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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Nov 26, 2023 23:10:35 GMT
There is never a shortage of Americans selling "high performance asphalt" and repeating the name ten times in the space of 2m. |
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Post by Bentley on Nov 26, 2023 23:14:46 GMT
Everywhere except fantasy land . I expect Kevin's Mrs and the kids would do a better job. You would give up before you even started. In the fantasy land you live in everything is possible . |
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Post by borchester on Nov 26, 2023 23:41:02 GMT
Almost everywhere I travel abroad household waste is not collected from your home, but from communal street bins. This must be cheaper that our system, but obviously involves you taking your rubbish to those bins. A: Should we adopt this here. B: What other things could we do for ourselves to save money. A
Probably not. Collecting rubbish, recycling, saving the planet has become so much a part of our lives that if we start doing anything ourselves then we threaten some government official's rice bowl. A small example. A month a go I found that my bin full of recyclables had not been collected. So I rang the council and the chap at the other end said that it was because the waste was contaminated. I said that sounded as though the bin was full of Black Death victims, but apparently I had pit in black bags as opposed to clear transparent ones. I agreed that was the case, but that I had run out of clear bags and had been forced to use black ones. And the jobsworth at the other end said that their was nothing he could do because the bins were contaminated. So I sent an email to my local councillor who said that there was nothing that he could do because the bins were contaminated. So I said that was fair enough and come the next election I would vote for someone else and that in the meantime I would send a letter to the local paper advising that the dustbin men ran the ward rather than the councillor. Next day the dustcart appeared and emptied the bin, black bags and all. However, it appears that as part of its general commitment to being all round pains in the arse, the council employs an inspector whose job is not to empty bins, but to check that they only contain the most fashionable rubbish. And if we all acted in the most environmentally and frugal manner and recycled all our waste, that inspector, who probably wears polar bear skin underpants, would be out of a job
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Time was when the local Cleansing Department ran on goodwill and alcohol and for ten quid would take away your house, but these days they are timid souls who appear afraid of their own shadows. So I will save money and pile on the agony by not giving them a Christmas box
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Post by dodgydave on Nov 27, 2023 3:15:49 GMT
Let's face it, the real money sink is the sheer number of obese people / heavy drinkers / heavy smokers we have.
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Post by buccaneer on Nov 27, 2023 6:00:12 GMT
Almost everywhere I travel abroad household waste is not collected from your home, but from communal street bins. This must be cheaper that our system, but obviously involves you taking your rubbish to those bins. A: Should we adopt this here. B: What other things could we do for ourselves to save money. Not sure what we could do but VAT should be scrapped or at most on all goods and services charge 5% rather than 20%. But given that public sector departments like the NHS which is one the largest employers in the world, I see little chance of that happening. |
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Post by buccaneer on Nov 27, 2023 6:09:50 GMT
 I might find a video on water treatment and take myself off to the local reservoir treatment center and turn sewage into potable water for myself and others. That should save a quid or two, but only after getting my qualification on YouTube mind!
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Post by zanygame on Nov 27, 2023 7:31:00 GMT
Almost everywhere I travel abroad household waste is not collected from your home, but from communal street bins. This must be cheaper that our system, but obviously involves you taking your rubbish to those bins. A: Should we adopt this here. B: What other things could we do for ourselves to save money. A
Probably not. Collecting rubbish, recycling, saving the planet has become so much a part of our lives that if we start doing anything ourselves then we threaten some government official's rice bowl. A small example. A month a go I found that my bin full of recyclables had not been collected. So I rang the council and the chap at the other end said that it was because the waste was contaminated. I said that sounded as though the bin was full of Black Death victims, but apparently I had pit in black bags as opposed to clear transparent ones. I agreed that was the case, but that I had run out of clear bags and had been forced to use black ones. And the jobsworth at the other end said that their was nothing he could do because the bins were contaminated. So I sent an email to my local councillor who said that there was nothing that he could do because the bins were contaminated. So I said that was fair enough and come the next election I would vote for someone else and that in the meantime I would send a letter to the local paper advising that the dustbin men ran the ward rather than the councillor. Next day the dustcart appeared and emptied the bin, black bags and all. However, it appears that as part of its general commitment to being all round pains in the arse, the council employs an inspector whose job is not to empty bins, but to check that they only contain the most fashionable rubbish. And if we all acted in the most environmentally and frugal manner and recycled all our waste, that inspector, who probably wears polar bear skin underpants, would be out of a job
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Time was when the local Cleansing Department ran on goodwill and alcohol and for ten quid would take away your house, but these days they are timid souls who appear afraid of their own shadows. So I will save money and pile on the agony by not giving them a Christmas box
Agree with this Borchester. Councils have stopped being our servants and become demigods. Its even worse if you're a business and have no vote or voice. |
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Post by zanygame on Nov 27, 2023 7:34:35 GMT
Let's face it, the real money sink is the sheer number of obese people / heavy drinkers / heavy smokers we have. Ooh careful DD. I suggested on another thread that we might effectively fine people if they refuse to help themselves. Ouch... |
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Nov 27, 2023 7:36:18 GMT
Let's face it, the real money sink is the sheer number of obese people / heavy drinkers / heavy smokers we have. Nope. They pay far more vice tax than the rest of us. |
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Post by dodgydave on Nov 27, 2023 14:13:55 GMT
Let's face it, the real money sink is the sheer number of obese people / heavy drinkers / heavy smokers we have. Nope. They pay far more vice tax than the rest of us. Nope. Take a look at pictures from even a few decades back, and notice how slim everybody looks, then go outside and look at the sheer amount of fat fuckers today. The vice taxes vs nhs cost are before all that lag has kicked in. The projections for the next few decades are frightening as we will have an aging population of unhealthy people. |
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Post by sandypine on Nov 27, 2023 14:23:48 GMT
Nope. They pay far more vice tax than the rest of us. Nope. Take a look at pictures from even a few decades back, and notice how slim everybody looks, then go outside and look at the sheer amount of fat fuckers today. The vice taxes vs nhs cost are before all that lag has kicked in. The projections for the next few decades are frightening as we will have an aging population of unhealthy people. Take a look at the demographics of the 'ffs' and where the risk factors are for heart disease and type 2 diabetes. If we wish to stop the projections closing the borders would be an excellent start and would save the NHS a fortune, cut our carbon footprint and help save the planet. Win win win and win. |
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Post by bancroft on Nov 27, 2023 14:30:04 GMT
Communal bins already being rolled out in UK That reminds me that Amsterdam have loads of cycle lanes and we don't. One size might not fill all and I would love to know how the terraced streets of Liverpool got on with this as I expect the papers would have had a field day. I think this is a con job as money is involved and would not work here. My Dad eats prepared meals in plastic containers as in his 80's as does not cook main meals, where would the plastic waste go both soft food soiled soft plastic and hard food soiled plastic? He does put out plastic milk bottles for recycling. If his clothes get too many holes he puts them in the general waste. After he cooks his morning breakfast uses a newspaper to soak up the cooking grease and puts in this general waste. |
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Post by dodgydave on Nov 27, 2023 14:38:58 GMT
You want to blame immigrants?  Most of them were from Eastern Europe... and trust me their diets are far better than ours. Also I don't see many muslims in the pubs and smoking shelters lol. 63% are the population are fat... and 63% of white people are fat... trying to put a race element on it is just stupid. If you want to argue for that, then maybe we should sterilise the UK population and just import people from the far east where obesity is far less a problem. |
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Post by zanygame on Nov 27, 2023 15:15:51 GMT
Nope. Take a look at pictures from even a few decades back, and notice how slim everybody looks, then go outside and look at the sheer amount of fat fuckers today. The vice taxes vs nhs cost are before all that lag has kicked in. The projections for the next few decades are frightening as we will have an aging population of unhealthy people. Take a look at the demographics of the 'ffs' and where the risk factors are for heart disease and type 2 diabetes. If we wish to stop the projections closing the borders would be an excellent start and would save the NHS a fortune, cut our carbon footprint and help save the planet. Win win win and win. As a proportion of their ethnic group they are higher, as a proportion of the total unhealthy population they are pretty low. |
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Post by zanygame on Nov 27, 2023 15:16:48 GMT
You want to blame immigrants? Most of them were from Eastern Europe... and trust me their diets are far better than ours. Also I don't see many muslims in the pubs and smoking shelters lol. 63% are the population are fat... and 63% of white people are fat... trying to put a race element on it is just stupid. If you want to argue for that, then maybe we should sterilise the UK population and just import people from the far east where obesity is far less a problem. Its a thought.  |
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Most of them were from Eastern Europe... and trust me their diets are far better than ours.