tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
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- SE London, Bandit Country
Jammy get.
Tea? (Part 1)
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tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
Is this fuggin wierd or wot?
You know how I said about buying rubble bags etc this morning?
This is what's happened since this morning.
Anyone wanna try a 'Life Swap'?
There has been a pile of bags containing hardcore, bricks, etc, plus a paddling pool and our old hoover, just outside my back door for a couple of years now. One of those things you keep meaning to get around to.
I have also been accumulating other stuff over the last week to take to the tip, old sofa, tree cuttings and such.
Two weeks ago my upstairs neighbour angrily asked when the rubbish from the back was going to go and I promised it would happen near the end of the month when I get paid and can afford to hire a man with a van.
I also apologised for it taking so long.
This morning a man with a van, recommended to me by my neighbour, came round to quote a price for taking it all away.
A price was fixed, and I'm paying more than I'd like but he is known locally and isn't a fly tipper.
Sorted, I think. By tomorrow night my neighbour and I will both be happy.
I go out and buy rubble bags to put the rubbish in and all is ready for bagging up this afternoon.
Miss Tdr1nka and I then pop out on the tandem to have lunch with friends.
On our return, we are met by my neighbour who is ranting because, somehow, the bags of hardcore, bricks, etc. had caught fire in my absence and she had to call the fire brigade to put it out, going thru her house as I wasn't in. I had almost killed her and her son etc. It was quite a show and I did what I could to placate her.
I was obviously shocked and puzzled as to quite how the stuff could have caught fire and her shouting at me was upsetting Miss tdr1nka.
So, here in lays the rub, I don't fault her her anger at me not moving the rubbish as fast as she would have liked but even my saying that the rubbish is going tomorrow did no good.
I went to survey the damage in the back garden, which is minimal I may add, only to hear her from her open window ringing her friends in turn to slag me off.
I went and bought some rubble bags, cleared up and re bagged the rubbish as I was going to do anyway.
While I'm busying away I can still hear her shouting down the phone about how I'm a 'this-and-that' and how she's going to do 'this-and-that' and complaining about things that I have previously asked her if were a problem, music and general noise, to which she has always sweetly said she never hears a peep from my flat.
Fuming, I dropped my shovel loudly enough to let her know I was outside and the window was suddenly slammed shut and she stopped shouting.
My neighbour runs a hairdressing salon from her front room and as she is a non smoker, on nice days, her patrons often stand on her fire escape to 'ave a fag.
The fire escape, funnily enough is directly over the bags of rubble and I'm quite often picking up cigarette ends from around my back door.
I don't want to be paranoid but rubble simply doesn't catch light easily as far as I remember and it was actually raining when we left the house.
I'm hoping that she will shut up after tomorrow as all the rubbish will be gone but I can't help feeling that this is all a bit suspicious?
I'm going to sort out moving house next week.
Tea, must have tea.....
You know how I said about buying rubble bags etc this morning?
This is what's happened since this morning.
Anyone wanna try a 'Life Swap'?
There has been a pile of bags containing hardcore, bricks, etc, plus a paddling pool and our old hoover, just outside my back door for a couple of years now. One of those things you keep meaning to get around to.
I have also been accumulating other stuff over the last week to take to the tip, old sofa, tree cuttings and such.
Two weeks ago my upstairs neighbour angrily asked when the rubbish from the back was going to go and I promised it would happen near the end of the month when I get paid and can afford to hire a man with a van.
I also apologised for it taking so long.
This morning a man with a van, recommended to me by my neighbour, came round to quote a price for taking it all away.
A price was fixed, and I'm paying more than I'd like but he is known locally and isn't a fly tipper.
Sorted, I think. By tomorrow night my neighbour and I will both be happy.
I go out and buy rubble bags to put the rubbish in and all is ready for bagging up this afternoon.
Miss Tdr1nka and I then pop out on the tandem to have lunch with friends.
On our return, we are met by my neighbour who is ranting because, somehow, the bags of hardcore, bricks, etc. had caught fire in my absence and she had to call the fire brigade to put it out, going thru her house as I wasn't in. I had almost killed her and her son etc. It was quite a show and I did what I could to placate her.
I was obviously shocked and puzzled as to quite how the stuff could have caught fire and her shouting at me was upsetting Miss tdr1nka.
So, here in lays the rub, I don't fault her her anger at me not moving the rubbish as fast as she would have liked but even my saying that the rubbish is going tomorrow did no good.
I went to survey the damage in the back garden, which is minimal I may add, only to hear her from her open window ringing her friends in turn to slag me off.
I went and bought some rubble bags, cleared up and re bagged the rubbish as I was going to do anyway.
While I'm busying away I can still hear her shouting down the phone about how I'm a 'this-and-that' and how she's going to do 'this-and-that' and complaining about things that I have previously asked her if were a problem, music and general noise, to which she has always sweetly said she never hears a peep from my flat.
Fuming, I dropped my shovel loudly enough to let her know I was outside and the window was suddenly slammed shut and she stopped shouting.
My neighbour runs a hairdressing salon from her front room and as she is a non smoker, on nice days, her patrons often stand on her fire escape to 'ave a fag.
The fire escape, funnily enough is directly over the bags of rubble and I'm quite often picking up cigarette ends from around my back door.
I don't want to be paranoid but rubble simply doesn't catch light easily as far as I remember and it was actually raining when we left the house.
I'm hoping that she will shut up after tomorrow as all the rubbish will be gone but I can't help feeling that this is all a bit suspicious?
I'm going to sort out moving house next week.
Tea, must have tea.....
wafflycat
New Member
- Location
- middle of Norfolk
Oh that is a sh*t day to have tdr1nka..
tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
Right, a quick tea then a mad dash around to the Doc's(my GP, not our erstwhile Earl Grey drinking rocket scientist!)aiming to be back to meet man-with-van for the grand clear out!
Fingers crossed.
Fingers crossed.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
BrumJim said:It's not yet 9:00, and I have had two mugs of tea, the sun is shining, the skies are blue, and had a good ride in this morning.
Can life get any better?
Yes. Add cake.
(welcome to Tea?, btw).Blimey tdr1nka, what a palaver. I dunno though, I think finding my neighbour half naked locked out on the landing while her boyfriend threw her stuff (including a sewing machine) out of the window comes close. But that was a while back and it's normally a bit quieter than that....
Time to put the kettle on....
Corvette chic
Guest
- Location
- Accrington
strong Tea pls - i'm feeling very sorry 4 myself 
- don't know whether mik had posted that i'd come off my bike on saturday but i've a broken elbow and wrist (left)
set off 2 do my 50 miler some joker clipped my back wheel
- don't know whether mik had posted that i'd come off my bike on saturday but i've a broken elbow and wrist (left)set off 2 do my 50 miler some joker clipped my back wheel
wafflycat
New Member
- Location
- middle of Norfolk
Ouch! Have some supportive tea & virtual hug!
Corvette chic
Guest
- Location
- Accrington
thank you <sniff> er any cake?
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
CC, share the last piece of my 50th birthday cake with tdrinka.... <sigh> it's a good cause.
Corvette chic
Guest
- Location
- Accrington
happy birthday - i don't need cake anyway tea's fine tdrinka needs it more than me
tdrinka needs it more than me
Corvette chic
Guest
- Location
- Accrington
cheers - it is extremely painful
Corvette chic said:
I fell over a few years ago and severley bruised my elbow and that was bad enough. I couldn't straighten it or use it properly for months. Make sure you follow the advice of your doctor/physio so that you recover as fully as possible. In the meantime, practise one handed typing on here to distract yourself!
Corvette chic
Guest
- Location
- Accrington
i've got a plate in my wrist - keep wiggling my fingers and taking the painkillers
my bruising's amazing going to try and get a photo on
my bruising's amazing going to try and get a photo on
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