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Location: Notts UK
Joined: Jan 2011
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Originally Posted by
majuka
We have the same here H
The council plant trees down our road, those that like to park on the road rather than their (large) drives just saw them down...
When I was a kid there was a weeping willow on the grass verge outside our house. I spent stupid amounts of hours up that tree, as did most of us - then the neighbours from hell moved in next door (kid would play trombone at 2am, the fella regularly would threaten to kick the living daylights out of anyone who parked on OUR drive etc etc) and he lied through his teeth to the council that the kids were jumping from the tree onto his car and damaging his property to get them to cut the tree down so he could park his car on the grass verge rather than on his drive (again, he'd threaten to beat the living daylights out of anyone else who parked there). Mum got the council to plant another tree (a sapling) in retaliation and outrage at his lies - he drove that one over and ripped it clean out of the ground.
Nasty nasty thug - the tree was no bother to anyone - he just didn't want to have to park his car on his sloping drive - the exact same sloping drive that had been there when he viewed and bought the house. How we rejoiced when he moved away.
They also tried to plant a "children's forest" near mum's as well... lots and lots of nice conifers... everyone just sawed them down and nicked them for free Christmas trees. WE all saw that one coming... the local council... nope!
And yes I still sulk to this day that they cut MY tree down!