New people moved in up the road, must think they are still in the city...

[JP_]

Funny, as walked passed at the weekend, and they had so many vehicles that one was parked beyond the gates. I doubt they will ever put gates on, I think they just want big gate posts to look posh.

 

[clifford1]

I think they just want big gate posts to look posh.

Then they've failed

 

[JP_]

Then they've failed

But they might have them "tilled"!

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

"tilled"!

???

 

[JP_]

???

first para

https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/...must-think-they-are-still-in-the-city.582193/

 

[cdbe]

Where I live the pineapple or acorn pillar topper is the only true sign of wealth and class. An 80k Range Rover parked in the front garden of a council house means nothing without those pineapples.

 

[JP_]

I predict lions. But could well be an acorn. Maybe I'll set up a sweepstake.

 

[bernardgreen]

Pineapples are trivial

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I predict lions. But could well be an acorn. Maybe I'll set up a sweepstake.

Can I go with a pair of squirrels?

 

[RandomGrinch]

Can I go with a pair of squirrels?

There you go!

 

[Deleted member 174758]

6 punctures! I have no doubt it's been erm, 'dressed up' a little to add to their cause but it does come across a bit full on. They must really, really want them!

One thing I will say is that if you work in the building trades you get more of your fair share of punctures - a combination of stray bits of metal from the site (screws, nails, etc) and the sorts of areas you find yourself working in ("gentrification" often starts in the worst parts of any town, so broken bottles, spent needles, etc are not unknown)

 

[JP_]

County Council Highways has spoken. Reckon it will be refused - they don't sound happy about it!

"This would result in an unacceptable degree of hazard and risk"

and, something I didn't know ... "Any gates provided at a vehicular access must be ..... set back not less than 6 metres from the kerbside edge"

 

[JP_]

Mind you, their objection is about gates ... but I don't that was really the homeowners plan... the pillars seem to have been forgotten...