Re: What's going on outside your house?

by Fangirl Three Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:55 am

The cops did that to me once. I went to Wickes for a tin of paint, and while I was in there they cordoned off the park to investigate a murder.

I had to walk miles, the whole length of Zarndray Avenue and right up the hill to the railway bridge and down the other side and over Zarn Bridge to get back to the other side of the park, carrying this 5 litre tin of paint in my rucksack the whole way. And even then I was still a mile from home.

Nightjar wrote:How could such a heinous crime be committed at such a genteel location?

Those look like the residences at the university I was at, but stacked up backwards.

by Nightjar Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:35 pm

The foxes have piped up with a vengeance.

by Nightjar Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:39 pm

All of my neighbours seem to love them and throw all sausages and cheese sandwiches and kedgeree on a warmed salver like in a an posh restaurant down for them, but me, I just wish I still had my HK P7 soft-air pistol.

That'd show the ******s.

by Nightjar Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:37 pm

Like, not that I'd actually shoot them, like.

I'd just ping a couple across their bows.

Along with the pheromones I spray from my special glands all over the shop, that'll soon bang the message home.

shifty

by Nightjar Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:48 pm

Still.

£59

If I ever see that

again, it'll be the first question I'll ask her.

Then there'll be the issue of the fondue set.

£79

And then those green plastic champagne flutes from a charity shop in Lyme Regis.

£1

I got the sh*tty end of multiple sticks on that one.

by Fangirl Three Sat Jan 22, 2022 6:34 am

I saw 3 deer while I was taking a turn round the car park here yesterday. Two ran off but the other stood its ground, watching me intently till I walked away again.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:05 am

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:15 am

I had a Luger soft-air thingy, to charge it you had to pull up the knuckle link thing at the back, which was cute until my dad when drunk decided to not bother doing it correctly and thought you could do it one one side only and broke it.

When I was moving house I gave it to a friend and as far as I know her dad has still got it on his canal boat to scare off the canal ruffians*!

He'll get shot by the law one day. shifty

*

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:21 am

My dad used to have an air pistol for shooting bait at fish.

Is shooting bait at fish a good idea? Doesn't it scare them off?

shifty

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:35 pm

Scaffolding gone up.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:02 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Feb 06, 2022 11:01 pm

There's fireworks going off, all over the place. Excited

by cosmictanya Sat Feb 19, 2022 7:17 pm

There's a small girl downstairs who often plays on the landings. Some thoughtless person of her acquaintance has given her a whistle. After an hour or two of the incessant piercing purgatory, I took down a Portuguese custard tart on a little plate, offered it to her, further distracted her by remarking on how lovely her dolly was, and snatched the whistle. She didn't notice, and I haven't heard anything since.

by Nightjar Sat Feb 19, 2022 7:51 pm

Is it just all wailing and tears now?

by cosmictanya Sat Feb 19, 2022 8:07 pm

I had actually half expected that, followed by an angry knock at the flat door, but nothing.

She's actually rather sweet - introduced her doll to me as 'Nadine'. I do feel bad, but whoever gave her a whistle should feel worse.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Mar 30, 2022 9:49 pm

A propeller-driven plane keeps flying round and round overhead. What can it want? scared

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Mar 30, 2022 9:49 pm

It's been at it for at least 20 minutes. scared

by Nightjar Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:07 pm

It's definitely Sheffield Day.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:08 pm

I'm going to search for, "Sheffield fireworks," on Twitter and see if I find anything.

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