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Alphabet Street...is this thread 3?!

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originalcatlady · 12/02/2020 22:54

I can't believe you are all still finding this interesting! You do make me laugh!!

Alphabet Street...is this thread 3?!
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originalcatlady · 05/03/2020 09:18

Hahahaha

No one would offer to park for her...it's too funny watching!

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originalcatlady · 05/03/2020 09:20

C continues with her passive aggressive 1/2 stance for the day.

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originalcatlady · 05/03/2020 12:57

Nearly home time and A has visitors in X (like it should be!)...

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originalcatlady · 05/03/2020 14:26

Ah, all we got today was parked touching C and a hand-on-hips glare.

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FNuts · 05/03/2020 15:41

Agree with the suggestion that a video of the ranting or parking needs to be made

originalcatlady · 05/03/2020 19:53

C went out before tea, B came out and moved back into her spot.

C returned and "had to" park in X.

B went out after tea, C came out and moved back into 1/2.

C went back out, B came out and moved back into her spot.

Any more moves this evening?!

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NoGravyForYou · 05/03/2020 19:57

Are they not exhausted, Cos I am from just reading that 🤣

Grrrpredictivetex · 05/03/2020 20:12

Why the f*#k do they bother moving when they're going out ? Total head scratch. Hmm

originalcatlady · 05/03/2020 20:58

Bonus move...Mr K is in 4!

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originalcatlady · 05/03/2020 20:59

@Grrrpredictivetex I don't even understand the logic of moving at night when you're out at 5am. In fact I don't understand the need to move three feet at any point!

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Norma27 · 05/03/2020 21:52

Doesn't it mess up the car's engine doing stupid short movements like these? Very bizarre!
Such entertainment tho!

WriteronaMission · 05/03/2020 22:41

It can definitely drain the battery.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 05/03/2020 23:37

Not too good for the clutch either, I bet.

mrsBtheparker · 06/03/2020 10:01

MrsB here, what's that about 'clutch', I don't keep hens?

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 06/03/2020 13:36

The clutch is the pedal in the car that you push down to stop the engine from making the car move. (It's a bit more complicated than that but I don't want to be too difficult here.) The clutch pedal is the one that isn't the brake or the accelerator.

If there are only two pedals then the car is an automatic, it doesn't have have a clutch apart from the automatic one, and I apologise for confusing the matter.

But I suspect that batting short distances to and fro might not be too good for an automatic clutch either....

Daftapath · 06/03/2020 13:41

@AskingQuestionsAllTheTime I think @mrsBtheparker was joking

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 06/03/2020 13:45

So was I....

FallenSkies · 06/03/2020 15:20

I was just in the supermarket when I heard a lady, upon seeing the lack of loo roll on the shelves, exclaim to her husband "This is ridiculous! It can't go on like this!" Made me wonder if I had found Mrs B?! Grin

originalcatlady · 06/03/2020 16:47

🤣

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clunkyinthebackend · 06/03/2020 18:55

I’m so happy this thread is still going on

deligirl1 · 06/03/2020 19:12

Keep this thread going i love it

anonacfr · 06/03/2020 19:15

Sorry to hijack but is anyone here from the Irish parking thread (also in Classics)?

dexterslockedintheshedagain · 06/03/2020 19:20

Olaf? I'm following that one as well. Between the two of these my life is complete!

anonacfr · 06/03/2020 19:30

You know how some posters were speculating the OP was Sharon Horgan?
Well...

Today 5PM Iwas driving daughter home from school. It's a relatively small 2 way road and there is an awkward bend just outside the school gates.
Massive Jag 4 x 4 was stopped on the bend. The engine was running but he car was stationary with no hazards.
I had to wait for oncoming traffic and manoeuvre round it just as a bike was overtaking me on the inside past the Jag.

As I finally drove past I (naturally) decided to passive aggressively glare at the driver..... who happened to be Sharon fucking Horgan!!!! (She was on her phone and didn't even look up, let alone notice me).

I nearly crashed in excitement. DD (14) was utterly unimpressed and I couldn't explain that all I could think about was the Olaf parking thread. And the knowledge that it was full and I couldn't post this story anywhere.

Hence me hijacking this thread. Sorry OP.

originalcatlady · 06/03/2020 20:51

Tonight was a repeat of yesterday...B parked in X/1 then moved into 1/2 when C went out. B went out and C moved into 1/2. C went out and B moved into 1/2.

D is parking very far along in 3, making things quite difficult too. He's definitely pissed off with it all.

BUT then C returned and chose 4 instead of X Grin

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