Sarraceniac's views of Scarborough & N. Yorks.

thank you John, for once again bringing a smile to my face. you are so funny. i love the way you take the mickey (nicely said) out of where you live!
i loved the photo of the kids park!? how stupid are our councillors. why aren't they normal people? maybe they are when they start the job, but it must be that they get 'moranised' (yes, just made that word up but you know what i mean).
we had a bollard 'thing' put at the top of our road a few months back, and although i don't usually bother, i phoned the council department responsible (that was another thing, 2 depts. telling me that the other was responsible). i told them it was pretty stupid to have it there, i did phrase it better, cos there are at least 3 roads trying to get out of this one entrance/exit. also it was awkward for pedestrians. anyway, i was told it was deemed good. less than 2 weeks after it was up, it got knocked down. we spoke to the workmen mending it & were told that it was probably a council vehicle that had damaged it! it is a little space.
it has now been knocked down & repaired (with black tar, that doesn't fit with the pathway at all) 3 times.
who decides these things?
i seem to moan don't i? keep making me smile John. if there are any councillors on here i don't mean to be rude to you, ok?
cheers
sandra

 

Thanks Borrowers (and everybody). I do like to laugh and, if I can get serious, just for once, may I explain why?

The world is full of pompous, self opinionated people. They get elected to councils, to Parliament to head charities, to head National Health Trusts, to all the important jobs.

How can we deal with them? Not by voting against them because enough people will be conned (until they do something totally stupid) to elect them. And many aren't elected, they are appointed by people just as pompous as they are. Now we can worry ourselves silly about what they are doing to this fair and pleasant land. Or we can laugh. I laugh at most things because most things are not really important. And the important things, I find , we can't really do anything about anyway, because these people have control.

That makes me sound like an anarchist. I'm not I am a very serious democratic person. I actually was a councillor once. Second time around I got a record majority for the ward. Didn't stand again because I couldn't buck the system. Our Town Clerk (sorry Chief Executive) did exactly what he wanted, until he had to resign after it was discovered that he had awarded council contracts without going out to tender. His punishment? A �£500,000 goodbye present.

If I didn't laugh at everything I think I would cry. So. if I seem permanently frivolous please forgive me, but I'm sure it's more fun than the lecture I've just given. :D

 

john fab photos, thanks for putting them up, love that first one of scarborough

 

John,

That local pub of yours used to be my grandious holiday home complete with swimming pool and sauna and we DID serve up litres of Martini's

 

Shiney your comment sounds familiar about full PM boxes.There is nothing worse than writing out a long PM to a member only to find that they have sixty messages that need deleting before any more can be let in. :D Talk about frustrating

 

Please don't use my photo bit to talk about your PM tensions. :eek:

 

:eek: Sorry John

 

OK. To get you lot off PMT (you can trust me, I'm an alcoholic) here are 3 more photos taken over the summer.

1st. Castle hill again, but this time at dusk



Then, Cayton Bay, Scarborough.




And lastly, Scarborough Harbour from the Spa.

 

Nice photo`s Sarraceniac , i am lucky to live near the sea , its so nice here in Cornwall , beautiful scenery , did`nt appreciate it until i got older , i would`nt want to live anywhere else

 

great photos john..weather permitting ill have to leave the pub for 10 mins to see the sights :D

 

Hi Shiney,

Thanks for that :D consider it done young 'un :D

 

Now as you know, I don't do people photos, only scenery. But last Saturday my youngest got hitched, we weren't bothered she's been living with him for 3 years (good job we are broad minded).

I couldn't resist posting this though. It is the youngest member of our extended family. The one who, when my �£700+ clock started to lose time decided to mend it - with superglue. Since then he has recovered, and to prove that he is still alive, and the scars have healed:




Butter wouldn't melt