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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I knew I would have to get my finger out and nurture my much neglected allotment after being away for several weeks but I was frankly shocked that my fellow gardeners had completely ignored my plot and have let a lot of it run to seed or dry out - which means fewer crops.

I know I don't give to receive but I have lost count of the number of times I have helped out my green fingered friends with all sorts of things when they were indisposed so I feel hurt.

Nailed to my shed this morning was a note asking if I would be doing the harvest BBQ as I didnt seem to have started on the 'kitty' yet.

I just collected my seedy cabbages and other crap and started a very damp slow burning fire in response... ok it was petty - I'll of course do the BBQ but it was nice to leave a stingy eye, stinky fire in my wake as I trotted off home.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

OOPs... the question!! Do you do protesty revenge or do you fly off handle and say you're hurt or none of the above!! How do you react to thoughtlessness?

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

I tend to sit, smoulder and then plot subtle revenge.

I am a great believer in what goes round, comes round

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

i have learnt not to rely on others sharing the same principples etc as me. i am a very helpful lovely person but it is often not returned to me, even by my own family sometimes lol

i would probably make some very audible comments about how i thought allotment keepers were a helpful supportive community etc but it wouldnt stop me from doing what i wuld normally do and i would still go about and water their plots etc

i would also condisder how intergrated i was to the allotment community, do i chat to my neighbours etc as that can make such a difference in making people want to help others

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

nahhhhhh never a plot.. i just use others to do my subconsciousbidding, takes away my responsibility and keeps me lookin innocent heheheehehehehe

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I tend to sit, smoulder and then plot subtle revenge.

I am a great believer in what goes round, comes round"

Lol smouldering a bit like my bonfire!!!

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By *oantrimcpl2010Couple
over a year ago

Lisburn

It depends on what it is,and who it is, I can fly of handle at stupid things(esp PMT time) but things that really matter to me I tend to say nothing and let it build then explode.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I knew I would have to get my finger out and nurture my much neglected allotment after being away for several weeks but I was frankly shocked that my fellow gardeners had completely ignored my plot and have let a lot of it run to seed or dry out - which means fewer crops.

I know I don't give to receive but I have lost count of the number of times I have helped out my green fingered friends with all sorts of things when they were indisposed so I feel hurt.

Nailed to my shed this morning was a note asking if I would be doing the harvest BBQ as I didnt seem to have started on the 'kitty' yet.

A fellow allotmenteer! Good on you!

We always ask people to keep an eye on our plot if we're going away, rather than just hope that they will do so. It's not that we think people there have no community spirit but that like us can be so wrapped up in looking after their plot (especially at this time of year)that they don't notice other peoples.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

i would also condisder how intergrated i was to the allotment community, do i chat to my neighbours etc as that can make such a difference in making people want to help others"

I'm the 'youngster' in the group which also translates to 'go get me perscription hinny if yer owah the toon' 'mek us a cuppa pet' 'let the lad in with the feed yer legs are yunnga' (gate half a mile away!!!)

I haven't been integrated Ive been hijacked as a dogsbody - the old sods!!!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

A fellow allotmenteer! Good on you!

Well my next door neighbour watered the garden down home and cut my lawnbut I think the allotmenteers didn't realise how long I was gone! Bless them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Been thinking of getting an allotment at Saltwell Park but if the miserable old wankers are like that I don't think I'll bother.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They do sound a set of miserable self-serving old duffers. Not that I'm hateful towards people in general or anything.

Maybe cock up their prize plants with a dose of Round Up or some similar dirty tricks tactic.

I don't know what it is but that generation love telling people about the community spirit that got us through against "the Jerries" and yet from what I see they are a self-serving bunch.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What goes around most definitely comes around.. the wheel turns.

I watch, wait and take Machiavellian revenge when it's least expected.

"Malice in defeat, revenge in victory"

If anyone ever needs my help, and I can help them, however, it's freely offered.

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By *obbytupperMan
over a year ago

Menston near Ilkley

Sounds like theres a lot of plotting going on in allotments.

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