On-Street Parking

[bill_gj]

Yo MrFluffydude. It sounds good to me. Perhaps not quite that out-of-the-way but sumfin like it.
Roll on early retirement and the chance to get away from bloody neighbours.

In our old place, where we lived quietly and comfortably for some 15 years. The old dear that lived next door died and her hubby cleared off to live with his son in Oz.
A sh#thead money grabber from a few doors up bought the house and proceded to rent it out.
The first lot were a bunch (about 6 I think) of young DSS wasters. However, we came to an agreement with them, along the lines of: Don't **** us off and we won't get the constabulary round to check those strange baccy fumes.

They left after about a year or so and the next occupants were a 'family'. Ha ha ha.
The 'father' was a nasty little sh#t that seemed to get money by trading LPs and records at boot sales. The 'mother' had enough brain cells to be able to make a cup of tea and they had two little kids. It's them I felt sorry for as they didn't deserve to have mobile compost heaps as parents.
Anyway, after a bunch of late night parties, Saturday afternoon football TV with his mates, having his dog in our garden scrounging for food, etc, etc, I spoke to a solicitor about the situation.
His advice - move.
Hence my current neighbour situation.

I can't understand what some of these ar#ehole neighbours do for entertainment. I'm not a car nut, but I do prefer to do my own maintenance and so on, and I'll help my kids out by fixing their cars as and when. None of this is done for profit.
I expect they would approve of membership of a golf/tennis/squash club, but not the ability and skill to do something a bit greasy.

 

[snowcat]

Come and join us in the swamp, Bill.. No neighbours, just the bloady born again bikers that turn the road into the TT races every sunny sunday... Not sure they'ed think it was so great to put ilegal exhusts on there bikes, If i was to sit on there drive with the genset running full tit all day sunday....Its funny I couldnt care less about noises people make going about there living, planes, lorrys, tractors the MOD guns at foulness even mobile phones for work...but when its made for no reason and simply the shear plesure of the person involved it p*** me off...

 

[malcolm]

Another swampy here (where else can you get the workshop space?).

We're a long way off the road and I share the place with a born again biker so I shouldn't complain. With the wind in the right direction we can enjoy the drag racing at Santa Pod (we're 10 miles away so just nice V8 noises for us - must be irritating for those living next door).

The coolest thing is occasionally we get an almighty racket and run outside to watch the Spitfires or Lancasters flying overhead at zero feet. Don't know where they are coming from (Shuttleworth maybe?) but I think the farm is a navigational aid and it's magic. Modern jets also seem to use the place as a landmark and that can be a shock sometimes.

Diverging from the topic though. Parking isn't great in the country either - nearly fell on my back on ice getting out of the car last night.

 

[snowcat]

The coolest thing is occasionally we get an almighty racket and run outside to watch the Spitfires or Lancasters flying overhead at zero feet. Don't know where they are coming from (Shuttleworth maybe?) but I think the farm is a navigational aid and it's magic. Modern jets also seem to use the place as a landmark and that can be a shock sometimes.

The drone of the Lancasters is just awesome, but the huricanes are my favourtes, they fly into Southend for maintenance work, Im sure they line up on my house for landing were about 3 miles as the crow, from the runway..... Being right on the Coast we get the Seaking hellys come thumping over at just a few hundred feet, sometimes practice, sometimes rescue.....they always catch you off guard

 

[malcolm]

We get a lot of Chinooks over here as well. They never catch you off guard. Kind of wonder how good they are for combat when the enemy has a time to pop inside for a cup of tea before popping out with the rifle for a few pot shots.

 

[snowcat]

We get a lot of Chinooks over here as well. They never catch you off guard. Kind of wonder how good they are for combat when the enemy has a time to pop inside for a cup of tea before popping out with the rifle for a few pot shots.

This has turned slightly off topic, but hey theres been lots of rants recently so hey.. My mate who's serving..says there as reliable and as modern as a BL Car, they regualy have "forced" landings...(crash to me and you) I get the fealing thats why there always hovering at only a few hundred feet, just in case...

 

[peterd51]

Hi,

The Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight was based at RAF Conningby in the south of Lincolnshire, not far from Kings Lynn, last time I heard. I think they're still there.

At one time they had the only flying Lancaster in Europe but I beleive there were a couple over the pond...Canada comes to mind. So one of those may have been relocated to the UK.

Incidently, we also had the Red Arrows based about 20 miles south of here at RAF Scampton (moved to Waddington I think). It's possible to see them from time to time practising...actually we can see the smoke loops, etc.

So, it was our wedding anniversary, 35 years, on a Summer Sunday and as our daughter had just arrived we were all in the front garden. Clear blue sky, not a cloud in sight, and the Arrows flew right over the house in Diamond Nine at about 300 feet.

I turned to my wife and said, "happy aniversary, darling".

I managed to keep a straight face for about 30 seconds...it was pure chance that they flew over Scunthorpe on their way to a display somewhere...

Regards
Peter

 

[Cappy]

We get a lot of Chinooks over here as well.

Apparently you can tell Chinook Pilots, they are the ones praying that the gearbox keeps working

 

[rtbcomp]

Apparently you can tell Chinook Pilots, they are the ones praying that the gearbox keeps working

A bit like Landrover drivers then.

My late parents lived on the Cumbrian coast and they had Harriers doing training runs over their cottage. I was there once and had to duck to avoid being hit by the nose wheel, luckily the garage door was open and it maanaged to fly in and out of the open window at the back. At least that's what it felt like!

 

[bill_gj]

He he.
A mate of mine escaped via early retirement to a village near Appleby a couple of years ago. He's a postie there now and loving it.
He was enthusing about the low flying escapades going on. Seems that a Harrier (I think) left a bit of itself on someones barn a few years ago.
His one problem is the distance to the nearest pub.

 

[Wozzaaah]

Hehe, this thread's gone from someone complaining about parking to someone flying a Harrier through your garage!

 

[nellway]

Years ago I used to ride with friends in the New Forest. The local houses were owned by people who had been there for so long they were beginning to die off. Subsequently affluent young city types were moving in.

One Sunday afternooon we were unsaddling in the yard when a BMW drove in and disgorged a peroxide dragonette. She marched over and demanded that we return to 'her lane' and clean up the mess that our horses had made..... My dear (now departed) father, being of very quick wit suggested that if she wanted to live in the country it would be wise to take up rose growing!

 

[SC_BK]

BTW just to point out that the white "H bars" and KEEP CLEAR markings painted on the road aren't legally enforacble. They're just relying on people's generosity not to park there.


I don't have any parking problems at home as I live in the country but it can be a nightmare at times when working (collecting & delivering motorbikes). If I've got the trailer on then to comfortably load/unload I can need up to 15/20 metres of kerbside space. Also with the amount of cul-de-sacs and dead ends my trailer reversing is getting better by the day

 

[rtbcomp]

BTW just to point out that the white "H bars" and KEEP CLEAR markings painted on the road aren't legally enforacble. They're just relying on people's generosity not to park there.

But they do indicate that there is an entrance, and parking accross it is causing an obstruction which is enforcable.

 

[Drains]

But they do indicate that there is an entrance, and parking accross it is causing an obstruction which is enforcable.

I happily watched a member of the constabulary giving a ticket to a numpty who had parked on the H bars at the end of our private lane. Theres about 10 of us with rights to park here, and a world of idiots who don't seem to notice we exist...

Unfortunately it's the only time it's happened - the cops were on the street for another reason entirely and he was being a jobsworth. Good man!