Are Sutton Coldfield people too posh to help?.

Good for you Frank. They might just have felt they weren't strong enough or had back problems, we don't know, but hooting is plain bad manners (I would have expected better in Sutton Coldfield)

What a hero, Frank! Lucky you were there - I wonder how long the two women would have sat there hooting otherwise!

What bad manners! I always get cross when people hoot for no purpose in a situation that cannot be changed.

Good for you, Frank, and how lucky for that woman that you came along. Unfortunately, many people would have just left her to get on with it. Good Samaritans are rare these days.

Some years ago my DH's pickup stalled in the middle of the lane. A neighbour who was behind him immediately started sounding his horn - my DH got out of his pickup, walked back to the neighbour and said "tell you what, you start my truck and I'll blow your horn". Neighbour didn't say a word and sat in silence until DH managed to get his pickup started again!

Title should have been too posh to push

Maybe the hornblowers were just enjoying the spectacle and urging on your heroism, Frank.

You said the woman's car wouldn't start in front of your car. Maybe if you'd put her car behind your car (or rather, put your car in front of hers since hers wouldn't move) it would have started. Worth a try, doncha think?

Bags

I don't think so.
I decided not to try to get the car started as it was 61 registration and it was covered by the Ford breakdown service.
The woman told me the car was due for service yesterday and it was booked in for a service tomorrow but that should not have been a problem.

Frank

Indeed not, Frank.

How does one tell how old a car is nowadays, apart from rust and moss growing on it and stuff like that? I mean, from number plates? I lost track of how to do it when they changed the format.

Oh, is that place - Sutton Coldfield - posh? All I've ever hear of it until recently was that there was some sort of TV transmitter there.

If Frank comes back with a comprehensive answer, B, then that will show his love of numbers........

Frank You're very specific about numbers aren't you?

I definitely thinking they were blowing their horns in admiration and to urge you on

He doesn't always reply to my questions, butty! I can't tell you how devastating it is

No Ariadne SC is not particularly posh, plenty of ordinary housing there. However, the bit near the mast, which is actually called Four Oaks, is quite posh.

Recently I was just about to enter a roundabout when an Asda van passed me. The side doors flew open and the contents of the van spilled out all over the road. The driver obviously hadn't secured the doors properly and he took the roundabout a bit too fast. The cars behind me started hooting and feeling a bit sorry for the Asda driver I got out of my car and helped him pick everything up. Miserable (men) in the cars behind couldnt see the funny side and just sat there hooting while me and this young guy chased apples and tins of beans up the road!

There, there Bags just go and lie down in a darkened room until your devastation is soothed. Frank how could you upset Bags like this?

gilly

It's driving me to , aka.

#timeforapartythread

Sutton Coldfield has a 'posh' reputation. Some fantastic properties and some not so. I don't live there but quite near. My daughter and grand-daughter were both born in Sutton as it's our nearest hospital. My GD goes to school in Sutton. We are far from posh !

Frank is a perfect gentleman helping a lady/fellow motorist in distress.

Charleygirl

Really I wanted to get the traffic moving and stop her panicking.
I only looked to see if there was anything obvious wrong but I don't know a lot about modern cars.
As the car was covered by the RAC and they said they would be along in about 20 minutes I asked if she was happy to wait by herself.
In view of the conditions I gave her a bottle of water and then left.

Frank

It is also posible that the two "hooting" ladies were refugees from the women's only gym classes and recognised you as the man who invaded their girly world?

here you are Bags.

Men all have this knowledge in them from birth. That's not sexist. It's fact. ()

gracesmum

They could also be friends of my father's ex who I refused to give the house to when Dad died.

Frank

Yes, that'll be it, Frank! Your life is certainly full of coincidences, isn't it...