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Petty parking problem

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  • 29-08-2019 5:58pm
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    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users Posts: 9,696 ✭✭✭


    Evening lads, have a funny one here. Outside the house is one spot, and I know it's first come first served and all that and I've no problem with that as we're a two car household and space for 3 in the garden so its fine. But... Our (lovely :pac:) neighbours park out there each evening, but once she leaves she makes her husband park his car outside just to keep the spot, and leave their garden empty. It's unbelievably petty and has made birthdays and occasions awkward for parking, but I've noticed his car hasn't a single in-date disc in the window. I'm curious of the legalities of his car being there if anybody can advise :)


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    Whocare
    Registered Users Posts: 1,047 ✭✭✭Whocare


    It small world he could be reading this too


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    Sonny noggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    Grass him up.


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    Carpentry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Carpentry


    Whocare wrote: »
    It small world he could be reading this too

    :D


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    Infernal Racket
    Registered Users Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭Infernal Racket


    Contact the local 50, they'll slap a ticket on that sumbitch


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    Car99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭Car99


    Life is too short.


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    victor8600
    Registered Users Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭victor8600


    Sonny noggs wrote: »
    Grass him up.

    Exactly, let the war begin. Have you tried a diplomatic solution already, that is talking to your neighbours?


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    InTheShadows
    Closed Accounts Posts: 727 ✭✭✭InTheShadows


    Go for a walk OP.


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    Infernal Racket
    Registered Users Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭Infernal Racket


    victor8600 wrote: »
    Exactly, let the war begin. Have you tried a diplomatic solution already, that is talking to your neighbours?

    The time for diplomacy is over, make the call. Do it


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    tomwaits48
    Registered Users Posts: 861 ✭✭✭tomwaits48


    Time to hit them over the head with a hammer


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    MEGA BRO WOLF 5000
    Registered Users Posts: 17,391 ✭✭✭✭MEGA BRO WOLF 5000


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    Evening lads, have a funny one here. Outside the house is one spot, and I know it's first come first served and all that and I've no problem with that as we're a two car household and space for 3 in the garden so its fine. But... Our (lovely :pac:) neighbours park out there each evening, but once she leaves she makes her husband park his car outside just to keep the spot, and leave their garden empty. It's unbelievably petty and has made birthdays and occasions awkward for parking, but I've noticed his car hasn't a single in-date disc in the window. I'm curious of the legalities of his car being there if anybody can advise :)

    Rat him out!


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    Charlie19
    Registered Users Posts: 11,721 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    Torch the car with him it.



























    I've a grand flashlight in the shed that I bought in Halfords, its very powerful.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Park outside their house.


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    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users Posts: 9,696 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    victor8600 wrote: »
    Exactly, let the war begin. Have you tried a diplomatic solution already, that is talking to your neighbours?

    I'm living beside them 18 years, they wouldn't even allow access to their back garden to replace fencing that we didn't ask a penny for :P


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    corks finest
    Registered Users Posts: 8,628 ✭✭✭corks finest


    tomwaits48 wrote:
    Time to hit them over the head with a hammer

    If the hammer breaks you might actually have to chat to him,just on the off chance like


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    Sonny noggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭Sonny noggs


    The OP didn’t come on here looking for rational / useful advice such as talk to the neighbour.


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    The Satanist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 693 ✭✭✭The Satanist


    Snitches get stitches.

    Hammer time.


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    Borderfox
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,257 Mod ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    Everything moves with biscuit tin lids


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    #19
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Nothing stops things like brake fluid.


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    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 13,425 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    goodfellas_150pyxurz.jpg


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    zilog_jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,641 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    Get some old bangers and park them outside their house. Preferably very broken, and with bricks instead of wheels.


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    i57dwun4yb1pt8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭i57dwun4yb1pt8


    are they scum ?
    if so - better to think about next steps carefully


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    #23
    H3llR4iser
    Registered Users Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭H3llR4iser


    Donate them to science - finding out what goes in the mind of this kind of people will probably be as massive a step as the moon landing...

    (Little you can do if they are unreasonable, anyway)


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,619 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Nothing stops things like brake fluid.

    That's a real nasty one.


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    Carpentry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Carpentry


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    That's a real nasty one.

    Agreed, really hard to remove stain from driveway.


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    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Carpentry wrote: »
    Agreed, really hard to remove stain from driveway.

    Paint stripper?


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    #27
    Isambard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,796 ✭✭✭Isambard


    it's not a petty problem, it's a very selfish neighbour laying claim to ownership of a "public" space irrespective of the needs of their neighbours. I'd "dob them in to the Feds" if the car isn't road legal, no hesitation.


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    Tazzimus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,933 ✭✭✭Tazzimus


    Do you have a dog? Teach it to use their garden and front door step as it's toilet.

    Or just go lay one on at their front door yourself, whichever is handiest.

    I also like the brake fluid idea, write **** on the car with it


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    Infernal Racket
    Registered Users Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭Infernal Racket


    Tazzimus wrote: »
    Do you have a dog? Teach it to use their garden and front door step as it's toilet.

    Or just go lay one on at their front door yourself, whichever is handiest.

    I also like the brake fluid idea, write **** on the car with it

    I suggest if you're taking this approach, drop a dookie in a brown paper bag then set it on fire before ringing the doorbell


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    Titzon Toast
    Registered Users Posts: 2,490 ✭✭✭Titzon Toast


    Buy a cheap bag of scrap and park it in that spot first chance you get.
    Or block the old lad's car in with two bags of scrap.
    If you can't have the spot, no one can.


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    GrumpyMe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭GrumpyMe


    Long term solution is to grow a tree beside the spot and feed the birds well. :p


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