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Old 10-06-2008, 07:06 PM
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Default potholes have just appeared in front of my drive....

Think these have just appeared over the last 10-14 days.....

1st


2nd






I reckon im going to get the rs2000 checked out. Any suspension damage and im going to bill the local council...
Old 10-06-2008, 07:15 PM
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one looks like a round ring, had any hiab lorry delivering stuff lately?
Old 10-06-2008, 07:16 PM
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Why have they all got phones in them?
Old 10-06-2008, 07:17 PM
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gypo contractors not going deep enough ?
Old 10-06-2008, 07:23 PM
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Look like portals for phones - keep on watching em and if an iPhone appears, post it to me
Old 10-06-2008, 07:26 PM
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OR ring the local council and let them fix it so you WONT cause any damage and won't waste public money?
Old 10-06-2008, 07:27 PM
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Report them before trying to claim...

Or just fill them yourself at night you lazy cunt, be pro-active.
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pmsl the phone is our house phone to take into account the size. The last timewe had a large delivery was the garage and that was a year ago. This has appeared over 2 weeks. The road is regularly used by Lorries and traffic due to road paralell to us had huge speed humps put in so we now have twice the amount of traffic.....
Old 10-06-2008, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by C4llyT
Report them before trying to claim...

Or just fill them yourself at night you lazy cunt, be pro-active.
do you keep tarmac in your shed just in case? i know i dont so id get the council to sort it. thats why we pay taxes
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Originally Posted by C4llyT
Report them before trying to claim...

Or just fill them yourself at night you lazy cunt, be pro-active.


lol i thought of that earlier.......
Old 10-06-2008, 07:30 PM
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its still hard to judge.after all how big is your phone? take a pic with a coke can in it,that'll be much better.
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Originally Posted by nickscunny
lol i thought of that earlier.......
What made me think of it was a loose grill I used to drive over, made a hell of a racket, and if outside my house I'd have sorted it

Just get onto someone, and it might be repaired soon.
Don't ask don't get mate.
Old 10-06-2008, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Galbally
OR ring the local council and let them fix it so you WONT cause any damage and won't waste public money?
Nothin will stop the government wasting public money but fair point!!!!!
Reprt it to the council get it sorted!!!!
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the sizes are:

1st one is 26"x15" and 2" deep

2nd one is 23"x16" and 2" deep

there is actually a 3rd starting to appear very near the kerb and thats 3"x2" and 1" deep...

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Old 10-06-2008, 07:34 PM
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off topic...

but ive got that house phone lol
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Originally Posted by bonus_boy
off topic...

but ive got that house phone lol
lol did u get the set of 3 from argos???


we got 1 in lounge, 1 in bedroom and 1 in garage........


does my head in when i pick up the lounge handset in bedroom and bedroom handset in the lounge.....
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"did you get the set of 3 from argos"

yup those are the ones lol..

and tell me about it, got one in the kitchen, one in the lounge and one in the bedroom
Old 10-06-2008, 07:41 PM
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your wasting your time with the council

8 years ago i flattened a wheel on my 306.got them to check the wheel & hole in the road. i got a letter telling me the hole was probably caused by a collapsed pipe & they would be sending people out to sort it . they also said they didnt think the hole was bad enough to cause the damage

the road is still the same now never been repaired
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Originally Posted by blacky.
your wasting your time with the council

8 years ago i flattened a wheel on my 306.got them to check the wheel & hole in the road. i got a letter telling me the hole was probably caused by a collapsed pipe & they would be sending people out to sort it . they also said they didnt think the hole was bad enough to cause the damage

the road is still the same now never been repaired



TBH the whole road is shite..... I have knackered a few rims up at the top of the road its so bumpy. When i have the cabriolet out, when approaching the top of our road i have to drive with the passenger side wheels on the double yellow lines because the road is so bumpy.


I just hope there isnt any sustantial damage to the rs, the cabs been raping my wallet and the last thing i want is the "daily" fooking up through no fault of my own....


I pay my fookin taxes after all......
Old 10-06-2008, 07:49 PM
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once you and your neighbours start puting in claims for damages they will soon be around to repair it.
Old 10-06-2008, 07:51 PM
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well someone up the road has been asking questions....


The guy at the cornershop said if i have any damages and they dont pay i should go to the local paper pmsl.......
Old 10-06-2008, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Galbally
OR ring the local council and let them fix it so you WONT cause any damage and won't waste public money?
Was just gonna say!
Old 10-06-2008, 08:21 PM
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Tell tale signs of a stray T-rex........ stay indoors
Old 10-06-2008, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by escos-jim
Tell tale signs of a stray T-rex........ stay indoors
Dam them t-rex's.lol
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we take it for granted in modern day England..... Dont forget we used to have quite a bad dragon problem not so long ago

Not to mention fucking giants!! pain in the arse they were!
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whats all this fuss about? looks like a normal uk road to me
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Originally Posted by escos-jim
we take it for granted in modern day England..... Dont forget we used to have quite a bad dragon problem not so long ago

Not to mention fucking giants!! pain in the arse they were!
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Originally Posted by escos-jim
we take it for granted in modern day England..... Dont forget we used to have quite a bad dragon problem not so long ago

Not to mention fucking giants!! pain in the arse they were!
A leave the giants out of it my great granmar coiln was a giant.
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Originally Posted by escos-jim
we take it for granted in modern day England..... Dont forget we used to have quite a bad dragon problem not so long ago

Not to mention fucking giants!! pain in the arse they were!
youve got the kids story book out again havent you?
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reported it to the councel via email last night. Also a few people have rang up aswell, i spent 15 mins on the phone to them today and currently writing a report and booking my car in for a written quote now.....


Guess what.....



















the council are right outside my house repairing it as we speak.......
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LOL thats nothing mate. you ever cam to malta? were like the moon over here pmsl
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Originally Posted by Ryan_3
LOL thats nothing mate. you ever cam to malta? were like the moon over here pmsl
i was trying to blag the mrs into going to Malta for a holiday but she has somehow sussed out that there is a big ford following so its back to Tenerife..............
Old 11-06-2008, 02:24 PM
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Looks like some has been dry steering like a motha fucker lol
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Originally Posted by nickscunny
reported it to the councel via email last night. Also a few people have rang up aswell, i spent 15 mins on the phone to them today and currently writing a report and booking my car in for a written quote now.....


Guess what.....



















the council are right outside my house repairing it as we speak.......

hope you took you phone out first!



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Originally Posted by Fil
hope you took you phone out first!



pmsl.................. yea i did.......
Old 11-06-2008, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by fil
hope you took you phone out first!
Damn that would have been good walkin gpast your house when the phone was ringing haha
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You need a graffiti artist to come and attack them, draw a big gob or a toilet seat around them with some dog turds in the middle.
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Any pics of the workers?
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Originally Posted by C4llyT
Any pics of the workers?
lol i was tempted to take a piccy but when i got up to do it they had gone, the repair took them 10 mins....

molten a block of tarmac into the hole's and smoothed it over......
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Update....
Still waiting for insurance to pay me out. I have rang them at least once a month since it happened and still no joy. The insurance company say its NL Council stalling for time and not replying to emails. Certain emails have been sent numerous times but havent been replied to. Meanwhile the council repaired them but they have come through again.....





lol the funny thing is, my roads about a mile and a quarter long, November last year we recieved notices through the post that they were resurfacing road. "Wahhhhhhhoooooo" I shouts, we have always had shit roads. They resurfaced about half of a mile then left the worst bit, our bit! They resurfaced the good part of the road and left the potholes and cracked part....

Cant be the credit crunch, they have recently spent Thousands re-furbishing the Council offices and gardens and that was as soon as they stoped the work on the road so they cant be that skint.....


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