AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
An early contender for thread of the year I reckon.
Paperboy ramming his bike into my gates.
- Thread starter Kingfisher101
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T4tomo
Legendary Member
When my Mum and Aunt were helping clearing out my uncles gamekeepers cottage when he was retiring/moving, they found several thousand pounds in opened / unopened wage packets and stuffing in biscuit tins....
If he'd have been delivering a stuffed crust pizza instead it would've been thread of the century.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Whilst taking a palm tree to the tanning salon.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
Why had he kept the stuffing?
T4tomo
Legendary Member
He was addicted to sage and onions
No Ta Doctor
Senior Member
Never had a paper round, but I did a spell as a postie here in Copenhagen, and we had to make sure the paid newspaper subscriptions were delivered on time, as well as delivering the local papers and advertising stuff as well. This involved running up and down 5 stories - there was a law change to require post boxes at the bottom of each stairwell and they had already modified the routes to account for this, but most buildings hadn't implemented yet so it was a nightmare.
Anyway, I came across this nameplate on one route. I hope he was a blues guitarist (both names are fairly common in older generation Danes btw). I never met him, so didn't ask if he was getting his gates smashed in.
Anyway, I came across this nameplate on one route. I hope he was a blues guitarist (both names are fairly common in older generation Danes btw). I never met him, so didn't ask if he was getting his gates smashed in.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
"deliveroo rider caught red handed breaking moral and ethical standards by... ...doing nothing much" is stronger so far I think?
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
No update.
Lots of tales from my days as a paperboy.
Like the dodgy paedo that used to turn up early at the papershop when you were waiting for it to open so you could get your papers and off you went - creepy old bloke. Or the time I found two bucketful's of calculators, and discovered they'd been robbed from my high school (called the police). Or the time I was delivering a paper to a house, and there was a bloke curled up in the porch asleep.
Lots of tales from my days as a paperboy.
Like the dodgy paedo that used to turn up early at the papershop when you were waiting for it to open so you could get your papers and off you went - creepy old bloke. Or the time I found two bucketful's of calculators, and discovered they'd been robbed from my high school (called the police). Or the time I was delivering a paper to a house, and there was a bloke curled up in the porch asleep.
Time Waster
Veteran
It is now Wednesday, what has happened since the gate bashing saga resulted in a locked gate?
I do hope the OP did not lose the keys and is now stuck, locked in his own yard, unable to get out to complain to anyone. Other than anyone on the internet who actually reads his posts. Sorry but non-issue. Don't like it lock it. I don't understand the logic in not actually speaking to the kid though. Mind you I am 2m tall and nearly 100kg so perhaps me talking to them might have more of an effect. Willing to do so if the OP is local!! Anything to help.
I found that video of the cyclists speeding into a solid and locked gate amusing. Especially the one with squealing brakes that did nothing much to slow them down!! Poor maintenance is no excuse and the gate accident is self punishment for not having functional brakes or riding too quickly for the location they were riding.
I do hope the OP did not lose the keys and is now stuck, locked in his own yard, unable to get out to complain to anyone. Other than anyone on the internet who actually reads his posts. Sorry but non-issue. Don't like it lock it. I don't understand the logic in not actually speaking to the kid though. Mind you I am 2m tall and nearly 100kg so perhaps me talking to them might have more of an effect. Willing to do so if the OP is local!! Anything to help.
I found that video of the cyclists speeding into a solid and locked gate amusing. Especially the one with squealing brakes that did nothing much to slow them down!! Poor maintenance is no excuse and the gate accident is self punishment for not having functional brakes or riding too quickly for the location they were riding.
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Nothing can beat that thread. Ever. Unreal.
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Maybe this one actually.
- Location
- Glasgow
A friend of mine had 2 jobs about 20 years ago.
One wage was going in her bank account, the other was the old fashioned pay envelope.
Last year she decided to clean out a wardrobe: stuck in a corner there were £3000 pounds worth of wages in little brown envelopes, out of currency of course.
The bank teller laughed when they put the cash in her account, apparently it's not unusual
classic33
Leg End Member
Did she check them before paying them in?A friend of mine had 2 jobs about 20 years ago.
One wage was going in her bank account, the other was the old fashioned pay envelope.
Last year she decided to clean out a wardrobe: stuck in a corner there were £3000 pounds worth of wages in little brown envelopes, out of currency of course.
The bank teller laughed when they put the cash in her account, apparently it's not unusual
Some of the old notes can be worth more than face value.
