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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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DailyMaui · 21/04/2022 22:22

Cotherstone · 21/04/2022 22:16

Cos I think I can hear the roadworks from my back garden 😄

I reckon you could hear them from St Evenage…

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2018SoFarSoGreat · 21/04/2022 22:22

Loving this thread, thank you kindly, OP, but while we all wait for FUCK OFF WOMEN I need to ask: how the heck do you refresh on this new fresh hell that is MN? I cannot see a refresh button, so have resorted to all sorts of shenanigans including getting out, going elsewhere, coming back in. Tis tedious to say the least. Any advice welcomed.

Cluckycluck · 21/04/2022 22:18

I'd go roller or wheelie measurer. I used to love those wheelie measurer things at school.

DIFleming · 21/04/2022 22:17

Best thread ever! Star well done OP! 🏆

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DailyMaui · 21/04/2022 22:16

BlueIvy11 · 21/04/2022 22:09

I used to work in road works and we do indeed tow the cars away 😌 enjoy!

Ok I’m very interested to hear more.

Me and the more “fragile” teen have been discussing what job we’d like to do in road resurfacing:
digger who clears the road of debris
digger who receives debris (why a digger?)
scraper
driver of lorry who collects the scraper’s scrapings
buffer
people with spades
person with wheelie measuring thing
person with mad long extension cable
the fat controller (there really is one)
tow wynch driver.
tar dropper person
roller person

I’d quite like roller person.

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Cotherstone · 21/04/2022 22:16

Cos I think I can hear the roadworks from my back garden 😄

Cotherstone · 21/04/2022 22:15

Does this town involve the letters h and n?!

QuebecBagnet · 21/04/2022 22:13

viques · 21/04/2022 21:05

OP could you print out that lovely picture of the fuck off woman’s car and tape it to the tree?

I property’s snorted. Please do.

PuggyMum · 21/04/2022 22:13

Oh my. I saw this thread just before masterchef and future food stars (only watching ffs as a local guy is on it!)

Just settled into bed with a cuppa and this did not disappoint!
Thank you OP!

Also feel a pic of the dog is necessary.
Doubt the Fuck Offs will be back tonight but lives in hope!

Malariahilaria · 21/04/2022 22:12

Dog photo please! Preferably tucked up in his bed 😂.

BlueOverYellow · 21/04/2022 22:10

Can't wait to see the rude women come back and find their car has been disappeared. Hope it costs them a £££ to get it back, entitled rude things.

BlueIvy11 · 21/04/2022 22:09

I used to work in road works and we do indeed tow the cars away 😌 enjoy!

SnowingInApril · 21/04/2022 22:08

Everyone refreshing this thread broke MN for a while!
For a second I thought the thread had been zapped…Nooooooo

Does parking on a closed road count as a live parking thread? 😁
FacebookPhotos · 21/04/2022 22:07

And the workmen know because they keep looking up.

You should offer them a cuppa and explain they are now Mumsnet Heroes for towing away the Fuck Off car first.

420Bruh · 21/04/2022 22:07

Please can we see the dog. You've already outed your house!

myrtleWilson · 21/04/2022 22:07

I thought I was invisible in the dark but NAY because my phone doth shine up at my face making me look like a road resurfacing obsessed ghost.

This is perfect OP!

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 21/04/2022 22:07
Grin
Sweetmotherofallthatisholyabov · 21/04/2022 22:05

I've seen the rollar skates two!!!!! In a shopping centre at Xmas, my friend was parallel parked and somehow someone decided there was enough room behind her to scootch in. So we needed to call for help and i think they just went straight to the stupidly parked car- little skate board thing under each wheel and off we went. It was a little anti climatic because we had wanted to give the person who blocked us a proper stink eye but c'est la vie

PinkBackpack · 21/04/2022 22:05

Theres much ado about road works locally. Is it a commuter town?

CorsicaDreaming · 21/04/2022 22:04

@FavouritePi

We need a video of fuck off woman returning...to see the laminated photo on the tree 😆
I've got a laminator if you want to borrow it, @DailyMaui Grin
SpinningForVictory · 21/04/2022 22:04

My bedroom faces the road. The sights I've seen ...

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DailyMaui · 21/04/2022 22:01

ambereeree · 21/04/2022 21:49

@EmpressaurusWitchDoesntBurn I'm tempted to take a walk to have a nosey.

It is v recognisable from my pics.. I’m not too bothered about outing tbh. It’s a lovely town with a very laid back vibe and a huge hill right in the centre that thankfully no one has ever built on. And now a full on road resurfacing party with wine, gin and a dog the size of a donkey. Possibly.

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SnottyLottie · 21/04/2022 21:58

“I thought I was invisible in the dark but NAY because my phone doth shine up at my face making me look like a road resurfacing obsessed ghost”

🎃😂

SophieSoSo · 21/04/2022 21:56

I’m going to say it….

classics?

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DailyMaui · 21/04/2022 21:55

middlingnot · 21/04/2022 21:44

Some years back they were doing some work in my street and had to clear the cars to do it. I was amazed to see them put them on some kind of roller skate gizmo and slide them out of the way. I kid you not!

We do not have this. I wish we had this. It was just a big lorry with a grabber thingie.

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