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Riverside Driving School

Tuesday, 21 April 2009 ‡ 08:14

As you know i don't like bad drivers, but when a driving instructor is not paying attention and completely unforgiving, this has really got to piss me off. This morning some knob decides to straight line a roundabout forcing me to hit the brakes to avoid running into him or hitting the roundabout. The worse thing about it, when i sounded my horn and pulled alongside, i looked over, the driver completely ignored me, as if his mistake did not happen. An apology would have been nice. I would hate to take lessons from this instructor. It would be a real shame if this driver causes a bad reputation for the company.

Labels: driving school, riverside, sutton coldfield

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Vaisakhi

Tuesday, 14 April 2009 ‡ 07:07

Today is the celebration of the birth of The Khalsa and i wish everyone Happy Vaisakhi

In 1699 a Sikh guru, requested a gathering of all Sikh followers at Anandpur on 30 March 1699. Guru Gobind Singh Ji (then Gobind Rai) requested volunteers who were prepared to sacrifice their head in the name of Sikhism. As one volunteer stepped forward, he was taken into a tent, then the Sikh guru emerged with blood on his sword and requested another volunteer. This occurred 5 times, which is how the Panj Piare were created. "The Five Beloved Ones" were Daya Ram, Dharam Das, Himmat Rai, Mohkam Chand and Sahib Chand. The Sikh guru then requested the five to initiate him as a member, on an equal footing with them in the Khalsa. The Sikh guru then recited the rallying-cry of the Khalsa, "Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji Ki Fateh" (Khalsa belongs to God; victory belongs to God). He gave them all the name "Singh" (lion), thus becoming Guru Gobind Singh Ji with Bhai Daya Singh, Bhai Dharam Singh, Bhai Himmat Singh, Bhai Mohkam Singh and Bhai Sahib Singh. Guru Gobind Singh Ji, thus becoming the sixth member of the new order.

Guru Gobind Singh Ji then addressed the Sikh followers:

From now on, you have become casteless. No ritual, either Hindu or Muslim, will you perform nor will you believe in superstition of any kind, but only in one God who is the master and protector of all, the only creator and destroyer. In your new order, the lowest will rank with the highest and each will be to the other a brother (bhai). No pilgrimages for you any more, nor austerities but the pure life of the household, which you should be ready to sacrifice at the call of Dharma. Women shall be equal of men in every way. No veil (purdah) for them anymore, nor the burning alive of a widow on the pyre of her spouse (sati). He who kills his daughter, the Khalsa shall not deal with him.

Five K's you will observe as a pledge of your dedication to my ideal.

• Kesh: Hair unshorn representation of saintliness.
• Kangha: a comb to keep it clean and untangled.
• Kara: a steel bracelet to denote one universal God.
• Kacchha: a piece of practical wear to denote modesty.
• Kirpan: a steel dagger for your defence.

Smoking being an unclean and injurious habit, you will forswear. You will love the weapons of war, be excellent horsemen, marksmen and wielders of the sword, the discus and the spear. Physical prowess will be as sacred to you as spiritual sensitivity. And, between the Hindus and Muslims, you will act as a bridge, and serve the poor without distinction of caste, colour, country or creed. My Khalsa shall always defend the poor, and Deg (community kitchen) will be as much an essential part of your order as Teg (the sword). And, from now onwards Sikh males will call themselves "Singh" and women "Kaur" and greet each other with "Waheguruji ka Khalsa, Waheguruji ki fateh"

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Stupid Drivers

Thursday, 9 April 2009 ‡ 03:54

I hate when at a roundabout, the driver on my left decides to use a straighter line across the roundabout, forcing me to move to my right, either into another car or onto the roundabout itself, This happens to me most mornings and evenings to and from work. The worse thing about this is there are lines painted on the bloody tarmac to guide drivers around the roundabout and drivers still straight line roundabouts, even worse is drivers who feel i am too blame if i sound my horn or edge forward slightly and force them over into their lane, ARGHHH! This stupidity is usually compounded when the driver is using the left lane to turn right and on top of that not using their indicator. I will accept someone maybe in the wrong lane when they approach the roundabout or they change their mind or whatever, we all make mistakes, but then just to feel that everyone else around them are mind readers, for fucks sake these drivers should be shot in the head.

What else is there? how about drivers in the outside lane of a dual carriage way or motorway, traveling about 10mph - 15mph less than the speed limit, then refuse to move over when you approach, why do they feel they have any right to suggest the correct speed by acting as a roadblock? They always quote the following, "Its a speed limit not a target".

Another annoying thing drivers who are just stupid do is not realise that when there are parked cars on their side of the road, it is the on coming vehicles right of way - and NO i don't have to flash my lights to say thank you, the same reason i don't need to flash my lights to let you out of a junction or change lanes (as long as you are indicating). Using your indicator does not give you the right of way, it is a purpose of intent, letting other road users know what you intend to do.

What about stupid following stupid, especially when there is a lane coned off and stupid moves into the open lane, followed by stupid and stupid behind them until we have a queue of stupid drivers all waiting in one lane, even though the coned lane is some 2 miles down the road. This happened to me, can't remember where i was, but i arrived at the tail end of a massive queue of traffic. Summer afternoon, clear skies and we are parked in a single lane jammed with crawling vehicles. After about 20 minutes i approach a roundabout and i need to go straight on and since the lane has opened up into two lanes, i am within the law to use the second lane. So cautiously i begin along the second lane, i say cautiously since nobody is using it. At the roundabout there are roadwork signs stating that the second lane of the road ahead is closed. Since i am already in the lane i decide i will join after i leave the roundabout. As i leave the roundabout i see another roadworks sign but this time it indicates the second lane is closed 2 miles ahead and since it is a straight road, i can see nobody using the second lane. Nobody at all was using the 2 mile stretch of road that was still open because every stupid driver has decided to stay in the first lane. I was double and triple checking to make sure there were no signs indicating i should not be using the second lane, but nothing. I cannot believe how i managed upon so many fucking stupid drivers all on one road, not using a perfectly legitimate part of the road, just because nobody else is using.

I had one absolutely stupid woman driver in front of me, traveling along a 40mph single road, driving about 40mph, who absolutely insisted on braking heavily and letting other drivers out of side roads, she did this so often, i had to overtake her since she was causing a domino effect behind me... i wandered how far back this rippled until traffic actually stood still.

Labels: bad driving, stupid

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Website redesign: Update

Wednesday, 8 April 2009 ‡ 01:21

Busy with the kids during the day, the only time i get is late evening when they gone to sleep. I have fixed the rss xml feed for the pages that have a feed, so now you can click the icon in the (firefox) address bar or the rss icon in the right column.

Most of the content is done, my moaning on the home page, the about page, the f1 page has this seasons rant and contact page are done (i think). The cars page and work page are not finished.

It's 01:30, so me needs to get some sleep i think!

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My son told me a joke

Friday, 3 April 2009 ‡ 13:13

A boy asks his teacher, "Miss i need to go to the toilet."

His teacher replied, "Not until you have learnt your alphabet."

So the boy begins, "a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o   q r s t u v w x y z"

Teacher said "Well done, but where's your P?"

The boy said, "Running down my leg!"

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