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to be suspicious about a car that just pulled up across the end of my drive

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bigbluebus · 23/11/2012 15:45

Was standing doing the ironing when I saw an executive type car come up the road. It stopped outside our house and then manouvered, so that it was parked on the pavement right across the end of my driveway. My car is parked on the drive, so he was blocking me in. I thought maybe the male occupant was going to get out and ring our bell, but he stayed in the car. May have been talking on the phone - but if so he had a hands free kit. He stayed there for about 5 mins - looking towards our house from time to time and then reversed and drove off back down the road at some speed.

We live in a cul-de-sac (although not at the end) and there were plenty of other places he could have parked if he had just needed to use a phone. In fact we live next to a field so 3 metres further on and he could have easily parked without blocking anyones drive.

So come on MNers. What do you think he was doing - why was he so precise about parking across the front of our house?

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FreudianLisp · 23/11/2012 15:47

Looking at a map? I did that in front of someone's house the other day.

CaptainBarnaclesDaddyman · 23/11/2012 15:48

Are you a spy? Or a jewel thief on the run?
Might be time to pack up and run again! Your cover's been blown!

WorraLiberty · 23/11/2012 15:48

Having a wank?

waitingimpatiently · 23/11/2012 15:49

NBU to be a bit suspicious but I wouldn't let it ruin your day

valiumredhead · 23/11/2012 15:49

Probably had problems with his sat nav and was re programming it.

LindyHemming · 23/11/2012 15:50

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Blu · 23/11/2012 15:53

Are you Jessica Brody?

If so, call Mike.

Oh, and, you know what he said about not working with Carrie, she's left etc - he's lying. But he's no longer messing with her. Much)

ClippedPhoenix · 23/11/2012 15:54

Do you think he was staking you out or something OP?

vintageviolets · 23/11/2012 15:57

He was lost.

therewearethen · 23/11/2012 15:58

Grin worra, OP are you committing benefit fraud!?

OddBoots · 23/11/2012 16:00

I've pulled over in front of people's drives before if I have felt a sneezing fit approaching so need to stop quick - annoyingly the sensation sometimes then passes.

LindyHemming · 23/11/2012 16:00

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NotQuintAtAllOhNo · 23/11/2012 16:01

He either:

Stopped to eat his flapjack and drink his coffee, which he had bought earlier on.
Stopped to use his phone.

I do this, in quiet locations, outside other peoples houses. I am curious, so I look around.

Just the other day, I stopped somewhere in Ealing, to eat my lemon muffin from Costa.

bigbluebus · 23/11/2012 16:02

Interesting suggestions. I honestly have no idea what he might have been doing - but we don't live in an area where you see 'executive' type cars very often! He didn't look as if he was reprogramming a SatNav, but unless he had a specific reason to be parked across our drive, he was probably lost - it's not a road you would come up without reason!

It was just the fact that there were so many other places he could have stopped, both before he got to our house and just past our house, which would not have been obstructing anyone, and the way that he carefully manouvered so that he was completely on the pavement across the driveway - totally unecessary if he was just using the phone or playing with a Sat Nav!

We live a very boring life - so I've got nothing to hide.....can't speak for DH though!

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NotQuintAtAllOhNo · 23/11/2012 16:10

I cant even begin to tell you how many times I have been lost because I have relied on the satnav. It probably brought him to your address, exclaiming proudly "You have reached your destination", while the poor sod is sitting there thinking
"Hang on, this looks NOTHING like Samsung HQ"

PhilipLarkinwasright · 23/11/2012 16:24

We had those damned Iron Detector people around our way the other day. Have you bought your iron licence this year OP? When we heard they were in our area DH ran straight to the post office to renew ours. I honestly don't know how we'll find the £200 fine what with Christmas coming up - or how I'll cope during the party season if they confiscate my Russell Hobbs Steamstream Plus. Hopefully they didn't do our road until after we'd paid up.

thebody · 23/11/2012 16:30

Phillip, lol, when we were burgled last year the cheeky buggers parked on our drive to empty our house.

cheekybaubles · 23/11/2012 16:32

More to the point op why were you ironing on the front garden in Novembe
Was he mouthing "i HAVE turned left! I HAVENT reached my feckin destination,it is clearly a field in front of me!"

IneedAsockamnesty · 23/11/2012 17:26

I expect he did it just to freak you out, was probably the highlight of his day

bigbluebus · 23/11/2012 20:20

philip definitely haven't got an iron licence! Could be that!

cheeky I wasn't ironing in the garden - was in the living room which overlooks the road. Couldn't see him shouting at SatNav - but the field wasn't in front of him it was past our house & to his left - he could have carried on further along the road - we no longer live at the end of the cul-de-sac since they built more houses on part of the field years ago - which is why it is so strange that he stopped on the pavement outside our house.

If he was stalking or we are under surveillance then he wasn't very discreet!
Have beeb out for last 3 hours and we haven't been burgled so he wasn't casing the joint!

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cheekybaubles · 23/11/2012 20:35

He was casing someone else's joint. Did he talk into his collar?
Did he look like Daniel Craig?

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