Destruction, Demolition and DeconstructionThe Lone Groover says "I've just taken down a pergola with a metre-deep Russian vine over the top. It had nine birds' nests in it, and had rotted all of the cross timbers. It covered the entire lawn and needs a skip of its own." What's the biggest/worst thing you've ever taken down? Tell us your tales of demolition and wanton destruction.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Nov 2012, 13:17)
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when my parents bought our house, the builder was a total workshy cunthe did many things Wrong, but perhaps the most heinous was that the house, which was a newbuild, was sold with a big patch of land at the front. my mother planned a rockery and my father planned extra parking.
until the day we arrived home from various works/schools to find a mahoosive fence running right down the side of the house. with the plot of land on the Wrong side of it. a quick word with one of the neighbours who had been speaking to the purchaser of the new house on the Wrong side earlier in the day, and yes, the builder had also sold it to him, wasn't it awful, typical builder, we had all his support etc etc.
i think the fence lasted about 10 minutes after my father got home and set about it with a hammer. the builder was deeply unimpressed, but he had to accept that he had been a dodgepot, and his threats of suing went away.
the most memorable thing, apart from the sight of my dad swinging a hammer like peter sutcliffe on speed, was that the supportive neighbour was at a dinner party a few weeks later, with people who were unbeknown to him mutual friends. he spent about an hour slagging my dad off as this awful beast who had flattened a perfectly good fence. my parents never let on that they knew about his two-facedness; not sure i could have swallowed that.
look, i didn't say it was interesting, blame yourself for reading it. and blame the question. you can't polish a turd!
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 8 Nov 2012, 18:48,
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And ever since that day you swore you would become a property lawyer and avenge this injustice.
(not seen you round here for yonks, nice to see a familiar name from the old days)
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Ghoti Fingers, Thu 8 Nov 2012, 19:12,
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Cool story broI loved the middle bit.
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It's exactly......what the question is about. Have a click on me!
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The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Thu 8 Nov 2012, 19:29,
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