Things that make you go What the F**k?

[RedHand88]

The Navan confirmation bomb alert. Yer wan is lucky it's Ireland she's in.

[marty34]

Whos paying for knocking it down? Planning laws especially in the North have got very strict. Was at a planning meeting there a few months bck and the amount of stuff restricted is high. An Architect really have to be up todate on the current regs per council. The drainage system in the North causing serious knock on affects.

Is there not an issue in a lot of places now, in the north especially, that the water and sewage systems are at full capacity now and take on any more new houses?

Therefore very hard to get new houses built in towns and villages.

[Wildweasel74]

Theres about 15 areas that the current system cant take the existing housing and no further housing can be built there until upgraded at mamy million. They still allow fill in between houses in the country but no longer add on, say to a row of bungalows on a road. Stand alone site. Especially in farm situations, will be a thing of the past.

[gallsman]

US quadruple amputee cornhole champion arrested on suspicion of murder

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/24/amputee-cornhole-player-arrested

[Tony Baloney]

US quadruple amputee cornhole champion arrested on suspicion of murder

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/24/amputee-cornhole-player-arrested

That cornhole is considered a sport is WTF all by itself. I was nervous looking it up 

[AustinPowers]

US quadruple amputee cornhole champion arrested on suspicion of murder

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/24/amputee-cornhole-player-arrested

That cornhole is considered a sport is WTF all by itself. I was nervous looking it up 

What the hell  is cornhole?

Is it a sport invented  by Beavis and Butthead?

[johnnycool]

US quadruple amputee cornhole champion arrested on suspicion of murder

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/24/amputee-cornhole-player-arrested

That cornhole is considered a sport is WTF all by itself. I was nervous looking it up 

What the hell  is cornhole?

Is it a sport invented  by Beavis and Butthead?

It's the mid-west version of cottaging.
 

[grounded]

Elderly father had a small accident, were he reversed into a parked vehicle. Tiny scratch on rear bumper of father's vehicle and small dent in rear panel of the other vehicle.
    Dad offered to get the dent fixed but young lad went ahead and put it through insurance. Used that CRASH crowd. Our insurance wrote back after it and gave us final figure that they paid out. Over £36k
    Actually still cant believe it.
Costs include credit hire, credit repair and solicitors costs.
    Parasites, really if we are being honest.

[general_lee]

If it's any consolation, the young lad can expect his insurance to go up at renewal also.

[grounded]

If it's any consolation, the young lad can expect his insurance to go up at renewal also.

Well, our insurance said my father's no claim bonus now affected. He hasn't driven since, effectively put him off the road. Lives quite rural so a tough one.
    I guess people just see these things as free money. The companies themselves are parasitic.
     

[Dunsilly King]

Elderly father had a small accident, were he reversed into a parked vehicle. Tiny scratch on rear bumper of father's vehicle and small dent in rear panel of the other vehicle.
    Dad offered to get the dent fixed but young lad went ahead and put it through insurance. Used that CRASH crowd. Our insurance wrote back after it and gave us final figure that they paid out. Over £36k
    Actually still cant believe it.
Costs include credit hire, credit repair and solicitors costs.
    Parasites, really if we are being honest.

that is surprising as anything above the cost of the car they declare as write off as its cheaper then repairs and ongoing legal fees, what was the other car worth?

[Deerstalker]

Elderly father had a small accident, were he reversed into a parked vehicle. Tiny scratch on rear bumper of father's vehicle and small dent in rear panel of the other vehicle.
    Dad offered to get the dent fixed but young lad went ahead and put it through insurance. Used that CRASH crowd. Our insurance wrote back after it and gave us final figure that they paid out. Over £36k
    Actually still cant believe it.
Costs include credit hire, credit repair and solicitors costs.
    Parasites, really if we are being honest.

that is surprising as anything above the cost of the car they declare as write off as its cheaper then repairs and ongoing legal fees, what was the other car worth?

Crash would have milked it, courtesy car (that they provide) while your mans car getting fixed etc

[clonian]

Elderly father had a small accident, were he reversed into a parked vehicle. Tiny scratch on rear bumper of father's vehicle and small dent in rear panel of the other vehicle.
    Dad offered to get the dent fixed but young lad went ahead and put it through insurance. Used that CRASH crowd. Our insurance wrote back after it and gave us final figure that they paid out. Over £36k
    Actually still cant believe it.
Costs include credit hire, credit repair and solicitors costs.
    Parasites, really if we are being honest.

that is surprising as anything above the cost of the car they declare as write off as its cheaper then repairs and ongoing legal fees, what was the other car worth?

Crash would have milked it, courtesy car (that they provide) while your mans car getting fixed etc

If an insurance company appointed body shop get a non fault claim they'll take the piss completely. I clipped a guy in a jag jeep a couple of years ago. There was more damage to my car and it came back at £2,400 or in that region, new door and sprayed down the side. His came back at 7.5k and there wouldn't have been a panel replaced on his if it was the other way round.

[Milltown Row2]

Elderly father had a small accident, were he reversed into a parked vehicle. Tiny scratch on rear bumper of father's vehicle and small dent in rear panel of the other vehicle.
    Dad offered to get the dent fixed but young lad went ahead and put it through insurance. Used that CRASH crowd. Our insurance wrote back after it and gave us final figure that they paid out. Over £36k
    Actually still cant believe it.
Costs include credit hire, credit repair and solicitors costs.
    Parasites, really if we are being honest.

that is surprising as anything above the cost of the car they declare as write off as its cheaper then repairs and ongoing legal fees, what was the other car worth?

Crash would have milked it, courtesy car (that they provide) while your mans car getting fixed etc

If an insurance company appointed body shop get a non fault claim they'll take the piss completely. I clipped a guy in a jag jeep a couple of years ago. There was more damage to my car and it came back at £2,400 or in that region, new door and sprayed down the side. His came back at 7.5k and there wouldn't have been a panel replaced on his if it was the other way round.

Would there be quotes put out for tenders or is it just a closed shop whereas someone from an insurance company takes a bung from a local car repair dealer as that is scandalous

[trueblue1234]

Accident Management Companies are a scourge on insurance, and part of the reason costs are through the roof. They charge on anything, car hire, storage of vehicle, recovery, SOT fees etc. I've seen claims where storage costs in a disputed claim were in excess of the cars value by a considerable amount. And it is usually money for nothing.
If you can avoid using I would recommend it. Most TP insurers will try and sort you out directly these days if liability accepted. 
They're worse in England tho. I believe referral fees are still a thing over there, or at least they used to be.