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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.8

I went out early this morning to do a last bit of shopping before my daughter arrives tomorrow and I thought I would be back for 9 am time to finish off the odds and ends of things and have a rest for today.

But there was no disabled parking left in any the three shops I went into. I ended up having to park along distance away from the shop entrances, even though one had 10 disabled parking spaces outside. I was sourced by the time I walked to the shopping yet I saw these 'disabled' people, jump out of ther cars running into the shops, run back to their cars jumping into their cars again with no sign of any walking stick or walking impediment or wheelchair or any help or aid at all to help them their facility of being 'disabled', and being able to carry anything back to the car with two hands and no walking or moving impediments. By the time I'd managed to get from the other side the car park where I was able to park my car, get my walker out of the car, start to walk over to the shop entrance, these other 'disabled' occupants of these cars which had Blue Badges in them, had leapt out of their cars, done their shop, and loaded their boots and were leaping back in their cars to drive off before I had managed to even get to the shop entrance.

So it took me a lot longer this morning to do a few things and I was exhausted and I didn't get back home till nearly 11 am. The reason I go out before 9am is because I always get a disabled spot 9 am in the morning, but for some reason not this morning.

I come back home. I'm driving up my road when I see a white van parked on the pavement outside my house and a man standing at the end of my driveway, just in the driveway rolling at some yellow pipes which were partially in my driveway. He moves them quickly when he saw me and got everything in the back of his van and so I grabbed my camera took some photographs at the back of his van and his number. The man was driving off. I backed into my driveway and got my camera ready to take more pictures of him as his came back up the road, it is a cul-de-sac.

I thought I would deal with this later if I needed to.

I've got out of the car, and I'm getting my shopping out of the car, when my next door neighbour, Mr Insensitive Christmas lights neighbour, flew out of his house and says "What business have you got taking photographs?".

I had taken my photograph from inside my car. I had not got out the car to take them. I then realised that my stupid neighbour, had been watching me closely from inside his bungalow through his security camera, of me inside my car.

"A strange man is standing on my driveway winding up some yellow pipes, which are also in my driveway," I told my neighbour, "of course I am going to take photographs of him".

"That's my window cleaner," said my neighbour, "You can't take photographs of him."

"If that is your window cleaner," I said, "Will you explain to me why your window cleaner is parked outside my very short bit of frontage of my house (just room for one car) and you have that enormous long frontage all the way round your house (enough for more than half a dozen cars) ? Your window cleaner is parked outside my house, and also why is he dealing with his equipment in my driveway?".

"Well, if you put it like that..." my horrid neighbour said.

"I do put it like that", I told my neighbour, "And I will take photographs of anything that is untowards on my property or in front of my property."

"Have you got anything you want to tell me?" I asked him.

"That's my window cleaner," my horrid neighbour repeated.

"If you say so. But I will get a number plate check on that van." And I turned round and walked in.

Usually, I relock my gate halfway up the driveway by the bungalow, but I thought I would be back quickly today, I wasn't. The problem with my neighbour is that he shares all his drains with me, that is, all his effluent flows into my side of the property and his drains goes into my drains, and frequently floods my manhole covers which leak with effluent and I have to get the water board out, because I have an unsavoury paddling pool outside my kitchen door. And the water board have served several warnings on him for putting the wrong stuff down the drains. There is one drain either side of my gate (both on my property) and both of them flood from his property drains on to mine. This 'window cleaner', because I didn't lock the gate he would've been able to access the second drain outside my kitchen door, as well as the first drain on my driveway. My horrid neighbour is going to be in deep doodoo if he blocks those drains again and the water board have to come out again..... the Waterboard have already rebuilt all the drains on my side TWICE to cope with his effluent...he won't let them rebuilt the drains on his property because he had that new printed driveway build around his entire garden, front and back some few years ago. And so his drains that come into mine are not adequate for purpose, and frequently block on his side, but the waterboard have to access my side, of the drains, to unblock his side....

He didn't ask me permission, he thought he could deal with this without me knowing by trespassing on my property while I was out. If there was a problem with the drains, I want the water board, a professional body to come out and deal with it, not a 'window cleaner'...

I am tired and weary. need a nap...


Wild life nighttime video.
The Badger & Fox & Cats
58 secs


Creative...a squiggle one line drawing. Tried another thick line. I think this looks okay...

Time for a cuppa...

Have your best day...


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Gennepher, a winner for the way you dealt with the situation and for the one-line drawing but a big hug for all the extra effort and stress this morning.
 
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4.6 at 04.30 today but into the 6's soon after.

Builders have almost finished the first part of the heating system and the heat exchanger is now working but so far the radiators are still cold - there's a huge water tank in the loft to heat up before we feel any benefit.

Second phase - the solar panels is due to start next week.

The electrician commented that this was a very difficult installation, Surprise, surprise. It was Neil who designed and installed the existing system, which this electrician had to work around. Neil is good, but he does like to overcomplicate thngs.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.8

I went out early this morning to do a last bit of shopping before my daughter arrives tomorrow and I thought I would be back for 9 am time to finish off the odds and ends of things and have a rest for today.

But there was no disabled parking left in any the three shops I went into. I ended up having to park along distance away from the shop entrances, even though one had 10 disabled parking spaces outside. I was sourced by the time I walked to the shopping yet I saw these 'disabled' people, jump out of ther cars running into the shops, run back to their cars jumping into their cars again with no sign of any walking stick or walking impediment or wheelchair or any help or aid at all to help them their facility of being 'disabled', and being able to carry anything back to the car with two hands and no walking or moving impediments. By the time I'd managed to get from the other side the car park where I was able to park my car, get my walker out of the car, start to walk over to the shop entrance, these other 'disabled' occupants of these cars which had Blue Badges in them, had leapt out of their cars, done their shop, and loaded their boots and were leaping back in their cars to drive off before I had managed to even get to the shop entrance.

So it took me a lot longer this morning to do a few things and I was exhausted and I didn't get back home till nearly 11 am. The reason I go out before 9am is because I always get a disabled spot 9 am in the morning, but for some reason not this morning.

I come back home. I'm driving up my road when I see a white van parked on the pavement outside my house and a man standing at the end of my driveway, just in the driveway rolling at some yellow pipes which were partially in my driveway. He moves them quickly when he saw me and got everything in the back of his van and so I grabbed my camera took some photographs at the back of his van and his number. The man was driving off. I backed into my driveway and got my camera ready to take more pictures of him as his came back up the road, it is a cul-de-sac.

I thought I would deal with this later if I needed to.

I've got out of the car, and I'm getting my shopping out of the car, when my next door neighbour, Mr Insensitive Christmas lights neighbour, flew out of his house and says "What business have you got taking photographs?".

I had taken my photograph from inside my car. I had not got out the car to take them. I then realised that my stupid neighbour, had been watching me closely from inside his bungalow through his security camera, of me inside my car.

"A strange man is standing on my driveway winding up some yellow pipes, which are also in my driveway," I told my neighbour, "of course I am going to take photographs of him".

"That's my window cleaner," said my neighbour, "You can't take photographs of him."

"If that is your window cleaner," I said, "Will you explain to me why your window cleaner is parked outside my very short bit of frontage of my house (just room for one car) and you have that enormous long frontage all the way round your house (enough for more than half a dozen cars) ? Your window cleaner is parked outside my house, and also why is he dealing with his equipment in my driveway?".

"Well, if you put it like that..." my horrid neighbour said.

"I do put it like that", I told my neighbour, "And I will take photographs of anything that is untowards on my property or in front of my property."

"Have you got anything you want to tell me?" I asked him.

"That's my window cleaner," my horrid neighbour repeated.

"If you say so. But I will get a number plate check on that van." And I turned round and walked in.

Usually, I relock my gate halfway up the driveway by the bungalow, but I thought I would be back quickly today, I wasn't. The problem with my neighbour is that he shares all his drains with me, that is, all his effluent flows into my side of the property and his drains goes into my drains, and frequently floods my manhole covers which leak with effluent and I have to get the water board out, because I have an unsavoury paddling pool outside my kitchen door. And the water board have served several warnings on him for putting the wrong stuff down the drains. There is one drain either side of my gate (both on my property) and both of them flood from his property drains on to mine. This 'window cleaner', because I didn't lock the gate he would've been able to access the second drain outside my kitchen door, as well as the first drain on my driveway. My horrid neighbour is going to be in deep doodoo if he blocks those drains again and the water board have to come out again..... the Waterboard have already rebuilt all the drains on my side TWICE to cope with his effluent...he won't let them rebuilt the drains on his property because he had that new printed driveway build around his entire garden, front and back some few years ago. And so his drains that come into mine are not adequate for purpose, and frequently block on his side, but the waterboard have to access my side, of the drains, to unblock his side....

He didn't ask me permission, he thought he could deal with this without me knowing by trespassing on my property while I was out. If there was a problem with the drains, I want the water board, a professional body to come out and deal with it, not a 'window cleaner'...

I am tired and weary. need a nap...


Wild life nighttime video.
The Badger & Fox & Cats
58 secs


Creative...a squiggle one line drawing. Tried another thick line. I think this looks okay...

Time for a cuppa...

Have your best day...


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Tough , frustrating morning for you @gennepher. In some ways I'm glad such a high percentage of the people in the UK with what appears to be sociopathy live in your area but also sorry for you. Hopefully you can have some rest, finish the prep and look forward to a wonderful time with your daughter. Thank you for sharing another one line drawing. To me one can see a definite progression in them which is obvious when I think who is responsible.
 
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dunelm said:
Good morning eveyone on a blissfully quiet start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.3 this am. The beef curry that I made yesterday did need a bit of calming down so a squirt of lime juice before serving and a dollop of Greek yoghurt did the trick. Made enough for two days so will have the remaining portions on Saturday, I have a cauliflower to use today, probably roasted as steaks and use whats left as ‘rice’ for tomorrows curry. Art bit - a wet day. Hope your Friday is a smasher. I’m going to make a cafetière of koffy and then hang out the washing while it brews.


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Is it nearly Christmas again? You could use this image on your Christmas cards @dunelm. Love it.
 
ianpspurs said:
Tough , frustrating morning for you @gennepher. In some ways I'm glad such a high percentage of the people in the UK with what appears to be sociopathy live in your area but also sorry for you. Hopefully you can have some rest, finish the prep and look forward to a wonderful time with your daughter. Thank you for sharing another one line drawing. To me one can see a definite progression in them which is obvious when I think who is responsible.
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Thank you Ian...
 
@gennepher you live in a place where the locals are known to be a bit odd. Ha!
No wonder you struggle with neighbours.
6.7 this gardening Friday.
Sun came out for about an hour just before noon, so having a pitch inspection, I decided to mow.
And now I'm knackered.
But at last the mower has been used. That is what it is for. It's not very useful when it's not doing its job.
Reminds me of a certain government.
We are now not known by the U.K. But broken Britain. Or the isles of waste. Or the kingdom of corruption.
There is a YouTube video, that had me in stitches this morning.
It was about a plea to stop having a go at a certain prince.
And the name of this group, who are doing this is called........
Prince A Exoneration Development Office.
Brilliant.

As usual wonderful artwork.

I did hear from a friend, from a friend of a friend.
The heightened security is because of the middle east.
The threat level is understandable.

Or it could be that Rishi, has been scammed.
Apparently, an indian phone call centre has targeted his account.
He was quoted, as saying, it was only a couple of million, pocket change.I
He would be reimbursed by the plebs in the party.
If Boris can do it, why can't he?

Cloudy with a chance of chicken Tandoori.
Or fishy rishi Friday.
Kitchen and garden duties, Mrs L has had a relaxing day.
Or I wouldn't have attacked and assaulted my front garden.
Daffs are nearly done, but bluebells, even the pink and near white are in full spurt.
It's blue bell Forrest out there, people!

Have a great rest of day. Have a great weekend and hold the rain stays away.
My best wishes to you lot as always.
 
ianpspurs said:
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@dunelm enjoy the cauliflower steak and thank you for sharing the bucolic art.. Countryside and fences, you spoil me sir. There is a but: might you do some pieces without hills or mountains please? Ideally we like to be at or barely above sea level round here. :D There seems to be heightened worries at the base as all cars entering were being checked today. Neither of us have noticed that before. Four grandchildren here today or part thereof : thanks be to God for time with them. Enjoy the rest of Friday.
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Thank you @ianpspurs, I shall try my best for something flat
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.8

I went out early this morning to do a last bit of shopping before my daughter arrives tomorrow and I thought I would be back for 9 am time to finish off the odds and ends of things and have a rest for today.

But there was no disabled parking left in any the three shops I went into. I ended up having to park along distance away from the shop entrances, even though one had 10 disabled parking spaces outside. I was sourced by the time I walked to the shopping yet I saw these 'disabled' people, jump out of ther cars running into the shops, run back to their cars jumping into their cars again with no sign of any walking stick or walking impediment or wheelchair or any help or aid at all to help them their facility of being 'disabled', and being able to carry anything back to the car with two hands and no walking or moving impediments. By the time I'd managed to get from the other side the car park where I was able to park my car, get my walker out of the car, start to walk over to the shop entrance, these other 'disabled' occupants of these cars which had Blue Badges in them, had leapt out of their cars, done their shop, and loaded their boots and were leaping back in their cars to drive off before I had managed to even get to the shop entrance.

So it took me a lot longer this morning to do a few things and I was exhausted and I didn't get back home till nearly 11 am. The reason I go out before 9am is because I always get a disabled spot 9 am in the morning, but for some reason not this morning.

I come back home. I'm driving up my road when I see a white van parked on the pavement outside my house and a man standing at the end of my driveway, just in the driveway rolling at some yellow pipes which were partially in my driveway. He moves them quickly when he saw me and got everything in the back of his van and so I grabbed my camera took some photographs at the back of his van and his number. The man was driving off. I backed into my driveway and got my camera ready to take more pictures of him as his came back up the road, it is a cul-de-sac.

I thought I would deal with this later if I needed to.

I've got out of the car, and I'm getting my shopping out of the car, when my next door neighbour, Mr Insensitive Christmas lights neighbour, flew out of his house and says "What business have you got taking photographs?".

I had taken my photograph from inside my car. I had not got out the car to take them. I then realised that my stupid neighbour, had been watching me closely from inside his bungalow through his security camera, of me inside my car.

"A strange man is standing on my driveway winding up some yellow pipes, which are also in my driveway," I told my neighbour, "of course I am going to take photographs of him".

"That's my window cleaner," said my neighbour, "You can't take photographs of him."

"If that is your window cleaner," I said, "Will you explain to me why your window cleaner is parked outside my very short bit of frontage of my house (just room for one car) and you have that enormous long frontage all the way round your house (enough for more than half a dozen cars) ? Your window cleaner is parked outside my house, and also why is he dealing with his equipment in my driveway?".

"Well, if you put it like that..." my horrid neighbour said.

"I do put it like that", I told my neighbour, "And I will take photographs of anything that is untowards on my property or in front of my property."

"Have you got anything you want to tell me?" I asked him.

"That's my window cleaner," my horrid neighbour repeated.

"If you say so. But I will get a number plate check on that van." And I turned round and walked in.

Usually, I relock my gate halfway up the driveway by the bungalow, but I thought I would be back quickly today, I wasn't. The problem with my neighbour is that he shares all his drains with me, that is, all his effluent flows into my side of the property and his drains goes into my drains, and frequently floods my manhole covers which leak with effluent and I have to get the water board out, because I have an unsavoury paddling pool outside my kitchen door. And the water board have served several warnings on him for putting the wrong stuff down the drains. There is one drain either side of my gate (both on my property) and both of them flood from his property drains on to mine. This 'window cleaner', because I didn't lock the gate he would've been able to access the second drain outside my kitchen door, as well as the first drain on my driveway. My horrid neighbour is going to be in deep doodoo if he blocks those drains again and the water board have to come out again..... the Waterboard have already rebuilt all the drains on my side TWICE to cope with his effluent...he won't let them rebuilt the drains on his property because he had that new printed driveway build around his entire garden, front and back some few years ago. And so his drains that come into mine are not adequate for purpose, and frequently block on his side, but the waterboard have to access my side, of the drains, to unblock his side....

He didn't ask me permission, he thought he could deal with this without me knowing by trespassing on my property while I was out. If there was a problem with the drains, I want the water board, a professional body to come out and deal with it, not a 'window cleaner'...

I am tired and weary. need a nap...


Wild life nighttime video.
The Badger & Fox & Cats
58 secs


Creative...a squiggle one line drawing. Tried another thick line. I think this looks okay...

Time for a cuppa...

Have your best day...



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Hug for disabled parking blockade by the entitled and ignorant ‘not that disabled but give me a badge’ brigade and also for the strange trespass. Lovely squiggle - looks like one of my granddaughters going to school with and apple in her hand.
 
dunelm said:
Hug for disabled parking blockade by the entitled and ignorant ‘not that disabled but give me a badge’ brigade and also for the strange trespass. Lovely squiggle - looks like one of my granddaughters going to school with and apple in her hand.
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Everyone knows someone that abuses the blue badge scheme.
it is going to be an Olympic event in 2032.
But only with electric vehicles.
 
Lamont D said:
@gennepher you live in a place where the locals are known to be a bit odd. Ha!
No wonder you struggle with neighbours.
6.7 this gardening Friday.
Sun came out for about an hour just before noon, so having a pitch inspection, I decided to mow.
And now I'm knackered.
But at last the mower has been used. That is what it is for. It's not very useful when it's not doing its job.
Reminds me of a certain government.
We are now not known by the U.K. But broken Britain. Or the isles of waste. Or the kingdom of corruption.
There is a YouTube video, that had me in stitches this morning.
It was about a plea to stop having a go at a certain prince.
And the name of this group, who are doing this is called........
Prince A Exoneration Development Office.
Brilliant.

As usual wonderful artwork.

I did hear from a friend, from a friend of a friend.
The heightened security is because of the middle east.
The threat level is understandable.

Or it could be that Rishi, has been scammed.
Apparently, an indian phone call centre has targeted his account.
He was quoted, as saying, it was only a couple of million, pocket change.I
He would be reimbursed by the plebs in the party.
If Boris can do it, why can't he?

Cloudy with a chance of chicken Tandoori.
Or fishy rishi Friday.
Kitchen and garden duties, Mrs L has had a relaxing day.
Or I wouldn't have attacked and assaulted my front garden.
Daffs are nearly done, but bluebells, even the pink and near white are in full spurt.
It's blue bell Forrest out there, people!

Have a great rest of day. Have a great weekend and hold the rain stays away.
My best wishes to you lot as always.
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They are known to be odd...I agree...
 
Lamont D said:
Everyone knows someone that abuses the blue badge scheme.
it is going to be an Olympic event in 2032.
But only with electric vehicles.
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I have been registered disabled for nearly 30 years and refuse to apply for one because I can still walk reasonably well. There needs to be more rigour about who get’s these things.
 
Lamont D said:
@gennepher you live in a place where the locals are known to be a bit odd. Ha!
No wonder you struggle with neighbours.
6.7 this gardening Friday.
Sun came out for about an hour just before noon, so having a pitch inspection, I decided to mow.
And now I'm knackered.
But at last the mower has been used. That is what it is for. It's not very useful when it's not doing its job.
Reminds me of a certain government.
We are now not known by the U.K. But broken Britain. Or the isles of waste. Or the kingdom of corruption.
There is a YouTube video, that had me in stitches this morning.
It was about a plea to stop having a go at a certain prince.
And the name of this group, who are doing this is called........
Prince A Exoneration Development Office.
Brilliant.

As usual wonderful artwork.

I did hear from a friend, from a friend of a friend.
The heightened security is because of the middle east.
The threat level is understandable.

Or it could be that Rishi, has been scammed.
Apparently, an indian phone call centre has targeted his account.
He was quoted, as saying, it was only a couple of million, pocket change.I
He would be reimbursed by the plebs in the party.
If Boris can do it, why can't he?

Cloudy with a chance of chicken Tandoori.
Or fishy rishi Friday.
Kitchen and garden duties, Mrs L has had a relaxing day.
Or I wouldn't have attacked and assaulted my front garden.
Daffs are nearly done, but bluebells, even the pink and near white are in full spurt.
It's blue bell Forrest out there, people!

Have a great rest of day. Have a great weekend and hold the rain stays away.
My best wishes to you lot as always.
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Living in Ca over 40 years, whenever I go back, it’s always fascinating to see people’s lifestyles. Freshly made food with no preservatives I like. I am not a red meat eater. I used to eat but stopped.
Love freshly made Tandoori chicken, freshly made non starchy veggies, and almost no bread (carbs).
 
dunelm said:
I have been registered disabled for nearly 30 years and refuse to apply for one because I can still walk reasonably well. There needs to be more rigour about who get’s these things.
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If you are registered disabled fine.
But most use them for relatives of their vehicles.
It is difficult to differentiate between all the options that it can be used for.
Means tested just wouldn't work.
My wife has the option but we have not taken it up.
As we are both unable to drive for medical reasons.
 
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