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Blooming council did not want to know when I reported a dead rat in my back garden !

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  • meer53
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    I really can't believe someone would expect the council to turn up for a dead rat. ! Sounds like a Monty Python sketch.
  • Sicard
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    Or you could do what George Segal did in King Rat, breed them and sell them as chicken.
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  • custardy
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    meer53 wrote: »
    I really can't believe someone would expect the council to turn up for a dead rat. ! Sounds like a Monty Python sketch.

    Exactly my thinking too!
  • angryparcel
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    elsien wrote: »
    I don't think being older as a rule removes the ability to spot hazards and walk round them.
    not when it is right outside the gate and you are frail and need walking aids
  • custardy
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    angryparcel wrote: »
    not when it is right outside the gate and you are frail and need walking aids

    Oh come on.
  • takman
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    angryparcel wrote: »
    not when it is right outside the gate and you are frail and need walking aids

    So why could no one else clean it up?, like a neighbour suggested in an earlier post.

    I think it's ridiculous that you rang the council and expected them to clean it up. Why not ring one of their neighbours and ask if they could do it?.
  • meer53
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    angryparcel wrote: »
    not when it is right outside the gate and you are frail and need walking aids

    Was it a really really really big horse ? Or a very small gate ?
  • peter_the_piper
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    I think I'd be more concerned about riding horses on the pavement.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • angryparcel
    angryparcel Posts: 926 Forumite
    meer53 wrote: »
    Was it a really really really big horse ? Or a very small gate ?
    it is a single gate leading to a back lane.

    just hope you lot dont get old and frail
  • takman
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    angryparcel wrote: »
    it is a single gate leading to a back lane.

    just hope you lot dont get old and frail

    You keep ignoring the posts where people are asking why you didn't call one of the neighbors.

    It was wrong to call the council and expect them to remove it and you should have called a neighbour or someone else for help.

    The majority of people are happy to help an elderly neighbour and I know lots of people who do just that.
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