Workmen.

Because it would obviously be their fault. Try whoever they work for, would be my approach.

clb74 said:

golfaddick said:

Don't you just love the British workmen.

Friday lunchtime a lorry turned up outside my home. Out jumped 2 workman & got to work putting up some temporary traffic lights & the usual other roadworks paraphernalia. Wasn't told about this beforehand btw & is stationed just 5 yards from my driveway. They then dug a hole & spent all of around 30 mins in it. Then left. At around 3pm. Thats it. No work obviously over the weekend so since early Friday afternoon we've had temporary traffic lights buggering up the road outside with nothing happening for the pleasure of it all. 

Who it their right minds turns up & does this. Why not just leave it until Monday ?  Think I'll just might pop out tomorrow & have a word with them (if they turn up that is).

Two workmen have just dug a hole of their own accord?

Dunno why they had to damage a perfectly good Honda

ForeverAddickted said:

clb74 said:

golfaddick said:

Don't you just love the British workmen.

Friday lunchtime a lorry turned up outside my home. Out jumped 2 workman & got to work putting up some temporary traffic lights & the usual other roadworks paraphernalia. Wasn't told about this beforehand btw & is stationed just 5 yards from my driveway. They then dug a hole & spent all of around 30 mins in it. Then left. At around 3pm. Thats it. No work obviously over the weekend so since early Friday afternoon we've had temporary traffic lights buggering up the road outside with nothing happening for the pleasure of it all. 

Who it their right minds turns up & does this. Why not just leave it until Monday ?  Think I'll just might pop out tomorrow & have a word with them (if they turn up that is).

Two workmen have just dug a hole of their own accord?

Dunno why they had to damage a perfectly good Honda

I got it mate!

It sounds crazy, I know, but there are three teams of workmen. the hole diggers and fillers, the pipe repair boys, and the tarmac and yellow line brigade. 

You should have spent today filling the hole back up again Dave

golfaddick said:

ROTW said:

Because it would obviously be their fault. Try whoever they work for, would be my approach.

Obviously. That's what I want to ask them.I know they didn't rock up on their own accord but I don't think its the council. Probably water or gas. 

Go outside and have a look at the information board. We aren't allowed to dig holes where we want and whenever we want anymore especially not when traffic control is involved. If the blokes have rocked up on a Friday afternoon it will have been whats referred to as urgent works which don't require prior notice as urgent works is not planned. 

Have a look at the information board, if you can't be bothered to phone the number on the board look at roadworks.org and you will see it on there 

https://youtu.be/P-JVnlB7Onk

I live by a railway station and they have gone through periods of working throughout an entire weekend from Friday evening to Monday morning, as well as weeknights, and when I say loud, I mean that they have been lifting up the traintrack with a JCB and then dropping them on the floor just to shake stones off, and the train they use to knock the rails back in sounds like hell on earth, genuinely a strange pneumatic screech followed by a pounding noise that shakes the floor, my mate who lives a couple minutes away by walking said he heard it too. You can only sleep during these weekends when you are literally so exhausted you would sleep through the blitz. 

A lot of the not so severe noises you can block out because they are a droning/repetitive. 

I am not annoyed at them for that though, it has to be done. What infuriates me to the extent I would (and I'm not proud of this) go toe to toe with them and at one point told them as much, is the fact that they insist, at 3 am shouting "oi Dan, I'm going to go and get a burger, do you want one?" And just shouting and screaming constantly to each other, as well as (and for me they should be shot in the face for this) hooting their horn at 4am to say goodbye to the lads after a hard 4 hour shift at work. Inconsiderate people should be publically flogged and burnt at the stake. Something about horns and voices pierces into the human consciousness when you are sleeping. 

MP (Pennycook) got involved and they made a lot of right noises but nothing change (which led to me offering to take 10 people on who are undoubtedly a lot stronger than me). Sleep deprivation is a horrible thing, I am not the only one, I heard someone screaming "shut the f*ck up you c*nts" another night too. That woke me up as well... 

I'm moving further out of London in a couple of months I think/hope. 

I’d unplug the traffic lights...

Off_it said:

Huskaris said:

I live by a railway station and they have gone through periods of working throughout an entire weekend from Friday evening to Monday morning, as well as weeknights, and when I say loud, I mean that they have been lifting up the traintrack with a JCB and then dropping them on the floor just to shake stones off, and the train they use to knock the rails back in sounds like hell on earth, genuinely a strange pneumatic screech followed by a pounding noise that shakes the floor, my mate who lives a couple minutes away by walking said he heard it too. You can only sleep during these weekends when you are literally so exhausted you would sleep through the blitz. 

A lot of the not so severe noises you can block out because they are a droning/repetitive. 

I am not annoyed at them for that though, it has to be done. What infuriates me to the extent I would (and I'm not proud of this) go toe to toe with them and at one point told them as much, is the fact that they insist, at 3 am shouting "oi Dan, I'm going to go and get a burger, do you want one?" And just shouting and screaming constantly to each other, as well as (and for me they should be shot in the face for this) hooting their horn at 4am to say goodbye to the lads after a hard 4 hour shift at work. Inconsiderate people should be publically flogged and burnt at the stake. Something about horns and voices pierces into the human consciousness when you are sleeping. 

MP (Pennycook) got involved and they made a lot of right noises but nothing change (which led to me offering to take 10 people on who are undoubtedly a lot stronger than me). Sleep deprivation is a horrible thing, I am not the only one, I heard someone screaming "shut the f*ck up you c*nts" another night too. That woke me up as well... 

I'm moving further out of London in a couple of months I think/hope. 

Sorry about that mate. But they are cracking burgers and Dan gets really narky if we dont ask him.

Fine, just get me one next time. 

Don’t want to worry Golffie but this could going on a while 🤷‍♂️

golfaddick said:

Huskaris said:

I live by a railway station and they have gone through periods of working throughout an entire weekend from Friday evening to Monday morning, as well as weeknights, and when I say loud, I mean that they have been lifting up the traintrack with a JCB and then dropping them on the floor just to shake stones off, and the train they use to knock the rails back in sounds like hell on earth, genuinely a strange pneumatic screech followed by a pounding noise that shakes the floor, my mate who lives a couple minutes away by walking said he heard it too. You can only sleep during these weekends when you are literally so exhausted you would sleep through the blitz. 

A lot of the not so severe noises you can block out because they are a droning/repetitive. 

I am not annoyed at them for that though, it has to be done. What infuriates me to the extent I would (and I'm not proud of this) go toe to toe with them and at one point told them as much, is the fact that they insist, at 3 am shouting "oi Dan, I'm going to go and get a burger, do you want one?" And just shouting and screaming constantly to each other, as well as (and for me they should be shot in the face for this) hooting their horn at 4am to say goodbye to the lads after a hard 4 hour shift at work. Inconsiderate people should be publically flogged and burnt at the stake. Something about horns and voices pierces into the human consciousness when you are sleeping. 

MP (Pennycook) got involved and they made a lot of right noises but nothing change (which led to me offering to take 10 people on who are undoubtedly a lot stronger than me). Sleep deprivation is a horrible thing, I am not the only one, I heard someone screaming "shut the f*ck up you c*nts" another night too. That woke me up as well... 

I'm moving further out of London in a couple of months I think/hope. 

It's funny because we back onto the railway line & I don't have a problem with the noise from that.......and the people who do track maintenance have twice contacted us this year to let us know when they will be doing works overnight. 

House swap? I'll take your traffic light digging and you can have the station works

Did you offer them financial advice previously? :-)