Liveline Thread (02/05/2012 to 25/07/2012)

ThisRegard

This is just like a radio version of a thread over in the motors forum, only you can't just skip past the waffly and boring stories.

sudzs

Saying calm down to someone in that situation is almost guaranteed to have the opposite effect!

panama

Some nutters out there isn't there.

Big Daddy Cool

you should have just talked to him, he'd have jumped out of your car with boredom.

Stripey Cat

The phone lines are poor, the callers are boring, the host doesn't believe any of their tedious stories ("really?"), and we've all heard this stuff a million times before.

This must be a strategy to make Joe look good.

europa11

panama wrote: »

Some nutters out there isn't there.

Almost as bad on the roads as well

my friend

This sounds like the lad that was in the canal lock ....

ThisRegard

Seriously, another call on this topic, from a year ago. C'mon Damos editor and researchers, do something, for the love of god.

So a guy follows this fella for no reason at all, did we miss the first half of the story ? Press charges for what, nothing happened ? There's piles of this story missing !

withless

I guess this is it for today.

Callan57

Yakuza wrote: »

Side note - the RTE stream is only working in one headphone for me, both on the work PC and my phone - I take it it's not just me?

I thought that was just my dodgy earplugs .... :mad:

Monty Burnz

He didn't press charges in case your man got away with it??

What a stupid piece of logic.

Yakuza

Callan57 wrote: »

I thought that was just my dodgy earplugs .... :mad:

Me too, until I got back to my desk

RadioRetro

Nice word-mangling there by Damo. "Infoorating"

europa11

The word is out for disgruntled drivers with a story to tell that they can call Damo and bore the world with their road-rage tales.

RadioRetro

"A good manners campaign". Yeah, sure, that'll work.

Yakuza

Great, another pointless campaign that people who don't observe the social contract will just ignore anyway.

Jaysoose

Mary talking out of her hole next...good manners campaign..waste of time.

Judges should be handing severe penalties and no "ah sure dont be doing it again" style judgements.

ppink

ime men are Far better at letting you cross the road as a pedestrian and also letting you out in traffic in the car

PauloMN

Ahhhh, we've got to the nub of her issue.... people parking outside her gaff.

europa11

It's always the men......all bastards aren't we love.

withless

I think a march is what's needed, people need to stand up.

ThisRegard

If you find it impossible to do 50k you shouldn't be driving. She sounds like a right road rager.

PauloMN

Speed limit love. It's a limit, not a target. If you don't like it, wait and pass when safe. Otherwise get to f**k.

Degringola

Does anyone else find someone flashing their lights while driving up to you aggressive? I do, but that woman yesterday seemed to think it's the thing to do when you're going to overtake the car in front. Never came accross it myself, but I wouldn't like it. Is it now a common way to signal that you're going to overtake?

Also think Irish drivers are dreadful for tailgating before overtaking on a dual carriageway/motorway. Never experienced it anywhere else.

ThisRegard

"Your point is very well made".

Well there's our problem right there.

europa11

D'omen sounds bored out of his tree already, I wonder will he bother changing the subject today, or in the next two weeks?

The Duffer must be delighted with his stand-in.

PauloMN

Here we go.... the 8k ring!

LOL 12 men, no find!!! FFS!!!

ppink

I think flashing lights is like blowing the car horn......one flash and one little beep is fine but flashing like a lunatic and blowing hard and long is not.

europa11

Imogen.................:)

the fan hits the shlt, no ring!

RadioRetro

Degringola wrote: »

Does anyone else find someone flashing their lights while driving up to you aggressive?

Yes. Yes I do. And no, haven't come across that "I'm about to overtake" light-flashing bollix either.

Ah, ring in sh1te time!

[EDIT] Er, no it's not.