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Does parking on a closed road count as a live parking thread? 😁

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DailyMaui · 21/04/2022 19:50

So they have closed the road I live on to resurface it. It will be closed for the next two nights. We’ve had multiple letters from the council, there have been signs up for at least a month and yesterday they painted NO PARKING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY all over the road.

8 cars are still parked there with 15 minutes to go until resurfacing begins. One of the cars is right outside my house and when I saw them out the window, I tried to explain to the two women (looking like they were off for an evening in town) that they were probably not going to be able to get their car until morning but they told me to fuck off!

The road is lorry central, a guy is taking pictures of the remaining cars… it’s all go here.

Anyone know what they do? Do they just resurface round the cars? Tow them away? Do they get brutal? There’s a fair few annoyed looking men in hi-vis walking up and down! Should I get wine and a comfy viewing position?

😉

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HemanOrSheRa · 22/04/2022 20:51

DailyMaui · 22/04/2022 20:38

I can’t keep up. Two men have just come to get their car. They are very kissed off that car is no longer here. Car has FUCKED OFF.

Ooops. Haha! Mind you, this was me a couple of years ago. The road outside ours was resurfaced. They put letters through the doors of the houses but not our small block of 9 flats. No signage when I got home from work at about 2pm. I didn't go out again until the following morning to go to work. It was absolute mayhem with full on road work activity and lots of men in high viz and my car was GONE! I had to sheepishly track down someone who looked important (with a clipboard). They'd lifted my car (and others who'd been caught out) into the next road.

WiddlinDiddlin · 22/04/2022 20:51

OP please take donkey sized dog (i used to have a donkey dog. I miss her, she was vast!) for a walk and casually ask the hi-viz peeps if cars are being dumped a few streets over or impounded?

Send brother to ask lost boys what they're looking for... I just want to know what the fuck they're thinking and how they failed to note the road closure!

Booklover3 · 22/04/2022 20:50

😂

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DailyMaui · 22/04/2022 20:50

PriamFarrl · 22/04/2022 20:44

Have you gone out to tell them?

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Those dudes?

They way too cool to get vex by this.

They slope up the road like losing a posh Audi is peng, innit. Wicked like.

(my teens are upstairs clenching all orifices as they can FEEL this embarrassing post in their bones)

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SouperNoodle · 22/04/2022 20:49

Those guys looks so annoyed 😂 maybe next time THEY'LL LEARN TO READ THE SIGNS

Bobbybobbins · 22/04/2022 20:48

Best. Parking. Thread. Ever!

BotterMon · 22/04/2022 20:47

Oh my goodness - we have a second night of fun. Not sure my heart can cope with the excitement. Those two who turned up to....no car - classic 😂

pussycatlickinglollyices · 22/04/2022 20:46

DailyMaui · 22/04/2022 20:38

I can’t keep up. Two men have just come to get their car. They are very kissed off that car is no longer here. Car has FUCKED OFF.

"Dude, where's my car?"

ThatsGoingToHurt · 22/04/2022 20:46

This is epic!

Trudij123 · 22/04/2022 20:46

This just gets better and better - @DailyMaui my DP and I LOVE you 😂😂

Ilikewinter · 22/04/2022 20:45

This is my best Friday night in ages 😂😂, wonder if they have to pay to get their cars back?

Booklover3 · 22/04/2022 20:45

😂

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DailyMaui · 22/04/2022 20:45

WibblyWobblyLane · 22/04/2022 20:42

That last car looked posh too...that's gonna sting 🍿

OMFG.

Your username is “chef’s kiss”

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PriamFarrl · 22/04/2022 20:44

DailyMaui · 22/04/2022 20:38

I can’t keep up. Two men have just come to get their car. They are very kissed off that car is no longer here. Car has FUCKED OFF.

Have you gone out to tell them?

backtobusy · 22/04/2022 20:44

The lost and confused blokes 🤣

If only they had been able to read the notices.

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DailyMaui · 22/04/2022 20:44

Third car has FUCKED OFF

Oh Roger.

Does parking on a closed road count as a live parking thread? 😁
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redastherose · 22/04/2022 20:43

Love the picture of no car and two annoyed blokes 😁

Peapop777 · 22/04/2022 20:43

I've only been on MN a couple of years and seem to have got a love for the parking threads.
This one is great and then I realize I'm in the next town 😀
Spent many a night on the hill with friends drinking when we shouldn't have been and those ravers that are talking about my town I'm now wondering how many of us know each other 😂

WibblyWobblyLane · 22/04/2022 20:42

That last car looked posh too...that's gonna sting 🍿

Winterfellismyhome · 22/04/2022 20:42

That is perfect

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DailyMaui · 22/04/2022 20:38

I can’t keep up. Two men have just come to get their car. They are very kissed off that car is no longer here. Car has FUCKED OFF.

Does parking on a closed road count as a live parking thread? 😁
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CorsicaDreaming · 22/04/2022 20:38

Who's = whose

Proofreading Gremlins out in force 🙄

MiniBeesMum · 22/04/2022 20:37

I've been on mumsnet for years but just lurked.

I've been sat in A&E for the last 90 minutes and this has made it bearable!

Glorious post with amazing diagrams and pics. Can't wait to get home and get some wine opened 😂

CorsicaDreaming · 22/04/2022 20:37

My DH has just asked me who's car is that in the photo - and I have had to explain it's some complete strangers in a Town that Cannot be Named (but has a Wobbly Bottom) and we've been talking about it for 507 posts...

Not convinced he gets it, tbh...

ScrambledSmegs · 22/04/2022 20:37

*20 minutes to go.

Must proofread, dammit.