Tuesday 12 December 2023
Nothing is done well
Mrs H and I no longer use one of our routes into Derbyshire. It’s the scenic route along country roads, but the potholes and stretches of crumbling surface now make the A6 more attractive.
Some of the potholes are deep enough to damage a tyre or even a wheel so we’ll leave if for a few months before we try that route again. A pity because it is a scenic drive.
As we drove towards the A6 this morning I remarked that nothing is done well in this country. An exaggeration perhaps, but not as far from reality as it should be.
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Potholes in Kent are a measure of the wish to encourage cycling.
The drain covers are strategically placed to cause wheel damage, as they're purposely left about an inch and a half below the road surface, so you can easily see them just before you go arse over front handlebars...
Scrobs - the possibility of going arse over front handlebars must be quite likely for some of the potholes we see. They look dangerous for cyclists and even if they don't come off they could easily lose control at a bad moment.
I was grumbling to an old boy who was the owner of a cycle shop in Guildford, saying how I rarely needed inner tubes because of punctures, but got through a lot of them because they just split along the seams or at the valve. He stood silent for a moment, and then said "The problem with everything these days is that they take out all the good stuff, and put in a lot of old rubbish..."
Just like smokeless fuel!
Sam - I blame accountants, the rubbish is cheaper. Although for some things there is a price you have to pay to avoid the rubbish, but pay more than that and there is no improvement.
Tammly - I still have half a bag of smokeless fuel I bought years ago. Too much trouble to get it going compared to wood.
In my recent dealings with the NHS it's not just the muddle that strikes me it's the routine mendacity.
dearieme - we don't see much mendacity at a personal level, but our dealings with the NHS are pretty limited at that level. We do see mendacity where, for example the GP surgery claims to provide certain services which they don't provide at all in the normal sense of 'service'.
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