Near miss

[derek kelly]

This afternoon as I was coming home from Barnsley town centre, I was waiting to pull out of a side road when I saw my chance, one of them pig ugly minis coming down the hill started slowing down and indicated to turn left (the road I was coming out of) as the car was almost at a stop and about to execute a left turn I started to pull forward when the car stopped indicating and sped up carrying on the same road luckily I saw what was happening in time and delayed my manouevre, instead pulling out after the mini, I drew alongside at the roundabout just up the road, and the middle aged lady driver had her window open so I politely asked her what she was playing at, she just replied "I changed my mind OK" I was two gobsmacked to reply.

 

[bub1664]

i was taught never assume, its always paid off

 

[CBRBillXX]

I always felt that a 'Near Miss' was when ya hit something!...as in 'Oh FOOK I Near Missed that fookin wall/tree/lampost/car turning into a side road.....but I hit it.....':xm

:neenaw:

 

[derek kelly]

Bill, Grammatically you are correct but such are the vagueries of the English language a near miss actually means a near hit don't ask me why, maybe it is just the way the language has changed over the years ie

Wicked no longer means evil, but Good
Gay no longer means happy, but Queer etc

 

[Coggy]

"Assume" makes an "Ass" out of "u" and "me"

Or something approximately like that...

 

[CBRBillXX]

Derek, I thank you for your illuminated insight into grammaticl usage of common parlance :k I particularly appreciate your spin on vagUEries!

I'll know who to come to in the future! :bow:

 

[derek kelly]

not me I hope, I made it up, but it sounded good.

 

[Barrie]

Well, excuse me for sounding sexist but if the approaching vehicle is driven by a woman................get the F**K out of her way. She will be doing that thing women are always telling men they do best. "MULTI TASKING" whatever that is :dunno:

 

[parttimepilot]

Barrie hope you haven't forgotten

That at the minute I am Neils site check person and I have just read what you bloody well said.---Was thinking about feeding you on Friday or Monday when you come to sunny Scotland but don't know if I can multi task enough to cook and thump you at the same time, Morag

 

[americanexpress]

sexist????? nooooo! but it sounds as if Morag is going to make you starve!!!:neenaw:

 

[americanexpress]

but is that because male lorry drivers prefer to take you out from behind??


no doubt he was multi tasking too, but none of tasks involved driving his lorry properly or with a valid HGV licence:bang:

 

[Bikerbaby]

MORAG

YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!

ohhh and seeing as we can multi task take picks as you do it please




XXX

BB

 

[paul_x]

I've had a few of this near miss thingeys, at times wearing more yellow than a grown man should unless he's a child entertainer.....hey ho :dunno: think my angels on more than one occassion kept me from going sunny side up....

a friendly WTF you doing mate normally opens the discussion with the offendor 8l1nd

never mind still here, still having and have all my own body parts

paul

*ps I'm a new member - please be gentle - I do ride a blackbird!!*w;;v

 

[Bikerbaby]

gental, hoest i can be if you ask me nicely

 

[Barrie]

Sooooorrrrryyyyyy

Ah! Morag, please ignor my posting about wonderful women drivers until after my visit. Bloody hell, I must remember to be careful on here. You know how wonderful I think you are...............(grovel, grovel.) Neil, you have a lot to answer for, now look at the mess I am in :bang: %$fan

 

[derek kelly]

ps I'm a new member - please be gentle - I do ride a blackbird!!*w;;v

Welcome to the forum mate, afraid we don't do gentle though, hope you ride the proper colour Blackbird (the clue is in the name)

 

[americanexpress]

I am sure the spelling is getting worse on here!!!:xm

 

[americanexpress]

....Derek, you don't mean people try to ride other colours do you?? I had heard rumours of red birds, but hoped that was all it was.......:neenaw:

 

[derek kelly]

The Welsh ride Blue ones (I think Honda realised they'd made a Faux Pas when they did the blue ones, so they sent them all to Wales)
Some have girly pink ones, they try to say they are red, (like it makes a difference)
Somebody even rides a Brown one

 

[americanexpress]

:bang: nooooooooooo surely not