The Medway Handyman wrote:
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
mogga writes:
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:53:39 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Been having an intermittent problem with my boiler. Although self
installed, Viessmann have been very helpful and looked at it under
warranty. The engineer reckoned it was a software funny - as he'd
seen it before on other boilers but not all of this type. It shows
a sensor as being at fault, but a reset gets it going again.
Usually happens first thing when it changes over from heating the
water to the house. This was last Monday - and he apologised for
not having the correct parts with him but would call again when he
had. Which was this morning - he phoned at about 11.00.
Explained to him I usually had to go out between 11.30 and 12.30
due to resident's only parking then - I have two cars but only one
pass. But thought I had a vistor's pass so it would be ok. If I
hadn't I would sit in my car with the bonnet up 'till he was
finished. But did find that single visitors pass I had left. Never
even thought about him...

And of course he got a ticket. It never even occurred to me.
Would he have to pay for that himself? I'm feeling so guilty about
it as he was such a nice bloke.

I think they argued about it at Comet. And they eventually got told
" no safe parking no job"

I recall back around 2004 several of the delivery companies in London
saying they could only deliver to our offices in the City if we
provided them with a parking place or agreed to pay their parking
fines. Otherwise we had to collect from their depots. This resulted
in quite an outcry from many companies in the City, and I think
there's now a scheme in place which allows delivery drivers a tiny
bit of leeway, sometimes.

The law has always allowed for 'loading' time but when parking was
handed over to local authorities (who see it as a revenue source)
they didn't interpret it properly.

They claimed that loading had to be 'continuously observed' - in
other words if they see someone walking to & fro across the pavement
carrying boxes its loading. AFAIK 'loading' counts as taking the
parcel to the point of delivery - which could be on the tenth floor.

A few years ago we moved a washing machine to my daughters house &
parked on a yellow whilst we manhandled it around a corner, through
the house & into the utility room. I got a ticket & appealed & won
on the basis of loading to point of delivery.

Many years ago, I talked to a warden and they said they would allow 9
minutes for loading. I have no idea why the arbitrary time.