Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

Pyxis

michaels wrote: »

I believe the road belongs to everyone so trying to protect a part of it with cones would be a sure fire way of alienating all the neighbours.

Absolutely.

However, I also park my car in my front garden, which has a dropped kerb for half the width of the garden.

As I understand it, other cars parking on the road next to a dropped kerb should ensure that the wheel of their car doesn't go past the point where the kerb starts to drop down as a slope. Compliance with this would leave enough room for me to exit the garden and then turn left or right. My car is parked alongside the boundary with next door, which is a dwarf brick wall topped with a fence right up to the very narrow pavement.

Most of the time, people parking there on the road let their wheel go past the slopey bit of kerb. If their bonnet isn't too long, I can usually get out with not much difficulty, except if I want to turn right. However, if their bonnet is long, it can protrude quite a way across my exit, and can make even turning left difficult, due to the dwarf brick wall.




By the way, Pastures, I had to google the word 'moderation'. Don't like the sound of it at all.

CKhalvashi

'Hang me Luther' means 'Give me love' in Bulgarian, according to my friend

Doozergirl

CKhalvashi wrote: »

'Hang me Luther' means 'Give me love' in Bulgarian, according to my friend

Doozer insisted that I turn subtitles off until 'ooh me loofah' was sung. The subtitles are in forrun. They never used to be - I loved the terrible translations in the old days. I had to google it this time. Thank heaven for google translate.

We have a magnum of champagne. The start of our wedding anniversary celebrations :cool:

zagubov

Pyxis wrote: »

Absolutely.

However, I also park my car in my front garden, which has a dropped kerb for half the width of the garden.

As I understand it, other cars parking on the road next to a dropped kerb should ensure that the wheel of their car doesn't go past the point where the kerb starts to drop down as a slope. Compliance with this would leave enough room for me to exit the garden and then turn left or right. My car is parked alongside the boundary with next door, which is a dwarf brick wall topped with a fence right up to the very narrow pavement.

Most of the time, people parking there on the road let their wheel go past the slopey bit of kerb. If their bonnet isn't too long, I can usually get out with not much difficulty, except if I want to turn right. However, if their bonnet is long, it can protrude quite a way across my exit, and can make even turning left difficult, due to the dwarf brick wall.




By the way, Pastures, I had to google the word 'moderation'. Don't like the sound of it at all.

I think different councils (or is it police forces) deal with this differently. In some, areas at least, you need to be blocking the flat bit of the dropped kerb, not the sloping bit before anyone will do anything.

It also seems to matter that your car is in its driveway, that means you're being prevented from going about your business. But if you're outside and want to drive in, nobody's interested.

Doozergirl

Doozer liked the Azarbaijan entry. Not sure why.

Sparkly catsuit, anyone?

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

Who decides how wide a dropped kerb area is? Could you investigate getting it widened? Fewer people would then take less of the pee

I did investigate that twice over a ten-year period. Apparently they wouldn't let it be widened just a bit, only by a lot, which meant having to move other stuff under the pavement (utilities), despite the fact that where that stuff is, is level with a flower bed so I couldn't drive over that bit anyway. As a result, the cost would have been very high.
The Jobsworth wouldn't listen to reason, though.





I prefer the PN Dictionary to the OED!

GDB2222

Doozergirl wrote: »

Doozer insisted that I turn subtitles off until 'ooh me loofah' was sung. The subtitles are in forrun. They never used to be - I loved the terrible translations in the old days. I had to google it this time. Thank heaven for google translate.

We have a magnum of champagne. The start of our wedding anniversary celebrations :cool:

Happy anniversary.

A magnum, just between the two of you? Doesn't that lead to, umm, performance issues?

Pyxis

GDB2222 wrote: »

Happy anniversary.

A magnum, just between the two of you? Doesn't that lead to, umm, performance issues?

Perhaps it's not just the two of them.





(My coat get I shall).

Doozergirl

GDB2222 wrote: »

Happy anniversary.

A magnum, just between the two of you? Doesn't that lead to, umm, performance issues?

Thank you.

I can't recall that ever being a problem but we have a bit of a rule now about not indulging after indulging. We don't always obey it as it's hard to follow rules when you're drunk. :beer:

Doozergirl

I liked the Lithuanian entry a lot. And France.

Edit: !!!!!! is Croatia wearing? She looks like a Christmas decoration.