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YOUR & letters emails KNICKERS Dear Edge, Here’s a photo of my 9 month old grandson (left), captured by his Dad in the bra & knickers section of our local Sainsbury’s supermarket, whilst Mum was trying on some post maternity underwear. My question is, does he take after his father, or his grandfather? Regards, Hugh Watt. Probably both of you! E.E. to theedge! CHELMSFORD, CM2 6XD. shaun@theedgemag.co.uk PARKING FINE Hi Shaun, I just thought I'd email to let you know that you shouldn't pay your 'parking ticket' from the Riverside Retail Park! (Someone else has probably already emailed to tell you this, but in case they haven't..). You need to do some reading online to get your head around it, but basically parking on private land is governed by contract law and they have to prove a lot of things before they can successfully take you to court to make you pay (which very rarely/never happens) and then it would only be for the lost revenue. Their usual modus operandi is to send an invoice and/or official looking (threatening) letter to scare you into paying. If you just ignore them they will go away. Read this for the legal jargon which shows they would need to overcome a lot of obstacles to successfully take you to court: http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.ph p?showtopic=46975 And read this for some 'plain english' advice: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com /reclaim/private-parking-tickets which I believe also includes advice on reclaiming monies if you have already coughed up. This forum thread details the stages of letters you can expect if you do ignore their threatening letters (which you should): http://forums.moneysavingexpert.co m/showthread.php?t=2214803 That thread comes from the forum covering Private Parking Tickets which may be of use if you have issues: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.co m/forumdisplay.php?f=163 (as may the Pepipoo forum linked to above). However, I imagine that you've already paid, as so many people do, but at least you'll know for next time. It may all change soon though, as Government is proposing to allow easier enforcement of private parking regulations: http://www.publications.parlia- ment.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010- 2011/0146/cbill_2010- 20110146_en_20.htm (starts at section 56) which is nicely summarised in the comments at the bottom of this page: http://www.echonews.co.uk/news/8 888532.South_Essex_MPs_back_c lamping_law_change/ ....but it's not law yet! Hope this helps! Paul. Seems like I’ve been proper ‘stitched up’ then! E.E. BASILDON Dear Large, What Basildon people do when it snows (see below). Quality! The natives down there are just like it says on the tin. Regards, Purchase. Nice one. I honestly think it’s a nice classy touch. Chelmsford surely needs such a sign (and complimentary snowman). E.E. SAVING FUEL Regarding your scooter article (March Edge), you ought to check out Scooter Central in Braintree. I got myself a Tamoretti retro 125cc there last May for £955 and have been pocketing the weekly difference in saved fuel between that and my car. So far I have saved a tidy sum of £1,070 which should be up to £3,000 by the end of this year. Lovely! Anonymous text message sent to The Edge. That’s not my main reason for wanting to buy a scooter this Spring, but it’s definitely a sound bi-product of owning one. With all 10,000 copies of The Edge mag now regularly being snapped up in the very first week after being made available to Chelmsford’s sporting Joe Public, that now means there’s 3 weeks in every month when I could be pootering around to appointments without it being necessary to take the motor (and lug heavy boxes about). So yeah, to save money on otherwise extortionate fuel costs certainly seems to be a step in the right direction to me. Then there’s the fact you can park scooters easily and for free, and you rarely get held up in a tailback whilst on two wheels either (particularly approaching the Army & Navy roundabout along Princes Road in ‘rush hour’ which has become a proper bloody nightmare. So yeah, I honestly can’t wait to get one on two wheels. E.E. Page 18 The Edge 077 646 797 44
theEDGE DVD review THE INBETWEENERS MOVIE Quite simply, if you liked The Inbetweeners on the tele (and The Edge has followed them ever since the very first episode), you’ll like The Inbetweeners in this movie version because it’s literally just more of the same, only on a bigger screen (when it was released).....and they’re on holiday. The Edge absolutely loves these guys. Will McKenzie (Simon Bird) is the posh, techie, swatty, four-eyed one. Then there’s Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas - in the yellow shirt - who your editor actually ever-so-briefly met in The Wheatsheaf in Writtle, of all places, a Christmas or two ago), layabout Jay Cartwright (James Buckley) in the red England shirt, and last but by no means least, lanky Neil Sutherland (played by Blake Harrison, and what a movie star’s name he’s got). After finishing their ‘A’ levels the lads go on holiday to Malia on the Greek island of Crete and end up staying in the scankiest lodgings in town. Straight off they meet 4 unlikely lasses in the resort’s emptiest bar on their very first night out on the pull and it all sort of goes on from there. To be honest, the plot’s immaterial, but Neil’s dancing is fantastic, as is his penchant for pulling ‘older donkeys’ (sorry, ladies). Everything leads up to a Boat Party on the final night of their hols and it’s all good, fun stuff, but I do wish it had gone on for an extra 15 minutes. And now what? The Inbetweeners began back in 2008. They’ve successfully completed three series. The boys are now all leaving Rudge Park Comprehensive. It appears Will and Simon are going on to Uni, but what does life hold in store for Jay and Neil? Can another series (or three) be created? Hopefully, of course they can. Here’s hoping at any rate. P.S. Watch out for Mr. Gilbert, Head of Sixth Form, at both the start and the end of this movie. He plays an absolute blinder. All DVD’s hired from Blockbuster on Springfield Road. Tel. Chelmsford 269767 Friendship Friendship between women: If a woman doesn't come home one night and the next day tells her husband she slept at a friend’s house, the husband will immediately call his wife's 10 best friends, all of whom will vouch that she never slept at their house. Friendship between men: If a man doesn't come home one night and the next day tells his wife he slept at a friend’s house, the wife will immediately call her husband’s 10 best friends, 8 of whom will confirm that he did indeed sleep over on their sofa, whilst the other 2 will swear blind he’s still there! MOVIE Lavenham . . . of all places! The Edge has always thought of Lavenham in Suffolk as a typically quintessential medieval English village of a bygone era....until one of its readers sent in the photograph above. And they’re not wrong either, unfortunately. GASH is in the Market Place and sells high quality knitwear in both lambswool and silk, as well as a distinguished range of linen clothes. Well I never. Fancy being a portrayer of both filth and smut, when all you really do is sell cardigans. Someone ought to report Elizabeth Gash to trade descriptions. I mean, fancy going all the way to Lavenham to ‘feed a horse’ and returning with but a pully. £3495.00 Bathrooms, Ensuites, Cloakrooms, Wetrooms, Shower rooms Building work, Heating, Plumbing, Electrics, Tiles, Flooring, Carpentry, Ideal Standard, NoCode, Aqualisa Hi-Qu, Bette, Kaldewei, £3495.00 Building work, Granite, Lighting, Tiles, Flooring Appliances, Sinks and taps, Electrics, Wood worktops K Kitchens, Made to measure kitchens, Granite, Solid wood worktops, Franke sink and taps, Abode, Appliances £3995.00 £5995.00 Family run business 122 Byron road Essex CM2 6HJ Tel : 01245 269778 Bathtub Bathrooms and Kitchens 1A Edward Bright Close Maldon Essex CM9 5RU Tel : 01621 859966 The Edge 01245 348256 Page 19
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