Local Councils to be told to take waste fee-free

[tim...]

there is a growing trend for councils to charge

it hasn't reached endemic proportions, yet!

[Mark Allread]

Umm, I'm not sure about the 'stopping' part of your comment :-)

[Tim Streater]

What *are* you talking about?

Add to that we didn't even start in Edinburgh - we were in a small village called Dalmeny near Queensferry, so had to get the train in to Waverley before we could even start looking at Kings X trains.

[Capitol]

So you also believe in fairies?

[Tim Lamb]

In message , tim... writes

With the advent of dashcams there is an opportunity for a *snoopers* charter. Empty can/bottle out of window and instant recording of event for passing to enforcement authority.

While I deplore roadside litter, I wonder if it would be a *British* activity? Sneaking on ones classmates was totally taboo at my school.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

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If I was charged as much as a commercial vehicle (=A340 for as much as y= ou can bring in your vehicle and trailer), I'd fly tip.

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What's the difference between a naked white woman and a naked black woma= n? One's on the cover of Playboy and the other's on the cover of National G= eographic.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Wouldn't it make more sense to plan any journey before setting off?

Of course you can produce a scenario where the plane is quicker. If you live close to both airports either end and get a lift to and from them.

But let's talk about what is fastest for most, for a change.

[dennis]

That's the criminal elements trying to get the young impressionable people to think its wrong. Its a bit like grooming where you convince young people that its wrong to tell about abuse. Its usually the bullies that do it.

[Capitol]

The average dashcam can't resolve a number plate.

[Tim Streater]

Why are you saying all this to me?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Why indeed. If you like to waste money by simply buying a long distance train ticket just before travelling it's your problem.

[Tim Streater]

Are you mad? Are there some meds you haven't taken to calm your Tourettes or whatever similar lunacy you're suffering from?

We went by train because Easy had cancelled the flight. None of us wanted to wait until late evening to take what Easy offered as the next available flight with seats. That would have left us at Gatwick around midnight or later with an unspecified wait to get a train from there to Lewes. A bit late with an 85 year old in the party. And us back to Canterbury around 04.00. Great.

We got a refund from Easy and the usual 33% off the rail tickets anyway with one of the group cards.

Now piss off. You were making some sense earlier in this thread but none now.

[ARW]

And then driving off leaving them to walk home as they get out of the van to pick it up is not unknown.

Although I have been known to allow them to collect the rubbish, I say nothing until I drop them off at home at the end of the day. I then tip the contents of any rubbish in the van into their front garden and tell the parents why I have done it. Only one parent has objected to that.

Litter was talked about on Radio Sheffield a couple of days ago. An expert reckons that it will take 20 years of a government driven campaign to stop this filthy habit. Not the fly tipping, but the general public just throwing the odd item on the floor.

[Steve Walker]

From what I have heard and read, very much the opposite. The French will kick up a fuss and protest at the slightest thing.

As to railway lines, I have heard that when they have planned new high speed lines, the residents of towns and villages have bought up land in tiny plots to make compulsory purchase complicated and expensive - however they've done this around OTHER towns to try and force the line closer to themselves so they can have a good connection.