I got a parking ticket yesterday. £50 !!!!!!!!!! I went to the optician, was a few minutes late so I was rushing.  I bought the ticket, put it on the dash, shut the door and headed to the optician.  When I came back almost half hour later I had the yellow fine on the windscreen. When I looked at the dash the ticket was back to front !  it was so windy, I can only think the ticket flipped over as I shut the car door.

I appealed within the hour     it was worth a shot.   This morning I had an email from the council:

Thank you for your recent contact regarding the above Penalty Charge Notice (PCN).
Although you have enclosed a ticket with your correspondence this was not displayed correctly
at the time the Civil Enforcement Officer issued the PCN. There are instructions for use given
on the pay and display ticket and it is the driver`s responsibility to ensure the ticket is
clearly displayed at all times.
However after careful consideration, on this occasion, the PCN has been cancelled, but any
future notices issued in similar circumstances may be enforced.
Yours Sincerel

Wasn't I lucky, funnily enough I usually do look back to check the ticket, but I was rushing.
It won't happen again   

Maybe you can't stand it because you don't understand it Mups ?  I was the same when I was young but married to a footballer so I had no choice.  I went from being a football hater to a season ticket at Anfield !  (not mine a borrowed one)

I like that ! 

Would this be the one you've just ordered a new cover for ?         sorry Scrumps I shouldn't laugh I know.  I got a parking ticket yesterday 

Reminds me of my first husband..

No.. Completely clear where I tossed it.. .. Just a large bird bath.. 

Quote from: Mups on June 16, 2026, 10:34:41 AMMorning all. 
New hearing aids I got yesterday are flamin' useless. 
One of them the tubing keeps falling out, and the other one makes a whooshing noise all the time. 
They'll have to go back.     

 ... I feel a book coming on.. Sorry Mups for laughing.. 

 Go out and buy a Euro ticket for tonight... sorted..

I have just cut through the lead of my hedge cutter... 
I did it last year too.. I can't believe it.. 
I am going out to buy a Euro Millions ticket.. I think my luck is about to change..

Morning, Showers and dark clouds today, hard to believe it's the longest day on Sunday. Just back from the Docs Surgery, got hauled in for a Covid Jab, thought I'd better have it as I didn't last year, nor the flu one. I was in Edinburgh Royal for my heart operation at the time I was meant to get them.

Quote from: Scrumpy on June 15, 2026, 05:59:45 PMI checked the length of the cover .. not 14 but 18 inches..
How can something that long that landed on ground completely disappear.. It's not like a one inch screw.. !!

Are there any large standing stones in your garden ?