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please tell
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Cant now. There was a wee bit about being in a lorry and it driving up behind a bus carrying a young ladies netball team and them flashing out of the back window. Anyway thanks for ruining it with one that made me laugh out loud. Off to watch the cricket now.
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paddletoe...you are Scottish I presume!
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You mean because I start something and don't finish it!
I am from the north of Ireland Aunty. |
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Just a bit of course by me then!
Why did I make that observation? It's because you use the word "wee" in virtually every sentence! I didn't know that was an Irish thing too! |
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*off course
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Anyway, back to hitchhikers.... tell your family to never, ever stop for one (male or female) just don't!
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It's because you use the word "wee" in virtually every sentence!
Holy mother of Jesus. Can't a soul say wee widout bringing down the wrath of God on his own head? |
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I hope the wrath of God isn't wee.
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...or even wee wee!
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I use the phrase wee all the time Aunty. Just a local thing.
My brother went to England one time and came back calling everyone mate. He was only away for a few weeks. That's not a phrase ever used where I live. And when I go to Glasgow lots of people seem to end sentences with man. And they call you big lad or is it big In no matter yer height or size. |
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I said at the start of this thread Aunty I would never stop and pick up a single female hitch hiker with the only possible exception if another female or females were in the car. Some things are surely common sense and I don't go out looking to pick up hitch hikers! All depends on the situation.
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Where did they all go to ?
Actually a very good observation! Perhaps they all got lucky, and are now in a position to give hitchhikers a lift, but there aren't any! I haven't even seen guys, clutching trade plates either, for ages. |
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If I came across a single female in some kind of serious distress though I might would stop even if I was just in the car alone.
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I haven't even seen guys, clutching trade plates either, for ages.
They were a very common sight along the A13 when Ford were big in Dagenham. |
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The fact that you don't have to show a rail ticket to get into many railway stations could explain it. Didn't you know? A lot of train journeys are free nowadays
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t's very difficult "paddletoe", not knowing how to treat that situation.
I recall being out with "the guys" and couldn't wait to get out of the car, as there were four of us in a crappy and unsafe, wee "Triumph Herald" and the driver was suicidal. In the middle of nowhere was a wee girl, and the driver stopped but the poor wee girl was terrified. This was a long time ago, before everyone is suspicious, and it was ok to stop and ask a wee child if they knew where something was. Went to my grandson's first sports day at "Silcoates School" yesterday, and having finally managed to park, I hadn't a clue where to be, and as I was delayed there were no other parents around. The site is massive, and there was a stream of other wee kids passing, but not one would stop for me to ask! Actually not surprising as I look more like Father Jack every day.....DRINK! When the kids arrive each day, they are dropped of well within the school boundaries, and there are two teachers to take them, in groups, to their classrooms. What horrible times we live in! |
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How does that work mecca?
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True Aunty. As a rule its best not to put yourself in certain situations but if some situations come to its a different matter. Lets say someone such as a child or felame needs medical help or is in an unsafe environment and they seem vulnerable I would to set aside what other might think and do what i personally think is best. To hell with potential personal consequences in some situations if you were onnocently accused of something afterwards when you think you have done the right think.
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Miserable bast@rds! I hitched a lot when young, and `The Hitch Hikers` Code` means I now pick up any I see. Male or female.
One of the very best periods of my life involved hitching around Europe with no destination in mind, simply going to wherever the driver was going. Great fun, and seemingly all too rare these days. |
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I haven't even seen guys, clutching trade plates either, for ages.
We actually get quite a few through the train station these days with trade plates had one today going to Warrington bank quay |
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Whats a trade plate when its at home. Never heard the term before.
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Number plate for a car which has just been delivered.
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It is actually a special plate, licensed to a trade user, to legally drive an unregistered car.
That is either to deliver it, or to take a potential buyer out for a test drive. Plates are usually red letters on a white background. |