I fell off my bike, so I'm ravin' mad ....

[Nickfromwales]

12 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

Not like the Dutch, they are allowed to put a finger in a dyke to stop the dribbling.

So much more liberal.

Oh Lordy 🤐

[ToughButterCup]

17 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

That's a very big "no".

 

And that, exactly that - is the point. I'd love to be challenged. The local paper can do with some relevant content. 

 

50 meters away is a similar size pothole that has been filled with concrete. The repair is at least four years old. It's a beautiful neat job. Nobody was taken to task about that. ( A local business owner sorted it out quickly, quietly) 

 

It's stopped raining - if I get time I'll pop out and buy some quick-dry, and document the repair here. 

 

Up The Revolution Citizens! 

 

 

[SteamyTea]

6 minutes ago, ToughButterCup said:

Up The Revolution Citizens

One pothole at a time.

 

 

[Nickfromwales]

3 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

One pothole at a time

Gonna be a while….

[Ferdinand]

19 hours ago, SteamyTea said:

Is one allowed to repair a public asset without permission?

It depends if anyone notices.

Horse stiles need "repairing" by removal of the pieces that block wheelchairs. Sometimes.

[Ferdinand]

18 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

Oh Lordy 🤐

 

The Dutch redo their streets on roughly a 30 year cycle. But they plan ahead, and invest, and have decent design standards, all of which are anathema in the UK.

Here's a video an online friend made when his was done. 12 minutes.
 

 

[jack]

7 minutes ago, Ferdinand said:

 

The Dutch redo their streets on roughly a 30 year cycle. But they plan ahead, and invest, and have decent design standards, all of which are anathema in the UK.

Here's a video an online friend made when his was done. 12 minutes.
 

 

One of my kids lives in Amsterdam. The roads near where he lives are being redone. It's taken a year but you can really see the quality of the work.

[SteamyTea]

43 minutes ago, Ferdinand said:

It depends if anyone notices.

Horse stiles need "repairing" by removal of the pieces that block wheelchairs. Sometimes.

I was with your old Mayor on Tuesday, he is a relative on mine.  Did not mention your problems as he now deals with nuclear stuff.

Was interesting as we had not seen each other since 1968.

Edited yesterday at 10:21 by SteamyTea

[ToughButterCup]

Right I'm going to photograph the 'repair' near our house. That'll take the wind out of the sails of local TutTuts if they so much as whimper.

 

 

[ToughButterCup]

[Iceverge]

6 hours ago, ToughButterCup said:

Nicely done. 

 

I wonder who could have done that. 

 

(Mk4 mondeo Titanium btw? 

[ToughButterCup]

Who, @Iceverge indeed ?

 

SEAT SummatOrOther.

Designed - but not built - in The Fatherland. Only just forgiven them for the Emissions Scandal. ( A relative, Queen of QA at Mercedes ,  assures me the individuals concerned will never work in the automotive sector again)

 

Post Mix bag bought, and dumped next to the hole.

It's the next job after looking after Debbie's broken foot, pooped the dog and dropped the grandkids off at school . 

 

I'm quite excited at the naughtiness involved. 

 

No need for water is there if the puddle's already got water in it ....?

[SteamyTea]

6 minutes ago, ToughButterCup said:

assures me the individuals concerned will never work in the automotive sector again

That is a shame, we need more creative engineers, even misguided ones.

7 minutes ago, ToughButterCup said:

No need for water is there if the puddle's already got water in it

We tried filling a hole in the car park with Postcrete, was a water filled and it never set properly.

[ToughButterCup]

Thanks @SteamyTea

 

2 hours ago, SteamyTea said:

That is a shame, we need more creative engineers, even misguided ones.

....

 

You know what they say about Germans and Sense of Humour ... Those engineers who -through simple mendacity- nearly sank VW's reputation removed any vestige of humour from the majority of their ex-colleagues. It still rankles a decade later. 

 

I agree: i need to wait til it warms up a bit.....