Latest moan from you and me - 2016

As I said, Pete, if Russ has no other witness to the event, it's his word against the other guy's and that's how the Police will view it. Being on a lead does not make a dog less dangerous or liable to attack as, in a Court, the person holding the lead would be questioned on his/her ability to control the dog in question. From Russ's description of the other guy and his actions I would bet a month's wages that the other guy would throw the blame onto Russ and his dog. If there was another independent witness I would strongly recommend that Russ report it to the Police but as it appears that there was not, my original recommendation stands.

 

Unfortunately, not in a Court, Linz. Police would only file a report if they knew the name and address of the other person but again Russ would also be listed as again it's his word against the other guy's, so again Russ would be in an area where he would not want to be.
Most dangerous dog attacks are only picked up by the Police when an attack occurs and a person is injured or another animal is injured, or neighbours report the possibility.....you have only to see or read the News to confirm that. So Police won't not build reports of dog attacks without any substantial evidence or knowledge of the alleged dog or person.....ask a Copper on the Street, and he will tell you.

 

No, my point is that it wouldn't go far, Pete. Look at other areas say, where there is a burgarly, or vandism, what is the action that a victim gets??.......a crime number for the insurance, which is not the action that you, me or the other person would want but the catching of the criminal. If you were a Policeman called to a House where a person alleges he and his dog were attacked by another dog not under control but with the owner you would ask for evidence.......that's what the Police have to have. An allegation without evidence, name or address of the other person does not get very far, if anywhere, in the system. And, right or wrong, Russ's dog could well be listed when not deserved. Suppose the other guy had reported the incident and blamed Russ and his dog.......where does that leave the Police??

 

I have no doubt that's true, Pete, but again it's Russ's word, Bless him. against the other guy's.........it's that simple. If the other guy was tracked down and then alleged that he was attacked, and not Russ, the Police would probably take it into their own hands and give a warning to both parties. Unfortunately, Justice and the Law do not always walk hand in hand

 

Our water leak saga continues. One week on:-

A man turned up on Thursday morning to dig a new hole. I said to him that it may be a bit awkward because there was going to be a funeral procession starting at 11 a.m. from next door. He said that he hoped to have it all finished by then.

Of course, he was just the man that digs holes (which he did very quickly) and before he went away I asked whether he was going to put up some traffic lights. "Oh no! That's a different department." I said that there was going to be chaos on the road, although it wasn't too much of an obstruction, but he just shrugged and said he would call his foreman about it. The main problem was that cars come round the bend rather fast.



Before he left I 'appropriated' a big Stop/Go sign off his lorry.



Fortunately the traffic lights turned up within the hour.

Then the leak fixer came along. (Third different department in 90 minutes.)

He 'fixed' the leak and was ready to go when I heard, from the neighbour, that the funeral cars were about to turn up. So the fitter, to his credit, stayed to help me with the traffic. I used the Stop/Go sign, to overrule the lights, whilst he stood by the bend to signal when traffic was coming. When the funeral cars were coming down the road I stopped the other traffic and let the cars by. They took a long time manoeuvring as they need to go past the neighbour's house before they could then back in to his driveway. I was subjected to a bit of abuse from some drivers, all women, but it didn't do them much good

The fitter then waited for the funeral procession to leave, half an hour later, to help me again. I have put a thank you to their customer services team

I'm not quite sure how 'fixed' is 'fixed'. This doesn't look particularly permanent to me



All we have to do is now wait for the next two teams to turn up. One to fill the hole in and the other to tarmac the surface. They may have a problem if they don't get it done by tomorrow as their 'road permit' runs out then. If they overrun they are subject to a big fine. That's the fourth permit they have needed for this job. Sometimes having to fill the hole in and tarmac even when they hadn't found the leak.