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Jan/Feb locals chat

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SJ99 · 22/01/2008 18:10

How exciting to be starting thread

Yay, thanks Sfx, am already looking forward to banana bread, mmmm!

In Sweden they had Noise Police (everything is so formally governed over there) but what a great idea, they used to go and put a stop the noise polluters, no messing.

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Kewcumber · 26/01/2008 09:51

sfx - DS wasn't at home for his nap so miniSFX didn't disturb him - I took him over to my mums so I could get out and do some shopping as I really didn't want to drag him around tesco in his state.

He is certainly feeling better today but still has a horrific wheezy cough and occasionally has coughing fits where he can't breathe. I'm so glad he doesn't have asthma - must be very hard to deal with.

AB's have of course upset his stomach...

Never mind am hoping to get out today as the weather looks nice.

sfxmum · 26/01/2008 10:11

that is good to know KC

foxie - SPANISH

fitfox · 26/01/2008 11:20

SFX - Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did actually remember LOL!!!

Hope everyone enjoyed the food last night. Service slow and surly but food very good indeed IMHO. I would go there again, but not good if you want to go out anywhere afterwards eh? I thought the price was good actually.

Lovely spring day - we have all the windows open

Had another word with lodger today to try and persuade her to produce a baby!

slng · 26/01/2008 18:17

fitfox - very nice evening yesterday. Getting home in the cab the driver moaned about how it's not busy and nobody had money to spend and he wanted to know if I was at work or was out!

Was going to ask about your lodger. Is she nice? She can come and practise speaking Chinese to children!

Completely exhausted today though. Went to National potrait gallery (not for any cultured reason - in search of changing room) and found lego in the basement which was fun for the kids.

fitfox · 26/01/2008 22:32

Hi Slng - nice to meet you at last. You must come and say hello to my lodger sometime, she's very nice

Lego in gallery sounds cool! I'm exhausted too - I think a lot of people are under the weather ATM...

Paddlechick666 · 27/01/2008 08:01

morning all

well dd had a great night with no vomiting thank goodness.

friend came over and we stuffed ourselves with Tacos that were delish.

think i ate too much as really didn't sleep to well but at least dd didn't wake till after 7am!

kew, did you get my text? parents have invited us for sunday lunch so heading up there today.

a pleasant evening, dd not being sick and a moderate lie-in can really lift your mood eh!

rosmerta · 27/01/2008 09:03

Hi all,

Nice to catch up with some of you on Friday, hope your lo's had a nice time trashing my house . I had a nice time in the evening too.

Paddle, glad dd is better & hope gherkin is as well.

Had a v busy day yesterday, went to the Aquarium which ds loved. Am also at how much walking running he did. From Waterloo up to the Aquarium, all around it, then back down South Bank to the Festival Hall. He just did not want to stop & I'm starting to see now why he hates the pushchair so much!

But it did mean he was out like a light last night & then didn't wake up until nearly 8 today.

Kewcumber · 27/01/2008 10:29

Paddle - phone needs chargin but no worries.

DS is much better still coughing but really so much better - no calpol/nurofen for the first time today! Hurrah!

Ros - will phone you shortly about dropping DS's present off

fitfox · 27/01/2008 13:36

Advice needed please, Geeky Girls?:

mumsnet.com/Talk/2725/465732?rnd=1201440720261

Thanks

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SJ99 · 27/01/2008 15:01

Hello all

Ros - Thanks for fun afternoon on Fri, DS had a good time. Glad aquarium trip went well with your little marathon man

Thanks for arranging Fri night Foxie, food was good despite slow service. Sory can't help with techy question (I'm also a bit of techno-phobe) Nice to meet you Slng and Amanda

Sfx - you're welcome, enjoy

Paddle - glad your weekend is looking up, weather is fab too which always helps

QC - good to also hear DS is feeling better, what a relief

Put DS for nap yesterday and I knew it was bound to happen sooner or later....he jumped out of his cot He was luckily fine but the I'm hoping the shcok of the fall will deter him from doing it again [wishful thinking emoticon]

Otherwise have been enjoying the sunshine this wkend, and had fun at last night's xmas party where we swapped unwanted presents & ate mince pies

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rosmerta · 27/01/2008 15:41

Sj, glad ds enjoyed it! And yes, ds has also managed to get out of his cot before. As when he did it it ended in a trip to A&E, he hasn't done it since! Hope he's ok.

Paddlechick666 · 27/01/2008 17:40

just got home and found a note thru my door asking me to keep the noise down from 6am till noon.

i am so feckin

i have written a note back saying that whilst i try to keep dd quiet in the early morning it is unreasonable to expect that until noon plus that she is only really here one day in the week and at weekends. then i said perhaps they could keep the noise down in the early hours when their raised voices wake me up at 3am which IS unreasonable and something i HAVEN'T complained about.

i am so angry that i want to just shove it thru their door now. the voice of reason tells me to ignore it and do nothing in retaliation.

but i REALLY want to stick it to them! they are sooo noisy in the evening and at night. hardly my problem if he works nights and i DO try to keep her quiet.

in fact me and CM have spent the last 2 weeks drumming it into her that she musn't yell as soon as she wakes up. she has been getting heaps better too.

i am fuming!

Paddlechick666 · 27/01/2008 17:55

oh and while i'm at it i could ask her to stop banging on my door when i am putting dd to bed.

and turn her bloody TV down at night as i don't need a double soundtrack, deaf old bag.

honestly when she is here she's not actually in the bedrooms so if it's noise from our lounge into theirs bloody hard luck.

Paddlechick666 · 27/01/2008 18:14

i am assuming it's people below us as it hasn't been signed. clearly waited until i went out as i have been here all day friday and saturday if they wanted to speak to me about it.

have decided to re-write my rather lengthy note back to them and replace it with "fuck off"

fitfox · 27/01/2008 19:36

How can they expect you to be quiet between 6am and noon????

From 8am-11pm you can reasonably expect to go about your daily life and make normal noise. Its only noise out of hours they should be asking you not to make (e.g. 6am-8am might be a reasonable request)

Could you face having a chat with them? - sometimes writing escalates tension as the tone can be misconstrued. Or are they too nutty to have a normal neighbourly chat with?

Presumably they think they are making a reasonable suggestion - and don't seem to "get" the fact that their nightime "conversations" wake up all the neighbours.

How about Heart FM on full blast tomorrow morning at 8.01am?

..sorry, that was a really childish suggestion

fitfox · 27/01/2008 19:41

Your original lengthy note sounds quite a good response actually, as you are showing you are being considerate and asking them to consider you too

Paddlechick666 · 27/01/2008 21:10

you know what? i can't be arsed with it. i will totally ignore it.

what i am still annoyed about is how i now feel slightly uncomfortable and will be on eggshells trying to keep dd quiet at all times.

i have been trying already but you just can't explain to a 2yr old that dropping a beaker/toy or yelling from whatever room she is in to whatever room i am in isn't good.

stepfordwife · 27/01/2008 22:03

you poor thing, paddle. it's such a horrible feeling thinking you've to walk on eggshells, eh?

god, how lily-livered to shove an unsigned note through your door. why couldn't they just talk to you?

you're right not to respond in the heat of the moment and i can understand you wanting to ignore it. but don't think i could resist asking them in faux innocence:"sorry if it wasn't you, but did you put a note through my door? funny thing is it wasn't signed..."

maybe then would lead to a conversation and you could point out your (far more justified) concerns. do realise, though, from what you've said, they may be incapable of this..

stepfordwife · 27/01/2008 22:20

loving that there's a thread about celeb wife swap expressing surprise that sam fox is gay as she used to be a page 3 girl

sfxmum · 28/01/2008 09:22

good morning all

hope gherkin and mini paddle are well into recovery now

Paddle - what a cheek your neighbours have, and cowards to boot. Any noise between 7am - 11pm is legitimate any concession is pure courtesy. I would actually calmly and firmly talk to then and express disappointment they did not see fit to talk to you face to face.

Ros - dd loved it and am sure she would love the aquarium too, had not thought of that.

she know expects a party every month at the very least.

SJ - padding for around the cot? sorry it worrying.
dd should be moving to big bed soon (after taxes in I expect) but I worry she will fall out of bed as she trashes about so much during the night.

hope everyone is ok in this grey misty morning

sfxmum · 28/01/2008 09:25

steppie you mean she did not do it because she was mad for it?
and all this dad as manager for her like Jordan is really obscene

Paddlechick666 · 28/01/2008 09:33

morning all

well, we were quiet as church mice this morning. it does annoy me to hear dd say "musn't make any noise mummy" tho. i really don't want her to have to grow up on egg-shells.

as i type i can hear him downstairs talking at the top of his voice FFS!

of course, i am assuming that it came from them but it's a fair assumption as i am sure my next door neighbours would actually speak to me. also, they're retired and i very much doubt they'd demand quiet 6am till noon.

i am toying with the idea of going down there later today and asking if the note is from them and speaking to them about it. if i had a printer i'd print out whatever the law is on "unreasonable noise levels" etc.

i think it is pretty much 7am - 11pm general day to day living noise is acceptable.

they are bonkers tho, the guy was growling like a dog at 3am on Weds morning after yelling at teh top of his voice and her screaming etc.

just hope this doesn't become a battle. i was very tempted to let dd yell all over the place at 7am this morning.

ho hum.........

rosmerta · 28/01/2008 09:37

glad I'm not the only one who thinks dad managing pg 3 careers is odd!

Paddle, that is so unreasonable & cowardly. I don't want to sound paranoid or to worry you further but it might be worth starting to keep a diary including this letter & the dates/times they row etc. just in case they get worse with their demands.

Ds didn't wake up until 9 this morning , think we will head to Lollipop for a couple of hours and he can have a bit of a nap later if he wants one. Anyone else fancy coming?

fitfox · 28/01/2008 10:02

Well we had chaos this morning

Manor Rd closed so had to walk down to Sheendale then carry double buggy over footbridge. Loads of people, no one offered to assist, so I had to ask for help very loudly and then thank the woman profusely!!

Paddle - I thinks its 8am-11pm for noise levels. Noise patrol, local authorities etc operate by those guideline. I think it may be 7am for lorry deliveries etc as they need to be earlier.

If you get into a dispute it would make it harder to sell your flat in future as you'll have to declare it so it may be best to take the verbal route. If you write notes they may keep them. Anyhow, they probably can't read LOL!!

They cannot expect you to be quiet until midday - its is totally potty. They shouldn't live in flats if they need to sleep all morning . Lucky for them they don't live beneath me and my noisy children eh? Try and carry on as norrmal rather than bullying you into having to creep around for half your life. Its not fair.

ComeOVeneer · 28/01/2008 10:31

Paddle sorry you are having trouble with the neighbours. Hope some sort of compromise can be reached. What a foggy day, think it is indoors for us. DS is at nursery but dd's school is closed today as the boiler has packed up. A very kind friend (another mum) offered to have dd over to play this morning until 1pm, so I could get on with my usual monday morning clean up the aftermath of the weekend. You should have seen how fast I handed her over and ran . Suppose I ought to get off here and actually do said cleaning then. Catch you all later.