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Roadside memorial bouquets

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NfkDumpling Thu 11-Apr-13 19:56:45

Nasty bend on the coast road and must have been another fatality as a lovely old oak tree is festooned with coloured cellophane. There's probably flowers hidden somewhere in there, but all that's visible is the wrapping.

If people go to the trouble of buying flowers to mourn the loss of a loved one - why can't they take the b****y wrapping off? Is it so no one knows they've been cheapskates and only got a petrol station bunch? And in a few weeks time when the contents have long disintegrated, the b****y cellophane is still hanging there.

It makes me really, really annoyed. Is it me?

NfkDumpling Fri 07-Jun-13 06:18:48

Oh, Nonu that sounds wonderful! Are there lots of baby bison?

Nonu Thu 06-Jun-13 23:58:34

or even happiness !!!!!!!!!

Nonu Thu 06-Jun-13 23:57:51

well this one isn"t , she is sitting on a computor , at an hotel about 50 miles from Yellowstone Park .

In the lovely sunshine .

heppiness to you all .

harrigran Thu 06-Jun-13 23:52:29

Not all grannies are tucked up in bed.

bluebell Thu 06-Jun-13 23:50:09

Wow Caz - spot on.

Cazcandoit Thu 06-Jun-13 23:37:28

aka ana J08 sel Quite a gang aren't you, and how brave to wait till most people have gone to bed before you come out to have a pop.

Sel Thu 06-Jun-13 23:15:39

Cazcandoit quite horrid? Considering the number of acerbic comments directed my way and to others, that's a bit rich. Water off a duck's back, we are all grown ups here, hopefully.

Aka Thu 06-Jun-13 23:11:08

I'm a panda, look it up!

j08 Thu 06-Jun-13 23:02:05

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j08 Thu 06-Jun-13 23:00:40

Anyone else want a quick little shout? smile

j08 Thu 06-Jun-13 23:00:12

Cazcandoit " I don't post usually, I just lurk, but really you are quite horrid. Don't you have better things to do? "

hmm Can't you find something better to post than that!

j08 Thu 06-Jun-13 22:58:49

I puzzled over it for a good three minutes. I couldn't understand it!

grin

I geddit now!

Aka Thu 06-Jun-13 22:54:17

Just back off you lot. I simply misread * Greatnan's* post. As Ana said it was ambiguous, at least to me.
Thanks for all jumping on me for a simple mistake.
Nice people on GN?
Huh!

Galen Thu 06-Jun-13 21:37:52

Don't worry eglantine.
Put your mind to my bread making problems.

j08 Thu 06-Jun-13 21:28:34

This morning. Not yesterday! confused

j08 Thu 06-Jun-13 21:24:44

I couldn't understand that particular post yesterday (Greatnan's) but I understand now it's been explained.

whenim64 Thu 06-Jun-13 19:20:32

You're not the only one to notice Cazcandoit. Well said!

Galen Thu 06-Jun-13 18:17:36

It was clear to me!
(And I'm generally regarded as a bit dim!)

Greatnan Thu 06-Jun-13 18:16:44

Thank you, Caz, your post is much appreciated.

Cazcandoit Thu 06-Jun-13 18:07:27

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york46 Thu 06-Jun-13 18:06:09

Some posters have written about how seeing flowers, etc, alert them to the fact that an accident has happened at that spot so it tends to make for more careful driving. In France they have black life-size silhouettes (sometimes several) by the roadside where fatal accidents have occurred. I think they are a good idea because they deliver a powerful message without being distracting.

NfkDumpling Thu 06-Jun-13 17:45:04

With you Greatnan.
(It wouldn't make sense that cut out shapes could raise statistics since statistics are merely a record of the actual events.)

MiceElf Thu 06-Jun-13 17:44:03

It was perfectly clear Greatnan. To anyone who reads carefully.

In some Spanish cities there is a painted message at the kerbside of busy roads saying how many deaths and serious injuries were caused by pedestrians ignoring the green light giving permission to cross. It really brings home the number of accidents caused by risk taking.

Ana Thu 06-Jun-13 17:41:02

Oh, for goodness sake! angry I was merely pointing out how Aka could have made the assumption she did - not 'finding fault' at all. But believe what you like, Greatnan.

Greatnan Thu 06-Jun-13 17:33:04

Thank you, Gorki. I thought it would be quite obvious that by 'They put up' I meant the French authorities post the statistics. Still, when people want to find fault, they will, however far-fetched.