Well, at last they've given up with the lies...

It takes no account of the ability to pay and is based solely on a
property value in 1991.

The aim was that everyone should pay, the problem was it was a flat
rate, so again it took no account of ability to pay.

 

We had the "Is insurance fair?" discussion last week.
Do try to keep up at the back.

 

It'd be fair if it was an insurance policy and I got a no claims
discount.

 

the aim was better, the execution was flawed

 

He prolly buys the "value" mince

Uncollected refuse creates a health hazard to the wider community, not
just the individual who's bins they are.

--
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Too much time to think, too little to do.


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My only recollection was that at the time mortgage interest rates were
high, and as a family of 4 with only me working it substantially
increased my "rates" payments to the extent that I did not know how I
was going to pay it.

I phoned the local authoprity and explained that as I was in full time
employment I could pay mine, but had no idea how my missus (a
housewife) would be able to pay hers. They told me to **** off,
basically.

Despite paying substantially more than we were previously, I saw no
improvements of any kind in the provision of local services in my
borough.

Whilst I didn't participate in the riots, I did find the fact that
large numbers of people actually revolted against the government in
this country was quite heartening at the time.

--
Dan L

Too much time to think, too little to do.


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I fucking loathe the tube with a vengeance. Dirty, noisy, uncivilised,
and that's just the users.

I always take the car into London. I can lock the doors, crank up the
aircon and listen to Radio 4 in peace.

--
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This is not a logical follow-on from your earlier argument, you know.

And if you want price increases, the way my council tax has risen in the
last five years makes the Poll Tax pale into insignificance.

 

That wasn't really the point I was making, it was just a personal
observation based on my experiences at the time. Under the old rates
system I guess the bins would still have been emptied, but I take your
point

Well yes, of course, same here. It's just that I am now more able to
bend over and grease up than I was then as I am earning more in real
terms. Poll tax, council tax or rates, they can call it what they
want, and put it up by whatever amount they like.


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snip>

I flatly refuse to drive inside the M25 unless I have to and I find
sitting on a train reading the paper followed by 15 minutes on the
tube much better than sitting on the M1 in a 10 mile traffic jam.

Add in the hassle of having to phone up to pay the congestion charge
then pay 4p per minute for parking (when I find somewhere to park) and
public transport is a winner in every way I look at it.

 

I do my CC on line either before or after and charge it to the company.

I prefer to park in the more expensive underground car parks as there's
no problem getting a space, and the cost is immaterial to me as I
charge it back to the firm anyway.

The train isn't really a viable option as I tend to try to get several
surveys in town done within a day, and never know when I'll need my
trusty telescopic ladder for looking at those hard to find plant
locations

 

But I've always had a very unhealthy obsession with nuclear explosions. Who
else here has fondled the plutonium hemispheres of such a toy.

Spud Guns indeed!

 

Seaborne nukes, particularly if detonated deep underwater, are not a
widespread environmental disaster. The deep oceans are an enormous
repository of radioactivity already. Not that you would want to swim in the
vicinity for a few days.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XudyhmS1YxA&feature=related

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/enviro...t-as-uk-ships-plutonium-to-france-793488.html

Get yourself a black balaclava, an AK47 and a RIB; fill yer boots.

That's your breast obsession coming through again, isn't it?

 

For the record.
"Bums"

 

Oh christ, you're not coming out too, are you?

 

Eh? Well if an arse obsession makes you gay then there's a fair few
more of us to come out.

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I can neither confirm or deny I handled such devices.

 

Hmm quite, and I reserve the right to use Alyson Hannigan as my yardstick

 

I was simply reprising Champ's remark to Burnt.