BrandNewGuy

apmuso Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Clutching at straws mate. Really. Unless you've > lived at this end of MG as long as we have and > experienced first hand the nightmare that is > parking outside or anywhere near your own house, > you've got no right to have a go. Why should local > residents be denied that right because of the > actions of non-locals? Pretty much guarantee there > would be a majority more than happy to pay for > that very basic right. Our road is emptier at the weekends and we're not near the station. Why is that? And I'm not having a go. As we probably live outside any proposed charging zone (which is what it should be called) but still near to it, it might well have an an impact, so we deserve to have a say in the argument.

... or maybe, at the weekends, residents go away or are more likely to be out and about in sufficient numbers to allow for you to find a space or two. And, perhaps more harshly, why should others pay because you're "bored of the hassle"?

apmuso Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Have lived on the north side (station end) of > Melbourne Grove for 14 years and over that time, > the parking situation has definitely got worse. How do you know that that's due to increased numbers of commuters parking rather than to more people on your road owning cars, for instance? I only hope the consultation will include a proper survey of actually how many commuter cars there usually are in the area close to the station. Getting hundreds of households to fork out thousands of pounds just to park their cars (and pass on the parking 'congestion' to roads next to the charging zone) is inconceivable without proper evidence. Simply basing it on people who decided to live near a station saying "I want to park outside my house" really isn't enough...

FWIW you'd have found no problem parking in Glengarry, Trossachs or Tarbert Road - I'd guess that's no more than four minutes' walk from the corner of Melbourne/Ashbourne Grove.

You Can Leave Your Hat On - Randy Newman

Indeed, but the thrust of the article is that pretty much all of Fleet St colludes in this behaviour by under-reporting it or not reporting it at all... and by taking part themselves in illegally obtaining information. It's very self-satisfying to shout and rant at the big bogeymen (Murdoch, Brookes etc), but it's less comforting to realise that it's the system that's corrupt. That, of course, doesn't excuse any individual's behaviour...

We're Gonna Groove - Led Zeppelin

One Of These Days - Neil Young

"Man up" - ugly, arrogant and bloody annoying.

There's the weird new verbal tic of answering a question or responding to an opinion with, "No... yeah..." What's that all about? "Don't you think this beer's a bit warm?" "No... yeah..." Well, is it or isn't it?

[is there an echo in here...?] How Come? - Ronnie Lane

The Other Woman - Nina Simone

They Made My Dream Come True - The Who

Here We Are In The Years - Neil Young

Dancin' Fool - Frank Zappa

I Don't Want To Go Home - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste - Jonathan Richman

Good Morning Spider - Sparklehorse

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead - Warren Zevon

Weight Of The World - Dave Alvin

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby Stills Nash and Young

Cinnamon Stick - England World Cup Squad (1970)

Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing - The Carpenters

The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage - Smokey Robinson

And presumably you're disallowing the Amos Milburn version too... OK then, No Face, No Name, No Number - Traffic