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Avenicus said:
Barchettaman said:
What was that Carl Hiassen novel where the baddie got his hand bitten off by a barracuda and replaced it with a miniature petrol strimmer, hidden by a golf bag cover? I made the mistake of reading it on a plane (unsociable laughter ensued)
Don't remember that one, but his books are hilarious
I love our village Facebook page. To be fair, I checked it out before we moved here. They take no prisoners.
Number 1
Karen moaning about the state of the grass at the cemetery. Disrespectful etc. Going to contact the papers, local TV
Followed by 20 comments along the lines of:-
If it bothers you that much, do it yourself
It's been no mow May, good for the bees
It's been warm and wet - grass grows
Number 2
A post asking about people's views on Temu
Followed by a post about not buying from China, human rights records, doesn't support the British economy.
Post instantly gets loads of likes and similar comments.
OP deletes post as they didn't get the answer they wanted..
Number 1
Karen moaning about the state of the grass at the cemetery. Disrespectful etc. Going to contact the papers, local TV
Followed by 20 comments along the lines of:-
If it bothers you that much, do it yourself
It's been no mow May, good for the bees
It's been warm and wet - grass grows
Number 2
A post asking about people's views on Temu
Followed by a post about not buying from China, human rights records, doesn't support the British economy.
Post instantly gets loads of likes and similar comments.
OP deletes post as they didn't get the answer they wanted..
Slow.Patrol said:
I love our village Facebook page. To be fair, I checked it out before we moved here. They take no prisoners.
Number 1
Karen moaning about the state of the grass at the cemetery. Disrespectful etc. Going to contact the papers, local TV
Followed by 20 comments along the lines of:-
If it bothers you that much, do it yourself
It's been no mow May, good for the bees
It's been warm and wet - grass grows
Number 2
A post asking about people's views on Temu
Followed by a post about not buying from China, human rights records, doesn't support the British economy.
Post instantly gets loads of likes and similar comments.
OP deletes post as they didn't get the answer they wanted..
A bit amateurish if they let you join before you moved there. Upon requesting to join, Our admin posts a code through your house letterbox to confirm you are eligible. No code confirmation, no joining. Number 1
Karen moaning about the state of the grass at the cemetery. Disrespectful etc. Going to contact the papers, local TV
Followed by 20 comments along the lines of:-
If it bothers you that much, do it yourself
It's been no mow May, good for the bees
It's been warm and wet - grass grows
Number 2
A post asking about people's views on Temu
Followed by a post about not buying from China, human rights records, doesn't support the British economy.
Post instantly gets loads of likes and similar comments.
OP deletes post as they didn't get the answer they wanted..
Flumpo said:
Slow.Patrol said:
I love our village Facebook page. To be fair, I checked it out before we moved here. They take no prisoners.
Number 1
Karen moaning about the state of the grass at the cemetery. Disrespectful etc. Going to contact the papers, local TV
Followed by 20 comments along the lines of:-
If it bothers you that much, do it yourself
It's been no mow May, good for the bees
It's been warm and wet - grass grows
Number 2
A post asking about people's views on Temu
Followed by a post about not buying from China, human rights records, doesn't support the British economy.
Post instantly gets loads of likes and similar comments.
OP deletes post as they didn't get the answer they wanted..
A bit amateurish if they let you join before you moved there. Upon requesting to join, Our admin posts a code through your house letterbox to confirm you are eligible. No code confirmation, no joining. Number 1
Karen moaning about the state of the grass at the cemetery. Disrespectful etc. Going to contact the papers, local TV
Followed by 20 comments along the lines of:-
If it bothers you that much, do it yourself
It's been no mow May, good for the bees
It's been warm and wet - grass grows
Number 2
A post asking about people's views on Temu
Followed by a post about not buying from China, human rights records, doesn't support the British economy.
Post instantly gets loads of likes and similar comments.
OP deletes post as they didn't get the answer they wanted..
I wasn't allowed to join mine because my account doesn't have a profile picture showing my face and it isn't my real name (I only have it to update the works Facebook page occasionally). Despite answering the questions when trying to join and telling them where I live (street name and postcode only) I wasn't allowed to join. Ironic considering one of the admins is called 'Jodie Danielle' and her profile picture is of her kids, and the other is called 'Dave Admin' and his profile picture is a tree and apparently lives in another town.
All the authoritarian Little Hitler types absolutely love FB for that ^ reason. They can set-up as many groups as they like and then play out their wannabe police roles from their comfort of their armchair. Most of them only exist so they can order people around and take immense pleasure for banning people if they say anything they don't agree with, knowing that you can't do anything in retaliation. That other recent start-up called Next Door (or something) is just as bad.
r3g said:
All the authoritarian Little Hitler types absolutely love FB for that ^ reason. They can set-up as many groups as they like and then play out their wannabe police roles from their comfort of their armchair. Most of them only exist so they can order people around and take immense pleasure for banning people if they say anything they don't agree with, knowing that you can't do anything in retaliation. That other recent start-up called Next Door (or something) is just as bad.
For our wider area catchment there are several splinter groups clearly from fallouts and power plays. One is called the area ‘real’ group and the others have variations of community or community group in the name. I’m not actually a member of any of them, as the actual very local one is enough. Southerner said:
POIDH said:
A cat has gone into someone's garden. A very clean cat apparently.
Apparently it 'must' be lost and 'looks like' an indoor cat. Can people spread the word?
It’s not scoping the place out with a view to stealing their dog, is it??Apparently it 'must' be lost and 'looks like' an indoor cat. Can people spread the word?
WarrenB said:
I wasn't allowed to join mine because my account doesn't have a profile picture showing my face
One local group wouldn't let me join because I didn't have a profile picture at all. It didn't specify what the picture needed to be, so I just uploaded a photo from a gig I'd recently been to. I'm not sure what the point was, really, just a half-thought-out rule.Nextdoor is properly nasty, just one complaint followed by a political rant followed by another compliant, and repeat. And the same stupid random post order that you can only temporarily set to something sensible. And it keeps asking for my date of birth, it has a "skip" button but no "never ask me again" checkbox.
Edited by droopsnoot on Monday 10th June 11:57
ComplaintS aplenty that the council haven’t sprayed the weeds along the gutters outside their houses on ‘posh’ estate.
It was pointed out that back in the day folk would sweep the pavements outside their homes and pull the odd weed out of the gutter, you know, community spirit, keep the place looking tidy and all that. .
Apparently they pay too much council tax to do it themselves.
It was pointed out that back in the day folk would sweep the pavements outside their homes and pull the odd weed out of the gutter, you know, community spirit, keep the place looking tidy and all that. .
Apparently they pay too much council tax to do it themselves.
SistersofPercy said:
ComplaintS aplenty that the council haven’t sprayed the weeds along the gutters outside their houses on ‘posh’ estate.
It was pointed out that back in the day folk would sweep the pavements outside their homes and pull the odd weed out of the gutter, you know, community spirit, keep the place looking tidy and all that. .
Apparently they pay too much council tax to do it themselves.
There is a drain near me that always floods the road as it blocks with leaves. The usual suspects always whinge about it with grrrr council comments. It was pointed out that back in the day folk would sweep the pavements outside their homes and pull the odd weed out of the gutter, you know, community spirit, keep the place looking tidy and all that. .
Apparently they pay too much council tax to do it themselves.
All it needs is someone to clear the drain and the water will go straight away. I’ve considered doing it myself a couple of times, but then I remember that guy who did something similar and got his leg stuck and died.
I wouldn’t mind doing a bit of weeding though.
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