Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
not me paul,and I don't think jan has either as she has done her bit.
Guest 904- Registered: 21 Mar 2013
- Posts: 312
Ah right, I understand now Brian.
By doing something early on in life, you then earn to the right to do nothing later on and criticise those that do still volunteer, based on nothing more than a sense of "I know best"...
That's your meaning, isn't it?
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,888
No guilty conscience at all as I only stopped doing volunteer work just under two years ago due to old age.
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
quite right jan
many people have dedicated there lives to volunteering and I know from my own experience as a past and present volunteer
once you decide to put your feet up, you will have earnt it
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
talking of volunteers i bumped into ted smith in town this afternoon, hobbling away with his stick but still putting the rest of us to shame with the extent of his volunteer work. now that the south foreland lighthouse has closed for the winter he is devoting his energy to the transport museum. i believe they have a very interesting project at the drawing board stage.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
There are so many volunteers out there
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
one doesn't need to be physically fit for some tasks, office wallahs are in demand for some roles.
people can even stuff envelopes from the comfort of their own homes, especially at election times.
sorry brian i nearly forgot, i have given peter ripley your contact details and said you would be delighted to help at the european elections, i knew you wouldn't mind.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
All in a good cause lol
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Guest 753- Registered: 23 May 2012
- Posts: 146
Thanks to a newsletter Roger put on here a little while ago (quite a while ago probably) I'm looking at being a befriender through the Dover District Volunteer Service.
Just have to wait for my DBS check to be done.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
did he put it out twice? lol
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Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
- Posts: 1,418
I don't get it. I raised the subject of the Olympic legacy and suddenly people are on their soapboxes talking about volunteering.
Guest 753- Registered: 23 May 2012
- Posts: 146
I only responded to how the thread was going, sorry I bothered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
- Posts: 1,418
Ian, I wasn't referring to you. You do sterling work I'm sure.
Guest 977- Registered: 27 Jun 2013
- Posts: 1,031
Paul Isles wrote:What a positive PR exercise this would provide for DDC/DHB, and a poke in the eye to their detractors...
Certainly would be - and as the saying goes, watch this space.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
I don't push tourism anymore Paul, as everytime I did, I got knocked back. In the end I decided I had enough brick-dust on my forehead and decided to brush it off and sit back.
I know what needs doing for Dover and for Tourism, but there comes a time when you have to realise that you (and your ideas) are not flavour of the month anymore and no one is going to listen.
David (L) has told me that more than once.
Roger
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,888
I must apologise to Paul for my earlier rant, today has been an off day.
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
that's ok howard,its good to try a new brand of toilet paper.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
too late for that brian i have already given peter your word, worth remembering also is that mr little is their enforcement officer.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
That'll keep them in shape eh Howard ?
Roger
Guest 904- Registered: 21 Mar 2013
- Posts: 312
Jan Higgins wrote:I must apologise to Paul for my earlier rant, today has been an off day.
Absolutely no need to apologise Jan