Guest 707- Registered: 1 Dec 2010
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1 December 2010
20:0882624I have been home here in Hawkinge all day and i must say i have seen the chaps that grit the roads fill our grit box up. However when 'im indoors came home & went to the box to sprinkle some on our busy dodgy stretch of road ( being the pillar of the commuunity he is) it was empty. Due mainly to people taking a buckett or 2 to grit their drives. Are grit boxes put in place for personal use?
1 December 2010
20:1082625We have bought our own salt for our drive and steps - but have been to idle and cold to use it yet!! Thanks for the prompt!
Guest 707- Registered: 1 Dec 2010
- Posts: 75
1 December 2010
20:1782627Oh and Bern i go my own salt for my works carpark as i tend to have the same problem with the grit box in temple ewell. I like to sprinkle some on the pathways but it always empty. I know i'm opening myself up tto a lawsuit but i'd hate to see one of our dodery oldies slipping over and spending weeks in hospital.
Guest 663- Registered: 20 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,136
1 December 2010
20:1882629No Lorna the grit boxes are not for peoples personal use they are there to be used for community as a whole, to keep the pavements and where it might be dangerous under foot for people to walk.
Guest 694- Registered: 22 Mar 2010
- Posts: 778
1 December 2010
20:3482638i have been using my own personal supply for outside the shop
I managed to find some, but at the same time, what happens if the postie falls bottom first on your drive, does that mean that you are liable for his or her injuries?
Guest 707- Registered: 1 Dec 2010
- Posts: 75
1 December 2010
20:4082641If postie slips and bruises his bum thighs and knees surley itt's his/hers own fault for wearing shorts.
Mind you you know it's cold when posties wear long trousers
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
- Posts: 3,205
1 December 2010
21:0382653Welcome to the club Lorna J we are a friendly bunch on here except for Howard.Keef.Barry W and watch out for Barry W-S or as he is known here Posh(royal connections it is said) Barry
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
1 December 2010
21:1082656Indeed - where are my manners? Welcome LornaJ and thank you for the boot up the bum to get the salt down!! It's great on here - we have some ding dongs but always kiss and make up
Guest 675- Registered: 30 Jun 2008
- Posts: 1,610
1 December 2010
23:1782689It's that last bit that keeps Bern posting. Welcome.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour
Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
- Posts: 1,388
2 December 2010
05:0782698My brother-in-law's car got stuck on the sharp uphill bend from Laureston Place to Victoria Park tonight.
We sprinkled some cat litter under the wheels and it worked!
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
- Posts: 2,868
2 December 2010
10:5682764After many years of difficulty with cars and people getting up the hill to the Plough and Harrow (Tilmanstone), a salt box has now been placed there.
Preparing for winter does need some forethought.
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2 December 2010
19:4682884Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
2 December 2010
19:5582885hate the snow humbug lol
john
howard and I are ok lol
welcome to all posters including any new members
ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
3 December 2010
10:0582982Blimey that a wide thing to say if ever i heard it
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 2,335
4 December 2010
15:2383216I can see it all now 'Ed's Roadside Cat Boxes' scattered nationwide, 20pence a go, Blast! I forgot our feline friends don't carry cash, Ah Well, another money-spinning idea goes out the window
4 December 2010
15:5683220Cats are canny - they conceal their purses and expect us to pay. Which we do.
