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  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    “ our police do a better job.”

    But let’s overlook the fact that last year USA police, in the course of their duties, killed nearly 1200 people compared to 12 in the UK.
    Rutland, England
  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    How many of them actually committed a crime in the first place? 
  • as for neighbor feuds over parking they are problem the world over. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2023

    but those 1200 never commit another crime. 
    That is a vile and obscene remark  @wargarden … you’ve been reported to the Moderators. They may not be in the office over the weekend … but they will see it when they return. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    There are different regulations/laws here in Scotland compared to England [ on lots of matters ] so it's utterly pointless to start comparing what happens in the USA with anything that happens in Britain @war garden 572, regarding the police or how they operate, and that comment is totally unacceptable anyway. 

    I've also reported it. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Fairygirl said:
    There's a private school quite near us too, again in a residential road,  and it has chevrons, and every kind of white line in place, to prevent people parking right at the gates. Does it stop them? I'll let you guess....
    The bloke a couple of doors down from me drives the 300-odd metres to the school in his huge Audi SUV, drives past all the available parking places then pulls up in the chevron area by the school gate and pedestrian crossing then sits there with the engine running playing on his phone while people try to see around his car when they're crossing the busy road. When his kids are ready he blocks the road doing a 20 point turn and drives home again. Main character syndrome. :|
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    People have definitely got more selfish over the last few decades.
    I remember parking by a new office building site, legally. When I came out from work, the builders had double parked about 12 cars, blocking me in - nobodywas around the site that I could see. I called the police for advice, they gave me a number to call, I was promised that someone would come out. About an hour later a man walked past and spoke to me about it, he then offered to watch my blind spots for pedestrians while I drove up the pavement, bless him.
    Nothing ever got done about the daily double parked builders who were there for months. 🤨

  • AuntiemandAuntiemand Posts: 51
    Sheps said:
    Thanks very much for the kind words 🙂

    They were just awkward @Topbird telling me I'd have to effing wait.

    I hope the OP gets it sorted soon 👍
    Hey Sheps, are you the same Sheps as on  Mustardland?

  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Good morning @Auntiemand not that I'm aware of 🙂
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It doesn't surprise me @wild edges. There was a similar person whose house we passed on the way to the primary school. I'd see him getting into the car with the son, and I just assumed he was dropping him off en route to work or similar, but I'd pass the house again on the way back home, and the car [Jag or something] would be parked in the driveway. A similar distance from the school as your ignorant bloke, and at the junction of two roads that many children were crossing to get there, and where the  lollipop lady stood as it was also part of the school bus route. No idea if he parked like a clown, but I wouldn't be surprised. I'm sure they're the same types who park over three spaces in car parks as well.  :/
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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