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My First Parking Thread- all out war has been declared.

362 replies

Casschops · 09/11/2020 15:02

I live on a street which is all terraced property and houses are very old so the street is narrow as people didn't have cars then. None of us have drives and we do not have front gardens so our doors open straight out onto the street.
We park wherever on the street and this is not about parking outside our own property this is out and out war people!
The parking etiquette is that on one side (mine) we park with all four tyres on the floor and on the other side they park with two tyres on the kerb and two on the road. It has been like this forever.
The council have agrees that this is the most reasonable and practicable way as my side affords access for wheelchair and pushchair users etc so we don't need feedback from that point of view.
My neighbour on the opposite (Pat) side has some plant pots outside her house ( she us on the two wheels on the kerb side) and parks her car on our side of the street which is fine by me as I wouldn't want to wreck my tyres.
A neighbour on my side who is opposite her (Syd) has parked their car directly outside Pat's house and leaving her with the need to climb over the plants to get out! 🤦‍♀️
There has also been a mystery complainer they all think its Syd and Pat has been told that she has to move her plants ( forgot to say that she is in a back to back terraced where we have yards).
She had a chat with the council and they agreed that she would be perfectly entitled to park her car on her side with four tyres on the road as this would then afford access to the pavement in front of her house. She has done this and this now means that you cannot get down the other end of the street without using a very inaccessible access road. We now have two cars parked with four tyres down and its causing fucking mayhem as nobody is breaking the law!
I can't take the dog out without somebody chewing my ear off about it and although it is inconvenient AIBU to tell them all that I don't give a shit. I just find the whole thing so childish....on both sides. She is loitering outside her house now, looking for a conflab, she is drumming up support via the Monday dog walking group who pass our houses and she is going door to door. She is like a politician. I can't hide my smile its like some shit storyline in a soap opera.😁

OP posts:
brokenbics · 10/11/2020 17:58

This is brilliant! Can we have regular Potty Pat updates please!

FelicisNox · 10/11/2020 18:07

Best. Thread. Ever.

As you were.

Say hi to Billy and Khalifa for me.

Flittingaboutagain · 10/11/2020 18:12

I like the National Trust Back to Backs. It's where I learnt they used to put their pigs in bed to fill up the bedbugs thus reducing the chance of getting bitten overnight.

I will definitely need a note please.

SmoggieC · 10/11/2020 18:14

@MLMbotsgoaway

I get a feeling that Pats plant pots may disappear one night.
Haha yes, I reckon so too
Ginburee · 10/11/2020 18:16

Thos is brilliant, OP I love your updates.

ThePawtriarchy · 10/11/2020 18:18

@EggyPegg

#TeamSyd

You could create a phonics book out if this.

Pat's pots are a pain.
'Move your pots Pat' said Syd 'I can not park'.
Pat would not.
Syd was cross

Jelly peed in the pots. Bean said bad cat.
CaveMum · 10/11/2020 18:18

No sighting of @Casschops in 5 hours. I do hope Pat hasn’t starting taking neighbours out like a sniper/ninja. Perhaps SHE’S the Special Ops one, not Billy...

Bunnyfuller · 10/11/2020 18:21

Pat - move the plant pots love, you don’t own the pavement.

TheTangoTerrorIsTerrifying · 10/11/2020 18:27

Any news on Pat OP?
Has Khalid sorted your WhatsApp yet?
Cmon you can’t keep us all in suspense 😂

momtoboys · 10/11/2020 18:28

We need a diagram!

skodadoda · 10/11/2020 18:33

[quote Casschops]@BanditoShipman yes they are back to back against eachother so no back yard. They are old quarry cottages so they used to try and get as many in as possible to a small space.[/quote]
I thought back to backs had all been demolished, are they listed or something?

HemlockStarglimmer · 10/11/2020 18:35

HemlockStarglimmer · 10/11/2020 18:36

My previous post should have a pic of the diagram. If it doesn't post look for OPs post at 16:30 yesterday.

Diva66 · 10/11/2020 18:39

@PastMyBestBeforeDate

Advertise contact free collection of Pat's pot plants on Freecycle.
Evil, bit so funny!
mummmy2017 · 10/11/2020 18:40

This is so funny, Pat seems militant, and she is not breaking the law...

ToftyAC · 10/11/2020 18:42

A most entertaining thread.... I’m bloody crying 🤣

Cydonia · 10/11/2020 18:46

We need an update on Syd, he hasn’t been mentioned for a while.

BiscoffAnythingIsTheWayForward · 10/11/2020 18:51

You must be joking? Tell me you are 🤔 😂

BiscoffAnythingIsTheWayForward · 10/11/2020 18:52

That was @skodadoda 🤦🏻‍♀️

BiscoffAnythingIsTheWayForward · 10/11/2020 18:52

I’m in tears! This thread is hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣

Diva66 · 10/11/2020 18:52

@momtoboys

We need a diagram!
We have one, scroll up.
McFarts · 10/11/2020 18:54

This thread is bloody brilliant!

WOW potty Pat is a right greedy bitch isnt she, parking spot for her pots and one for her car....what a fucking liberty Grin

Username1243 · 10/11/2020 18:57

Do most back to back houses have a cellar or is it just one room at ground level and one upstairs? The wiki page suggests they would have a shared privy. Presumably that is no longer the case?

StoneofDestiny · 10/11/2020 18:58

So cars can't get down the road, Pat can't shift her car, and the rest of the neighbours are united in a common purpose?

Settling in for the final outcome.........

Muminthewoods19 · 10/11/2020 18:58

OK I have caught up and I need an update! What's happened to the rest of Pats plants? Where is Syd parking now and have you made it into the What's App group? Oh and brilliant diagram!