classic33
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Why do you say that?Jeez middle age set in early on this thread
Why do you say that?Jeez middle age set in early on this thread
I do ring Lambeth from time to time, and it is a complete waste of effort - except for the Parks Department who are a dream to talk to, because they are both efficient and knowledgeable. For Highways I just go straight to the local Councillor.DZ, you were dreaming. If you want to get back to reality, try ringing Lambeth.
I shouldn't make light of it, but some bloke got so cheesed off with one of our local councils he set fire to himself in reception.
it's dark out the back of my house, given that there is no roof on part of it, I've laid some obstacles to alert me to anyone's presence in the back yard...It's a quiet backstreet with no through traffic.
I was burgled once so I don't like the idea of dark back yards for burglars to get to work in! (Or for drunken teens to pee in.)
and not wanting to make further light of it.I shouldn't make light of it, but some bloke got so cheesed off with one of our local councils he set fire to himself in reception.
it's dark out the back of my house, given that there is no roof on part of it, I've laid some obstacles to alert me to anyone's presence in the back yard...
I have a tiled kitchen floor and I always leave an Ikea fold-up wooden chair propped up inside my kitchen door. If a burglar came in by that door, the falling chair would make a loud noise as it hit the tiles, which would hopefully scare them off. If not, then it would at least alert me to their presence at which point I would leap out of bed and thud down the stairs one tread at a time and hitting each one with a metal bar I kept from an old sofa bed, and shouting in a very deep voice "Intruder - LEAVE NOW!!!" I think they would get the message ...it's dark out the back of my house, given that there is no roof on part of it, I've laid some obstacles to alert me to anyone's presence in the back yard...
obviously thats just a good guess any metal bar might be hanging about...I have a tiled kitchen floor and I always leave an Ikea fold-up wooden chair propped up inside my kitchen door. If a burglar came in by that door, the falling chair would make a loud noise as it hit the tiles, which would hopefully scare them off. If not, then it would at least alert me to their presence at which point I would leap out of bed and thud down the stairs one tread at a time and hitting each one with a metal bar I kept from an old sofa bed, and shouting in a very deep voice "Intruder - LEAVE NOW!!!" I think they would get the message ...
You say that as if it is a bad thing. It sounds like heaven to me.
We had a couple of power cuts about 5 months ago, and loved the darkness. We usually have three street lights ruining our nights from the pavement outside our house (because we live on a corner rather than having much frontage!).
Sending multiple voting cards to residents who had left over 8 years earlier, so a bunch of us went down and voted several times just to make the point.