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Driving while clamped, good or bad?

delly · 2008-12-23 13:56:36

My biggest regret over this incident was not having my camera to hand, as it seems so bizarre that I may have dreamt it. So last Friday I head up Airton Road near Tallaght to get a bit of BK on the Belgard Road for my lunch. Traffic was backed up a lot more than normal and I glimpsed a few hi-vis jackets so assumed that…

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23-12-2008 2:56pm

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delly

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My biggest regret over this incident was not having my camera to hand, as it seems so bizarre that I may have dreamt it.

So last Friday I head up Airton Road near Tallaght to get a bit of BK on the Belgard Road for my lunch. Traffic was backed up a lot more than normal and I glimpsed a few hi-vis jackets so assumed that the Gardai were directing Christmas traffic or similar. So lo and behold as I get to the top of the queue there is a 96/97 era Primera stopped about 5 feet into the junction and I initially thought it was broken down.

But as I snake past, I can see that a yellow triangle shaped clamped was wedged in the top of the wheel arch with chains wrapped around the wheel. As I saw it I burst out laughing and at the same time thought WTF, how in the hell could somebody have got even that far with a clamp attached?

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#2 23-12-2008 3:10pm
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Was homer driving?

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#3 23-12-2008 3:11pm
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Oh if youtube wasn't blocked in work I'd post that classic Simpsons New York episode

Maybe the driver picked it up from there?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-4Nvj3awlc

skip to 1:54

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#4 23-12-2008 3:12pm
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What time was this at? Work off the Airton Road and didn't see it; would have loved to though!

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#5 23-12-2008 3:26pm
delly

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Homer was nowhere to be found i'm afraid.

Happened around 12:30 or so.

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#6 23-12-2008 4:19pm
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I saw that too
Did you happen to notice that there was no driver but surprisingly
as I headed into McDonalds i saw a coloured gentleman who looked some what out of breath heading the opposite direction. I shhould have taken a photo !

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#7 24-12-2008 6:39am
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Darsad wrote: »

as I headed into McDonalds i saw a coloured gentleman

Was he yellow?

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#8 24-12-2008 11:31pm
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No pink

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#9 25-12-2008 12:32am
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Victor wrote: »

Was he yellow?

**rabble rabble**your racist for not enquireing exactly the country and town he was from and then using whatever the current allowable term for black people is** rabble rablle**

Think I'll go tell some racist jokes to even the balance of the world.

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#10 25-12-2008 12:35am
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Stekelly wrote: »

**rabble rabble**your racist for not enquireing exactly the country and town he was from and then using whatever the current allowable term for black people is** rabble rablle**

Think I'll go tell some racist jokes to even the balance of the world.

I think he meant Yellow as in Homer Simpson and the infamous new york clamp scenario :pac:

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#11 25-12-2008 12:42am
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eringobragh wrote: »

I think he meant Yellow as in Homer Simpson and the infamous new york clamp scenario :pac:

If so, all is forgiven.:)

If not, I'm going on a rampage all over boards with the word N****r.:D (in the interests of keeping the universe in check of course)

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#12 26-12-2008 5:44am
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if you drove with a clamp on it would be so much work ( but a cheap enough fix ) that id just write the car off as i wouldnt nor give someone the greif of fixing it.

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#13 26-12-2008 1:03pm
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Stekelly wrote: »

If so, all is forgiven.:)

If not, I'm going on a rampage all over boards with the word N****r.:D (in the interests of keeping the universe in check of course)

N*ggers?

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#14 26-12-2008 2:57pm
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This is unreal. I have seen so many threads closed on this board because the mod "feels like it". Yet this one is allowed to stay open and noones even been warned? Boards has really gone down the toilet in the last year or two.

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#15 26-12-2008 5:12pm
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Funxy wrote: »

This is unreal. I have seen so many threads closed on this board because the mod "feels like it". Yet this one is allowed to stay open and noones even been warned? Boards has really gone down the toilet in the last year or two.

Have you reported the posts that offend you? Don't presume a mod will see them if you haven't reported them.

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#16 26-12-2008 6:36pm
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Delly ~ The last person to post before me was a mod .......

How about this thread?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=58280038#post58280038

Mod -
"You know what ...I'm going to be a dictator tonight.

I'm going to close this thread ...for no other reason that I can ...and because I'm sick of it.

Stupid thread."

The mods in motors rule the roost and often are the ones to add fuel to the fire. And i fully expect i will get a warning or a ban for being so bold to point it out.

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#17 26-12-2008 6:45pm
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Funxy wrote: »

Delly ~ The last person to post before me was a mod .......

The mods in motors rule the roost and often are the ones to add fuel to the fire. And i fully expect i will get a warning or a ban for being so bold to point it out.

You obviously didnt get the very apt Southpark reference or click the Mod's link.. :rolleyes:

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#18 26-12-2008 6:57pm
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I did actually.

What i am saying is the mods here close down threads because they feel like it. Then when a poster makes an obvious racial remark they are not even warned and its made a joke out of.

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