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CM and The FaQQer were already out on the razz, having come down from Manc for the do. My ThenClientCorp were hosting an internal web development conference, and then I was off to the do, so I wasn't posting much either. AP and Zeity were around as well, though.
Much banging and rattling of the door (which I now have a large piece of wood jammed against, to go with the locks and bolt). Approaching it after silencing the telly, I heard a male and a female voice.
Opening up, I found a detective and a female PC out there looking most surprised to see me (I'd spoken to them in the hall this afternoon).
"Oh, isn't this Flat 4?"
"No..."
"Oh, good job I didn't kick the door in then! Sorry to have bothered you!"
So now the coppers have taken it upon themselves to start scaring the crap out of me during Coronation Street...
Much banging and rattling of the door (which I now have a large piece of wood jammed against, to go with the locks and bolt). Approaching it after silencing the telly, I heard a male and a female voice.
Opening up, I found a detective and a female PC out there looking most surprised to see me (I'd spoken to them in the hall this afternoon).
"Oh, isn't this Flat 4?"
"No..."
"Oh, good job I didn't kick the door in then! Sorry to have bothered you!"
So now the coppers have taken it upon themselves to start scaring the crap out of me during Coronation Street...
The squint, the cocked eye and clenched first are the cornerstones of all Merseyside communication from birth to grave
Access to Flat 4 has now been achieved, judging from the loud banging sounds on the landing as I was doing the washing up
It's nice to know that if somebody breaks your door down, beats you up, and steals your stuff, the CID will be more than happy to come back a couple of nights later and break it down again
That's just belt & braces - I wouldn't have bothered except it was leaning by the door anyway, having been there since I moved in over three years ago. I brought it from my old place (where a builder had left it) for some reason I can no longer remember, put it there for no good reason other than that I couldn't be bothered to carry it any further, and it's just been leaning there ever since. Turns out it's just the right size to wedge under the lock
Given that the unwanted visitors knew exactly where they were going and what they were doing, I'm more worried about the Police now
I've also written the flat number on the door with a whiteboard pen in the hope of avoiding further confusion
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