Cork people and bollards?

franktheplank

In Cork some people reserve themselves a parking space on a public road by putting bollards out. You might put bollards out in front of your house when you go shopping, so you'll have a nice convenient space when you return.

Does this happen in other places or is it just something to do with Cork folks overinflated sense of self-importance?

Personally I think it shouldn't be permitted. If you want a house with a parking space go nd friggin buy one. Can't afford it, then tough, drive around nd find a space like the rest of us.

Any thoughts or opinions from AH?

Gummy Panda

Cork people are strange.

Must be all the Dublin envy

franktheplank

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Cork people are strange.

Must be all the Dublin envy

I'd been putting in down to rampant inbreeding myself.

mikemac1

The ESB will open the dam and flood the Corkonians soon and wash away the bollards, that will solve this OP

Max Power

franktheplank wrote: »

In Cork some people reserve themselves a parking space on a public road by putting bollards out. You might put bollards out in front of your house when you go shopping, so you'll have a nice convenient space when you return.

Does this happen in other places or is it just something to do with Cork folks overinflated sense of self-importance?

Personally I think it shouldn't be permitted. If you want a house with a parking space go nd friggin buy one. Can't afford it, then tough, drive around nd find a space like the rest of us.

Any thoughts or opinions from AH?

No.

girl in the striped socks

Would that not annoy the **** out of you though? That you couldn't park outside your own house?

pablomakaveli

franktheplank wrote: »

In Cork some people reserve themselves a parking space on a public road by putting bollards out. You might put bollards out in front of your house when you go shopping, so you'll have a nice convenient space when you return.

Does this happen in other places or is it just something to do with Cork folks overinflated sense of self-importance?

Personally I think it shouldn't be permitted. If you want a house with a parking space go nd friggin buy one. Can't afford it, then tough, drive around nd find a space like the rest of us.

Any thoughts or opinions from AH?

Id put it down to us being able to adapt and overcome OP. Are you jealous of our superior Corkonian intellect OP? Do you wish you were from Cork?

Well im afraid you dont meet the high standards required to be a full fledged Corkonian OP. Better hope the odds favor you better in the next life.

who the fug

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Cork people are strange.

Must be all the Dublin envy

Heard they picked up that habit in Dublin, hurlers may be ****e but we still get to Croke park regular with footballers pulling their weight

El Weirdo

Sounds like a load of old bollards to me.

MarkR

You know you can move those bollards, right?

franktheplank

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Would that not annoy the **** out of you though? That you couldn't park outside your own house?

Of course but you don't own the road so you gotta put up with it.

Plus, it's wasting parking space while your not home.

Plus, on some streets there might be more houses/apartments than spaces.

franktheplank

MarkR wrote: »

You know you can move those bollards, right?

But you gotta be sure their not home or you'll have some 'langer' out givin u ****e.

Best do it at night, or even better, burn their car out

Lyaiera

Cripple yourself, get the disability parking pass, and if you can satisfy the council you're living somewhere long term they'll put in a wheelchair spot if there aren't that many already.

Chuck Stone

London - Paris - New York - Beijing - Sydney - Cork.

staker

You're more likely to get your bollard back in Cork.

mikemac1

franktheplank wrote: »

Best do it at night, or even better, burn their car out

Burn cars out?

Are you from Knocknaheeny!

dave1982

I've 2 and some builders tape wrap it around them, gets me grand space so I don't have parallel park.

Mech1

when I see this in Dublin, I lift the cones, put them in plain view in the hatchback, park and walk away.

Ignore the screaming when I get back to the car and drive away oblivious to the madness going on around me.

later just ditch the cones at a roadworks site, they arnt hard to find.

Madam_X

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Id put it down to us being able to adapt and overcome OP. Are you jealous of our superior Corkonian intellect OP? Do you wish you were from Cork?

Well im afraid you dont meet the high standards required to be a full fledged Corkonian OP. Better hope the odds favor you better in the next life.

Oh god, don't - from a fellow Cork person.

It's crap behaviour OP and happens anywhere because there are people everywhere with that level of self importance.

indough

doesnt happen in cork any more than anywhere else

Rhys Essien

OP.this thread is a whole load of bollards.

You might think of better ones when you turn 18.

For now,go back to your homework.

Sky King

Move the cones.

Nobody is entitled to park outside their house if it's a public road - once you pay your motor tax, you can park there.

who the fug

Madam_X wrote: »

Oh god, don't - from a fellow Cork person.

A come on the peasants expect it, throw the dog a bone

mikemac1

You need some drunken students

A locked student turns into a magpie when they see bollards and signs and lights and anything else out on the road as they stumble home

Early rag week this year?

dave1982

Sky King wrote: »

Move the cones.

Nobody is entitled to park outside their house if it's a public road - once you pay your motor tax, you can park there.

My door = my space

franktheplank

Does this happen much in other places then? I don't understand the mentality that says you own the public road space outside your house.

Madam_X

dave1982 wrote: »

My door = my space

Nope, not always. Only if you have a driveway. If there is just a street or communal parking right outside your door though, it ain't your space.

franktheplank

Rhys Essien wrote: »

OP.this thread is a whole load of bollards.

You might think of better ones when you turn 18.

For now,go back to your homework.

My bollards bigger than yours

Shryke

This place has gone to the dogs.

petersburg2002

franktheplank wrote: »

In Cork some people reserve themselves a parking space on a public road by putting bollards out. You might put bollards out in front of your house when you go shopping, so you'll have a nice convenient space when you return.

Does this happen in other places or is it just something to do with Cork folks overinflated sense of self-importance?

Personally I think it shouldn't be permitted. If you want a house with a parking space go nd friggin buy one. Can't afford it, then tough, drive around nd find a space like the rest of us.

Any thoughts or opinions from AH?

Maybe it not so much 'sense of self-importance' as being cute hoors. If bollards are good enough for those overpaid planks in Dáil Éireann to park their Mercs, then we should all be keeping a spare set in the shed.

franktheplank

petersburg2002 wrote: »

Maybe it not so much 'sense of self-importance' as being cute hoors. If bollards are good enough for those overpaid planks in Dáil Éireann to park their Mercs, then we should all be keeping a spare set in the shed.

I hate everything about cute hoorism.

Chuck Stone

franktheplank wrote: »

Does this happen much in other places then? I don't understand the mentality that says you own the public road space outside your house.

I think you'll find it is indeed unique to Cork City. It's a mixture of genetics and environment.

There's a magnetic anomaly in the rock under Cork City that causes a slight genetic aberration in the genes of people born here.

The genetic aberration combined with the Cork micro-climate leads to a heightened feeling of territoriality in people which leads to this car-space reserving.

Hope that clears it up.

Madam_X

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I think you'll find it is indeed unique to Cork City. It's a mixture of genetics and environment.

There's a magnetic anomaly in the rock under Cork City that causes a slight genetic aberration in the genes of people born here.

The genetic aberration combined with the Cork micro-climate leads to a heightened feeling of territoriality in people which leads to this car-space reserving.

Hope that clears it up.

I use rocks to reserve my space. Big f'ucking heavy boulders. :mad:

coonecb1

This happens in Dublin too.

It's not legal but seems to work. There's nothing stopping people from moving the bollards, as long as it's a public road (which most roads in housing estates are)

Chuck Stone

Madam_X wrote: »

I use rocks to reserve my space. Big f'ucking heavy boulders. :mad:

Cark gurls be mad dat way, like. Fight wan of 'em ya hafta fight 'em all. :pac:

The_Kew_Tour

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Cork people are strange.

Must be all the Dublin envy

Of what. Having more AI then ye?:D

staker

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I think you'll find it is indeed unique to Cork City. It's a mixture of genetics and environment.

There's a magnetic anomaly in the rock under Cork City that causes a slight genetic aberration in the genes of people born here.

The genetic aberration combined with the Cork micro-climate leads to a heightened feeling of territoriality in people which leads to this car-space reserving.

Hope that clears it up.

Strong stuff you're smoking there Chuck Stoned:pac:

losthorizon

Dublin - you will be shot dead

Limerick - stabbed to death

Cork - Bollards (actually havent seen it myself).

If thats the worst Cork has to offer then thats fine with me.

Chuck Stone

staker wrote: »

Strong stuff you're smoking there Chuck Stoned:pac:

No-oo, it's true bai.

staker

Chuck Stone wrote: »

No-oo, it's true bai.

Enjoy!!:pac:

coonecb1

losthorizon wrote: »

Dublin - you will be shot dead

Limerick - stabbed to death

Cork - Bollards (actually havent seen it myself).

If thats the worst Cork has to offer then thats fine with me.

No, the worst Cork has to offer is that it's full of Cork people.

Hey Cork: F*ck off!

Kind Regards, Dublin

El Weirdo

Right, can we quit with the Cork v Dublin shite, please? It gets very fucking boring very fucking quickly.

fasttalkerchat

I do it too. My whole street does. The council promised to bring in paid parking with a permit for all residents but that hasn't happened.

If I can't park outside my house the next nearest legal parking space has a 2 hour limit so I would have to go out and move it and maybe even move it again until my space is free.

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bollards.:o

Scruffles

franktheplank wrote: »

In Cork some people reserve themselves a parking space on a public road by putting bollards out. You might put bollards out in front of your house when you go shopping, so you'll have a nice convenient space when you return.

Does this happen in other places or is it just something to do with Cork folks overinflated sense of self-importance?

Personally I think it shouldn't be permitted. If you want a house with a parking space go nd friggin buy one. Can't afford it, then tough, drive around nd find a space like the rest of us.

Any thoughts or opinions from AH?

hell no,it happens over here in england,there is also the disability aspect- a permenent resident with a blue badge can get a disabled bay painted on the road for them,doesnt stop a nob from parking in it though.


am one of those feckers who likes to cone up a parking space.
because am living in a residential centre we have our own fenced off car park and a row of it is supposed to be for residents motability vercles or our mini bus only,however parents who are in visiting their children were always taking up our spaces and there was never anywhere to park which made it impossible for us to access our own buildings.
anyway,had found some cones lying around and quickly laid claim to them,and put one in each corner,it meant they had to be moved each time of course but that was worth it to stop the spot being robbed.

corktina

i knew someone NOT in Cork who used to put out bollards and didn't even have a car....

somefeen

I'm from Cork and I'm saying its a Cork thing, never seen it anywhere else.
I think its a subconscious attempt to expand our homes by small increments at a time.
Watch us painting semi-detached houses and you'll know how bad it is.

jpm4

Seen it plenty of times in Dublin. Was visiting a friend in the Blackpitts area off the N81 and that park had pretty much nothing but bollards outside each house.

corktina

what always amuses me is people getting upset at others parking outside their homes but not caring where their own vistors park.

franktheplank

I know it's not legally giving you any rights to park but is it actually against the law to put bollards up outside you're house?

If so, is there a penalty?

Greenmachine

Lot's of traffic cones outside houses in Santry without paid parking. Why put bollards on the road. What is wrong with traffic cones.