@Singing Gardener , we had some guys going round last week, the one who came to our house only knocked, so we ignored it. Out of a neighbourhood watch interest (not being nosy, honest) l watched them go around the close at the back of us and from what l could see, they didn't use the doorbell at any house. If they were "casing the joint", they weren't very successful as l know at least 4 of the houses were occupied and l suspect most people just didn't hear them. Maybe they don't have doorbells at home ?
We don't have a doorbell. It makes it easier to ignore people I don't want to talk to People tend to knock and then flap the letterbox instead though. It's fine by me. Even the dog doesn't hear it when some people knock.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
We called in at sorting office to collect a parcel, and our usual postie was behind the counter. He had injured his knee, but told us he'll be back next week, which will save us making a trip there as he knows where to leave our parcels ! He also knows not to drop rubber bands anywhere near our house (they are dangerous to hedgehogs who can get them caught around their legs etc). Ironically the sorting office car park had them strewn everywhere, l picked up as many as l could and took them in with me, but it's like Canute trying to hold back the tide.
I haven’t had any rubber bands from postie for ages, I thought they’d stopped using them, I like them to put round plants when I post them. It’s a wonder more postman don’t get knee injuries or rheumatism they wear shorts all year round.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
We have a doorbell and I hear it from anywhere in the house. My wife almost never hears the bell despite generally having better hearing than me. She will always hear a knock at the door. I'd rather delivery people use a belt and braces approach than assume nobody is in.
Our bell rang earlier in the week and, in the 20 seconds it took me to get to the door, the delivery man was back at our front gate. I called him, assuming he'd taken the package back, and he said "It's at the side". Yes, left at the side of the house, in clear view from the road and with no protection from the weather. Just as well I was in as it started persisting down shortly after.
I thought Princess Anne was a bit curmudgeonly when asked how her father was. "I've no idea. You know where l am ? The same place as you". A simple and polite "Fine thankyou" would surely have sufficed to keep the press happy. I think if she had said that to me my reply would have been "It's the 21st century, we have phones now ma'am". I really can't believe she doesn't know how her 97 year old father is after a nasty crash like that !
we don't have a front door. I mean, we do, but no one can ever find it. They just wander around the house for a while until I appear - they presumably think from nowhere - and flag them down. We do have a post box by the gate and the regular couriers know where to leave things that don't fit in the box.
Princess Anne is the Royal patron of Curmudgeonliness. But as she gets it from her father, he probably would just laugh.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
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Maybe they don't have doorbells at home ?
Lovely postman here, I never lock my door they walk straight and give me the mail or any parcels. They take any I have to be posted as well.
It’s a wonder more postman don’t get knee injuries or rheumatism they wear shorts all year round.
Princess Anne is the Royal patron of Curmudgeonliness. But as she gets it from her father, he probably would just laugh.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”