clive3300

Many thanks for following up. James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Clive, > Council officers have told me that they've change > the cleaning regime of Goose Green park to visit > much earlier - please feedback if this is working > at ensuring the playground is safe for your and > other kids to ply. > Wardens have visited in the evenings but so far no > encountered anyone present to highlight the > problem they're causing and actions that could be > taken against them. >

Since you raised it, myself and my children binned a bottle's worth or so before realising the glass was covering a wide area. Removing the large pieces is one thing but the tiny shards are everywhere and can go through shoes. It is not a small job.

James - can you help with trying to stop the anti-social behaviour continually occurring in the Goose Green children's play area each Saturday night as most Sundays, the park is trashed? This Sunday morning with my children, I discovered that some lovely people had smashed something like 6 wine bottles amongst the equipment. It was done apparently methodically - 1 smashed on the merry go round, two smashed on top of the metal climbing frames and others around the ground. It was a complete minefield of shards of glass and ridiculously dangerous for small children (though amazingly did not stop several parents letting their kids play around it). A few weeks ago, the bins had been torn out of the ground (suggesting people with adult strength had been involved) and the contents emptied all over the ground. This is now beyond just kids being kids or whatever and appears to be escalating. Can you please liaise with the police to come past several times each weekend night and move these people on? If I complain directly to the police I am fairly sure that either (1) nothing will be done at all bar sending me some sort of letter or (2) they'll pop past once only and that will be the end of it. Ideally they will commit to coming past enough to make these "people" move their party spot someplace else. Many thanks clive3300

>:D< about the spider ! i havent heard the self cleaning toilet one - pray tell!

giggirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fear of slugs - I'm rooted to the spot in fear if > I see one, it's like time freezes and I can't move You stay frozen while it moves out of sight? You must spend a lot of time in the garden!

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The image I always get is that I will be walking > into a lift and as I?m on the threshold the lift > will fall, splitting me in half longways. This actually happened at the NBS HQ (a local bank) in downtown Durban in the mid-90s or so. It was noted at the time with some glee that their advertising jingle was "come on down to the NBS and get your slice*" * Their logo was a sliced golden banana.... C'mon - it was africa.

One word: Why?

snorky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No one has the right to vandalise cars true, but > then again, no one has the right to clog the > streets and make our lives harder, fill the air > with exhaust fumes and make crossing the road an > infintitely more dangerous experience. Not sure which laws you think are in force in this country but I am pretty sure we ARE legally entitled to own and drive cars in the UK.

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I believe a certain amount of scientific research > has gone into this one Clive, and the results > concluded that drunk, overconfident and sweaty men > were prone to making errors of judgement, but > eventually - if they pestered enough women - would > probably find one drunk and sweaty enough to have > sex with them anyway. Bob, FYI this approach is strictly amateur and extremely time and effort wasteful. It is far more likely to get one beaten up by a boyfriend (or by one of Brendan's South African women). Far better is to observe the reaction of those surrounding and choose where to "charm". Anyway, back to topic.

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I feel my point is being missed and now it's just > just getting lost in a load of guff I'm not > saying. > Bob, your point was quite clearly made and made sense! I think no matter what you (as in any poster) say on this forum, a self-appointed politically correct team of people will become furious by what you say. I look forward to the outrage from this very post :)-D.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is true, gay men are better looking, more > insightful and open minded, have better fashion > sense etc. but straight men are straight. That?s > why we get da ladies. > > Oh yeah. > > Booyah! > > *Flicks collar up and get a bit of a swagger on* > *Rolls up sleeves and flexes ?the guns?* Quite right! I have always found it odd that much of popular culture suggets that *most* women are generally after a educated, intelligent, cultured - even sensitive man who has good conversation. My experience is entirely the opposite. Growing up, I quickly learned to always do any cultural activities on the quiet for fear of scaring away women. With almost no exceptions (in my experience), women hated anything to do with art unless it was an accessory they could wear. I spent university years in the gym to beef up a lot and found that (to my amazement) wearing a cheezy muscle shirt, loudly drinking beer and generally behaving like an oik (all acted of course!) had a phenomenal effect. Women overwelmingly DID want a drunk, sweaty, overconfident idiot chatting them up. As you say Brendan, dumb attitude and the "guns"...

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Staight men tend to appreciate a couple of > "lipstick lesbians" kissing in front of them be > that in a Gay or Straight venue, but if two men > were doing the same most would be disgusted. Just > an observation. > > Louisa. This is quite true for most straight guys. No idea why.

Marmora Man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm better off too - tho' like a number on this > thread I see that primarily as a function of my > work and effort. > Surely that all competent government should do is create a stable base on which people can work toward their own prosperity - I think they have done this. It sounds simple, but few other governments seem to be able to do this. US: constant under and manic overreactions to events, both political and economic France: always takes the easiest option to keep the mob off the street Italy: cant stay in power for more than a few months. seems pretty corrupt South Africa: forgot to pay the cops or the power company. politics wrangling trumps all else Russia: Boom and bust, totally dependent on energy. new Tsar wannabe And these arent even the really wierdo countries out there...

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not sure, I seem to remember someone called Simon > van der Stel who I think was a General in WW1 and > a bloke called Shaka who was the Governor of the > Cape Colony. Our school was more traditional: Great Trek all the way. Every year. Every subject too I think.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think most countries are the same to be honest. > Unless you actually have an interest in finding > things out yourself you are pretty much just going > to learn the history that a bunch of bureaucrats > in the Department/Ministry/office of Education > feel will foster a national image which in most > expedient to their political ends. > > Well that is if, like me, you are perpetually > distrusting and paranoid. It could just be that > you can only fit so much history into so many > years of schooling. You mean there was more to South African history than the Great Trek?