Overhanging bushes, pavements and prams

thatgirlsam

fluffnutter wrote: »

Madness! That's just crazy talk, woman! How on earth are your children ever going to learn about our litigious personal injury culture if you insist on teaching them responsibility??

I know, I'm a renegade!

I'll wash it and stick a plaster on.. what more can they ask for? :cool:

Tiddlywinks

Amanda65 wrote: »

I live next door to a school and have to say that all of the parking problems down our road are caused by the Mummies whose little darlings cannot possibly walk more than 2 meters from school gate to car and heaven forbid if it's raining at they might get damp

That's because it might be too dangerous! Anything might happen if you let them walk on the pavement - think of all those overhanging bushes just waiting to pounce!

HeatherintheHills

Errata wrote: »

Mumsnet ?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

They will be on there now complaining about rude and inconsiderate MSErs :rotfl:

fluffnutter wrote:

Do people really expect other people and inanimate objects like hedges and bushes to jump out of the way when they see a pram coming? Should the waters part like Moses and the red sea?

Do you think we should explain that the Harry Potter books, where everything jumps out of the way of the night bus, are not actually real?

hngrymummy

lostinrates wrote: »

As a kid and an adult i have always been covered in scratches. I take a rather unusal perspective of not really careing about skin, but being very annoyed when clothes are ripped!:o

Skin heals, clothes have to be mended. I would rather stick a plaster on that have to mend a ripped shirt/skirt/trousers etc.

I think for me, the whole bushes/obstacles debate makes me think that people lack an awareness of their surroundings these days. Our neighbour, who insists on parking outside their house, even if it means blocking the pavement, has a lack of awareness of other pavement users. The parent picking their child up from nursery at the end of our road, who parks completely on the pavement, has somehow forgotten that other children exist and might want to use the pavement (she also blocked my car in one time while I was standing by it, then remarked 'It's ok, I won't be long, I'm just picking my child up' Yeah, thanks, I guess I'll just have to wait then) The pushchair brigade who walk two abreast along the pavement have a lack of awareness of other people who might want to get past them. The bushes are slightly more complicated, as it could be an issue with the landlord, the owner might be ill, there might have been a month of rain, or nesting birds preventing them cutting it back.

I will push my pram on the grass verge, or wait patiently if necessary, but I also hope that people will be aware enough to notice that I can't sidestep them easily, and have a bit of patience with me if I don't go as quickly as they'd like.

I will be teaching my child about awareness - that he needs to watch out for other people and be polite.

Noggin_1

I'm relatively new to posting threads on MSE but I have been a lurker for a while.

This experience has really put me off posting again to be honest. I know many of you don't agree with what you'd call petty trivial issues, when there are bigger things going on. I accept this.
I just wanted peoples experiences that's all. What its like where you live, what concerns you have.

Well I've heard it all now.

I'm sorry if some of you have bigger problems going on, this thread was never meant to upset you, but some of you have taken it personally.

I think some of you should seriously grow up, why say stuff when you can't be nice to each other? Why bother posting your reply if its not helpful and just plain nasty? Seriously people, its supposed to be friendly on here...I think.

I'm sure someone will attack this post too

Play nicely children:rotfl:

thatgirlsam

Noggin_1 wrote: »

I'm relatively new to posting threads on MSE but I have been a lurker for a while.

This experience has really put me off posting again to be honest. I know many of you don't agree with what you'd call petty trivial issues, when there are bigger things going on. I accept this.
I just wanted peoples experiences that's all. What its like where you live, what concerns you have.

Well I've heard it all now.

I'm sorry if some of you have bigger problems going on, this thread was never meant to upset you, but some of you have taken it personally.

I think some of you should seriously grow up, why say stuff when you can't be nice to each other? Why bother posting your reply if its not helpful and just plain nasty? Seriously people, its supposed to be friendly on here...I think.

I'm sure someone will attack this post too

Play nicely children:rotfl:

And that's what you got

Ah, don't let it put you off, you will always get a difference in opinion here :cool:

janninew

Noggin_1 wrote: »

I'm relatively new to posting threads on MSE but I have been a lurker for a while.

This experience has really put me off posting again to be honest. I know many of you don't agree with what you'd call petty trivial issues, when there are bigger things going on. I accept this.
I just wanted peoples experiences that's all. What its like where you live, what concerns you have.

Well I've heard it all now.

I'm sorry if some of you have bigger problems going on, this thread was never meant to upset you, but some of you have taken it personally.

I think some of you should seriously grow up, why say stuff when you can't be nice to each other? Why bother posting your reply if its not helpful and just plain nasty? Seriously people, its supposed to be friendly on here...I think.

I'm sure someone will attack this post too

Play nicely children:rotfl:

Welcome to the wonderful world of MSE, you get use to it after a while!

You can't post about something that maybe be slightly annoying to your day to day live as others have bigger problems, its almost like a competition!

As for those bushes, my dog had a serious eye injury causes by a very nasty brambly bush that had taken over half the path on my street, I had previously tried to tell him to look where he was going, but accident happens!

lostinrates

hngrymummy wrote: »

Skin heals, clothes have to be mended. I would rather stick a plaster on that have to mend a ripped shirt/skirt/trousers etc.

I think for me, the whole bushes/obstacles debate makes me think that people lack an awareness of their surroundings these days. Our neighbour, who insists on parking outside their house, even if it means blocking the pavement, has a lack of awareness of other pavement users. The parent picking their child up from nursery at the end of our road, who parks completely on the pavement, has somehow forgotten that other children exist and might want to use the pavement (she also blocked my car in one time while I was standing by it, then remarked 'It's ok, I won't be long, I'm just picking my child up' Yeah, thanks, I guess I'll just have to wait then) The pushchair brigade who walk two abreast along the pavement have a lack of awareness of other people who might want to get past them. The bushes are slightly more complicated, as it could be an issue with the landlord, the owner might be ill, there might have been a month of rain, or nesting birds preventing them cutting it back.

I will push my pram on the grass verge, or wait patiently if necessary, but I also hope that people will be aware enough to notice that I can't sidestep them easily, and have a bit of patience with me if I don't go as quickly as they'd like.

I will be teaching my child about awareness - that he needs to watch out for other people and be polite.

O think this is it exactly. Peraonally, i like a bit of disorder in my garden. We have a yew and a hawthorn that grow over the road (no pavements here) and we relaised this year they were causing an issue as we noticed a horse box got some minor knocks feom branches. We could not cut them back heavily then, their were birds, and there will be on an off through summer. And frankly, i like the over hang a lot, but we did go out and cut the ends back, shaping the overhang higher and tighter back than it has been for a while. I keep an ear open when lorries pass to see if its reaolved the situation or of we need to do more. I do not want to damage peoples paintwork,or make animals in transit suffer alarm from noise.

I can also see it would be more annoying in town, when people do not live in wellies and muckers and wax coats.

Noggin_1

Thanks for the last 3 posts:)

I don't really grumble about much but I think that since becoming a parent for the first time a couple of months ago I've found somethings have started to worry/annoy me that would have normally passed me by. Maybe I've become a bit over-protective since having a baby and maybe I've started to see things differently.

I live in a densely populated area and I guess I'll just have to be a bit more tolerant.
Bushes, bins, cars, bikes, dogs, cats, weeds, its all go round here:) I just wish folk would have a bit of consideration to everyone who uses the pavements and maybe the world would be a slightly better place:):)

thatgirlsam

Noggin_1 wrote: »

Thanks for the last 3 posts:)

I don't really grumble about much but I think that since becoming a parent for the first time a couple of months ago I've found somethings have started to worry/annoy me that would have normally passed me by. Maybe I've become a bit over-protective since having a baby and maybe I've started to see things differently.

I live in a densely populated area and I guess I'll just have to be a bit more tolerant.
Bushes, bins, cars, bikes, dogs, cats, weeds, its all go round here:) I just wish folk would have a bit of consideration to everyone who uses the pavements and maybe the world would be a slightly better place:):)

Don't worry, Be Happy :cool:

We all like a good moan every now and again

And don't be put off posting, I'll be your friend :cool: