Jean and Spiders, The last paragraph made me smile wryly! Far be it from me to insult any dustbin men but ..... Our daughter-in-law was at our house one Thursday morning, with her car on the road outside our house. Thursday is the day for wheelie-bin collection.
My husband happened to be looking out of the lounge window, and was just attempting to say to Anne "That wagon is going to come awfully close to your car" when there was a horrrendous wrending noise, the sentence wasn't completed, and Anne's car - the first car of her own - was being trampled on by the dustbin wagon. The car looked as if it had been run over by a tank! It was a complete write-off, Anne was devastated and, despite the assurance of the Waste Disposal Facility Manager in Hadleigh (Suffolk) that Anne and Duncan wouldn't suffer *any* financial loss by the incident, of course they did! Anne has not been able to replace the car - they can't afford it, but everyone in the cul-de-sac now hustles out early on the mornings that the rubbish is to be collected, to put their cars safely on the drives - their own drives, or anyone else's, if their own are full! However, it hasn't changed the actions of the dustbin men - the wagon is driven backwards up the road, at speeds which would make Michael Scumacher look slow - admittedly, they have the alarm sounding whilst the vehicle is in reverse, but I am sure it is only another accident waiting to happen - our road has several small and not-so-small children living in it, not to mention the nieces, nephews, grandchildren etc. who caome to visit. Carol - in Suffolk UK. Yes, I think they're > insulting the intelligence of the bin men too. > > Jean in Poole > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
