Free grit for all! - Page 23

jaysay · 13-12-2010, 10:34

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Originally Posted by Benipete

It looks like it is time to brace ourselves for the second wave of bad weather starting around Thursday.

Ive nicked some more salt/grit in readiness.

Ya noticed that Beni, would be Thursday, I'm suposed to be going to the Royal Blackburn of an MOT

MargaretR · 13-12-2010, 10:55

I am going for chiropody Tuesday afternoon - looks like it will be nice day for it

......car MOT due before end of month - might get that done as well.

Less · 13-12-2010, 11:03

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Well Less we'll just have to agree to disagree on this, if I had a business whether the premises were owned or rented I would make sure the space outside my shop was clear of snow, flagstones are different altogether and you know it

Flagstones are no different when it comes to safety of pedestrians, the Council sweep the street when there is no snow, the Council or their Agents are supposed to ensure the pavements are fit for purpose by repairing them, (don't all laugh, I really am trying to be serious here).

Why? When it snows, does the pavement suddenly become the shopkeepers responsibility?

jaysay · 13-12-2010, 11:12

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Originally Posted by Less

Flagstones are no different when it comes to safety of pedestrians, the Council sweep the street when there is no snow, the Council or their Agents are supposed to ensure the pavements are fit for purpose by repairing them, (don't all laugh, I really am trying to be serious here).

Why? When it snows, does the pavement suddenly become the shopkeepers responsibility?

Because Less they are able to and in the sort term will aide their own business, or is that too simplistic

Less · 13-12-2010, 11:36

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Because Less they are able to and in the sort term will aide their own business, or is that too simplistic

Absolutely too simplistic, their title is 'shopkeeper', if their title was 'roadsweeper' then I would agree with you.

They pay rates to the Council for maintenance including sweeping the pavement, just as we pay rates to have our bins emptied, why don't we be just as simplistic and do away with all except the guy driving the refuse truck and tell all householders in future you will take your bins out and empty them into the wagon yourself?
Somehow my Tory friend I don't think you would like that idea, but you expect shopkeepers to stop doing their job and do the work they pay the Council for?

Stanleymad · 13-12-2010, 11:47

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Originally Posted by Less

Absolutely too simplistic, their title is 'shopkeeper', if their title was 'roadsweeper' then I would agree with you.

They pay rates to the Council for maintenance including sweeping the pavement, just as we pay rates to have our bins emptied, why don't we be just as simplistic and do away with all except the guy driving the refuse truck and tell all householders in future you will take your bins out and empty them into the wagon yourself?
Somehow my Tory friend I don't think you would like that idea, but you expect shopkeepers to stop doing their job and do the work they pay the Council for?

Here Here, shops & business pay business rates as well as their residential council tax - if we have to do that then we should get a cut in business tax

jaysay · 13-12-2010, 11:52

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Originally Posted by Less

Absolutely too simplistic, their title is 'shopkeeper', if their title was 'roadsweeper' then I would agree with you.

They pay rates to the Council for maintenance including sweeping the pavement, just as we pay rates to have our bins emptied, why don't we be just as simplistic and do away with all except the guy driving the refuse truck and tell all householders in future you will take your bins out and empty them into the wagon yourself?
Somehow my Tory friend I don't think you would like that idea, but you expect shopkeepers to stop doing their job and do the work they pay the Council for?

I give up

Less · 13-12-2010, 12:18

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Originally Posted by jaysay

I give up

Good, because you were putting the onus onto the wrong people.

Neil · 13-12-2010, 12:52

I am going back to the SpongeBob Squarepants forum for a bit, it has more intelligent conversation than this thread

jaysay · 13-12-2010, 19:15

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Originally Posted by Less

Good, because you were putting the onus onto the wrong people.

Know I wasn't I was talking sense

jaysay · 13-12-2010, 19:16

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Originally Posted by Neil

I am going back to the SpongeBob Squarepants forum for a bit, it has more intelligent conversation than this thread

Nobody aked you to read it

panther · 13-12-2010, 19:19

I live in ossy and still no grit!
why im I not surprised?
:/

cashman · 13-12-2010, 19:47

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Originally Posted by panther

I live in ossy and still no grit!
why im I not surprised?
:/

Cos yer wrong side of the Lamp panther.

jaysay · 13-12-2010, 19:56

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Originally Posted by cashman

Cos yer wrong side of the Lamp panther.

Doesn't matter in Peters kingdom cashy

I'm of now to watch the Gooners

Tealeaf · 13-12-2010, 19:59

As of this morning, nowt in Church.

Maybe Britcliffe and his cronies should think about twinning himself and Ossy with Mugabe and Zimbabwe, purely as an exercise in corruption, gerrymandering for votes and incompetance.