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Control Panel
Discworld
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 Posted - 01/11/2007 : 20:15:38
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Who on earth is Scratcher? Such a thing makes me wonder whether long time no see has written his Will.
Let us hope the funeral meats are not supplied by Greggs. |
Edited by - Control Panel on 01/11/2007 20:17:57 |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5333 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 20:16:51
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quote:
Originally posted by long time no see
This is Silly Miriam
you getting Revenge from the Days I used to Hunt you down on the Good Old Argus Forum.
And Before you it was Scratcher I hunted.
No LTNS ... this may come as a total surprise to you but no. I gave as good as I got and then some. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5333 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 20:20:33
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quote:
Originally posted by Control Panel
Who on earth is Scratcher? Such a thing makes me wonder whether long time no see has written his Will.
Let us hope the funeral meats are not supplied by Greggs.
Scratcher was a poster on the old Argus Forums who left, oh about 2 years if not more, before the final demise of the old forums. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6495 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 20:33:40
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quote:
Originally posted by Control Panel
Who on earth is Scratcher? Such a thing makes me wonder whether long time no see has written his Will.
Let us hope the funeral meats are not supplied by Greggs.
Scratcher was on the Old Forum
before Miriam Binder.
Later on he got Angry with some posts
from Football gangs
he Phoned the Old Argus Forum Webmaster
and was so Rude to Her.
She banned him.
When he returned under a new name
his old name was deleted. |
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
1165 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 20:53:47
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 This must all sound pretty bizarre to those who weren`t around at the time. I locked horns with Scrather a couple of times, but generally I really didn`t mind him/her too much. There was a faction who insisted they knew Scratcher was a her.
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Row faster, slaves! Caesar wants to waterski! |
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Daveb
Discworld
1906 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 20:54:45
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| This should be on another thread about old forum members. |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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No Expert
Barsoom
399 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:04:19
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LT got banned too for constant harrasment of a female poster. Top class it was, I kept the post that the admin did saying what had happened and post it on the odd occasion just to piss him off.
Not long after lt was banned, a mysterious new poster arrived going by the name of 'Floyd Morris' - he had touble writing sentences, and had a distinct disregard for using the correct capital letters.
Those were the days. I often wonder where Floyd is now, working for New Labour is what I heard... |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6495 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:06:23
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And No Expert was Banned a Few Times
on the Old Argus Forum. |
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No Expert
Barsoom
399 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:08:55
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| No just the once, for taking the piss out of you and making you go crying to admin like a girl every 5 minutes. I'm always up for bullying a bully, that's what I'm here for. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5333 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:14:57
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| See LTNS, there is truth in the old saying 'Let sleeping dogs lie' ... you always have to go that one step further. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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No Expert
Barsoom
399 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:17:34
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Martha Gunn
Barsoom
205 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:18:33
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| Back on topic, I can't see that pay-as-you-throw is anything other than fair. That said, rather than go after the consumer, more should be done to target the creators of the waste such as the large supermarket chains etc. Tiny changes in their methods outweigh anything householders can hope to achieve |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6495 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:22:14
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Martha
what about our Council Tax
we pay for it.
Are you saying you want to Pay Twice
under pathetic New Labour? |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5333 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:33:31
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| For myself, I would have no issue with having to pay an additional charge if I produced waste over a given amount per person say. However until the government has demonstrated that it has done all it can to ensure that the production of excessive packaging etcetera is curtailed, and where not curtailed rigorously prosecuted I think that pay-as-you-throw is just a soft option for a government who dare not take on the big boys so decides to pick on the little kids - much like a bully in a playground really. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Daveb
Discworld
1906 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 21:38:19
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Everyone paying the same for a service.
This is Poll Tax in disguise.
To the streets everyone. Riot! Riot! |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5333 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2007 : 22:10:42
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Martha Gunn
Barsoom
205 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 16:24:32
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quote:
Originally posted by long time no see
Martha
what about our Council Tax
we pay for it.
Are you saying you want to Pay Twice
under pathetic New Labour?
Although Council tax is expensive, what comes out of that to go towards rubbish collection, street cleaning etc is quite small - sonething like £60-70pa. If a fair level could be set for what one person or a family should reasonably be expecting to throw away each week, then I don't think its wrong to charge those extra who create extra.
Who knows, you could actually end up saving money |
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
1165 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 18:47:13
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| I do think that it`ll cause an increase in fly-tipping though. |
Row faster, slaves! Caesar wants to waterski! |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5333 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 18:51:25
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| Probably Fluffy ... but then again, any new system will do that to start with I think. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Daveb
Discworld
1906 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 19:26:40
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| They will also have to make back garden bonfires illegal. |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5333 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 19:31:01
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Originally posted by Daveb
They will also have to make back garden bonfires illegal.
They have to all intents and purposes. quote:
Simplified, the law says that no one may have a bonfire if the smoke from it will cause a nuisance to other people. If someone does cause a nuisance proceedings may be taken and the person can be fined up to £5000.
here
You have a bonfire and all your neighbour has to do is complain. They do not even have to demonstrate that they have spoken to you first. |
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Daveb
Discworld
1906 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 19:34:32
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Lots of "ifs" & "maybes"
Has anyone ever been successfully prosecuted? |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5333 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 19:38:09
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| Not that I know of but then ... |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6495 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 19:39:42
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Originally posted by Fluffy Sheep
I do think that it`ll cause an increase in fly-tipping though.
It has in Oxford
increased all over the place.
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nightowl
Barsoom
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Pay As You Throw