tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post8774311855950802349..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: ColdmacStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-38893132995326114252012-08-30T19:10:58.931+02:002012-08-30T19:10:58.931+02:00Being Me: I did the blog myself. I didn't subc...Being Me: I did the blog myself. I didn't subcontract at all. <br /><br />Keith: I always suspected you were a Darlek.<br /><br />Marginalia: the only reason I didn't agree to compete in the Olympics is because I didn't like the tracksuits.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-82789188119208349702012-08-30T18:45:40.205+02:002012-08-30T18:45:40.205+02:00Sorry, this is a very unconvincing way of trying t...Sorry, this is a very unconvincing way of trying to persuade us that your wife can drive a four wheeled vehicle in a straight line. Comments from your neighbours prove otherwise.<br /><br />Also, your own fantasy of being a world record long jump champion fell to earth. <br /><br />Anyway, people pay good money to photograph paw marks in Hollywood. Be creative, make yours a tourist attraction. <br /><br />From what I hear, that would liven up Lemington Spa (with or without Roayl appendage) Marginaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175372147298306908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-28292337916353867752012-08-30T14:19:06.256+02:002012-08-30T14:19:06.256+02:00Ha, they did this round my way last year, and with...Ha, they did this round my way last year, and within days, days I tell you, weeds had shouldered aside the thin crust and erupted in a million little volcanoes of green. It which the rain got in, then the cold, and they might as well have not bothered.<br /><br />As an aside, I had a call from a company doing a survey on behalf of my local council. DId I, being a resident of Hertsmere, ever have cause to use the pavements of Hertsmere ? No, I told them, I hover three inches above them whenever I leave my house.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070505642533336362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-40706632560812930752012-08-30T10:43:47.667+02:002012-08-30T10:43:47.667+02:00I kind of like the idea of the statement the tyre ...I kind of like the idea of the statement the tyre marks have given the front of your home. Although, granted, it is a statement that falls under a possibly unsavoury banner....<br /><br />Love what you've done with the place! (the blog, not your driveway)Being Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600427311498297800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-71805300282365383822012-08-29T20:14:49.734+02:002012-08-29T20:14:49.734+02:00Katriina: yup, it's all ways to screw money ou...Katriina: yup, it's all ways to screw money out of us under the guise of giving us a service that somebody else reckons we need.<br /><br />Owen: ...possibly back into amoebas.<br /><br />Rol: I've written a sympathy card for you. Please forward me your address at the mental home when you know what it is. (Thanks btw.)<br /><br />Nota Bene: wrong council, alas. Besides, nearly everyone works from home these days.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-79555661872461008932012-08-29T19:01:42.562+02:002012-08-29T19:01:42.562+02:00Don't you work for the council? Can't you...Don't you work for the council? Can't you go and draw tyre marks all over the desk of whoever decided to ruin your drive....Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-87899278648762426052012-08-29T18:35:03.564+02:002012-08-29T18:35:03.564+02:00The word 'cowboys' sends a shiver down my ...The word 'cowboys' sends a shiver down my spine at the moment - we're having a new kitchen fitted next week. The horror, the horror.<br /><br />Nice new look, BTW.Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-28671995065686041212012-08-29T18:11:11.397+02:002012-08-29T18:11:11.397+02:00And the human race is supposedly evolving ?And the human race is supposedly evolving ?Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-64916041323433345952012-08-29T17:38:54.619+02:002012-08-29T17:38:54.619+02:00Last week, The Powers That Be dug up our entire st...Last week, The Powers That Be dug up our entire street for resurfacing. One significant side effect was that street parking was suddenly off-limits for the entire duration of the work - a big issue in a long street full of apartment buildings, most of which don't have parking garages. There were some very creative parking solutions to be seen. At 8am on the morning after the resurfacing work had finished, parking inspectors moved in like vultures on the countless illegally-parked vehicles. Am 100% sure they made more than enough to pay for the resurfacing work. Bastards. Katriinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403719183047819222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-32417501151511080032012-08-29T14:17:30.901+02:002012-08-29T14:17:30.901+02:00Hannah: I may have to employ a subcontractor to bu...Hannah: I may have to employ a subcontractor to build me a ropebridge over the pavement.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-81640650654021868612012-08-29T09:16:08.979+02:002012-08-29T09:16:08.979+02:00: ) I can just see you standing outside your house...: ) I can just see you standing outside your house, scratching your chin, mentally writing this post : ) go Steve! My thoughts are with you and your family. xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09894458424175347031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-85049287464783954792012-08-29T08:52:32.036+02:002012-08-29T08:52:32.036+02:00Libby: ask not who the coldmac bell tolls for, it ...Libby: ask not who the coldmac bell tolls for, it tolls for thee...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-21902904305049193712012-08-29T08:25:50.739+02:002012-08-29T08:25:50.739+02:00I'm worried now....if they are doing Steve and...I'm worried now....if they are doing Steve and doing Nana will our road be next?libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-63685206752748502332012-08-28T22:36:25.087+02:002012-08-28T22:36:25.087+02:00Nana Go-Go: alas we had no feedback option with ou...Nana Go-Go: alas we had no feedback option with our lot. Hence the blog post.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-25084867007373749872012-08-28T22:35:27.525+02:002012-08-28T22:35:27.525+02:00The Bike Shed: sometimes I think we are the land t...The Bike Shed: sometimes I think we are the land that progress forgot.<br /><br />Nana Go-Go: we had red tarmac on the pavement when I was a kid. Remember that? Back in the days when roadworks were done properly and finished professionally.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-76924831396987247732012-08-28T22:33:32.747+02:002012-08-28T22:33:32.747+02:00ps forgot to say, they left a survey card through ...ps forgot to say, they left a survey card through my door for me to fill in and send back...eh?!Between Me and Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863155145862706966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-88745252275963129872012-08-28T22:32:11.287+02:002012-08-28T22:32:11.287+02:00I can't believe it! The same just happened in ...I can't believe it! The same just happened in our street two weeks' ago and what a bloody mess the pavements are in. First sign of frost, the whole shebang will be splitting every which way but the proverbial. Our lot of cowboys were hired from Lancashire to come up and do the deed....like there are no good tarmaccers in Scotland looking for a job!(that is in no way a slight on the good people of Lancashire, btw!).<br />What happened to that nice tarmac you used to get with the pretty white polkadots in it? Council shmouncil!Between Me and Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863155145862706966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-46825710207273295482012-08-28T22:17:49.313+02:002012-08-28T22:17:49.313+02:00Boys from the black stuff - how long ago was that ...Boys from the black stuff - how long ago was that - same old, same old; nothing much changes.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-60060326410900188332012-08-28T21:56:56.087+02:002012-08-28T21:56:56.087+02:00Gorilla Bananas: not sure the world would be ready...Gorilla Bananas: not sure the world would be ready for me to bring my boudiour behaviour out into the street.<br /><br />Jon: just follow the tyre tracks... yes. That could work.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-36274445823703992842012-08-28T21:43:14.658+02:002012-08-28T21:43:14.658+02:00on the plus side you'll be able to direct visi...on the plus side you'll be able to direct visitors more easily to your dwelling based on the disticntive pavement art. Every cloud, etc.Jonhttp://www.vendeeblog.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-20920537741074367432012-08-28T21:20:57.200+02:002012-08-28T21:20:57.200+02:00Well, you've got to economise when the purse s...Well, you've got to economise when the purse strings are tight. I would have attached ropes to the street lamps so you could swing around the place like Tarzan. It would give you the chance to wear your loin cloth without getting arrested.Gorilla Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044093013423635830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-25546459002448125012012-08-28T21:04:58.722+02:002012-08-28T21:04:58.722+02:00The fly in the web: I think you'll find it was...The fly in the web: I think you'll find it was the rich who invented daylight robbery.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-44348222379131394992012-08-28T20:35:54.895+02:002012-08-28T20:35:54.895+02:00I always thought that private finance initiatives ...I always thought that private finance initiatives had been invented by the 'travelling people'......the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.com