Carlito says... "Something needs to be done about…
40 MPH MORONS
Place: Beaminster Road, Time: All the bloody time! Why oh why oh why do a VAST majority of idiots cruise along the Beaminster road at the break-neck speed (I’ll break their bloody necks speed) of 35-40 Mph. The National Speed limit is 60 and this is TWO WAY TRAFFIC. What is their problem??? It’s not just OAPs either!! There is one Ford Ka in particular that, on route through Melplash (at 20MPH, may I add), will not accelerate on leaving the village and retains that speed all the way to Bridport. Surely this is ILLEGAL!???!
WEST BAY
It’s a DUMP. Excluding East Beach and the old part of the harbour, West Bay should be napalmed off the map as far as I’m concerned. Over-priced chip-butties, crabby over-priced pubs, sky-rats, grockles and mid-age-crisis-bikers. Have the whole bloody lot strung up. Remember the good ol’ days? 25 pints of Stella in the George (when you could afford it at 1.80 a pint), and off to the West Point Tavern for a few shots before staggering up to Divvies for a Sunday night rock night where only 5 people were there? Art Galleries, tea rooms, hairdressers, bric-a-brac shops, concrete view-destroying monstrosities, Chelsea tractors and an army of Notting Hill-billies. That’s what it is, and something needs to be done about it.
Origin of "gets my goat":
This idiom comes from the world of horse racing. I understand that horses are highly temperamental creatures. In order to keep their prized possession calm and relaxed, trainers often kept a goat as a stable companion for the horse. Goats do not get flustered very easily, and their presence in the stable had a calming influence on the horse. Since the goat was a constant companion, the horse became rather attached to the animal. In order to ensure that a particular horse didn't perform well in a big race, stable boys working for rival owners sometimes stole the goat the night before the big event. The absence of the goat made the horse moody, and as a result it didn't perform well in the race. So when you say that someone has got your goat, you are comparing yourself to the horse, and not the goat.
The pedestrians!when turning from west street to victoria grove,why do people wait until you are on top of them to cross,which they do slowly(Not oap's)or diagonally so it takes twice as long...when at the numerous traffic lights the car in front doesn't pull away properly and two cars get thru' before it goes red!...the stopping in the middle of the roundabout at bottom of north allington so no one from st swithin's or north allington can get to west road/magdalan lane...The idiots that park on the corner of alexander road/plottingham walkway because they may actually have to cross the road to get to their car...that I have to go thru 3 sets of workmens traffic lights to get to symondsbury.
Posted by Rosieo6, on 17-05-2007 13:09,
Oh forgot,the idiots that overtake you in a 30mph zone, even on foundry corner(west road)
Posted by curtiss, on 17-05-2007 22:50,
People who park for a couple of minutes on double yellow lines for example in wide South Street, not causing any congestion, say just to pop into Hussey's to buy a pasty have my sympathy but the indifferent morons who park opposite Mike's wonderful wholefood shop by the Tyre shop in Victoria Grove beggar belief. They block the free flow of traffic in what is a very narrow road and don't seem worried in the slightest - they need nutting or whatever the female equivelant is - titting - I suppose, because over 50% of them are females.
Posted by Morning Loves It, on 18-05-2007 05:33,
A pint and a glass of wine cost £6.20 in a West Bay pub. Two pints and two glases of wine in B & B in Bridport cost £8.60.
Posted by goccibos, on 18-05-2007 08:35,
40mph morons; the answer is in your rant Carlito ""Ford ka"" horrible bit of sh1T, had the displeasure of having to drive one as a courtesy car recently. Same people drive at the same speed everywhere so when you are in a 30mph they go 40 and leave you standing then when you are in the countryside and want to go 60 they are at 40, all Christians I rekon! West Bay; agree, ps I was probably one of the unfortunate people in Divvies, always ended up there after drinking too much, always regretted it; agga do do do best name for 4X4's is w*nker tanker"" love it
Posted by goccibos, on 18-05-2007 09:00,
just remembered that some old todger got done for dangerous driving on the A35 many years ago; he was driving at 30mph. There is one bloke in a red polo that drives at about 35mph between Dorch and Bridders with 30 cars behind him!! road rage heaven (and he doesn't have a Christian fish stuck on his car...must have fallen off)!
Posted by tuzo, on 19-05-2007 13:50,
knew a horse, that hung out with goats, they taught it to run in ever decreasing circles therefore dropping his shoulder, which technique enabled horse to pitch rider into stonewalls at speed.. maybe goats only good indoors....
Posted by Rosieo6, on 19-05-2007 15:32,
Methinks that someone hasn't been taking their tablets on a few of these...
Posted by Denzlepob_at_work, on 19-05-2007 20:23,
Curry goat, bot me rass.
Posted by shagsack, on 21-05-2007 10:11,
there are racists wherever you go! best thing to do, on encountering any said ar$e#ol*s is to show your disgust at their apalling ignorance, tell them !! -then blank them. they are'nt worth a discussion at all if you ask me...maybe ask the bat if he can add them to his hitlist along with those roofrats you're so fond of.
rats (mr shack) are wonderful creatures, have shared many happy moments with them.. and did you know there are only two animals that can actually die of boredom (in captivity) one is the parrot.. and the other is the rat. unfortunately carlito, it (racism) goes beyond ignorance or curiosity.. it is quite active in local goverment (so i hear) and by local i mean Bridport
Posted by shagsack, on 24-05-2007 09:11,
...mentioning Goatboy makes me wonder where realworld has got to-any ideas??
Posted by shagsack, on 31-05-2007 08:07,
...yeah but we're bound to get another to replace him! ---maybe that fat-tongued cockney cookery gonk jamie o'liver-and-onions will come across and snap up a second home in bradpo'(he'd sound like a native in no time!!) And he could probably get a job in long's till he found his feet.
Posted by Rosieo6, on 01-06-2007 14:32,
I had the opportunity of driving at 40 miles an hour ALL the way to beaminster and back on wednesday(TWICE)in the hope that carlito would be following me....but I didnt.
Posted by Rosieo6, on 01-06-2007 14:38,
60 mph needs 18 car lengths stopping distance( the tailgater has NO chance)
Posted by tuzo, on 02-06-2007 12:15,
nothing further to say to me sadshack/ well answer me this.... do you always gets so air rea ated when people disagree with you? and if so, how do you react when a something really important crops up? pace yourself, you will run out of adjectives if you have not already?
Posted by The Bat, on 02-06-2007 18:09,
Rosieo6, when you wrote that you drove 40mph all the way to Beaminster and back, did you realise that twice during the journey you were speeding through Melplash which has a 30 mph speed limit?
Posted by Bentley, on 03-06-2007 08:58,
So the boy racers and speed freaks want people to go faster, Why? What difference does it make to your lives? What in your lives is so important that you have to rush so much? If you drive from Bridport to Beaminster (6 miles) ignoring all speed restrictions ata steady 60 mph it would take you 6 minutes. If you drive at 40 mph it will take you 9 minutes, save you a considerable amount of money on fuel and wear and tear on your car, prolong the life of your tyres, reduce your carbon foot print and give you time to take in some of the beautiful views. What do you do with the extra 3 minutes??
Posted by Rosieo6, on 03-06-2007 09:43,
Ah but that was because I was doing an AVERAGE speed y'see bat, so in some places I was only doing 20!
This idiom comes from the world of horse racing. I understand that horses are highly temperamental creatures. In order to keep their prized possession calm and relaxed, trainers often kept a goat as a stable companion for the horse. Goats do not get flustered very easily, and their presence in the stable had a calming influence on the horse. Since the goat was a constant companion, the horse became rather attached to the animal. In order to ensure that a particular horse didn't perform well in a big race, stable boys working for rival owners sometimes stole the goat the night before the big event. The absence of the goat made the horse moody, and as a result it didn't perform well in the race. So when you say that someone has got your goat, you are comparing yourself to the horse, and not the goat.
