Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 September 2010
10:2170245Mr Newsam ,in the mean time some one could slip into the road going to work or school , Mr Perkins was right to put it on the forum and it did not take long to just get out there and do it myself.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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13 September 2010
10:2370247Thank you Ray .I did report it straight away .Vic knew this .Perhaps he could pick up the litter for me at the Bus Terminus .
Guest 643- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 September 2010
10:2870250Sorry Vic but I did and I remarked to my driver that Colin had put it on the forum about it - I do not post lies!!
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok".
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 September 2010
12:3370274If you say so.There has been only one person out there today and that was me and it was not at 0700hrs.
Guest 643- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 September 2010
13:1870277I do say so - and my eyesight is perfectly ok!
There was definitely a man sweeping there at 7am and it wasn't you - end of!
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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13 September 2010
15:1970283after making some enquiries it seems that a good looking chap with a film star profile was seen doing some sweeping at 7 a.m.
i was indoors so it must have been vic.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 September 2010
16:257029213 September 2010
17:0470300Correction, we don't see people walking to and from work up/down the Whitfield Hill all the time. Occasionally folks stroll up that way, to work or Tesco or whatever, but it is most certainly not a pedestrian hot-spot. If 30 pedestrians are seen in a day it would very unusual.
Keith Sansum1
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13 September 2010
17:2470307VIC/SID
Does it realy matter who it was?????????????
as long as it gets done???
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13 September 2010
17:3170312Keith, with all due respect, how can you be so stupid? I know that sounds harsh, but really....
Bern warned of the dangers involved in performing such an 'uncontrolled' activity. If Vic had been hit by a passing vehicle, or once careering into the 'trap' who would be to blame? Would you seriously be saying, "does it really matter"?
Was Vic wearing a hi-viz jacket? Was he suitably mindful of the risks he was taking, and prepared accordingly? He wasn't sweeping up a bity of litter in a leafy backwater in River, as, by his own description the traffic speed was a concern. The fact that he was daft enough to put himself and others at risk certainly shouldn't be condoned or encouraged. A stern reprimand would be more appropriate.
I sometimes wonder............................
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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13 September 2010
17:3870317sid
hardly correct to call fellow members stupid.
13 September 2010
17:5070327So, you think it's a good idea to do what Vic did, and for Keith to suggest it doesn't really matter eh?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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13 September 2010
17:5770331sid
i will put it simply, you can call an idea stupid not the person.
we are a club, would you call a fellow lodge member stupid?
it is all about and i quote from the website of our new honourable member "play the ball, not the man".
13 September 2010
18:0070335Point taken Howard, thanks.
Keith you are not stupid and I sincerely apologise.
Keith, that you condone Vic's stupid action is, in my opinion, a stupid thing to do.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 September 2010
18:0970339To be honest I believe that Jacqui obviously saw someone sweeping up at 7am and that Vic probably swept up again later that same day.Vic obviously can't claim that Jacqui is wrong or lying as he by his own admission wasn't in the area at 7am. So they are both right.
You can understand why I was such a hit in the Diplomatic Service...a right grovellor...(not)
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 September 2010
18:2170343Thank you for your good points Marek,all I can say about the person who done it at 0700hrs he had the broom upside down.
he might have even been sleep walking.
just to add to this and what Mr Perkins said,I was on the walking path all the time I was cleaning the path I did not go onto the road at anytime so it was the same for me as it is for anyone walking up the hill or down it,also I do not agree with how many of the public walk up and down there in one day,but that does not matter anyway the speed of the cars need to be be down to 40 or even less over the whole hill.
Guest 643- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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13 September 2010
21:2470393The man I saw sweeping the path was wearing a high viz jacket. My driver picks me up at 6.55am so it was 7am by the time we went up the hill.
Marek - I love your diplomacy
You are a great character x
Sid I'm with you too - I travel up and down Whitfield Hill several times a day and I very seldom see anyone walking in either direction. It's a hell of a slope to walk up anyway!!
Keith, I'm sorry mate but Sid is right - it does matter. It would be very silly to take on something like that without the proper equipment.
I think maybe what happened was that the council sent someone along to do it at 7am then Vic went up there hoping to be seen "helping out" and found it already done so maybe just pushed his broom about. One question though - Whitfield Hill is nowhere near where Vic lives so why would he get involved anyway? Very strange
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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13 September 2010
21:5470401JACQUI
Your post is mainly about should vic have got involved at all, and all i can say to that is its up to vic, and thats the point i was making it doesnt matter who did it as long as some one did,
SID
Iv been called worse so dont worry me old mucker lol
As Vic said he was on the pavement at all times, so that answers your comments
I would NEVER expect anyone to work in an unsafe manner, and presume vic didnt
if he did im on your side sid.
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Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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13 September 2010
22:0170407"it doesnt matter who did it as long as some one did"
Well shouldn't the people we pay our taxes for to do it, do it? Not only because they are trained and equipped to do it properly and safely but also if they keep getting called out to the same spot then it might be noticed that something's wrong and something might be done to the design or material to stop it happening.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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13 September 2010
22:0370409I agree, but i have run projects as a volunteer that could be classed as some one elses job, but it's as important to get the volunteers/community working together
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