Notes attached to car windscreens
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CS Garth said:
Any form of communication which is left under a windscreen wiper is generally the act of a total moron unless it is post collision details.
Wish I knew that last weekm when I stuck a note informing somebody of their resemblance to female genitalia, for taking up 3 residential spaces, including my own 
A 'friend' may have left a couple
"Pavements for pedestrians please"
Which had F*ck Off hand written underneath it the next day
Which was followed up with
"Pavement - a raised paved or asphalted path for pedestrians at the side of a road"
"Layby- an area at the side of a road where vehicles may pull off the road and stop"
Theres a perfectly good layby behind the Rav4 but it's not directly outside his house
"Pavements for pedestrians please"
Which had F*ck Off hand written underneath it the next day
Which was followed up with
"Pavement - a raised paved or asphalted path for pedestrians at the side of a road"
"Layby- an area at the side of a road where vehicles may pull off the road and stop"
Theres a perfectly good layby behind the Rav4 but it's not directly outside his house
In the late 80's, pre mobile phones, my girlfriend and I had spotted a group of our friends cruising near Camber Sands in his Vitesse convertible. When we later saw it parked, I got her to write a note saying how she and her friends thought they were fit and wondered if they'd like to party etc etc.
Later that night we sat at a friends place when they all rocked up with tales of how these gorgeous young girls had been lusting after them and arguing about who exactly she'd meant when ''she'' said ''he was fit''?
It kept us amused for a while.
Later that night we sat at a friends place when they all rocked up with tales of how these gorgeous young girls had been lusting after them and arguing about who exactly she'd meant when ''she'' said ''he was fit''?
It kept us amused for a while.
CS Garth said:
Any form of communication which is left under a windscreen wiper is generally the act of a total moron unless it is post collision details.
So I am moronic when I leave a polite note to the repeat offenders who park in front of my garden gates (behind which lies my garage). If people see that this is "acceptable" it becomes another parking space and when I need to get my fun car out at the weekend... I can't. What intelligent option is available to me? Call the Police, fire sausages up their exhaust? Obviously the PH answer is to spend 40k moving house to somewhere with no neighbours but that's more inconvenient than a little polite note TBH.
I saw a stunning Austin Mini parked in town a while back and at the time was looking for a tidy example to buy.
Scribbled out a quick note asking them to give me a call should they decide to sell it.
I was interrupted by an out-of-breath owner who'd seen someone in a hi-vis writing out a note next to his illegally parked car, and sprinted the 100 metres or so down the high street
Scribbled out a quick note asking them to give me a call should they decide to sell it.
I was interrupted by an out-of-breath owner who'd seen someone in a hi-vis writing out a note next to his illegally parked car, and sprinted the 100 metres or so down the high street
I left a note once. I lived at the end of a cul de sac, residents used to park along one side of the entrance road which was fine. Some spacially challenged girl then parked her Ka on the other side leaving a gap that only a supermini or a motorbike could fit through, my Landcruiser did not and the neighbors van wouldn't have either. I requested that she not park there again and if she did her car would be moved to somewhere more convenient (for me), she didn't park there again.
I'm always leaving notes so I must be a total moron!
We live near the local hospital so a lot of the staff there park on the road leading to ours. Every now and then one or two clearly get there a bit late and just dump the car facing against the traffic and in a spot where it means it's hard for anyone else to get through. So I leave a note - they need to learn!
I don't bother with a note at the office when people park in our solitary space, I just block them in. Well, except for a note on my windscreen explaining to the traffic warden why I'm parked with one wheel on double yellows. I managed from just before 9am until Mrs Pistonbroker went off to do the school run at 15.15 once. In fact, we considered her walking to school and me walking home later just to make it a bit longer! :-p The owner had asked us to move at 10.30am!
I think the only note I've ever received was when I was running late for work once in my early 20s. In fact, perhaps the hospital staff parking near my house is just Karma?! I'd nudged the bumper of a Mk3 Escort with my Mk2 Golf as I nipped into a space. Having looked at both I decided there was no damage as a result - neither were in top nick - but I came back to find a note from a curtain-twitcher who'd seen it. I started finding the change for the Pay & Display after that!
We live near the local hospital so a lot of the staff there park on the road leading to ours. Every now and then one or two clearly get there a bit late and just dump the car facing against the traffic and in a spot where it means it's hard for anyone else to get through. So I leave a note - they need to learn!
I don't bother with a note at the office when people park in our solitary space, I just block them in. Well, except for a note on my windscreen explaining to the traffic warden why I'm parked with one wheel on double yellows. I managed from just before 9am until Mrs Pistonbroker went off to do the school run at 15.15 once. In fact, we considered her walking to school and me walking home later just to make it a bit longer! :-p The owner had asked us to move at 10.30am!
I think the only note I've ever received was when I was running late for work once in my early 20s. In fact, perhaps the hospital staff parking near my house is just Karma?! I'd nudged the bumper of a Mk3 Escort with my Mk2 Golf as I nipped into a space. Having looked at both I decided there was no damage as a result - neither were in top nick - but I came back to find a note from a curtain-twitcher who'd seen it. I started finding the change for the Pay & Display after that!
My other half is a carer and thanks to an arsrhole driver blocking her in during one of her visits, she was unable to get the car out and go to the 2 calls after that. It's a row of spaces and this car had literally parked beside hers, so she had a car in front, car behind, wall to the right and badly parked Honda to the left. So she left a note on the car about it and had to retrieve her car the next day, meaning 2 elderly people didn't get their visits. Note read:
'Next time you decide to block someone in, try and make sure it isn't a vulnerable OAPs carer'.
She has a special badge type thing on her car that enables her to park in disabled spaces and so this sort of thing doesn't happen.
'Next time you decide to block someone in, try and make sure it isn't a vulnerable OAPs carer'.
She has a special badge type thing on her car that enables her to park in disabled spaces and so this sort of thing doesn't happen.
Sycamore said:
I saw a stunning Austin Mini parked in town a while back and at the time was looking for a tidy example to buy.
Scribbled out a quick note asking them to give me a call should they decide to sell it.
I was interrupted by an out-of-breath owner who'd seen someone in a hi-vis writing out a note next to his illegally parked car, and sprinted the 100 metres or so down the high street
Scribbled out a quick note asking them to give me a call should they decide to sell it.
I was interrupted by an out-of-breath owner who'd seen someone in a hi-vis writing out a note next to his illegally parked car, and sprinted the 100 metres or so down the high street
Get a video camera and you could create a new genre of YouTube channel doing this 
BluePurpleRed said:
CS Garth said:
Any form of communication which is left under a windscreen wiper is generally the act of a total moron unless it is post collision details.
So I am moronic when I leave a polite note to the repeat offenders who park in front of my garden gates (behind which lies my garage). If people see that this is "acceptable" it becomes another parking space and when I need to get my fun car out at the weekend... I can't. What intelligent option is available to me? Call the Police, fire sausages up their exhaust? Obviously the PH answer is to spend 40k moving house to somewhere with no neighbours but that's more inconvenient than a little polite note TBH.
Assuming it is dropped, I would put a notice on the gate saying access required 24 hrs a day (or sat/Sunday) and complain to the council - they can put white lines down to remind people not to park there.
I would then buy some dollys just in case.
CS Garth said:
Any form of communication which is left under a windscreen wiper is generally the act of a total moron unless it is post collision details.
Someone leaves his car parked at a pump while he sits in Subway having a scoff, as cars queue up for petrol behind him.Someone leaves a note on his screen advising him he is an inconsiderate tit.
Who is the moron?
t.mybrainhurts said:
CS Garth said:
Any form of communication which is left under a windscreen wiper is generally the act of a total moron unless it is post collision details.
Someone leaves his car parked at a pump while he sits in Subway having a scoff, as cars queue up for petrol behind him.Someone leaves a note on his screen advising him he is an inconsiderate tit.
Who is the moron?
Ask yourself this: have you ever seen a Chuck Norris film where he writes an incandescent note? Think: what would Norris do.
CS Garth said:
mybrainhurts said:
CS Garth said:
Any form of communication which is left under a windscreen wiper is generally the act of a total moron unless it is post collision details.
Someone leaves his car parked at a pump while he sits in Subway having a scoff, as cars queue up for petrol behind him.Someone leaves a note on his screen advising him he is an inconsiderate tit.
Who is the moron?
Ask yourself this: have you ever seen a Chuck Norris film where he writes an incandescent note? Think: what would Norris do.
Pfffff! Never mind.
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