Lets Flood again, like we did last summer

Phil A · Dec 23, 2014

Scrungee said: ↑
Seems like it wasn't all entirely Defra's fault

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-30581439
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I know him, he used to give me Mackerel

He built an extension a few years back and the miserable sod next door built a blockwork wall up against it so he couldn't open his windows or see out.

He must have run over a luck Badger

ARMANDII · Dec 23, 2014

Scrungee said: ↑
Oh yes I certainly would, plus I'd queue jump massive queues knowing it made only a tiny difference to all the other shoppers in that store, and not pay my council tax knowing it made only a tiny difference to all those that paid, plus not pay income tax and dis-engage from a host of other stuff that would disproportionally benefit me, because if I was the only one that did it, then nobody else would be affected in the slightest, and that would surely outweigh the benefit to us with an income classed as being in poverty?
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Hi Scrungee, I would classify all the things you mention, bar the saving of your own House and Home, as I know you do i.e: acts of selfishness and isolation. Those kind of things don't affect your actual survival, [in the right context], or the very home that you and your family live in. There are some decisions in Life that people make that are controversial and seemingly anti-social but I don't think taking action to protect your own property when the Authorities are so incompetent that they are the ones who are partly to blame for the situation is one that many ordinary people would not do.

pete · Dec 23, 2014

clueless1 said: ↑
If they were as skint as they made out they were, there would be no money left for the rainy days. Surely if they can't afford to meet their current obligations, that is the rainy day.

Lets say that I told my wife that we wont be having any days out for the foreseeable future, and we'll be living off rehydrated beans and pasta, and the kids are getting nowt for christmas or birthdays, and I'm not fixing the leaky roof as long as the house is still standing, and there'll be no cuppas because we'll be only be drinking water, and we might have to sell the house and move to the nastier part of the region. What if she then found out after months or years of this that I'd been secretly stashing money in an offshore bank account, and lost it all? I bet at the very least I'd be reminded what a swift kick to the goolies feels like, and that's if I was lucky.
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That aint what I said

clueless1 · Dec 23, 2014

pete said: ↑
That aint what I said
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My apologies. I must have misunderstood what you were saying.

pete · Dec 23, 2014

Scrungee said: ↑
For me that's speculation. 'Don't speculate more than you can afford to lose' should apply equally to individuals and Local Authorities.
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So where does speculation end and investment begin?

I'd feel very unsure of any authority that spent its last penny.

ARMANDII · Dec 23, 2014

pete said: ↑
So where does speculation end and investment begin?
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It doesn't, Pete, they are both intertwined inextricably. No investment, like Life, is without risk, and as they say "the only things certain in life are Death and Taxes"

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pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

clueless1 member... yep, that's what I am:)

pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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What are these yellow pellets in my compost?

Suet pellets for birds

Chicken Manure Pellets & Veg

Got new pullets

Best cost-effective slug bait (pellets)?

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