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to endanger the lives of every child in the village, apparently?

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FlippinCheekOfIt · 31/05/2012 17:35

Because I'm pissed that the council (not UK) have put the school bus stop outside my house and put double yellows on either side to make it 'safer'.

Which makes be sound unreasonable, right?

Except they've conveniently forgotten that I own that bit of 'road', not them. Our boundary wall was ancient and I had to apply for planning permission to move it back 1.5m to create parking for us out front. Our property is older than the others in the street and their actual property boundary is in line with the now moved wall. So the council own the rest of the street upto the walls except with ours.

There was a clear distinction between their tarmac and our gravel until they retarmaced it last year, and did our bit as well. I didn't make an issue because I thought it was a genuine mistake and looked better that way. But now the cheeky buggers have effectively banned me from parking on my own 'drive'.

The neighbours think I'm being unreasonable to go apeshit complain 'because all the children use it and it's safer because their protected from traffic'. Protected from traffic? I live in the arse end of nowhere, the school bus coming twice a day is as busy as the traffic gets.

And breathe.

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FlippinCheekOfIt · 04/06/2012 23:16

And try not to call them fuckwits to their faces although you may be justified in thinking so!

:o

There's no actual bus stop pole thingy, just the painted box on the road. We don't have any bus service to the village, the bus company refuse on the grounds that there used to be and in the year before it stopped there wasn't a single passenger. My husband says he's going to blow torch it all off at the weekend.

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ItsNotUnusualToBe · 04/06/2012 23:23

Y'know those threads that make you snort and then you read the comment out to your slightly non plussedhusband.... This is one of those! Inspired use of gnomes!

FlippinCheekOfIt · 04/06/2012 23:29

Can you image, the bus would turn up and the driver would be met with <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.se/imgres?q=tons+of+garden+gnomes&um=1&hl=sv&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:sv-SE:official&biw=1268&bih=924&tbm=isch&tbnid=obe6VbgYDtqsIM:&imgrefurl=rakh1.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html&docid=ahp4AUr7gl3bvM&imgurl=4.bp.blogspot.com/zjkMPRkv54w/TMGir1HIb6I/AAAAAAAAAdg/WNIggdFN3To/s1600/Garden_gnomes-_commonwealth_park_canberra.jpg&w=741&h=762&ei=SjbNT_qTDeWA4gSD1oAG&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=379&sig=111072022259316190696&page=2&tbnh=159&tbnw=155&start=35&ndsp=30&ved=1t:429,r:29,s:35,i:208&tx=72&ty=107" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this. All giving him evils. :o

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lovebunny · 05/06/2012 00:54

good luck. they're cheeky!

holidaysarenice · 05/06/2012 01:19

The pictures could be used from google earth/street view if its old enough and if your house is by a road/shown well!

BILL THEM AND LET US KNOW HOW YOU GET ON!! i love these threads - could just imagine a reverse one!

OH and park there every time the bus comes..........

fridakahlo · 05/06/2012 02:08

Loving the zombie gnomes, they are epic. I'm off to order ten.

47to31in7days · 05/06/2012 06:46

YANBU. This is not protection, it is incursion.

Jux · 05/06/2012 15:56

I am sorely tempted by Zombie Gnomes too......

Jux · 05/06/2012 15:57

Actually, I think we should club together and get some for FlippinCheek to glue down. They'll scare the children so much that whoever's running that bus will have to move the 'stop' anyway

Ratbagcatbag · 05/06/2012 16:03

Wanted to make a relevant post so can mark place but due to hang over, brain isn't working well, so I will just waffle for a sentence or two and then I'm in :)

Jux · 05/06/2012 16:13

I've got dd on board. We want the flamingo one. Now I just have to persuade dh.

What sort of glue do you think would be best?

TheMonster · 05/06/2012 16:16

I'd be livid. I would want it removed without delay.

CuriousMama · 05/06/2012 16:21

How very dare they!!!

I hope you get it sorted, I'd be furious Angry

SugarPasteGiraffe · 05/06/2012 17:48

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caramelwaffle · 05/06/2012 17:49

Loving the gnomes Grin

TalkinPeace2 · 05/06/2012 17:51

OP
look into a "wayleave" fee for them to "rent" your bit of road .....
the cheque will soften the blow substantially :-)

TidyDancer · 05/06/2012 18:00

Ooh this would infuriate me. Bill them for restoring your front to what was there before!

I get stabby about parking in my road. There are enough spaces directly in front of the row of six houses, so that every house can have one car parked there. There is an overspill car park across the way. Sounds fine, right? Except the jackass from the end of the row parks his big bus of a car in one space, overhanging another space. Then his wife parks her car in another one of the spaces, and the two teenagers park a car and a motorbike in the other spaces. They usually get home before everyone else as well, so it makes it difficult to outwit them. Sometimes I park the whole row's wheelie bins in the way so they can't park in their chosen spots. Simple pleasures.

Sorry, that wasn't really related to your situation, but I take any chance to rant about it!

SaggyCeratops · 05/06/2012 18:10

I am Shock that the council think they can get away with this!

TheCunningStunt · 05/06/2012 18:18

Make a nice little scene with your gnomes!

MrsCampbellBlack · 05/06/2012 18:21

So who put the lines there? Was it the other 'villagers' spoken in best ominous tones . . .

ChasedByBees · 05/06/2012 18:48

I'd be investigating which eejit had done this though as its damage to your property - they'd be getting a bill.

HermioneE · 05/06/2012 19:02

Lol I like the sound of your DH's approach. Bring on the blowtorches!

But WTAF with the council saying they didn't do it??? How can it not have been them, do they think Banksy's branching out or something??

TheQueensKnickers · 05/06/2012 19:08

They need to put it right. What if you wanted to sell?

monkeymoma · 05/06/2012 19:10

YANBU

charge them rent!

AlistairSim · 05/06/2012 19:20

Here should give you some help.

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