We have a hole against the wall of our front yard.
The council, in their wisdom, have decided to replace the elderly lamp post outside our house with something that is not only more energy efficient but also is brighter with less light pollution. It doesn't make sense when I see it here, but the argument held water when they explained it to me.
Well, a man with a van came along our street and sprayed a lot of markings around. I felt reservations about this, but it isn't the first time someone official looking has made a mark and disappeared without trace.
Then little bear and I came home one day, and there was an extra lamppost, about three inches away from our elderly but reliable lamppost.
Then the day before yesterday two men and a van tried to come in the wrong end of our now dead end street, then after a 357 point turn woke little bear by drilling a big hole right next to the new lamppost.
Today, we have light. Instead of familiar orange we have the sort of white light that is special effects on crime shows. Also I keep expecting aliens to land. The electricians came.
However, they didn't fill in the hole. Electricians do not fill in holes, that is the job of skilled council workers. So I still have a stonking great hole, next to our wall and in the runway of a multiplicity of kids bikes and scooters. And no doubt it will be filled in the near future with one of those pneumatic hammers just as little bear has gone down for a nap.
2 comments:
Hi Sybil
We had the same thing! Ecept when the skilled workers filled the hole, they didn't seem to do a very good job. It transpires that when they fill it the first time, they have to leave it to settle before they can come along and top it off properly...we're still waiting for them to come back and do that next bit; I suspect the money ran out. Still. On the bright side, we no longer need to have a light in our porch for when people approach the house, as the area is extremely well lt from the new, less light polluting, lamppost.
Brilliant, the first line made me grin. Smart lady! ZC.
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