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Post by bayernoatcake on Jan 31, 2015 21:33:42 GMT
They actually managed to make it worse today which I didn't think was possible but hey well done!
They closed a lane by the Lexus garage and this caused a traffic jam going back to the A50.
Whoever is in charge of these people is a complete and utter moron and it's the poor people on the ground who are getting the shitty end of the stick as people get frustrated.
And have they got the world's supply of traffic cones?
Complete and utter farce!
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Post by mark71 on Jan 31, 2015 21:37:07 GMT
What do you mean they made it worse today, they make it worse everys day!
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Post by march4 on Jan 31, 2015 21:37:07 GMT
Bayern, I think you mean 'mismanagement' system.
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Post by cheadlestokie on Jan 31, 2015 21:37:16 GMT
Actually whatever they did made the traffic where I was move quicker.
We had two lanes going passed Greens to the roundabout and it worked.
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Post by discokaraoke on Jan 31, 2015 21:40:37 GMT
God help us if they ever fill the corners in!
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Post by adamsson on Jan 31, 2015 21:41:32 GMT
The point of all traffic management systems is to fuck things up still further and generally make things worse
On this basis the system at Stoke is working perfectly
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Post by march4 on Jan 31, 2015 21:43:42 GMT
God help us if they ever fill the corners in! Precisely. |
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Post by stokie25 on Jan 31, 2015 21:45:32 GMT
Stopping traffic on a roundabout to allow vehicles onto it is about as pissed up as you'll ever see, yet they do it most games!
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Post by cheadlestokie on Jan 31, 2015 21:45:56 GMT
I still say it worked better along the road by Greens from the cricket club and the five a side club
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2015 21:48:03 GMT
It's all those so and so's leaving early! Lol.
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Post by Sergeant Muttley on Jan 31, 2015 21:48:34 GMT
Actually whatever they did made the traffic where I was move quicker. We had two lanes going passed Greens to the roundabout and it worked. I was furious at 1st when this happened today but then i realised they'd stopped the traffic coming the other way to allow this to happen. |
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Post by Olgrligm on Jan 31, 2015 22:22:47 GMT
Today I finally found out why the South Car Park is so awful for getting off after the game.
Having parked at a secret location a long way away from the South Car Park so as to avoid sitting on there until 5:45 as usual, I had to walk down Sir Stanley Matthews Way. What the traffic mismanagement cretins are doing is blocking off both exits to the South Car Park with cones (they love their cones, bless 'em) for a full 30 minutes after kick off, so as to allow pedestrians to roam across all of Sir Stanley Matthews Way. However, as soon as you get past the South Car Park, where their jurisdiction appears to run out, the road goes back to functioning like, you know, a road, with a pavement and a bit down the middle that cars go on.
I don't know who is responsible for that, but it's one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. Were there ever any incidents under the old system, where cars were actually allowed to leave the car park before 5:30? Were pedestrians being mown down, left, right and centre? They've taken a situation where there was very little risk of anything untoward happening and made it so that there will almost certainly be some violence one of these weeks (I spotted one driver getting out of his car to have a very heated discussion with one of the useless stewards) and where one car, out of sheer frustration, wellied down the closed off bit of the road at high speed.
Somebody has to be sacked for the way the whole system has been run this season. If the club are really convinced that the system works, then they've had the wool pulled over their eyes.
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Post by Billybigbollox on Jan 31, 2015 23:18:15 GMT
I think the parking stewards have a sweepstake to see how long they can keep people waiting before they become abusive. The south car park is one major fuck up. Having said that I was away straight after the coaches and didn't stop for the bollard fascist at the roundabout so was straight onto the A50 in record time today.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2015 23:54:42 GMT
They actually managed to make it worse today which I didn't think was possible but hey well done! They closed a lane by the Lexus garage and this caused a traffic jam going back to the A50. Whoever is in charge of these people is a complete and utter moron and it's the poor people on the ground who are getting the shitty end of the stick as people get frustrated. And have they got the world's supply of traffic cones? Complete and utter farce! True , we were lucky enough to get off the Holiday Inn car park and away in about ten minutes today which was most surprising considering . |
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Post by swampySCFC on Jan 31, 2015 23:56:39 GMT
Management?????? Where does that come in to car parking at Stoke?.."
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Post by Billybigbollox on Feb 1, 2015 0:19:40 GMT
They actually managed to make it worse today which I didn't think was possible but hey well done! They closed a lane by the Lexus garage and this caused a traffic jam going back to the A50. Whoever is in charge of these people is a complete and utter moron and it's the poor people on the ground who are getting the shitty end of the stick as people get frustrated. And have they got the world's supply of traffic cones? Complete and utter farce! True , we were lucky enough to get off the Holiday Inn car park and away in about ten minutes today which was most surprising considering . I used to park there Bish. We lost our pass when the bloke we got it off was goonered without telling us, the twat. Can you still pay on the day? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 0:21:28 GMT
True , we were lucky enough to get off the Holiday Inn car park and away in about ten minutes today which was most surprising considering . I used to park there Bish. We lost our pass when the bloke we got it off was goonered without telling us, the twat. Can you still pay on the day? Yes Bill £10 though ! |
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Post by Billybigbollox on Feb 1, 2015 0:27:05 GMT
I used to park there Bish. We lost our pass when the bloke we got it off was goonered without telling us, the twat. Can you still pay on the day? Yes Bill £10 though ! 10 quid ? Fuck me, that's a bit steep, robbing bastards. It's only a ton for the season in the south car park. Mind you it adds about 45 mins to our already tedious 4 hour journey back to Kent. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 0:38:10 GMT
10 quid ? Fuck me, that's a bit steep, robbing bastards. It's only a ton for the season in the south car park. Mind you it adds about 45 mins to our already tedious 4 hour journey back to Kent. Yes it is steep , but it's near to the ground and the missus was with us , she can't walk so far having just had a knee replacement op . Four hours is a long jaunt mate , only about an hour and twenty for us from Blackpool, where in Kent do you live ? |
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Post by steve66 on Feb 1, 2015 0:38:14 GMT
They actually managed to make it worse today which I didn't think was possible but hey well done! They closed a lane by the Lexus garage and this caused a traffic jam going back to the A50. Whoever is in charge of these people is a complete and utter moron and it's the poor people on the ground who are getting the shitty end of the stick as people get frustrated. And have they got the world's supply of traffic cones? Complete and utter farce! True , we were lucky enough to get off the Holiday Inn car park and away in about ten minutes today which was most surprising considering . Bispham, Make sure you have the cd of "stranger on the shore" in your car collection, will keep you chilled if get stuck another time, you got off early today but who knows where the traffic manager will strike next!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 0:40:15 GMT
True , we were lucky enough to get off the Holiday Inn car park and away in about ten minutes today which was most surprising considering . Make sure you have the cd of "stranger on the shore" in your car collection, will keep you chilled if get stuck another time, you got off early today but who knows where the traffic manager will strike next!!! Good call mate  |
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Post by Billybigbollox on Feb 1, 2015 0:45:16 GMT
10 quid ? Fuck me, that's a bit steep, robbing bastards. It's only a ton for the season in the south car park. Mind you it adds about 45 mins to our already tedious 4 hour journey back to Kent. Yes it is steep , but it's near to the ground and the missus was with us , she can't walk so far having just had a knee replacement op . Four hours is a long jaunt mate , only about an hour and twenty for us from Blackpool, where in Kent do you live ? Folkestone. I travel up with my daughter (poor sole) and my mate and his son. We take it in turns to drive thankfully. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 0:47:52 GMT
Yes it is steep , but it's near to the ground and the missus was with us , she can't walk so far having just had a knee replacement op . Four hours is a long jaunt mate , only about an hour and twenty for us from Blackpool, where in Kent do you live ? Folkestone. I travel up with my daughter (poor sole) and my mate and his son. We take it in turns to drive thankfully. That is a long way ....all credit mate  |
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Post by Billybigbollox on Feb 1, 2015 0:52:12 GMT
Folkestone. I travel up with my daughter (poor sole) and my mate and his son. We take it in turns to drive thankfully. That is a long way ....all credit mate Seems a fuck sight further when we lose.  but then Blackpool's far enough after a defeat. Has your wife had a full knee replacement? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 0:56:10 GMT
That is a long way ....all credit mate Seems a fuck sight further when we lose. but then Blackpool's far enough after a defeat. Longton used to be far enough when we lost ! |
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Post by Billybigbollox on Feb 1, 2015 1:03:24 GMT
Seems a fuck sight further when we lose. but then Blackpool's far enough after a defeat. Longton used to be far enough when we lost ! True. What type of knee has your wife had? I think I might have to have a hip done. My left hip gives me no end of gyp. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 1:14:24 GMT
Longton used to be far enough when we lost ! True. What type of knee has your wife had? I think I might have to have a hip done. My left hip gives me no end of gyp. She had a total replacement of the left knee in the summer , not sure of the material it's made from , but it was a complicated op that also involved straightening her tibia , the consultant told me later that he'd had a sleepless night previously thinking about it so complicated was it .....worth it now though . Talk to Lawrie Leslie on here I think he's had his hips done mate . |
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Post by Billybigbollox on Feb 1, 2015 1:27:16 GMT
True. What type of knee has your wife had? I think I might have to have a hip done. My left hip gives me no end of gyp. She had a total replacement of the left knee in the summer , not sure of the material it's made from , but it was a complicated op that also involved straightening her tibia , the consultant told me later that he'd had a sleepless night previously thinking about it so complicated was it .....worth it now though . Talk to Lawrie Leslie on here I think he's had his hips done mate . I worked in orthopaedic theatres some years ago and saw loads of total hips and knee replacements. I'm not sure if thats a good thing. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 1:38:11 GMT
She had a total replacement of the left knee in the summer , not sure of the material it's made from , but it was a complicated op that also involved straightening her tibia , the consultant told me later that he'd had a sleepless night previously thinking about it so complicated was it .....worth it now though . Talk to Lawrie Leslie on here I think he's had his hips done mate . I worked in orthopaedic theatres some years ago and saw loads of total hips and knee replacements. I'm not sure if thats a good thing. which mate , my mrs's op or talking to Lawrie about his hips ? |
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Post by scfcrmagic on Feb 1, 2015 8:46:38 GMT
I only ever parked on the south car park once.......I realised my stupidity when the guy and his Mrs in the car next to me instead of trying to jockey for a place in the exit queue..(that wasn't moving) Got a flask and sandwiches out ......I meanwhile sat well positioned in the queue for 45 mins the car didn't move an inch .......I was fuming when I finally got off the place....I could have walked home and got back quicker ....
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but then Blackpool's far enough after a defeat.
