Guest 658- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 660
21 December 2010
13:0285833I and two others have just spent 3hrs clearing the street of snow,all of us work for a living the other two being shift workers, i myself got back at midnight back out this evening. But surprise surprise those without jobs were watching us from indoors lazy gits! Is this why they aren't working but would sooner sit on the sofa doing nought.
beer the food of the gods
21 December 2010
13:1285835My wife and I were clearing the snow from our road to be told that if someone falls we are likely to be sued what has happened to community spirit and we brought the grit ourselves makes you fell like saying sod the lot of them.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
21 December 2010
13:4285842Lazy people just an excuse you can clear the pavements one or two councillors have posted this info .We read it in our paper work .
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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21 December 2010
13:4485843After lunch Im going to try and visit pour local Co-op.I wa\nt to check the roads .I keep gwetting telephone calls re thweb footways
21 December 2010
14:2885852Sue - take care!! There is still a lot of ice around - my legs still ache from a little walk out yesterday.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
- Posts: 3,205
21 December 2010
15:2585879Well I have just been out to Sandwich,caught the train on time,then walked around Sandwich and then to Woodnesborough and back to Sandwich then across the fields via public footpath to Worth to deliever our families Christmas cards.It was lovely to get out although the snow is deeper in Sandwich than here,worked up a real sweat,got back to Sandwich Station 2 mins before the train was due to find it was 30 mins late.
Us long distance walkers are a hardy lot.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 702- Registered: 9 Jul 2010
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21 December 2010
15:3285883howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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21 December 2010
16:0385888i note the phrase "unlikely to be sued" !!!
they do cover themselves well.
a few of us spent an hour or so clearing the road enough for cars to get through, no way would any of us have considered doing the pavement.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
- Posts: 4,150
21 December 2010
16:5485908I get absolutely p* ed off keep hearing about sueing etc during periods of ice and snow. If I wish to clear my pavement I`ll do it, if I don`t I won`t. If someone wants to sue me either way, go ahead. It`s long, long overdue getting this ridiculous, pathetic, politically correct crap out in the open. Nobody seems sure as far as I can see as to how the law stands, (the laws an ass anyway, in urgent need of reform), otherwise all this discussion wouldn`t keep coming up. It`s an excuse for lazy gits not to get off their lazy arses and work for once! Well done Guzzler and everyone else who makes the effort.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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21 December 2010
16:5985911don't forget colin there are people walking around with "blame direct" on their mobile contacts, before they even hit the ground the claim has been made.
in my post 8, the snow clearing referred to sunday, once we finished it all came down again.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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21 December 2010
17:0585913I`m sure you`re right Howard, and how can you blame them when you hear or as I do, occasionally see on the shitbox, adverts crying out for work for these legal parasite`s. No win no fee. Maybe very little no wins would make it uneconomical to advertise these services. The legal people are no better than the claimant`s in these cases. Stinks!
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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21 December 2010
17:0985915ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
21 December 2010
17:1385917Sorry about my spelling in previous post .This snow is getting to me .Vic has cleared my footway .He does work hard .Still a bit slippery in places in Common Lane was not good .
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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21 December 2010
17:2385922ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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- Posts: 62,352
21 December 2010
17:2585923i have looked at that link again, it is not that helpful.
it says that we can clear pavements and public spaces(whatever they are), it doesn't mention roads.
it then says that we can not use salt from the gritter bins and suggest that we use household salt and sand.
how many people keep bags of sand in their house?
i think it is wiser to clear the road rather than the pavement because if cars lose control they can go up the pavement and hit a pedetrian, whereas if a pedestrian slips on the pavement there is not the danger of an out of control car.
in the two freezes we have had so far i have witnessed the aftermath of 6 collisions outside my house.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,920
21 December 2010
20:3985965I can understand your logic Howard, but if the road is snow and ice free I walk in it.
Talking of the sueing culture, I know someone who tripped on something in a supermarket (not Dover) and is now sueing them and is possibly going to sue the hospital for missing a possible injury. They contacted the law bods within 48hrs. They also seem to milk the DSS for all benefits going, enough said.
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Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,214
21 December 2010
20:5485969Does anyone know of a real case where someone has been sued for clearing pavements of ice and snow? Or is it all hearsay and urban myth? I've often wondered.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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21 December 2010
20:5785970somerfield(as was) stopped clearing the snow outside for that very reason.
i notice that other local supermarkets have not been noticeable by their efforts at deicing.
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
- Posts: 2,119
21 December 2010
21:3685982I was reminded this evening ( by my mother ) of an annual event that used to happen in Hull in the 50s and 60s.
When brickies and other certain professions used to be laid off due to bad weather to able to claim their dole money they had to clear snow and ice from the town center.
How times have changed, we'll never see that one again. the worlds gone mad.
Two of us did a lot of snow clearing down our road too.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
- Posts: 3,205
21 December 2010
22:0085984At the London Road Community Forum Christmas do last night we saw the gritter going round and round the car park at Morrisons,the stupid thing is Buckland Avenue and Barton Road haven't been done!!!!
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
