Gardening Granny - I wonder if we are neighbours??? I too have a new development at the bottom of my garden (and my next door neighbours', and my next door but one neighbour too!) On a plot which was substantial for one property, but not big enough for two, they have built a big house at the road end, with a postage stamp, walled garden, and a bungalow across the entire width of the rest of the plot, about 10 feet from my back fence. When I objected, I was told I had no right to light - only to not being overlooked! I understand we can thank Mr. Prescott for this change to the planning laws. Bet it wouldnt have got planning permission at the bottom of his garden!!! The easing of planning regulations on building in gardens was to encourage the building of 'low cost' housing. By no stretch of the imagination are either of these two buildings low cost. Sheer greed on behalf of the man who sold the plot in the first place. In my case, the bungalow is for the parents, the house for the daughter and son in law and their family. Which is fine now, but I bet they'll struggle to sell them on in years to come. Certainly hope so, anyway. Serve them right! Gosh, I feel a bit better now!
Omg. Quick confession. Used to be doctors receptionist! ! Some patients were really rude. Had a terrible time.
I shouldn't have generalised Sue and I'm sure there are rude patients as there are rude people in all walks of life. However, my own experience of my surgery is that they are immediately on the defence and never try to help.
Chica, when my children were at senior school, one of the punishments given was to spend their lunch break picking up rubbish dropped by pupils, even though huge bins were provided. Obviously they hated it. I expect parents today would think that too demeaning.
My rant Gardening Grandma is being named as some one else.
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Derek, I live just down the road from the REME. My mother worked there during the war (before your time, of course) though I'm not sure what she did.
Did you mean FRANK as Derek did not mention REME. We had women office workers as well as civvy fitters plus women cooks so we got a lot of Cawl and Barra Brith, hot cold with custard or butter on and cooked into bread pudding with left over Naafi cake, not the Cawl. My wife dragged me to see Max Boyce and I ended up with records and video's, he reminded me of the cheeky Welsh Humour. And probably a dark haired Welsh girl, well I never forgot her did I.
My rant Gardening Grandma is being named as some one else.
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Derek, I live just down the road from the REME. My mother worked there during the war (before your time, of course) though I'm not sure what she did.
Did you mean FRANK as Derek did not mention REME. We had women office workers as well as civvy fitters plus women cooks so we got a lot of Cawl and Barra Brith, hot cold with custard or butter on and cooked into bread pudding with left over Naafi cake, not the Cawl. My wife dragged me to see Max Boyce and I ended up with records and video's, he reminded me of the cheeky Welsh Humour. And probably a dark haired Welsh girl, well I never forgot her did I.
Frank.
No one forgets welsh girls.. for better or worse.. trust me I've had my share, I settled on someone completely different, couldn't be happier.
Sorry, Frank!! You are right - I got muddled. You are right about cheeky Welsh humour - that's a good way to put it.
Oh Brummie, that is rather touching (even though your wife is not W elsh!) It is a mistake to try to lump Welsh girls together, too, because there are different cultures in Wales like everywhere else - valley culture, Vale of Glamorgan posh, etc. All good, all different.
Sue, you reveal the other side of the picture. Perhaps receptionists get defensive because some people are rude and then come across as rude themselves - or some of them, anyway.
As for the behaviour of those darling children, Chica, I can speak from my lifetime as a teacher. Write to the Head, giving dates and instances. Say roughly how many children are involved. Unless she is useless, she will do something. There are teachers on duty at lunchtime who could patrol that part of the field and if necessary, they could even make it out of bounds. Children who are little angels at home sometimes turn into little when they are unsupervised and feel they can get away with giving cheek to a stranger. If you still get trouble, the school should have a photograph of evey child and you could go there and identify them. Get the school on your side by being firm but utterly charming to the head and senior staff and let them know that you have entire confidence in their ability to deal swith this. (Yes, I know...) If you don't get satisfaction, try writing to the chairman of the governors or the Director of Education. Be charming at all times - you don't want to be categorised as a difficult person making a fuss about nothing. If you shout at the kids, you could provoke them to a trial of strength - children only obey someone they know has authority and with whom they are in a relationship like teacher/pupil (mpost of the time).
I could now engage in a rant about thew bahaviour of children. Believe me, I am tempted.
Karen, this is also happening to my sister in law. Horrid! The development at the bottom of my garden is from the 1950s. Whoever owned my bungalow at the time sold off the end of the garden!!! That's why it is small. This bungalow was supposed to be our retirement home, suitable for our old age, so we bought it opposite my son and grandchildren and chose a suitably stairless home with a small garden. Since then, my son has moved away, we've had to put in stairs and an upstairs bedroom to help accommodate the five of them when they come to stay and the size gets on my nerves! Especially the garden!
GG - I too hoped this would be my last move. I sold my previous flat for exactly the same reason - unobstructed views of open countryside were destroyed by somebody building a house in what had been garden. When I moved here 5 years ago there was a large mature garden behind me, and one to the side. Now there is building behind me as mentioned, and the house to the side has also obtained planning permission to pull down the existing bungalow and build another bungalow and a house on the one plot. In this case though, the other neighbours have slapped a tree preservation order on some big cherry trees to protect their own outlook. Thanks very much. Though the trees are lovely, this just means that the new proposed house will be built about 20 feet away from mine, and staggered (ie not in line with my property) thus taking even more light from my garden. Again, I have no right to light, only to not be overlooked. Net result? Big gable end of 2 storey property, with no windows, overshadowing my entire back garden. If they go ahead with this development I shall be asking for advice on what I can plant in the dark! Since my working days are almost over (or at least, I hope they are - state pension keeps getting further and further away) I dont have the option of moving again. I'm just going to have to put up with it! Aaaargh!!!!!
My rant today is about the "moue-moue" what on this earth is that all about. At one time you shook hands with ladies and men or in my school days doffed my cap. Aunts got a kiss on the lips by demand "err" what in this PC world would they call that these days I wonder. As time passed suddenly it was a kiss on the cheek (for the ladies not the men) that developed into the miss the cheek and kiss the air near lug hole. That became miss cheek and kiss air near both lug holes and it has suddenly got to be left right left three when we only have two lug holes. What does it mean why do people do it (I do not) and what is wrong with a hand shake, you get more germs off a supermarket trolley than you would off a hand shake. I just hate the "moue-moue" rant over.
G/G, I will be down in Bridgend for my St Davids Day Welsh cakes, fresh and warm with lovely freshly churned butter a real Welsh treat. I come to the rant "is your brain in gear" this is was Frank posting.
Tina I would assume it is some London thing to do with artistry of some description, they do seem to have their own way of doing things, they who call the druids odd. We Northerner's in our woad and goatskins must be just as big a mystery to them though, mind I do object to them calling us dirty, I change my goat skin every ten years whether it needs it or not.
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Gardening Granny - I wonder if we are neighbours??? I too have a new development at the bottom of my garden (and my next door neighbours', and my next door but one neighbour too!) On a plot which was substantial for one property, but not big enough for two, they have built a big house at the road end, with a postage stamp, walled garden, and a bungalow across the entire width of the rest of the plot, about 10 feet from my back fence. When I objected, I was told I had no right to light - only to not being overlooked! I understand we can thank Mr. Prescott for this change to the planning laws. Bet it wouldnt have got planning permission at the bottom of his garden!!! The easing of planning regulations on building in gardens was to encourage the building of 'low cost' housing. By no stretch of the imagination are either of these two buildings low cost. Sheer greed on behalf of the man who sold the plot in the first place. In my case, the bungalow is for the parents, the house for the daughter and son in law and their family. Which is fine now, but I bet they'll struggle to sell them on in years to come. Certainly hope so, anyway. Serve them right! Gosh, I feel a bit better now!
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I shouldn't have generalised Sue and I'm sure there are rude patients as there are rude people in all walks of life. However, my own experience of my surgery is that they are immediately on the defence and never try to help.
Chica, when my children were at senior school, one of the punishments given was to spend their lunch break picking up rubbish dropped by pupils, even though huge bins were provided. Obviously they hated it. I expect parents today would think that too demeaning.
My rant Gardening Grandma is being named as some one else.
Did you mean FRANK as Derek did not mention REME. We had women office workers as well as civvy fitters plus women cooks so we got a lot of Cawl and Barra Brith, hot cold with custard or butter on and cooked into bread pudding with left over Naafi cake, not the Cawl.
My wife dragged me to see Max Boyce and I ended up with records and video's, he reminded me of the cheeky Welsh Humour. And probably a dark haired Welsh girl, well I never forgot her did I.
Frank.
No one forgets welsh girls.. for better or worse.. trust me I've had my share, I settled on someone completely different, couldn't be happier.
Sorry, Frank!! You are right - I got muddled. You are right about cheeky Welsh humour - that's a good way to put it.
Oh Brummie, that is rather touching (even though your wife is not W elsh!) It is a mistake to try to lump Welsh girls together, too, because there are different cultures in Wales like everywhere else - valley culture, Vale of Glamorgan posh, etc. All good, all different.
Sue, you reveal the other side of the picture. Perhaps receptionists get defensive because some people are rude and then come across as rude themselves - or some of them, anyway.
As for the behaviour of those darling children, Chica, I can speak from my lifetime as a teacher. Write to the Head, giving dates and instances. Say roughly how many children are involved. Unless she is useless, she will do something. There are teachers on duty at lunchtime who could patrol that part of the field and if necessary, they could even make it out of bounds. Children who are little angels at home sometimes turn into little
when they are unsupervised and feel they can get away with giving cheek to a stranger. If you still get trouble, the school should have a photograph of evey child and you could go there and identify them. Get the school on your side by being firm but utterly charming to the head and senior staff and let them know that you have entire confidence in their ability to deal swith this. (Yes, I know...) If you don't get satisfaction, try writing to the chairman of the governors or the Director of Education. Be charming at all times - you don't want to be categorised as a difficult person making a fuss about nothing. If you shout at the kids, you could provoke them to a trial of strength - children only obey someone they know has authority and with whom they are in a relationship like teacher/pupil (mpost of the time).
I could now engage in a rant about thew bahaviour of children. Believe me, I am tempted.
Karen, this is also happening to my sister in law. Horrid! The development at the bottom of my garden is from the 1950s. Whoever owned my bungalow at the time sold off the end of the garden!!! That's why it is small. This bungalow was supposed to be our retirement home, suitable for our old age, so we bought it opposite my son and grandchildren and chose a suitably stairless home with a small garden. Since then, my son has moved away, we've had to put in stairs and an upstairs bedroom to help accommodate the five of them when they come to stay and the size gets on my nerves! Especially the garden!
It is quite nice really, Just moaning!
GG - I too hoped this would be my last move. I sold my previous flat for exactly the same reason - unobstructed views of open countryside were destroyed by somebody building a house in what had been garden. When I moved here 5 years ago there was a large mature garden behind me, and one to the side. Now there is building behind me as mentioned, and the house to the side has also obtained planning permission to pull down the existing bungalow and build another bungalow and a house on the one plot. In this case though, the other neighbours have slapped a tree preservation order on some big cherry trees to protect their own outlook. Thanks very much. Though the trees are lovely, this just means that the new proposed house will be built about 20 feet away from mine, and staggered (ie not in line with my property) thus taking even more light from my garden. Again, I have no right to light, only to not be overlooked. Net result? Big gable end of 2 storey property, with no windows, overshadowing my entire back garden. If they go ahead with this development I shall be asking for advice on what I can plant in the dark! Since my working days are almost over (or at least, I hope they are - state pension keeps getting further and further away) I dont have the option of moving again. I'm just going to have to put up with it! Aaaargh!!!!!
My rant today is about the "moue-moue" what on this earth is that all about.
At one time you shook hands with ladies and men or in my school days doffed my cap. Aunts got a kiss on the lips by demand "err" what in this PC world would they call that these days I wonder.
As time passed suddenly it was a kiss on the cheek (for the ladies not the men) that developed into the miss the cheek and kiss the air near lug hole.
That became miss cheek and kiss air near both lug holes and it has suddenly got to be left right left three when we only have two lug holes.
What does it mean why do people do it (I do not) and what is wrong with a hand shake, you get more germs off a supermarket trolley than you would off a hand shake.
I just hate the "moue-moue" rant over.
Frank.
That made me smile Frank and I have to agree. I only kiss family and very close friends and never the double whammy. When did it start I wonder?
G/G, I will be down in Bridgend for my St Davids Day Welsh cakes, fresh and warm with lovely freshly churned butter a real Welsh treat.
I come to the rant "is your brain in gear" this is was Frank posting.
Tina I would assume it is some London thing to do with artistry of some description, they do seem to have their own way of doing things, they who call the druids odd.
We Northerner's in our woad and goatskins must be just as big a mystery to them though, mind I do object to them calling us dirty, I change my goat skin every ten years whether it needs it or not.
Frank.