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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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SnowingInApril · 22/04/2022 07:51

SoupDragon · 22/04/2022 07:39

you fell asleep ?? How could you?!

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Does parking on a closed road count as a live parking thread? 😁
stairgates · 22/04/2022 07:49

Brilliant thread to wake up to😄

peacemaaan · 22/04/2022 07:43

Why can’t I post?

SoupDragon · 22/04/2022 07:39

you fell asleep ?? How could you?!

AhCheeses · 22/04/2022 07:33

@stealthninjamum

This is a 5 star parking thread.

In years to come we will be referencing penguin bollards, the couple in the hazmat suit, the sexy Scottish brother and now the dog who has his own bedroom.

I was there for all of those!
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DailyMaui · 22/04/2022 07:29

PinkOlive · 22/04/2022 07:15

And someone has just posted a video of a car being towed in the local Facebook group 😅🚗

Just seen that! I suspected there would be cars still parked down at that end…

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dgirluk · 22/04/2022 07:27

TurkeyRoastvBubbleandSqueek · 22/04/2022 04:28

When I was a teenager I lived in a village that has a Little and Great version betwixt towns with an H and an N in one of the names, and a New and an Old Svnge in the other - are we talking about the H and N here? I do hope so, cos I am a born and bred hedgehog, but live a long way away now, and I am feeling nostalgic!

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Me too (if I've worked out the town) and went to the school on the top of the hill ! Also live a way away now, but revisit sometimes to see friends :)

ambereeree · 22/04/2022 07:25

@PinkOlive I have some time after school run to sit on the wall and wait for the owner to return haha

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DailyMaui · 22/04/2022 07:24

No road surfacing done now until later this evening. They’ve done half the road - the other side is where the majority of cars are and I guess will be done tonight… I wonder if they got a heads up?

I’ll make sure the wine is cold for this evening. 😁

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SouperNoodle · 22/04/2022 07:17

Another one hopeful that she'll be back this morning 😁

PinkOlive · 22/04/2022 07:15

And someone has just posted a video of a car being towed in the local Facebook group 😅🚗

UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea · 22/04/2022 07:08

@DailyMaui

I stayed awake for as long as I could but didn’t hear or see any other cars being towed or women coming back. Tbh if I’d had my car towed on a road marked with DO NOT PARK THURS AND FRI NIGHT right next to where I’d left it, I’d have slinked off onto the night too.
Excellent thread but you lose points for not setting up a folding chair on the pavement all night, with a flask and sandwiches, so you could document fuck off lady's return.
KittenKins · 22/04/2022 06:51

I am gutted to have missed the live event, but still very thrilled at the rerun!

Thisisit2022 · 22/04/2022 06:40

In a rush so haven't RTFT but bravo on the most detailed parking thread ever! Love the photos!

SaskiaRembrandt · 22/04/2022 06:36

Bugger, you updated while I was posting.

SaskiaRembrandt · 22/04/2022 06:35

Ooh a parking thread and I missed it. I have so many questions. Were the rest of the cars towed? Did Fuck Off woman come back? What was in the hole? (I'm hoping for treasure).

I wish I could loiter for updates, but sadly I have to get ready for work.

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DailyMaui · 22/04/2022 06:34

I stayed awake for as long as I could but didn’t hear or see any other cars being towed or women coming back. Tbh if I’d had my car towed on a road marked with DO NOT PARK THURS AND FRI NIGHT right next to where I’d left it, I’d have slinked off onto the night too.

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DailyMaui · 22/04/2022 06:30

Guess who fell asleep WITH the dog

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SpringLobelia · 22/04/2022 06:26

I had an awful sleep as awake worrying about things IRL and reading that fuck off woman has had her car fucked off has seriously made my day!!!!!!

TigerLilyTail · 22/04/2022 05:41

This is so exciting! Any further developments?

Billybagpuss · 22/04/2022 05:32

I’m guessing sleep did call on you before fuck off lady returned.

TurkeyRoastvBubbleandSqueek · 22/04/2022 04:33

FleeceNavidadfromtheSheep · 21/04/2022 22:28

And for all you local council tax payers, it'll be costing around £100-£150 for each towed vehicle.

But hopefully Fuck Off woman will have to pay £300 to get her car back, and if any other cars were towed off, they will have to pay it too - TurkeyRoast rubs her hands together gleefully in a pre nice scrooge way...

Usernameinsponeeded · 22/04/2022 04:29

Haha I’m on the other side of the planet yet way too heavily invested in this thread!

Did fuck off woman return? Reaction? I feel like I need to know more about angry high viz man. Dog with his own bedroom. It’s a lot to unpack, but my god this is goooood.

TurkeyRoastvBubbleandSqueek · 22/04/2022 04:28

Cotherstone · 21/04/2022 22:15

Does this town involve the letters h and n?!

When I was a teenager I lived in a village that has a Little and Great version betwixt towns with an H and an N in one of the names, and a New and an Old Svnge in the other - are we talking about the H and N here? I do hope so, cos I am a born and bred hedgehog, but live a long way away now, and I am feeling nostalgic!

HippoRaine · 22/04/2022 04:26

This thread just made my night shift so much more interesting

Applause OP!

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