tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420406896823053827.post860610773086570123..comments2007-02-11T16:03:47.391+00:00Comments on Allotment Man: The Baby KillerAllotment Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08942502752493085050noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420406896823053827.post-16483577537430835542007-02-10T15:46:00.000+00:002007-02-10T15:46:00.000+00:00Oh that's alright then - I thought you were alread...Oh that's alright then - I thought you were already making enemies with your neighbours. :-)Tristán Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523371795858283308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420406896823053827.post-35791292290350282872007-02-09T21:54:00.000+00:002007-02-09T21:54:00.000+00:00The tank was buried by a previous incumbent, not b...The tank was buried by a previous incumbent, not by anyone currently on site.<BR/><BR/>The neighbours two plots over seemed to think it was a great idea to dig it out, they too were utterly befuddled by the idea of having a tank dug into the ground.<BR/><BR/>The thing was a liability, and we have decent water supplies to the site anyway.<BR/><BR/>Nobody's going to take the hump as far as I can tell.Allotment Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08942502752493085050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420406896823053827.post-73319104062566145512007-02-09T21:41:00.000+00:002007-02-09T21:41:00.000+00:00Would it not have been more neighbourly (and less ...Would it not have been more neighbourly (and less strenuous) to have suggested that strong metal wire mesh be placed on the top and held down with a small padlock? Rather than uprooting it without his permission?<BR/><BR/>Yes, you're 100% right about the man's stupidity and disregard for safety, but I'm all for sorting things out in a more peaceful manner first. After all, you are the new kid on the block, a bit early to start throwing your weight around, surely?<BR/><BR/>But more to the point, you do realise that every time he is dying for a piss (or worse), or looking for somewhere to empty a can of oil, you know where he's going to go! It could then escalate to full-on environmental warfare - shaking his greenfly onto your sweetcorn, collecting snails for your cabbages, surreptitiously planting knotweed roots into your patch... and unless you have a webcam installed somewhere, you'll never be able to prove it was him!<BR/><BR/>Let's just hope he never types Richmond Allotments into Google and discover this blog :-))<BR/><BR/>Honestly though, I think you took a risk in rubbing him up the wrong way. Being a namby pamby liberal tree-hugger, I would have tried to reason with him first, and suggest some kind of secure covering like you see on garden ponds....<BR/><BR/>I don't disagree with you though that the man sounds like a div for thinking it was a good idea in the first place....Tristán Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523371795858283308noreply@blogger.com