's called "The Magic Roundabout."

:eek:

darealtulip · 12-03-2009 9:36pm

fozzle wrote: »

Swindon in the south of England it seems. It's called "The Magic Roundabout."

:eek:

What you need magic to go around it?

magnumlady · 12-03-2009 9:41pm

Xiney wrote: »

anyway how about this monstrosity?

That looks like Hemel Hempstead, I learnt to drive there, in a horrible Talbot samba that cut out all the time.:rolleyes:

genie · 12-03-2009 9:41pm

Xiney wrote: »

anyway how about this monstrosity?

There's one of those things in Colchester, Essex, too. The idea of not going around a roundabout the right way did my head in when I lived near there.

Even experienced drivers end up going round and round in circles trying to get off the thing!

tuppence · 12-03-2009 10:29pm

Then of course they did do an alternative to roundabouts...Except what if you were to miss your slip road when would you ever be able to get your turn again. :eek: I love the documentary with this, like a Nic park documentary or something. "Oh the mess!!" and "I'd like to see him living here ...for a month".

http://wikimapia.org/19170/Spaghetti-Junction-Gravelly-Hill-Interchange