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It’s a parking one!

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OhCaptain · 02/03/2020 09:46

Get on fine with house next door. Kids play etc.

About a year ago, her sister started coming to visit every single day. Weekends too. Fine. None of my business.

So we both have double drives and both have two cars. DH also has a motorbike but there’s space to keep it on our drive.

I work from home so I’m out to drop the dc to school then pretty much back for the whole morning. DH is gone in his car from maybe 7am. Motorbike stays on drive until weekends really.

So next door’s sister has a big 7-seater. But she’s taken to partially blocking our drive with it so next door’s car can get in and out.

So she parks up in the morning, partially blocks my drive. And then sometimes they’ll head out in next door’s car and my drive will be blocked.

I can (with ball-achey manoeuvring) get my car on. But if anyone was to visit, or DH was to come home, they couldn’t park on the drive. And they can’t park in front of my house without then blocking other next door’s.

It gives me the fucking rage! It’s so inconsiderate! I’ve said it to next door’s and her answer has been to knock in if I ever need her to move.

DH is so laid back he’s horizontal so he doesn’t see it as a big deal. But it’s just so selfish and irritating.

I’ve come back and parked up right behind her, as in touching the bumper, so I haven’t blocked other next door’s.

WIBU to roll the motorbike out and block her car?? If I put it sideways it won’t block the drive I don’t think.

I hope I’m explaining properly. I need to try to figure out how to post a diagram!

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CarolHasAnotherUTI · 03/03/2020 15:44

Just a parking thread?

JUST A PARKING THREAD?

How many parking threads come with garda rex, sergeant olaf and a bull-calf? Huh? HUH?

Hmm
PickwickThePlockingDodo · 03/03/2020 15:45

I would just take the rubbish and olaf in now as your point is made and this is just getting childish.

Shock
sunshinesupermum · 03/03/2020 15:46

Is that you NDN? PMSL

SageRosemary · 03/03/2020 15:49

Ii've just remembered that a very battered garda no -parking cone lives in our shed without any friends, I'm tempted to post it to :-
Olaf the Snowman,
c/o Dino,
The New Fort,
The Cul-De-Sac,
near Sligo,
Connacht.
I have a lot of confidence in An Post

SageRosemary · 03/03/2020 15:54

@MondayTuesdayWednesday - are you trying to suck the joy out of all our lives?

Fieldofgreycorn · 03/03/2020 15:54

Well done you’ve won the battle.

I fear the war is still to come.

We shall fight them on the beaches. We shall fight them on the driveways

MaggieFS · 03/03/2020 16:02

@CarolHasAnotherUTI And don't forget the problem solving penis and the purple headed cucumbers!

cooldarkroom · 03/03/2020 16:03

I think she will be back to doing as before once Olaf & the Fort have been dismantled.
She clearly sees nothing wrong with pissing off her sister's neighbours.
How old is this woman? I would bellow at her, that she shd block her sister's drive or walk the 20 steps to the nearest free parking spot Is she debilitated both physically & mentally ??

longtimelurkerhelen · 03/03/2020 16:06

retire the force when I’m home ShockShockShock

Sgt Olaf and his mighty steed Garda Rex ride off into the sunset, happy that justice has prevailed and their watch in now over. Grin

OhCaptain · 03/03/2020 16:11

Fair thee well, Sgt Olaf. 😢

It’s a parking one!
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Igotthemheavyboobs · 03/03/2020 16:13

Please update tomorrow OP! I hope the absence of the guard doesn't encourage the cf back infront of your drive!!

PenguinsOnParade · 03/03/2020 16:13

This has been one of the funniest parking threads I've read on here and I do love a good parking thread. May have attempted to nominate for classics for the first time ever.

Garda Olaf is up there with penguin bollards as a suitable parking deterrent now IMO. Grin

2beesornot2beesthatisthehoney · 03/03/2020 16:14

Anybody else now want to watch Dead Poet Society in a sort of tribute to this awesome thread?

sunshinesupermum · 03/03/2020 16:14

So where are NDN and Bull now? Did they come home while you were on the school run?

OhCaptain · 03/03/2020 16:17

The Bull is gone and NN’s car is in the driveway. Business as usual as far as I can see.

PSP car is still there!

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Flutteringsatlast · 03/03/2020 16:27

And that picture has ended your thread nicely op.
Mm mm
Although the phrase 'need more wood' is appropriate maybe.
5 sticks for Olaf a new hand so he can issue tickets should things continue...
Can't see this being over tbh..

grandmasterstitch · 03/03/2020 16:32

I want to see the penis cucumber!

VenusOfWillendorf · 03/03/2020 16:40

I've just found this and had the joy of reading this far in one go.
It's been a journey - from the despair of yesterday and seeing them head off in NNs car, the showdown with NN and PSP and on to the giddy heights of Garda Patrol with Olaf.
The Bull is such a TOOL!!

Are you planning to withdraw Garda Olaf and see if she's learnt her place? Or posting the Gardaí again (well, the inflatables in hi-vis)?
Either way - keep us updated!

SchadenfreudePersonified · 03/03/2020 16:55

this is just getting childish.

I'm sorry? Your problem is?

WatchingTVagain · 03/03/2020 17:08

the problem solving penis and the purple headed cucumbers!

I've now got that going round in my head to the tune of all things bright and beautiful Smile

ifIwerenotanandroid · 03/03/2020 17:08

Well, if you remove the bins etc & Bull parks badly again, you'll have so much moral high ground you'll need an oxygen mask.

sideorderofchips · 03/03/2020 17:12

This is the best parking thread since penguin bollarda

Damntheman · 03/03/2020 17:12

@SageRosemary I have complete faith that a parcel addressed so would arrive in good time with OP!

OhCaptain · 03/03/2020 17:14

Olaf the Snowman,
c/o Dino,
The New Fort,
The Cul-De-Sac,
near Sligo,
Connacht.

Fabulous! Send it on! Give oul Mikey the postman a bit of a challenge.

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MyHeartIsInCornwall · 03/03/2020 17:44

Some people. So it’s ok to basically make it a nightmare for you to get on and off your own drive, but not her sisters. Get your husband to start parking the same of an evening, over their drive, so they understand what a complete piss take it is! Or park the bike on the road so she just can’t park there at all (make sure you’ve a camera pointed at it 😬) Sometimes, actions really do, speak louder than words!