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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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PreVerbalGerbil · 22/04/2022 17:40

DailyMaui · 22/04/2022 15:16

Yes. Terrible.

At least Wobbly Bottom Farm is still there and hasn't been renamed something like "Goats So Simple" Cheese haven.

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I heard a rumour that wobbly bottom has upped sticks too. Most unimpressed, tho my backside would probs be less wobbly without their pesto cheese!

The proliferation of locals on this thread is fab, a viper trail around town sounds great. Sadly I am in the less cultured side, though our local shop is near ducks and is by far the most superior in H town!

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 22/04/2022 17:37

Really the bone needs something alongside as a comparison to measure ...
like the Shit Beauty Advent Calendar a couple of years back that had a funnel ( yes , a funnel ) in I think day 2 .
And the OP used her cats' paw as a prop to compare .

Unfortunately if OPs dog is Donkey Sized then we cannot accurately compare and The Femur would look like it came from a Barbie Doll !

FloraPostePosts · 22/04/2022 17:08

QuebecBagnet · 22/04/2022 17:06

I think the bone is too wide/short…..proportions are wrong for it to be human though hard to tell from photo. Maybe a cow bone?

I think it’s from a pig.

Speaking as an archaeologist (but not an osteo-archaeologist. Just someone who’s dug a lot of middens).

QuebecBagnet · 22/04/2022 17:06

I think the bone is too wide/short…..proportions are wrong for it to be human though hard to tell from photo. Maybe a cow bone?

CorsicaDreaming · 22/04/2022 17:04

www.medisave.co.uk/child-skeleton-5-year-old.html

CorsicaDreaming · 22/04/2022 17:02

DailyMaui · 22/04/2022 14:38

FOUND THE BONE

it’s old innit

I've just googled human child femur (can't believe I did that tbh)... and it really could be. Woah.
That would freak me out a bit.

PlantingTrees · 22/04/2022 16:41

That bone! Any bone experts out there?

MissConductUS · 22/04/2022 16:40

Fabulous thread. Our street got a complete repaving last summer, but it was little drama as there's no parking on it at all, ever. The road closures were a bit of a pain though.

ScrambledSmegs · 22/04/2022 16:39

BIWI · 22/04/2022 16:35

Oh no! Caught! Grin

Me too! Doh Grin

Doris86 · 22/04/2022 16:39

DailyMaui · 21/04/2022 20:22

FUCK OFF CAR HAS BEEN WINCHED ONTO LORRY

Brilliant! Serves them right for telling you to F off, when you were only trying to be helpful.

BIWI · 22/04/2022 16:35

Oh no! Caught! Grin

PinkBackpack · 22/04/2022 15:40

Right, I am back with an idea. I have a keyring I can put on the "lost and found" section (not an official section but it's at the tills.) It is reminiscent of this... here

starfishmummy · 22/04/2022 15:35

I did a summer as a chain man (although I am a lady), setting out on building sites and I tell you back then (25 years ago) it's a wonder anything was ever built where it was supposed to be.

If the men who dug holes for several of our street's new lampposts right in the middle of the pavement are anything to go by , things are still not going where they are supposed to be.

The following day several people wearing business suits accessorised with hi-vis jackets and hard hats were seen wandering the street with plans and measuring sticks while looking very puzzled.

I'm not totally sure why they needed hi-vis jackets and hard hats to walk along a pavement that the inhabitants were successfully navigating without such attire; it's not as if a hole was going to fall down and hit them on the head..

Blondeshavemorefun · 22/04/2022 15:34

And need to see pic of large dog in his own bedroom

Assume has a double Bed to his self 😂😂

Blondeshavemorefun · 22/04/2022 15:29

DailyMaui · 21/04/2022 20:36

Updated diagram 😚

Ha ha ha

just found this thread

this made my day 😂

they actually moved /towed them

good

wonder how they reclaim them

SilentBob · 22/04/2022 15:18

I have information!

Someone of whom I have carnal knowledge is a hi-vizzer. He is a road liner- or 'he doodles on the roads' if anyone cares enough to ask me.

I can confirm that many, many measurements are done with his feet. He also uses a 'ping string' a lot and every time he uses the phrase I say it over and over in my head because it's so cute. This means I also don't listen to anything else that comes after it it thus far i've got away with that.

I'd also like to confirm that he does get exasperated and throws his hands up in the air (like he just doesn't care) just like OP's diagram. A lot. Especially with parked cars.

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DailyMaui · 22/04/2022 15:16

PunishmentSnart · 22/04/2022 15:05

It took me FAR too long to realise where St Evenage is.

(Only realised when another poster pointed it out 😳)

Is Wibbly Wobbly Lane really called something else? I haven't been them ways in a few years!

Yes. Terrible.

At least Wobbly Bottom Farm is still there and hasn't been renamed something like "Goats So Simple" Cheese haven.

Does parking on a closed road count as a live parking thread? 😁
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Horizons83 · 22/04/2022 15:14

PunishmentSnart · 22/04/2022 15:05

It took me FAR too long to realise where St Evenage is.

(Only realised when another poster pointed it out 😳)

Is Wibbly Wobbly Lane really called something else? I haven't been them ways in a few years!

To be fair it's been a while since I drove down it, but I think it's Carter's Lane (with 'formerly known as Wibbly Wobbly Lane' underneath).

Ah, my home town! Anyone else on this thread who was born in Waitrose?! 😃

NoisyBrain · 22/04/2022 15:08

@RozHuntleysLeftHand Excellent! I may have to wait till tomorrow but I am definitely going in search of the chalk viper! 😄
(a sentence I never thought I’d type)

PunishmentSnart · 22/04/2022 15:05

It took me FAR too long to realise where St Evenage is.

(Only realised when another poster pointed it out 😳)

Is Wibbly Wobbly Lane really called something else? I haven't been them ways in a few years!

DinosaursEatMan · 22/04/2022 14:58

I’ve never visited this area but now feel that I need to make a pilgrimage…

Grawlix · 22/04/2022 14:56

Having to laugh at this thread. OP I don’t live in your lovely town but I’m in your county and not far away, and I do have a friend who lives in St I.

Having cracked the code, I feel as though I’ve passed some sort of initiation test <preens>

PriamFarrl · 22/04/2022 14:52

TheOrigRights · 22/04/2022 14:39

A village on the main route to a large town has over the past 2 years been closed so many times, every one is sick of it.
The road closed signs stay up 24hrs a day even though the road is passable between about 5pm and 8am. They are there when no one is working and the road is passable. They put them up days and days before the work starts.

Our village residents FB page gives the most accurate current information.
The diversion is MILES out of the way.

People ignoring the signs is not always them knowing better, it's them hoping that the signs are incorrect.

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No. They thought they knew better.
You see there is Main Road, which was closed for a bit, and I live in Side Road. Side Road comes off Main Road, wiggles about a bit, and then rejoins Main Road. People would see that Main Road was closed and thought they could sneak down Side Road even though Side Road was closed at the other end.

beastlyslumber · 22/04/2022 14:52

Following. Is Fuck Off Woman going to come back for her car? I hope so!

RozHuntleysLeftHand · 22/04/2022 14:50

*An incantation