tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post3144888842580255003..comments2024-03-29T10:48:06.521+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Length MattersKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-18519867115278679502008-08-22T09:43:00.000+01:002008-08-22T09:43:00.000+01:00Hmm. Are you sure it's not just a case of lazy bin...Hmm. Are you sure it's not just a case of lazy binmen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-85263512930746068312008-08-16T13:13:00.000+01:002008-08-16T13:13:00.000+01:00"wheelie bins must be within one metre of the kerb..."wheelie bins must be within one metre of the kerb before they are collected."<BR/><BR/>So, in the middle of a parking bay would be OK? Or would that also attract a cash demand or two?<BR/><BR/>So far where I live we seem to have avoided the idiocy creeping in elsewhere. However I suspect it may only be a matter of time before we catch up.<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking of standing for council elections so I can get the inside story .... nah! It would drive me mad in minutes.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Grant<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>GrantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-24784250056313620772008-08-16T12:09:00.000+01:002008-08-16T12:09:00.000+01:00wheelie bins must be within one metre of the kerb ...wheelie bins must be within one metre of the kerb before they are collected.<BR/><BR/>Round our way we have no kerbs.<BR/><BR/>Thinks maybe they could paint a big yellow line somewhere.<BR/><BR/>Spent a lot of time in Canada and always had the Canadians laffing fit to bust about how half an inch of snow causes mayhem in GB.<BR/><BR/>Excellent blog, by the by, congrats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-59914331069093020382008-08-15T23:26:00.000+01:002008-08-15T23:26:00.000+01:00"And leaves CAN be lethal. Remember those "leaves ..."And leaves CAN be lethal. Remember those "leaves on the line" that regularly disrupted the entire railway system?"<BR/><BR/>Ah, yes, but these were probably the wrong kind of leaves, just as we have the wrong kind of people<BR/>'working' in local government.<BR/><BR/>1:00 PMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-85733231153104648932008-08-15T21:05:00.000+01:002008-08-15T21:05:00.000+01:00I remember Churchill's "Gestapo" broadcast in the ...I remember Churchill's "Gestapo" broadcast in the 1945 election, which many said caused him to lose it. His theme was that you cannot have socialism without a degree of petty regulation which, in those days, most people considered intolerable. Maybe he had swallowed a brandy or two too many before making it, but he did have a point.<BR/><BR/>What we are getting now is a creeping Stasi-style state where the most harmless activities are criminalised by low-grade busybodies, and people are being encouraged to snoop on their neighbours.<BR/><BR/>Not a pretty state of affairs at all!anticanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-56700369157641101972008-08-15T14:59:00.000+01:002008-08-15T14:59:00.000+01:00Local councils for get that they are there to prov...Local councils for get that they are there to provide local services....They think they are there to manage local people. It seems to take a certain mentality to work for a local authority. I think Anticant may have something in their post above......I have always said that it is dangerous to give power to people not bright enough to exercise it.....Bin men are a prime example...The power goes to their head.....<BR/><BR/>I can't wait to see these local jobsworth running London 2012. In the states, there was much mickey taking about the Atlanta games and how on Earth the local rednecks would run it......Just wait for London....We are likely to see all competitors in bright yellow jackets and other 'Elf'n'Safety gear and of course, civil enforcement officers issuing tickets for littering to marathon runners as they disgard their drink cartons....We will make ourselves look even more stupid abroad than we already do.....Makes one proud to be British doesn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-8352000384769190222008-08-15T13:00:00.000+01:002008-08-15T13:00:00.000+01:00No he wouldn't! He'd send the whole lot packing.An...No he wouldn't! He'd send the whole lot packing.<BR/><BR/>And leaves CAN be lethal. Remember those "leaves on the line" that regularly disrupted the entire railway system?anticanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-25497147091911100102008-08-15T11:51:00.000+01:002008-08-15T11:51:00.000+01:00Ha! try getting the now piss weak nervous yes men ...Ha! try getting the now piss weak nervous yes men that this country has become to go on a council tax strike. The sad thing is this country just blindly follows these directives and then moan over a pint at the pub. If the likes of churchill were still alive he would emigrate......to franceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com