Had phone call this evening from the police officer i spoke to yesterday regarding the serial hooter. She has been to see them and it was the wife who was doing it.
The gripe it seems is not speciafically aimed at us but the entire street and the general parking situation with specific vans and cars further in the st named specifically for parking across the whole of the pavement.
The PC says she was warming up at our house (we're no1) and finishing when turning into her own street. She assures the PC that it will not happen again and realises 2 wrongs do not make a right.
The PC was very helpful and stated that she understands why people have to park the way they do on estates like these that don't even fit cars in garages but will look into trying to address some of the specific problem people.
She also warned her to slow down her speed as it had been noted she drives quite fast whilst hooting....this amused me
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Tee hee Polly. I am on record above (in the other thread I mean) as saying I didn't think it would be a woman.
Naughty, sexist Lud! Why do men always have to get the blame just because they do most rapes, burglaries, assaults and so on right down to noisy behaviour?
It's so unfair! I blame people like me for creating this biased climate of opinion.
Edited by Lud on 19/11/2008 at 21:22
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She's obviously the boss as in most relationships i think..lol
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Sounds like a good outcome. I'm glad that it was sorted so quickly and efficiently!
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I blame people like me for creating this biased climate of opinion.
Don't blame yourself Lud. I think you were suckered in along with the rest of us by the subliminal message in Polly's first post: "...a car on entering the street upon reaching our house and until quite far past just blares his horn..."
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>>Don't blame yourself Lud. I think you were suckered in along with the rest of us by the subliminal message in Polly's first post: "...a car on entering the street upon reaching our house and until quite far past just blares his horn..."
Ahh well I was told by a neighbour who had witnessed the Hooter that it was an older gentleman, maybe just a masculine looking female??
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I look at the vehicles abandoned along my street, a residential street consisting of houses with garages. People would rather keep a few quids worth of junk in their garage than the £20,000 plus set of wheels they drive. Of course the company car drivers don't care because it's not their car and any damage they suffer doesn't concern them. As for the others, well it baffles me.
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As for the others well it baffles me.
They've nowhere else to put the junk, and they don't worship the car.
I couldn't be bothered to put the car in the garage even if it would fit. As far as I know it's weatherproof, though I grant it would be handy not to have to chip ice off now and then.
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I understand that some of the many larger vLondon houses that have had the garage turned into an extra room, if they get up to a certain value bracket, are being devalued, because that bracket of buyer would want a garage if they're paying that price
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Easy enough to put the room back I suppose if it's devaluing the house!
Pleased to see that it was sorted painlessly.
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Easy enough to put the room back I suppose if it's devaluing the house!
Strangely enough, this happened in our next street - house up for sale for months - sellers getting desperate - eventual buyers stated they were put off because the conversion of the garage into a room meant there was no room to take the two cars off the road. The buyer offered a much lower price, secured the house, then converted the "room" back into a garage - and had his council tax reduced as a result (1 less room).
New owners were a retired couple with no prospects of needing the extra room, but consiered having a garage more important.
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"She's obviously the boss as in most relationships i think..lol"
Exactly Polly! and who would want it to be different - not me.
You have a good sense of humour ;) I hope you choose to stick around and become a regular Forum member, now that your situation is sorted.
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Glad you got it sorted without having to call in the rugby squad Polly.
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Glad to hear its all sorted amicably Polly!
A lesson to all of us I think - only use the horn for its intended purpose - alerting other road users to your presence in an emergency!
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OH MY WORD!!!!
neighbours jat the back of us on the problem road ust moved out today without telling any of us (find this odd they are retired but friendly) and think they may be renting out the house and a family have moved in. At this current time there is 1 car parked on drive and 3 on road.
Serial hooter usually drives past on a monday so might watch and observe reaction.
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