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Ho! The problem is that local authority employees have forgotten that they are the servants of the public, not the employers of the public. They need constantly reminding of this and informed that it is we who contribut large amounts to their pension schemes and that they should not behave like"gauleiters". Personally, I would make their pension schemes totally individual, as if they were self employed. I suggest that when talking to any local authority you should carry a recording device and let it be seen.
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« Reply #4516 on: 20:12:22, 25-01-2008 » |
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What is it about local councils and wheelie-bins?
Why do councils do this?
Because they can indulge their control freak tendencies under the fig leaf cover of being environmentally friendly. |
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« Reply #4518 on: 10:37:33, 26-01-2008 » |
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We have a green wheelie for compostables, a white sack for paper, a black box for glass and tin (but the recycle men just chuck any old box back so even if your number's on it you end up with a dirty smelly one from up the road  ) and now, in place of the black binbags for rubbish, transparent blue binbags so they can see what's inside... "Big Brother is watching you"! |
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« Reply #4519 on: 10:37:52, 26-01-2008 » |
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Oh boy has someone been having fun at my expense. Today I received a letter from another credit agency asking me to contact them. I rather wearily dialled their number to find that they are chasing a debt that goes back nearly 10 years and, sure enough, they quoted an address that I have never lived at but which was connected with my identity theft. So I now realise that two different sets of people have been having a high old time with my name What`s going to thud through the letter box next, I ask myself? I truly thought this was dead and buried  |
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We pass this way but once. This is not a rehearsal!
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« Reply #4521 on: 10:51:28, 26-01-2008 » |
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Milly, don`t forget to include accounts at Aspreys, Harrods and Harvey Nicks while you`re at it!  |
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« Reply #4522 on: 10:54:13, 26-01-2008 » |
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Mort, did you know that for a small sum you can obtain a copy of your credit rating file which will show the past history of your cards? Looking at The Home Office identity theft pages they recommend doing this to see the full extent of fraud carried out in your name.
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« Reply #4523 on: 10:59:50, 26-01-2008 » |
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Ants, I did that last week on-line. They happily took my payment but now they tell me that they have no record of me on their files. Dontcha just love irony? |
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« Reply #4524 on: 11:02:25, 26-01-2008 » |
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« Reply #4525 on: 11:27:21, 26-01-2008 » |
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Ah well, can`t do anything until Monday now. Telephone lines are closed over the weekend, but they`d better have some answers on Monday!
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« Reply #4526 on: 15:19:11, 26-01-2008 » |
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A couple of years ago my garage (part of the house structure) was a nice place where I could get away, time to myself with things that I love rather than people I love, books, records, even a turntable and speakers in there, couple of gramophones, keyboard, recorders, and it could become the violin practice room except for one thing:  The last time I spent any time in there was when I was swotting for an exam end 2006/2007. I had to squeeze through to reach a desk in the right-hand corner where there's a tablelight etc. My vinyl collection is on shelves at the back, left hand side, my 78rpm collection is on those green shelves on the right (with wine bottles etc on them now too) so to play any records I have to find them and take them into the house. None of that stuff you see on the left hand side is mine, except a spare record deck which I will dispsose of, grump, grump, spring clean might make a difference, or a skip  |
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« Reply #4527 on: 15:59:01, 26-01-2008 » |
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It looks like my spare room, John. My garage (not reliably watertight, separate from the house, and unused for its purpose) is where I dump things like my old microwave, vacuum cleaners and so on until I can get of rid of them. (Microwave has just given up on me, and I'm surprised to find I miss it - they do have their uses.)
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« Reply #4528 on: 16:00:43, 26-01-2008 » |
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John, I could cheer you up by posting a photo of my loft, but Mrs PW probably wouldn't forgive me .... |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #4529 on: 17:44:30, 26-01-2008 » |
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