Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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#21
Lip service Howie, lips service.
We can do this and do that but at the end of the day they can't.
things will be nice and calm for a few days after the volunteers have been in and then you can start all over again.
Seen it done it got the T shirt and I could write a bloody great book about it.
Welcome to my world Howard.
Chin Chin as they say in the Express.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#22
Sad though isn't it ?
Roger
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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#23
Just been speaking to my father on the phone (Hull) loads of people get nicked weekly for fishing without a licence in the area and fined heavily.
So why there and not here?
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#24
Maybe they have a river-warden Ian, or maybe there's an EA office near the fishing area.
I'm sure if a RW had the necessary power, he would raise enough money to pay his salary.
Of course, it could be, they don't actually care about the Dour and only pay it lip-service.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#25
i think that bailiff is the term, would be interested to know who pays him or her.
agree totally with roger about the post paying for itself.
Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
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#26
Lip service Roger, is that what you paid to me all that time ago when I bought to your attention the open gas services man hole at the junction of Eaton Road and Elms Vale that has been unattended for in excess of 6 months? You promised to investigate several months ago but todate nothing has happened either by you or the utility company. It will soon cease to be a hazard though has it is slowly filling up with rubbish.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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#27
Never mind Ken, if someone injures themselves on it it will soon be dealt with.
It might have been better if you had contacted the utility company, that is what I would have done.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#28
I did investigate Ken and spoke to the guys who were there some evenings. When I went to look for your email address to let you know, I couldn't find it; the one you used to advise me about it, was not a Ken Tranter one, but I searched for it several times without any luck.
I don't know what number Eaton Road you live at, so couldn't call on you, so I hoped you would send me another email so I could let you know what they said.
If you would like to send me an email, I'll let you know.
If anyone askes me to do anything I try as hard as I can to find the answer, so no, I don't pay lip-service to anything, sorry you felt the need to post in that vein Ken.
Roger
Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
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#29
Jan I had made numerous calls the the relevent utility company to no effect,hence my request to Roger.
Roger when all else fails I believe a posting on the forum to be most effective and lo and behold the day after I posted the problem was resolved,perhaps a Labour councillor read my posting and acted or was it you?
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#30
Just returned from a few day away so couldn't post earlier.
As you know Ken, the gas-guys were in attendance most days and evenings to monitor it. The problem was (apparantly) a leak right in the middle of the junction of Elmsvale Road and Eaton Road.
They were also talking to Stagecoach as the road would have had to be closed and a new route found.
I'm not sure if a cure was found without digging up the road, or their original diagnosis was wrong, but they put the cover back (without clearing out the accumulated litter/ribbish in there) and left.
Roger