Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
- Posts: 4,150
4 December 2010
18:2483236Ross, reminds me of the old Flanders and Swann song, `The Gas Man Cometh`.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
4 December 2010
18:5083240ross,thats due to to highways not cleaning them out regurly.no wonder dover floods every time it rains.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
4 December 2010
19:3183244it does seem that drains get neglected, never used to be like that.
the same problem all over.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
4 December 2010
19:4583246howard,i was told it was due to the lack of funding,there words not mine.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
4 December 2010
19:4883247ross
re: post 115
the dressing down will be about their communication skills not the actual operational problems.
4 December 2010
19:5783248Colin - Flanders and Swann, yes!!!!
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,888
4 December 2010
21:0683252I love Flanders and Swann but you better not let Melissa see this, I wonder if her gas man has arrived yet.
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Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,706
4 December 2010
22:4283271Oh and was he cute like in the advert?
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
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While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
5 December 2010
08:2683286KCC are I understand, setting up a drain-gulley checking system, to determine whether drains are blocked or not and clear those that are, so it is in the pipeline.
I don't know how long it will take though, but I'm sure that blocked drain gulleys are a major cause of the local street type of flooding.
If the road/pavement sweepers who go round regularly (not necessarily frequently), had it as part of their duty, they (KCC) wouldn't need to spend loads of extra money on staffing, but issue the sweepers with a book (and a raise in wages for the extra responsibility).
Roger
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,888
5 December 2010
10:1683302That will never happen Roger it is too sensible, it would be like stopping the road sweeping vehicle they send up my road that is always full of parked cars so it can't sweep the gutters.
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5 December 2010
13:4483328Ross - sadly they never are..........
Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,706
5 December 2010
19:1883356I know but one can always live in hope
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
