What is happening on your street WhatsApp?

[Poppingby]

I'm nosey.

On mine, somebody is asking whether a wandering cat is lost (answer: no, as usual) and someone else's delivery has been nicked from outside their house. They are warning us to rethink our safe places.

No gnomes were rescued, just a painted metal sunflower.

We have a street WhatsApp and it’s really brilliant. It’s very supportive if anyone needs help. It’s useful for borrowing stuff. We warn each other if there’s someone cold calling. There’s no downside. I don’t know why people think being on a street WhatsApp would be awful.

No thanks, there's quite enough drama on FB community group. I also don't routinely give my number out.

Someone has lost their cat and expects us all to check our sheds.

Someone wants us to pay her to inject fillers into our lips.

I live in an urbanisation which has a very helpful WhatsApp group. We’re always lending each things. Currently there’s a conversation about how to find a water leak and who best knows the local mayor so we can ask him to a meeting at the school to complain about all the loony speeding cars we get in the area. Also, that little dog has escaped again and is going to get run over (with pictures of said dog who escapes every day) (he’s very sweet).

I'm glad for those of you not in a neighbourhood WhatsApp that think it sounds awful. For me it's useful info, nice community building, and entertaining everyday drama, but I know others prefer to keep separate from neighbours for perfectly sensible reasons.

But Pikachu... 🪞

This has made my evening 😂 I have learnt something new. This has to be my favourite chat ever!

We constantly have the same people asking for things. A classic was Jon at number 20 saying he had decided he wants to cook pesto pasta that evening but had no pesto. Some people offered alternatives that he could cook with the food he actually had in the house, but no he wanted pesto pasta-until the usual suspects came and gave him and bottle of pesto.
it is mind boggling.
i leant out a brand new and decent quality, long roll of foil for someone’s Sunday roast. Instead of just giving me my foil back it was replaced with the cheapest short roll of shit foil going.
i won’t lend anything now

I snorted

On a farm just out of village (thank goodness) The village/hamlet(47 people) Whatsapp is a constant source of entertainment to me and another villager, who have a side chat providing a running commentary. It could be a sitcom.
Main character is a retired psychiatrist who regularly reminds folk that hes at the "posh end" and hes totally serious. We have regular challenges to drop in, for example, phrases from monty python or titles of Abba songs.
Its quite rural, we have to make our own entertainment round here

On my street WhatsApp someone recently asked if anyone had a shotgun license. She then followed up to say that what she was looking for was assistance from someone with a shotgun license. No one replied and so the conversation moved back to free things which were bring given away (in this case 1930s Bakelite headphones).

With reference to the cat eating the fat balls, does anyone remember the thread from ages ago when an OP made some fat balls or such like for the birds…and her husband ate one, thinking it was something else, and complained how greasy it was?

It was so funny 😂

@custardcreme77 yes!! I think that’s one of my favourite ever threads.

Not a lot. Ours is thankfully quiet for most of the year, however, the owners of the big house have announced the date of their annual Christmas party, so conversations shoud pick up soon. Competitive party food is a big thing on our street 😀

We have multiple.

It started as general and now that one is called Chat.
Then there is a seperate one named Security. This came about as if someone saw something suspicious, it was getting lost in all the stupid memes posted in Chat.
We also have a Pets Lost and Found.
Along with Buy and Sell.
And Street Events.

But if someone reports something on Security, and then a conversation ensues after, everyone gets told off for using Security to chat and we need to keep the group open in case of an emergency. One man gets so infuriated about it, he is going to be the cause of an emergency as his heart rate must be racing at sky high, due to fury

Chat is where all the trivia and most of the arguments take place. We today have a rain measurement report (40mm in one hour which is rather impressive, and the chat shows this), but yesterday we had an argument between neighbours opposite, as the son was revving his car too loud. Neighbour opposite said it caused her to spill her tea.

Pet Lost and Found is also not as quiet as one would think. It's always the same dog that is out on the road. But each time someone takes a photo of him and posts it on the group. We all know it's Duke from number 42 and they could just message Dukes owners directly, but no.
Duke does just go home of his own accord. Every time.
If it's not Duke then the good Samaritans go out to pick up said Lost Dog and then ask on the group who can have him/her until such time as owner claims them. The person who always goes out to find Lost Dog can not keep them as her dog isn't welcoming to other pets.

Events is still busy with people posting Halloween photos and empty bowl photos.

Ours is an endless repetition of ‘no, it’s not at number 21……or 57 or 42 etc etc when a parcel goes AWOL. Why on earth do they feel the need to reply they haven’t got it? There must be a simpler way 🙄.

Ours is fairly quiet but we did have a debate on whether we live in a village or a hamlet. (We don’t have a shop or school and no longer have a church so it’s a hamlet apparently).

Lots of baking apples being given away from gardens, and honey and sloe gin swaps/trades/purchases.

Love this thread: we're not in a Street WhatsApp group but this thread makes up for that! 😁

We have lots of "Does anyone know what's going on with all the traffic on X road?" followed by multiple "No, sorry" posts. We also have a resident who posts a random racist TikTok/Facebook meme. That shuts everyone up awkwardly for a few days before we get back to "a man walked past my house who I didn't recognise/free fruit and veg give aways and has anyone seen my parcel" posts. I keep mine muted but I won't leave it.

Ours is friendly and helpful. People offering surplus fruit, taking in parcels for neighbours, local station closed etc.

There is the occasional “there’s a strange man walking up and down outside numbers x and x” - one of these was DS’s friend and DS was pleased to be able to let everyone know that his friend is harmless and has been DBS checked.

Local Facebook group is mostly friendly and helpful but with a fair few whingers and inflammatory posts, which eventually get deleted.

We have an estate WhatsApp group as we're a new build estate of around 400 houses. Current issues are the dog poo bins are full (again) and some noisy fireworks in someone's garden last night. Some nice stuff is happening though - people are donating raffle prizes for the school fete and are getting together to sing carols at the little district centre in the middle of the estate on the Sunday before Christmas. Also a guy is trying to set up a men's group and lots of people are recommending tradespeople. It's generally all quite pleasant.

We have two. The first imploded in a hail of insult slinging, over dog poo and security footage.
The second was started by Mr Smug, a self appointed spokesperson.
Highlights this week are lost dustbins, ‘think of the hedgehogs’ (someone hasn’t removed their pumpkin) and a family who forewarned everyone they were planning a fireworks party but Gary the goose has died of shock.

A thank you to whoever brought our food bins back (only 6 houses in our street).
Has anyone got a wheelbarrow to lend for an hour.
The village road is blocked by a tractor (rural)

Someone warning they ‘think’ they might have seen council workers at the * crossroads and they ‘think’ they might have had temporary traffic lights on their truck, so to be aware tomorrow rush hour ‘might be carnage!’ 🙄

Also pictures of a horse laying down in a field that looks like it might be dead. Owner has reassured us it’s asleep.

Someone asking to borrow a particular cable with someone else replying rather scathingly that Amazon do next day delivery
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