Guest 648- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Here we are again .,almost word for word comments lifted from this forum .This time the comments re the fountain in market square.
I despair .
Guest 720- Registered: 20 Jul 2011
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As a regular reader of newspapers, I don't see what the problem is. Very often people are quoted for what they say in newspapers or on website forums. It's not as if you didn't say it. The article you refer to does go on to quote other people and to say that the comments were made on the forum. As far as I can see it works around the other way too. Threads on the forum sometimes originate from stories in local newspapers or from their websites and are not always acknowledged in the same way as this article acknowledges the forum. So why despair? Incidentally this is my first post, so thanks to Paul B for accepting me and I look forward to contributing to the debates.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Welcome aboard Jim.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Welcome Jim and you are quite right.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Yes Mr Matthews welcome and I agree with what you have said,we are a open forum with 100s of the public who are not members looking in and reading all our posts.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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indeed welcome jim.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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They evidently think members' comments are important enough to be circulated to a wider audience! Perhaps through doing so there will be some action taken to remedy the situation.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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as long as they quote the source i do not see a problem.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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Welcome to the forum Jim.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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To be fair to the papers, there are a number of influential people posting on the forum and it's a good way for the journalists to get quotes without moving too far from the coffee machine. Remember there are no longer any newspaper offices in Dover so they would otherwise have to move their butts from Folkestone or Deal.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Welcome to Doverforum Jim
Yes Peter, as you quite rightly say, there are a number of influential people posting on this very popular topical forum which makes it a great source of information for all
Long may it continue....................
Guest 720- Registered: 20 Jul 2011
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Thank you for the welcomes.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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I have not read the item but unless it has got the facts wrong or distorted what has been said on this forum I can see nothing wrong.
It is lazy reporting but understandable when there is no local office.
If the fountain was working the fountain thread would not have existed and Sue would not be peeved.
As has already been said welcome Jim and I agree with you.
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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welcome jim
with regards to the fountain i no longer read the locals so have no idea of there content.
if posters dont wish to see some of there comments end up in the local press they should be careful what they post.
as has been said it is an open forum
and who are these influencial people lol
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Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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Keith, according to the article DDC thinks the fountain is unsafe, but only when there's something worth watching on the big screen, as when this bunch of raving lunatics settled down to watch the ballet -
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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they do come across as a surly bunch, wouldn't bet against one of them lobbing fairy liquid into our beloved fountain.
Alec Sheldon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 18 Aug 2008
- Posts: 1,037
They had all the pipes off on Tuesday afternoon when I was down there poking things down them. Ready for the grand opening I suppose.
Welcome to the site Jim, don't wind Vic up by the way he is an old pugilist.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Fairy liquid in a fountain is not a problem if you dose it in advance with a defoaming liquid such as that used in carpet cleaning machines.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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so why the the big issue over detergents being put in the fountain?
i was told a few years back by a councillor now retired that it cost the council a small fortune to clear out.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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A bar of plain soap would probably do the job for a few pence.
