Ilegal Gravel update

[pliskin]

So enlighten me...what exactly is going on?

I think somebody slipped and fell

[pliskin]

A council has been refusing to empty wheelie bins left on gravel driveways for health and safety reasons.

Bosses feared the small stones could become trapped in the wheels and cause them to topple over onto binmen.

West Wiltshire District Council said all wheelies would go uncollected if residents left them on any loose or stoney surface.

It meant some homeowners had to leave their bins blocking pavements, rather than placing them safely at the end of their gravel driveways.

A few months ago the same council refused to empty wheelie bins if its binmen could not pull them using just two fingers.

Mark Birkett, 38, said he left his bins at the end of his gravel driveway without incident for more than six years.

But earlier this month, the company director was told stones posed "health and safety implications" to binmen.

Despite leaving the majority of the plastic bins on the pavement, binmen refused to touch them as their rear wheels were on the gravel.

Father-of-two Mr Birkett, of Trowbridge, Wiltshire said: "Although my driveway is made of gravel, the stones are big and compact and it's not at all soft to walk on.

"When my bin was regularly missed, I complained to the binmen but they made a tremendous hullabaloo about their health and safety rules and refused to take it.

"It is stupid, petty and frustrating. It's another case of utterly bonkers rules prevailing over common sense."

His wife, Hannah, 34, said: "It's ridiculous because even my 13-year-old daughter can pull the bin all the way down our drive without falling over."

It is understood the policy was introduced across the county earlier this year, with waste contractor Fosca given strict instructions not to move bins on loose surfaces.

Following residents' complaints, however, West Wiltshire District Council said it would now collect bins from driveways containing loose stones – provided the wheels were left on the pavement.

A spokesman for the council's waste and recycling department said: "The officer spoke to the customers and suggested leaving each bin immediately adjacent to either ends of the wall.

"This would ensure that the bins were not placed on the gravel nor were blocking access to the pavement."

AYG

[Kijona]

Ehhh...that sounds absurd and just plain bureaucratic.

[adidasguy]

New video!

[noworries]

FerFugsSake get a life, Addie! Did you ya real spend precious life time posting this mind numbing stuff on YT AND on GSF?? Ride the bike, play with it, spin the spanners, (hey! spin the wheels, too), luv yer neighbours, roottoodlyroot yer lady....whatever..but no more of these vids and boring gravel stuff, eh, promise?

[adidasguy]

I make no promises.
As with TV shows, if you don't like it, then don't watch it.
Put me on your ignore list so you don't see what I post.
You're totally missing the point of honing in my video editing skills for my next GS500 tutorial.

[pliskin]

That dude is nuts. Is that part he is raking and blowing on his property? If not I'd spin that stuff all over the place every time I come up the ally. Or, pour some quickrete on it the next time it rains.

I also have nutty neighbor. Last snowstorm we had he was on the roof of his house in 6inches of snow with a chainsaw trying to cut a tree down. If I was a betting man I'd have put money on him either falling on the chainsaw or falling on the jagged pile of tree stumps. God really does protect the young and the stupid.

[adidasguy]

It is a public alley. NOT his private driveway.
I think the leaf blower on gravel in the rain is just too much to believe.

[yamahonkawazuki]

It is a public alley. NOT his private driveway.
I think the leaf blower on gravel in the rain is just too much to believe.

city still not getting involved?

[noworries]

Hey! Addi...got just the place few ya:


http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/phpBB2/index.php

....you'll like it there...full of nutters having on-going disputes with their neighbours.

An, nah, won't put ya on any ol ignore list. Quite like a lot of the stuff ya do. But you're a bit odd, ya know, in this neighbour relations thing...if ya need any transformational mediation advice on how to get along with folk, be more than happy to give ya a few pointers.....we were able to help old Codsie a bit like that...cheers...gotta...go now because....I'm having a bit of an after dark ride on the GS.  oooorooooo.

[john]

...if ya need any transformational mediation advice on how to get along with folk, be more than happy to give ya a few pointers.....

What did I just read.

Irony is ironic...

[adidasguy]

There's no problem. We ride in and out, just normal riding in and out of the dead end alley. Apply some rear brake and you lock up & make a mark in the precious gravel (put down without the required city permit but the city is lame about doing anything).
He yells and rakes gravel. He blows leaves to all the neighbors (never actually picks them up, he blows them to the neighbors)
No stress. No contact. No communication. It was tried, but he really is an @$$hole.
He rakes and sweeps everything - car tracks, other neighbor's car tracks, foot steps, whatever. We all ignore him and go about our business.
It was priceless seeing him do his thing in the pouring rain.

[BockinBboy]

Something is wrong with the dude... He even walks lightly on it     ...It would be far less time consuming, and far more effective to actually pave that or put the right kind of gravel down that doesn't move under your footsteps...  anyway, dude's got problems if he'd rather do that dumb raking and leaf blowing crap along with dealing with neighbourhood conflict... Putting that crap down just gave himself another thing to complain about when people mess it up on purpose just because he's a dooosh.

Its so funny that they complain about the revs on your bike... GS500s sound like a friggin sewing machine! ... Just imagine if you were into Harleys and had a Harley cave and had all your Harley friends over all the time instead of GS500s!

We had some pea gravel at the end of our drive 50 ft from the garage when we moved in.  That crap was constantly getting in the garage, or flung by the mower... I got tired of cleaning it up, and just wheelbarrow-ed it around back to put in the bottom of the burn pit... only thing its good for is a damn playground... definitely doesn't belong near a road...

- Bboy

[yamahonkawazuki]

could always practice burnouts patrick, or since im not walking anytime soon, why dont i ship you my goped .  hell $ 4  in fuel would allow a week worth of riding there on the gravel

[adidasguy]

In warmer weather, there is Thumper. Then Olly will be getting a DRZ. Then there will be wrenching sessions, most likely including the UW motorcycle group.
The 2 stroke is "very unsettling" to them (their words).
Really, I make no effort to waste time or deal with it.
We just ride in and out.
THEY have the issues with motorcycles.
Kind of funny - we just ride then they get bent out of shape and spend all their time sweeping gravel.
Really, quite pathetic.

[cWj]

So....he gets mad when people spray the gravel, but won't compact it so it doesn't?

Is it a feng shui thing? Is he trying to start a rock garden?

Is the substrate hard packed?

Is it time for a GS scrambler project called ILGLGRVL ?

[pliskin]

Wait! It just hit me! He is RAIN MAN!!!!

Rake the gravel, yea, rake the ravel. Definitely must rake the gravel on Tuesdays. Exactly 200,4321 pieces of gravel. Can't rake the gravel in Wednesday. Wednesday is leaf blower day then I go to Kmart for new underwear.

You need to spray paint some of it. That would really mess him up.

[radodrill]

A load of "crusher run" would have been so much better than that coarse stuff; not to mention that constantly raking it is making it worse and keeping it from settling.

[noworries]

Love a bit of irony, ironic ain't it?

[yamahonkawazuki]

glue or concrete?