People using your rear bumper to gauge where the front of their car is.
Isn't that what Fixed towbars are for?
Someone did that to me at the traffic lights years ago, I was in the D1 with fixed towbar. Got out to look and she wouldn't acknowledge it or even get out the car. Told her my car was fine but she had a large hole in her bumper
The guy who'd rolled up in the next lane and witnessed it all nearly wet himself.
15th May 2023 5:01 pm
pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
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Should have been a bit clearer.
Side swipe on the rear quarter / rear bumper. I had a tight parking space by me but if you angled it or reserved in you would have been fine. Seems someone brushed the rear bumper of the BMW driving into the space. Wife missed it as I asked her to check all was fine. I saw it later when I went back to work.... (EV side).
95% have come off, just some small paint missing and scratches.
15th May 2023 5:46 pm
robsmith
Member Since: 02 Sep 2007
Location: Staffordshire
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pjm-84 wrote:
People using your rear bumper to gauge where the front of their car is.
Otherwise known as "Parking by Ear".
(My old 110 with substantial bumpers at each end was great for deterring them - I never noticed any damage but there were certainly a few lesser cars with somewhat amended body shapes....)Rob Smith
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I feel your pain. All along the Dorset Frome, you clear it from your property as best you can, but there's still dormant seed that can (and will) activate for the next 2, 3, 4 years, plus all the stuff floating down from upstream.
And it doesn't seem to have any natural enemy, nothing wants to eat it, and it's so wet that even blow-torching it with a roofer's torch will leave you with stumps that regrow. All but given up on the bloody stuff.I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
15th May 2023 8:22 pm
Journeyman
Member Since: 27 Sep 2020
Location: Hampshire
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HWN wrote:
Himalayan Balsam.
I’m sure you’ve probably read this from the RHS. Glyphosate is the way to try and control it but it’s a nightmare by all accounts. It was introduced into the UK by the plant hunting types as they tried to show off how well traveled they were.
I've been out with the glyphosate (and blue tracer dye) but we have half an acre of it - next to a waterway.
The seeds must have been dormant under the brambles we had flailed (below). As NoDo$h notes, nothing eats it in any quantity. It is pretty nicely evolved for what it does. Even dead, it's illegal to move off-site without a licence.
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16th May 2023 8:31 am
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Hugh, could you flail it as it's growing, before flowering so that it doesn't get chance to reseed? And then smack it with glyphosate to kill the roots as it tried to grow back? (Are you allowed to use glyphosate next to a water course?)Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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Yes, it can be flailed or strimmed, Wayne. However, it has to be cut below the first node or it grows back and without leaves, the glyphosate isn't effective. Any unevenness in the ground could make cutting below the node difficult. There are aquatic versions of glyphosate but using it within 5 m of the waterway required a licence from the [Welsh equivalent of the] Environment Agency - those will have to be pulled.
There is a website somewhere that allows you to swap free accommodation for a few hours work by the people using it - I might have to try that!
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16th May 2023 9:34 am
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HWN- Hope you get it sorted.
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17th May 2023 7:33 am
Journeyman
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HWN - hope you manage to sort it. That looks like a nightmare.Cheers,
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17th May 2023 3:22 pm
johanfpa
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Cattle will eat small amounts. Goats won't touch it. Foragers do - the young leaves and seeds can go in salads and the older leaves can be used in soup.
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nightmare by all accounts. It was introduced into the UK by the plant hunting types as they tried to show off how well traveled they were.
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