On my way back to work after lunch with lovely girlfriend yesterday, I hopped on a tram on Collins Street. Before it even reached the next stop, some bloke in a seat near the front keeled over, his two sneakered feet the only thing visible to me, sticking out into the aisle. The driver stopped ... [More]
Category: driving
What the F— do you think you’re doing, Mr White Stationwagon? Where the F— did you get your driver’s licence? Why the F— do you think you can decide as you’re driving through an intersection in the left hand lane, that you are suddenly going to turn right, across three lanes of traffic, cutting me ... [More]
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The navigators
Navigating to a party on Saturday night (with a woman who can read maps! A good reason — not that another one was needed — to hold onto her!) it became apparent from looking at the Melway that the street in question has three names over its 6 kilometre length over the stretch we traversed, ... [More]
I was driving my car. I was driving my car and sitting at a traffic light. I was driving my car and sitting at a traffic light in Wurend… Wudrunj… [checks Melway] Wurundjeri Way. I was driving my car and sitting at a traffic light in Wurundjeri Way when I saw a white car stop ... [More]
My old place post-renovation. I’ll have to have a nose around when I get the chance. I was told that yesterday my car was in bits all over some engine shop’s floor. Well, actually what the guy said (with baited breath) was that they had to go into the cylinder to adjust the flange sprocket ... [More]
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Daniel’s driving adventures
Obviously some people have great problems using their indicators. After all, when your hands are on the steering wheel, the switch is a long long way away, and so awkwardly placed too. I’ve come to the conclusion that the first day of the month is when they let all the idiots onto the roads. There’s ... [More]
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Funny noise
It started with a funny noise. A funny noise, a kind of throbbing, and a little extra smoke. So I took the car in on Monday to get looked at, to find out why it was doing it. "Oil", they said – "lack of oil". Ah. Okay. Wish I’d checked the oil more regularly. Then ... [More]
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Vroom vroom again
This morning a good Samaritan leapt out of her car at an intersection to tell me I had no brake lights. Well, at least that they weren’t working. This put me into something of a panic, as of all the lights on a car, the brake lights are some of the most important. Screw keeping ... [More]
Even though I got a good eight hours of sleep last night, I’m still tired. Maybe I’m still playing catch-up for Saturday night (5.5 hours). I was in Geelong for dinner on Saturday night, and ended up driving back home late. I’ve been humming Area 7‘s Bogan song all weekend, so it was pretty funny ... [More]
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You bastards!
From today’s Age:
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Roundabout
On Wednesday, driving to a client site (aka a mate of a mate who wanted a program debugged), I encountered what in TCWF‘s younger days was called a Moron Of The Week. A little old lady, obviously not fully grasping the whole concept of footpath versus road, had decided to cross (on foot) a roundabout ... [More]
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Koornang Road Blues
I think maybe Koornang Road in Carnegie doesn’t like my car. This is not some unfounded irrational fear of a particular street. Twice last weekend I had umm…. driving altercations there. Last Friday night we piled into the car for a little shopping at Chadstone – Chaddy, as it’s known. Cruising down Koornang Road on ... [More]
Around a year ago, just a few short months after I’d got my car, a mate of mine (in the sense that I see him perhaps once a year, but when I do, I say something like "Mate! How’re you going?"), Mike, asked me "so, has the car changed your life yet?" At the time, ... [More]
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Lurch. Thump. Whatthehellhappened?!
I think I’ve found what is more or less the ideal parking space at work. Alas, no spaces are available in the underground carpark, so it has to be out on the street. But after some trial and error, I’ve been parking in a spot that is always in the shade in the afternoon, but ... [More]
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Thou shalt not…
Well, it had to happen. What a way to start the year. At lunchtime a couple of workmates and I decided to take a spin in the car down to our local friendly discount record shop, the legendary JB’s. I had parked under a tree, and wouldn’t you know it, it was one of those ... [More]
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Phun with phones
A couple of years ago, I had a regular TCWF feature called "Moron of the Week". It showcased a particularly moronic driver I’d seen on the roads that week. People liked it, but I got tired of the concept. Tonight however, I spotted one. Getting off the tram to go home, a woman in a ... [More]