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I knocked someone's gate post over..

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Isle of Wight Jim
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I knocked someone's gate post over..

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Judgee
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Re: I knocked someone's gate post over..

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Knocked over a wall over whilst reversing once. Spoke to the owners who admitted it was pretty much falling over anyway and they were happy for me just to get rid of the rubble. Guess I got lucky! :nana

As long as you don't go around regularly knocking things over you should be ok. They may moan a bit but accidents happen, you should be fine! :wink:
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R5Rich
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Re: I knocked someone's gate post over..

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I bumped into a wall other day out the front of someones house and the bloody corner came off, like 5 bricks! I turned to shut the gate caught it with my leg bam right on the floor! Luckily no one see so I put the bricks back and carried on.
Stormproof
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Re: I knocked someone's gate post over..

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Isle of Wight Jim wrote:The gate post was rotten at ground level and the whole thing including gate fell over.
Did you get pictures? You should get the manager to go out to the property and look at the gatepost.
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets


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Isle of Wight Jim
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jessthecat
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Re: I knocked someone's gate post over..

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Don't stress..our phg delivered a 9am special and reversed up to a greenhouse. Delivered the special and as he set off just rolled back slightly and managed to catch the bumper on the greenhouse, as he set out........smash......he'd dragged the greenhouse off its base smashing all the glass and twisting the frame!!! :oops:
robg
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Re: I knocked someone's gate post over..

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R5Rich wrote:I bumped into a wall other day out the front of someones house and the bloody corner came off, like 5 bricks! I turned to shut the gate caught it with my leg bam right on the floor! Luckily no one see so I put the bricks back and carried on.

The one thing being a postman has taught me is how s**t the brickwork is people pay for, I walked past a brick garden wall and just brushed the concrete plinth, which made the top fall off along with most of the top layer and half/ of the bricks.

No complaints but I was dreading it.
blackadder
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Re: I knocked someone's gate post over..

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you be fine. next time do the whole fence. should have seen his face. not to sure what upset him the most, the fence gone or the van over his roses
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pokos27
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Re: I knocked someone's gate post over..

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if something like this happens scarper as fast as you can, especially when letter boxes fall off.
dave7634
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Re: I knocked someone's gate post over..

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R5Rich wrote:I bumped into a wall other day out the front of someones house and the bloody corner came off, like 5 bricks! I turned to shut the gate caught it with my leg bam right on the floor! Luckily no one see so I put the bricks back and carried on.
I once did similar many many years ago on a nice rural van duty. Sunny Saturday morning and I'd taken my camera with me to take pics of the cottages as I went. Anyway, reversing away to get the 'right shot' and wham! Straight into a dry stone wall surrounding a house. I drove the van forward (Morris Marina van) and picked up the odd bricks and replaced. When I got back I reported the incident to the manager who said, "I'm glad you've told me - they've already been on the phone this morning and reported you!" Bastards! I thought they were in bed :chuckle
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Re: I knocked someone's gate post over..

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dave7634 wrote:
R5Rich wrote:I bumped into a wall other day out the front of someones house and the bloody corner came off, like 5 bricks! I turned to shut the gate caught it with my leg bam right on the floor! Luckily no one see so I put the bricks back and carried on.
I once did similar many many years ago on a nice rural van duty. Sunny Saturday morning and I'd taken my camera with me to take pics of the cottages as I went. Anyway, reversing away to get the 'right shot' and wham! Straight into a dry stone wall surrounding a house. I drove the van forward (Morris Marina van) and picked up the odd bricks and replaced. When I got back I reported the incident to the manager who said, "I'm glad you've told me - they've already been on the phone this morning and reported you!" Bastards! I thought they were in bed :chuckle
"I thought they were in bed" - they were, but you disturbed them. :shock: :sad: :shock: