Hi Everybody I know I am going off-topic but while I have been sat by my window writing the Notable events, I have been observing the typical british council worker of today. On Wednesday 10 workmen turned up and dug holes at the bottom of the lawns in front of our Flats. It took them about 2 hours, after which they had a 2 hour break. Then they put some tall fence posts in the holes. 2 hours later they came and took the tall fence posts out. Then they went home. On Thursday they turned up at 11am and put some shorter fence posts in and then went off fo lunch. Later they returned and put 3 sections of fence up. Then they went home. On Friday they managed to put the rest of the fencing up. It is Saturday and while I am sat here writing this they have just come and taken all the fencing down and B............ed off. Cant wait till Monday to see what happens. Regards Jacqui

Jacqui I cannot wait, either! Putting the fence up and then taking it down, well, this is the best one I have ever heard. Pity you did not have photographs of it all. Olive

Think they realised they were erecting fencing in the wrong Street. Colleen NSW Keep the events coming. ----- Original Message ----- From: <KILCOYELS@aol.com> To: <ENG-LAN-FYLDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 7:40 PM Subject: [FYLDE] COUNCIL WORKERS > Hi Everybody > > I know I am going off-topic but while I have been sat by my window > writing > the Notable events, I have been observing the typical british council > worker > of today. > > On Wednesday 10 workmen turned up and dug holes at the bottom of the > lawns > in front of our Flats. It took them about 2 hours, after which they had a > 2 > hour break. Then they put some tall fence posts in the holes. 2 hours > later > they came and took the tall fence posts out. Then they went home. > > On Thursday they turned up at 11am and put some shorter fence posts in > and > then went off fo lunch. Later they returned and put 3 sections of fence > up. > Then they went home. > > On Friday they managed to put the rest of the fencing up. > > It is Saturday and while I am sat here writing this they have just come > and > taken all the fencing down and B............ed off. > > Cant wait till Monday to see what happens. > > Regards > > Jacqui > > > > > ==== ENG-LAN-FYLDE Mailing List ==== > No off-list lookup requests, please! They defeat the entire purpose of > the list and put undue pressure on the recipient. Please SHARE by > posting to the list! > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

We shouldn`t continue this, but the best one I saw was a picture in the paper of what should have been a painted STOP on the road. Spelled as SPOT. Word blindness or what? Olive