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I've been decorating the garden and the last job has been relaying the lawn.
Having dug up the old turf, I've bunged it in the wheelie bin (6 times so we're not talking major acres here) and I've taken it down to the nearby woods and tipped it.
I've tipped it over a steep bank, in 6 different places, on to a wild woodland area, well away from any footpaths. In fact Sherpa Tensing could have used these steep banks for training.
Last trip and a total mentalist comes out and starts banging on about fly tipping!
It's grass and soil being chucked onto grass and soil! You wouldn't even know it had only just been put there on top of the previous soil, grass, dead branches.....
Anyway, nutter (for that's what he is) has reported me to the council.
My house number is on the front of the wheelie bin and he's followed me back to see what street I live on.
Am I wrong or is the nutter wrong?
you IMHO but i can see why you did it
It regristers somewhere between a shrug and a shake of the head on my scale of give a shit
Whats worse then fly tipping?
Super-Fly tipping ehhehe
Its no big deal pay the £5000 fine and put it behind you.
[i]on to a wild woodland area[/i]
and disturbed a SSSI, or the local spot where the orchids grow no doubt 😉
According to my local council
[i]Fly Tipping:
The process of depositing waste
materials on public or private land
without prior approval is known as fly
tipping.[/i]
Type of waste not specified, so I guess your busy-body nutjob is right. Technically speaking.
yeh that's fly tipping i'm afraid mate.
It's garden waste, the council offers the facility for disposing of garden waste at the local waste centre.
You have been fly tipping.
I offered to shape it in to a Mancunia living lansdcape sculpture, he mumbled something about an idiot.
I must be more off it than I thought. This is just grass and soil on top of grass and soil! I didn't think for one minute it is fly tipping.
Furk! Am I in trouble?
Goyt Valley Way.....which on paper sounds worse than it is. Stockport end. No daffs were injured in the innocent redistribution of soid and turf.
Storm in a tea cup.
Wasn't me guv.
Wheres the evidence ?.
Oh !, what ?.
That there grass and soil.
Hhhmmmm. Looks like its been there forever.
Or perhaps someone else did it, like....
Get the message ?.
Its all about the proof.
😉
As Steve said, just pay the £5K fine and move on. The tips have bins for topsoil which is where you are supposed to take it.
Where I live now, the previous owners walked up the lane to dump there grass cuttings (from a 1/2 an acre garden) you would be amazed at just how big the piles are after 40 years of dumping it. I had to use a digger to drag it away from the garden walls.
Also outside the local gyypo camp, they have put up 'no fly tipping' signs, cheeky bastards.
I got told I was fly tipping for leaving a wet brolly outside my flat!
I can see why you did it, did you explain what you had tipped to the dude that followed you home?
Did you notice him following you? when in the past i have pissed people off enough to follow me I go somewhere else or just stop, and do nothing until they go away, or confront them.
to be honest, monksie, (Callum here - hello!) afraid you're on the wrong.
I guess the guy maybe thought you'd be making heaps of trips, maybe getting twitchy that your old fridge would be next (!) but yes, best would have been borrow a trailer and take it to local council dump..
Whatever you do, don't post any admission of doing it anywhere on the internet.
in goyt as well? its a beauty spot! shame on you!
Simple solution is to put the neighbour in the bin as well and bury him under the grass and soil.
Two problems disposed of at once!
I saw him passtheriz..... but I just though it was my paranoia again.
I'm going to have to get the meds. out and plead insanity again.
I really didn't think I was doing anything wrong. Bugger! I hate gardening anyway. I'm taking the advice of my learned friend Solo, as above.
"put the neighbour in the bin as well and bury him under the grass and soil" and leave his face on show? That's put that new thing in Newcastle to proper shame....
Callum! How the devil are you?
Next time bury the busy-body-nut-job under the turf, in one of the ditches. Problem solved.
Someone grab him! He's doing a runner in his van!!
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Did he grass you up?
Sorry.
he's not going anywhere that van is only 1/4 loaded.
Go back at night and move it that why when they come to look its gone.
[i]Did he grass you up?
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What proof does the nutter have, If it´s just his word against yours then ignore it. He probably rings up to complain about dumb shit several times a day.
I was just talking about this to a mate the other day. Why do some people, after about their mid-thirties get bitter about everything they see? I realise that at that age you´re starting to find out that you´ve maybe missed out on a few things and won´t be the next david beckham 😉 or danny mcaskill.
But, why so angry...about everything?
It's technically near the Goyt. Well, right above it actually.
My name is not really monksie....no worries on that one.
That's not me ^ I have a full head of hair. Otherwise.... 🙂
errr the proof is probably the six wheely bins of shit in the woods, that under any kind of testing would match the garden full of shit at the OP's house.
[i]errr the proof is probably the six wheely bins of shit in the woods, that under any kind of testing would match the garden full of shit at the OP's house.[/i]
Not happening, but nice try.
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Quick, the only way to fix this is report it stolen!
Just be nonchalant and say you suspect the nutter down the road has been digging up your garden up and making weird threats about framing you for something.
Anyway you thought it was getting a bit weird so thought best to report it.... :wink:*
*Can I just say that I suspect troll but not sure just yet...'tis a gud un
Have you ever taken a drunken whiz in your back garden? There might be DNA!
Did he grass you up?
I hope you told him to sod off if so.
[i]I hope you told him to sod off if so.[/i]
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More cheese than Holland !.
Great.
What proof does the nutter have, If it´s just his word against yours then ignore it. He probably rings up to complain about dumb shit several times a day.
Apart from the fact that he was fly tipping, or would you be happy for someone to dump stuff outside your house?
If so, can you post your address as I have some rubble I need to relocate.
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Oh god, this could turn into a 'Turf war'
monksie - MemberIt's technically near the Goyt. Well, right above it actually.
My name is not really monksie....no worries on that one.
Your profile says admitting to a 6 wheelie bin crime spree on the Internet isn't a good idea
Email steve.monks@gmail.com
[i] I have some rubble I need to relocate[/i]
You could always use some special trousers...
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LoL, might take a while as its about 50 tons worth. Not sure how many wheelies bins that it but I know its around 6.8 routemaster buses worth.
but I know its around 6.8 routemaster buses worth.
How?
"...steve.monks@gmail.com.."
You're not helping me to relax, not one bit.
I'm going to say sorry, cry a bit and stare in to space. It get's my teenage daughter off every time.
The wife's doing her nut as well now. Apparently, she told me not to do it last night. I don't remember.
I'm off now. My final statement? Shit!
The proof is the neighbours word coupled with photos of the garden waste. That will be good enought to convict.
The council may not be that fussed and not investigate if they do they may just want to tell you off . If you deny it it may turn in to an ego war and end up in court . The mags would be very sympathetic to an i'm sorry i honestly thought i was doing no harm just soil and grass from my garden on top of soil and grass appology less sympathetic if you have denied it called the neighbour a liar and been disbelieved. Obviously if you deny it and get away with it then no penelty .
The fine quoted is a maximum not a fixed rate.
50 / 7.35 = 6.8, maths innit.
Personally, I would MTFU and grow some and take the slap on the wrists.
This is what happens when people take the lawn into their own hands
You could be in hort water
That pile of rubble looks like it has been used as a trail feature?
Fly tipping garden waste is a very poor idea. For peat sake.
Basic mistake is you shouldn't have used the Wheelie bin, it's just not cutting-hedge technology.
its a wheelbarrow ramp, as that pile was built entirely using one ....
You could ride up it, but the far side would be hairy! I suppose with a bit more rubble you could use the wall as a drop off, however it would be around 8ft to flat.
I wouldn't have done it in the first place.
But I'd not be worried about being caught.
Not happening.
After a bit of weather, that stuff could have come from anywhere, anytime.
I just luv the comedy value of this thread.
And the local authourity types here who don't like that a public got away with a mistermeaner.
And, they shouldn't be on the web.
Back to Work, council worker !.
If I was the OP, I would be soiling myself.
Beg for a Miracle and it might just Gro away
^^^^ I call for an STW comedy forum.
Oh, wait !....
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But, why so angry...about everything?
No - just the socially irresponsible who can't be bothered to dispose of their own waste in a proper fashion. Or are you pro fly-tipping?
If it's only grass and soil, it's not a hardcore crime.
Or are you pro fly-tipping?
I don't think he was being paid so this makes him
"Amateur Fly Tipping"
I hate fly tipping, fair bit of it going on near my offroad commute, not getting very worked up about this case tho. It [b]is[/b] tipping but I'll let the feds decide whether it's worth getting in a tizzy about.
dunno, if its got rubble in it. Then its considered to be hardcore.
[i]The wife's doing her nut as well now. Apparently, she told me not to do it last night. I don't remember.[/i]
You see, despite all that the local authority can do to fine you etc the fact that your wife;
1) told you not to do it
and
2) you weren't listening and did it anyway
is what's going to cause you all the pain and anguish in the long term.
Every time you so much as look at a blade of grass in future you'll flinch.
Relax man, just say you "divet" have anything to do with it.
Yeah poor i know but i had to join in.
[i]No - just the socially irresponsible who can't be bothered to dispose of their own waste in a proper fashion. Or are you pro fly-tipping? [/i]
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"Amateur Fly Tipping"
Keeping himself available for the Olympics.
If it's only grass and soil, it's not a hardcore crime.
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[i]I don't think he was being paid so this makes him
"Amateur Fly Tipping"
[/i]
Yeah, but who'd sponsor him to go Pro.
And where will the World Champs be staged ?.
Just think if you had japanese knot weed spores in that dirt you would be getting done for that too bud. And thats worse!
My driveway needs tarmacing, any chance of a quote ?
If there's any seed of doubt in your mind that you won't get away with it, you could always mow your neigbour down in your car and hope no one notices he's missing. Taking lawn'order into your own hands could be risky though.
[i]Just think if you had japanese knot weed spores in that dirt you would be getting done for that too bud. And thats worse! [/i]
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Sorry Monksie.
Its ECT for you now.
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This is what happens when people take the lawn into their own hands
Out loud s**** 🙂
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And where will the World Champs be staged ?.
Lawndon fly-tipping olympics?
Amateur Fly Tipping is the root of all evil.
Would it be "Tip 'n' Field'
or
Re-Cycling
Have you ever taken a drunken whiz in your back garden? There might be DNA!
No DNA in whiz*, have you never watched CSI?
*unless you're kindeys are very ill
So is Monksie going to give FlyMo Farah a run for his money in the '5000m wheelie bin to the local woods and back' event then?
Looks like the OP has some HOVER BOVER.... lol
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the maximum fine is £50000 and/or up to five years in prison.
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Best part is that he omitted it here :-)... the confession.
I put it to you my lord!
So when the other prisoners hear he's inside for dumping a ton of grass in his local woods they'll think he's some sort of major crim.
[i]So is Monksie going to give FlyMo Farah a run for his money in the '5000m wheelie bin to the local woods and back' event then? [/i]
Forget that.
Question is, can anyone get tickets to the event..
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Dumping numerous loads of soil and grass down a steep bank, you may wekll have suffocated a load of trolls or doggers.
Just wait till the environmnet agency get to hear of the matter.
Oh and the chap who spoted you wasnt he undercover working for Special Branch.
[i]a load of trolls or doggers[/i]
[i]Oh and the chap who spoted you wasnt he undercover working for Special Branch.[/i]
Struggling to see the distinction....
Can imagine him now, in prison.......
Cell mate 'what ya been sent dahn for?'
Monksie 'grass'
CM 'ah dealing yeah?'
M 'spreading it round the neighbourhood'
CM 'skunk?'
M 'what?!'
CM 'you know, skunk, grass, weed?'
M 'no, youre mistaken, actual proper grass'
CM 'fackin nonce'
Have you ever taken a drunken whiz in your back garden? There might be DNA!
Semen would be my worry. If you have ever slipped out into the garden (one moon-lit night) for a danger-w*** then I would say you are in deep trouble. A CSI humvee is likely to pull up any moment.