I wasn't sure where to put this, so it is going in here:
Last Christmas I was coming home, when I noticed a Vauxhall something-or-other about six doors away from mine had every one of its windows smashed in.
It reminded me of when I lived in Balham in the 80s and someone had taken a pick to a Ford Capri around the corner from me, and put holes in the bonnet, roof, boot lid, both doors and both wings. They finished the job by daubing 'Stay away from my wife' using white paint on the bonnet.
Oi!Oi! I thought - Someone has been caught playing away from home.....
Back to my Vauxhall......
I noticed in The New Year that all of the busted glass had been replaced.
Fast forward to last Thursday and I'm walking to Sainos, when I see this:
Same Vauxhall. In case you cannot make it out, the graffiti on the bonnet in the first image says 'Pay me' - so I was off-target with my assumption of someone playing away from home.
One of my neighbours a couple of doors up from this car earns his crust by fixing people's cars on the street outside his house. He's out there all day, every day.
I got chatting with him and according to him this isn't the second time this has happened but the third.
And the perpetrator is a woman.
And the moral of this story is.....
Pay your dues and, no matter where you get your appetite, always dine at home.