LizzieM 9,497 Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Pixie, that's OK, you know the guy. But it's the ones you don't know and never see that are the menace in our neighbourhoods Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 indeed! on my old road someone a few doors up put some stuff under their window, bin liners and boxes as they were moving out the following week (and we didn't have front gardens on that road) some foreign men in a van pulled up, knocked on every door as they walked down the road, then rummaged through the bin liners and boxes leaving rubbish all over the pavement and on the road. pulled over a unit they were chucking out and broke jt to pieces, apparently they only left the stuff outside while they waited for a friend to help take it to the tip. the cheek of them to leave it in such a state!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 The brazen 'Romanian gypsy' I saw the other day with the child's pushchair full of scrap was back around our neighbourhood again today but this time he had his mate with him, they were walking opposite sides of the road, each of them had full pushchairs ....... Makes you wonder where they've picked it all up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 actually that reminds me. someone a few weeks ago stole aload of cable from the train lines up the road. most of netherfield was without power for about 2 hours. rumor has it they were gypsys. no idea if Romanian or not though. leavin gets! I love my tea, had to wait for a pan to boil after almost singing my eye brows off holding a match to the gas hob! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 actually that reminds me. someone a few weeks ago stole aload of cable from the train lines up the road. most of netherfield was without power for about 2 hours. rumor has it they were gypsys. no idea if Romanian or not though. leavin gets! I love my tea, had to wait for a pan to boil after almost singing my eye brows off holding a match to the gas hob!Different area but this guy stole some cable , nearly killed himself in the process and in the resulting powercut to the area , his own grandma was stuck on her stairlift for 4 hours !http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2333785/Bungling-thief-21-died-setting-trying-steal-live-11-000-watt-cable.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 Drop a fag end or sweet wrapper in Nottingam @ the council will take £70 off you. What would this scum get charged ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 Bugger all mate,if they did get charged some loony left pc clown would say it's unfair because they are a minority and they are being victimised Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 So true Rog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 What's with those people. I just cannot understand the mentality that is o-k living among a trash dump and then moves on to let somebody else clean it up. Disgusting!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 Just an aside, My mrs is Russian and is a teacher. She is now... after much difficulty in getting past the authorities. There is a Citizenship test which is quite expensive. My mrs failed it the first time. They gave her a DVD which you could put on the computer to prepare you for the test. I am English, born in Nottingham, an ex-military officer and a published military historian. I think I qualify as a UK Citizen. I failed the test three times. Basically it was full of things that unless you are from a certain community you would not know. I do not know the proportion of the community in London which is Muslim. I do not know what the English translation for a Muslim Prayer Room is either. 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 I did one of the test papers online. Got 91% and passed. Phew! Does that mean I can stay? There were several questions about Henry viii and WW1. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Sometimes you have to wonder at the 'system'. Citizenship tests for some, yet many, many other 'citizens' here can't even string a sentence together in English. As regards Travellers and especially those PC do-gooders who are always there to look after their rights, I wonder how they'd feel if a bunch of Travellers suddenly turned up on the road where they live, parking up caravans and lorries, squalor and crapping all over their front lawn... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Where'd you find the test paper, Jill? I should try it. They might even let me back in! I passed the Yankee one for citizenship, but I have no plans to pursue it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Try the UKtest.com. I scored 75% Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Just chose one at random I found on the net! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Just tried another one. 91.67% English...and proud of it! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Scored 75%. Enough to gerrin anyway. Must admit I guessed one or two. Nah where do a claim me benefits? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 I just completed four of the 'Life in the UK' tests. I failed one and three and just scraped through on two and four. Phew, I have saved it to my desk top to carry on later. My brain hasn't worked so hard for a long time, but I enjoyed doing the tests and look forward to more. PS LL, I own up to guessing a few as well. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woody 549 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 If the PC brigade think littering like that is not criminal let them bu66ers go and clean it up at there own expense. It is a downright disgrace for the culprits to get away with it. They have no place in a decent society. 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Total, utter scum. http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/travellers-cost-taxpayers-20000-just-476903 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Bloody disgusting,I don't know what the legal answer is but I can think of plenty of illegal ones Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 I don't know if I just wasn't paying attention years ago, but I just don't remember the 'travellor' situation you folks are facing today. They sure don't look poor with all the fancy campers and trucks. Who are they and where were they years ago? Btw. That evening post site is one of the worst so called news sites I've ever come across. It kept hanging for periods of time. Presumably while it loaded more commercials at my expense. Then I had a hard time getting rid of it and back to NS. It's like a bloomin' virus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 No Dave it's adware, a real pain if you don't have an adblocker installed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 I didn't mean it actually is a virus, just that it acted like one, Mick. . I have not found a free adblocker that works at all for the IPad. I mostly use the iPad for quick drop ins on NS during the day. I have Adblock on the laptop and it does a good job. I don't do much web browsing on the iPad because the ads on so many news sites have made them almost impossible to use. I make it a point NOT to buy anything these pests are pushing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 I know what you mean Dave, I hate the NEP site more than I used to. Agressive advertising. They need the revenue I suppose because hardly anyone ever buys the paper anymore ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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