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  1. Manx Shearwater

    Stupidest person you've worked with

    I once worked with a bloke who did all the wiring and fancy telecoms stuff for the office we worked in. One day he was round the back of a comms cabinet when there was a loud bang, all the lights dimmed and a small pall of smoke emerged from the back of a cabinet he was working on. He emerged...
  2. Manx Shearwater

    New Star Soccer - digital crack

    Anyone bought a pair of controller boots yet? You can trap it before you kick. Its a bit fiddly to get the hang of (I ended up getting substituted off in my first few games) but once you get the hang of it - way hey! There's also a mention in the update notes about owning a racehorse, but I...
  3. Manx Shearwater

    Parking fine is it worth appealing ?

    I'm not missing anything. I have no problem with a landowner being recompensed for misuse of his land, and I would never condone anyone parking improperly on private land. However, is this what happens in the current situations? No. Instead of the landowner being recompensed, a private parking...
  4. Manx Shearwater

    Parking fine is it worth appealing ?

    Its trespass, and if they are obstructing your access then you can ask the council to move it. Strange that you think anyone other than a court can fine you. If that were the case then there would potentially be anarchy, it'd be interesting if everyone simply went around fining everyone else...
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    Parking fine is it worth appealing ?

    Ah, the old can I park on your driveway argument. The difference between a Supermarket (or similar) car park and someone's driveway is that the Supermarket is inviting the public to come and park there so they can use the shops, whereas the owner of a driveway isn't. Why on earth you think that...
  6. Manx Shearwater

    Parking fine is it worth appealing ?

    An enormous assumption on your part if you don't mind me saying so. For the record, I have no qualms against properly issued council tickets. There are rules and regulations (e.g. the Traffic Management Act, and Traffic Regulation Orders pertaining to various highways within a particular...
  7. Manx Shearwater

    Parking fine is it worth appealing ?

    Ha ha! Yes, of course it is!! Nothing like a slight over-reaction on a thread where someone has asked is it worth appealing a ticket where the signs were very confusing. I hear the people who brought us Grand Theft Auto are considering this as their next game synopsis.
  8. Manx Shearwater

    Parking at Amex and AWAY friendly pubs in town?

    A cracking boozer. Good suggestion.
  9. Manx Shearwater

    Parking fine is it worth appealing ?

    My 'self-righteous meter' has just gone off the end of the scale. I hope you two don't ever find yourselves on the end of a dodgily issued ticket. I somehow doubt it though, seeing as you're both clearly perfect. Oh well, maybe the rest of us should aspire to be more like you!
  10. Manx Shearwater

    Joke Du Jour

    Surely you'd consult a vet to see if the problem is diet related?
  11. Manx Shearwater

    Parking fine is it worth appealing ?

    When, according to the OP, the signs may well be completely incomprehensible? If it was obvious, I might be inclined to agree with you, but since when have all council tickets been issued correctly, every time?
  12. Manx Shearwater

    Your Favourite Comedy Characters

    Count Arthur Strong, and if you haven't seen him at Komedia yet, where the hell have you been?
  13. Manx Shearwater

    Parking fine is it worth appealing ?

    A council?? Good Lord, no!
  14. Manx Shearwater

    RIP Lillian Lopez -

    I remember when I were a lad growing up in't Isle of Man, and Summerland (the rebuilt one AFTER the fire if anyone remembers that) booked Odyssey to appear and tickets were cheap - they hadn't had a hit for ages and were considered past it. Two weeks before the gig they released Use It Up And...
  15. Manx Shearwater

    Parking fine is it worth appealing ?

    Get photos, scan the ticket and post it up on the Council Tickets forum at PePiPoo: Helping the motorist to get justice
  16. Manx Shearwater

    £100 fine

    Its some arl pic I 'found' on the interweb. Its bears such a striking similarity to me that I decided to use it.
  17. Manx Shearwater

    Joke du Jour

    How does he know the baby is his? The neighbour is clearly a slapper, it could be anyone's. I think he's making rash assumptions about the child's identity to be honest.
  18. Manx Shearwater

    £100 fine

    You see? Now I'm going to drop 'Satan's Breakfast' into a casual conversation in order to extract a laugh from said conversation, and then my girlfriend will ask "what's that?" and when I explain I will get the third degree on how come I know this.
  19. Manx Shearwater

    Out of interest, which NSC folk are in this pic?

    Bingo! Me too. Looks like I've had a bad hair day as well.

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