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Just felt I had to share this because next time if could be you..... My car was parked outside my house with a very large vacant space behind it. I was looking out of upstairs window with my mother waiting for my husband to turn up and give her a lift the station. The man (50's) who owns house opposite arrives in his white van with steel tow ball and at speed reverses in to the large space next to my car and hits my car with force. He duly parks and walks off. I run downstairs to see him walking round the corner, so take a note of his car reg etc and take photographs of the scene which show his tow ball in direct line with the damage (height, distance etc. Go back inside to put camera down and walk outside to find him there. Explain calmly what has happened. He denies everything despite dent to my vehicles being in line exactly with the tow ball. I ask for his insurance details and he refuses to give them so I say let us just get the police and they can see for themselves. Dash inside for phone and he drives away in those few seconds. he then turns the van round and tries to run me over. I jump out of the way and try and grab the ignition keys as he slows to turn the corner (silly I know but at the time you just react without thinking). He gets away. I report it to the police and traffic dept will pursue. Thing is that I knew who he was, he had insurance and he was not drunk so the only reason he moved the van so quickly was was because of the proxiity to the damage. Of course he was too late because I had already taken the pics by then. As expected he does not report accident to his insurance company who only open a file when my insurers call them. (The police obtained his insurance details). He is now refusing to even respond to his own insurance company and this is another part that may be of interest to you, he can refuse to reply for THREE ENTIRE MONTHS before we can pursue it further. So as an innocent party (as you might well be at some future time) we just have to wait three months. The man in question is Michael Travers and he works as a builder in the area so if you are looking for one and he is coming around to give you an estimate, make sure you park your car away from his van. !!!

Having noticed security guards patrolling the car park in Sainsburys recently, I asked one what was behind this new measure. It turns out that women have been robbed of their handbags and attacked in the car park (badly punched and kicked in some cases). The victims are always women on their own. The latest attack was about 4 days ago. Just thought I would mention this to other females. When we are loading up our cars, we are not always aware of who is close by so it might be sensible just to be on red alert. If, like me, you tend to take money out of the cashpoint, then be extra careful. I can understand why Sainsburys have not put up any warning signs in store but I feel people should be aware.

I like this one..... When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells And run my stick along the public railings And make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in my slippers in the rain And pick the flowers in other people's gardens And learn to spit You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat And eat three pounds of sausages at a go Or only bread and pickle for a week And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes But now we must have clothes that keep us dry And pay our rent and not swear in the street And set a good example for the children. We must have friends to dinner and read the papers. But maybe I ought to practice a little now? So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.