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Does parking on a closed road count as a live parking thread? 😁

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DailyMaui · 21/04/2022 19:50

So they have closed the road I live on to resurface it. It will be closed for the next two nights. We’ve had multiple letters from the council, there have been signs up for at least a month and yesterday they painted NO PARKING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY all over the road.

8 cars are still parked there with 15 minutes to go until resurfacing begins. One of the cars is right outside my house and when I saw them out the window, I tried to explain to the two women (looking like they were off for an evening in town) that they were probably not going to be able to get their car until morning but they told me to fuck off!

The road is lorry central, a guy is taking pictures of the remaining cars… it’s all go here.

Anyone know what they do? Do they just resurface round the cars? Tow them away? Do they get brutal? There’s a fair few annoyed looking men in hi-vis walking up and down! Should I get wine and a comfy viewing position?

😉

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Tulipvase · 21/04/2022 23:21

We had the road outside our house re done a couple of years ago. Some of the equipment was truly amazing (and loud). One of the machines was a sort of modern day dragon - It was fascinating.

Anxietyepisodein321 · 21/04/2022 23:22

Amazing thread. 11/10. Colourful diagrams, an interactive career questionnaire, live updates and photos. Oh and dead bodies too. Very exciting.

I say, instead of putting the photo on the tree, it should be a film still from Dude, Where's My Car and let them keep guessing 😇

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DailyMaui · 21/04/2022 23:23

RubaiyatOfAnyone · 21/04/2022 23:12

I happen to work on Dead Street (as was).

any sign of the tow-ees yet? <overly invested emoticon>

They changed Dead Street. They changed Wibbly Wobbly Lane. They have no soul. None.

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romany4 · 21/04/2022 23:24

I thought I was invisible in the dark but NAY because my phone doth shine up at my face making me look like a road resurfacing obsessed ghost

literally crying..😂

PinkBackpack · 21/04/2022 23:24

I love that you said St. Evenage. 🤣🤣

Also loving how many locals are on this thread.
I look forward to the outrage on Facebook (WAFHH) later Grin

Quackpot · 21/04/2022 23:24

Wonderful 😂

NoisyBrain · 21/04/2022 23:25

@DailyMaui OMG I think I also live in the same town as you! I'm East side though, innit.

BruceAndNosh · 21/04/2022 23:25

What times do the clubs shut?
Do you think FUCKOFF woman had too much to drink and got a taxi home?

LakieLady · 21/04/2022 23:30

I really need to go to bed, but I don't want to miss the return of Fuck Off woman.

Any chance you could video it and stick it on YouTube?

And I'm jealous, because my road is very quiet and nothing exciting ever happens here.

chisanunian · 21/04/2022 23:31

Has FuckOffWoman returned yet?

ChampagneJustBecause · 21/04/2022 23:33

I can’t believe I’m only finding this now !!
Top marks all round OP

chisanunian · 21/04/2022 23:35

CorsicaDreaming · 21/04/2022 22:56

It says Outer London Surfacing on the side of the van, so that narrows it down to only a few tens of thousands of streets...

Sussed it now. 😎

Rhodora · 21/04/2022 23:35

Brilliant thread. Can’t wait for FuckOffWoman to return.

SoupDragon · 21/04/2022 23:35

Happy days! Nice to have a parking thread with mouthy drivers getting their comeuppance through actual towing away. Do they take them to the pound or just dump them in a side road?

ChampagneJustBecause · 21/04/2022 23:35

Anyone else getting warm, fuzzy reminders of RangerMan 😁

SpiderinaWingMirror · 21/04/2022 23:36

Ooh I know where you are, the mention of Wibbly Wobbly Lane brought back memories!

BoreOfWhabylon · 21/04/2022 23:38

Excellent thread. Would recommend.

(Have nominated for classics)

Scienceseeker · 21/04/2022 23:44

I recognized this as soon as I saw the pictures. Lovely town. We are in a nearby village!

SPUNfan · 21/04/2022 23:44

This is the all time greatest thread to ever be posted on mumsnet

NoisyBrain · 21/04/2022 23:49

Now I’m wondering if I’ll walk past anyone from this thread when I’m in town over the weekend. Can just picture me eyeing up strangers trying to work out if they look ‘Mumsnetty’ 😂

Lastsecondfail · 21/04/2022 23:50

Loving the way the dog has his own room- I do believe he/she now needs their own thread too.

please photograph the Fuck off woman when she returns. As DS would say ….. Instant karma 😂

SouperNoodle · 21/04/2022 23:52

@DailyMaui

FUCK OFF CAR HAS BEEN WINCHED ONTO LORRY
I'm genuinely so happy!
PinkBackpack · 21/04/2022 23:56

Also wondering who in town is an MN'er!

For locals, there is an alternative photo view on the WLH Facebook group.

BSideBaby · 21/04/2022 23:58

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SouperNoodle · 22/04/2022 00:04

Ok so I've just finished rtft and I need to know more about the bottle of lung stuff!! Did you keep it? Was it old timey plague medicine?