Phil Hogan wants to tax you more -

Andrew_Doran · 28-11-2013 06:50PM

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

Its grand we'll all just stop buying new tyres and road deaths will sky rocket. Stick that up your environmental pipe Phil. (may be exaggerating for effect.)

Ah ha, they are also planning to ban the sale of second hand tyres too, for our "safety".

To follow that to its logical conclusion, we will also need ban second hand cars on safety grounds, because second hand cars come with 4 second hand tyres.

Bit of a theme developing here under FG & Labour. Numerous things have been made illegal recently on "safety" grounds when on closer inspection they could just as easily be about making sure that Revenue and "the lads" are getting their slice of the pie.

mattjack · 28-11-2013 06:59PM

Sam Kade wrote: »

In fairness you can't expect the council to do everything, what about you and your neighbours doing it. Same nonsense during the hard frost a few winters back people expected the council to clear an ice free path to their door way:rolleyes:

The council where my elderly mother lives sweep , collect leaves and clear drains every year.

This year a group of residents from three roads all got together , swept up the leaves and put them black bags to do their civic duty , so to speak.

The council operatives refused to collect them because of the black bags so now the three roads have about 80 or so bags full of rotting leaves left by the side of the roads.
Three elderly men offered to empty the leaves back out of the bags , no deal said the council ops and off they went.

Now that's nonsense... you may use your rolleyes thingy.

Sam Kade · 28-11-2013 07:09PM

mattjack wrote: »

The council where my elderly mother lives sweep , collect leaves and clear drains every year.

This year a group of residents from three roads all got together , swept up the leaves and put them black bags to do their civic duty , so to speak.

The council operatives refused to collect them because of the black bags so now the three roads have about 80 or so bags full of rotting leaves left by the side of the roads.
Three elderly men offered to empty the leaves back out of the bags , no deal said the council ops and off they went.

Now that's nonsense... you may use your rolleyes thingy.

Moral of the story don't put leaves in plastic bags or expect council to dispose them;) make a compost heap for each house

mattjack · 28-11-2013 07:18PM

Sam Kade wrote: »

Moral of the story don't put leaves in plastic bags or expect council to dispose them;) make a compost heap for each house

Ill do believe the moral of the story is "expect nothing and everything of the council".

An offer to empty the bags , assistance gathering the leaves... not good enough for the council.

OldRio · 28-11-2013 07:27PM

mattjack wrote: »

The council where my elderly mother lives sweep , collect leaves and clear drains every year.

This year a group of residents from three roads all got together , swept up the leaves and put them black bags to do their civic duty , so to speak.

The council operatives refused to collect them because of the black bags so now the three roads have about 80 or so bags full of rotting leaves left by the side of the roads.
Three elderly men offered to empty the leaves back out of the bags , no deal said the council ops and off they went.

Now that's nonsense... you may use your rolleyes thingy.

Should be composted down by now. Leaf mold excellent for the garden.

Had enough of all these taxes and politicians.
2 or 3 years and we are off.
If the kids can fecking emigrate us auld uns can as well.

harryr711 · 28-11-2013 07:29PM

mattjack wrote: »

The council where my elderly mother lives sweep , collect leaves and clear drains every year.

This year a group of residents from three roads all got together , swept up the leaves and put them black bags to do their civic duty , so to speak.

The council operatives refused to collect them because of the black bags so now the three roads have about 80 or so bags full of rotting leaves left by the side of the roads.
Three elderly men offered to empty the leaves back out of the bags , no deal said the council ops and off they went.

Now that's nonsense... you may use your rolleyes thingy.

Ye should load them into a van and go on a roadtrip to dump them outside Phil Hogan's gaff.

Me? · 28-11-2013 07:33PM

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harryr711 · 28-11-2013 07:33PM

They're looking to ban part-worn tyres as well. So much for reducing waste by re-using things! I'd prefer a quality part-worn tyre than some of the cheapest ****e that you can buy, I had more grip in the wet on bald Continentals than decent condition cheap ****e. Never again.

OU812 · 28-11-2013 08:12PM

Sam Kade wrote: »

In fairness you can't expect the council to do everything, what about you and your neighbours doing it. Same nonsense during the hard frost a few winters back people expected the council to clear an ice free path to their door way:rolleyes:

They've done it for the previous nine years I've lived here, at least three times from Start of October to Early December. It's no biggie, it's just one of these streetsweeping vehicles. So I think the precedent was set in expecting it.

They also used to sweep the roads the afternoon of the bin collections, that hasn't happened in a year either.

Myself & the neighbours do sweep them where possible (same with Ice & frost - try to be civic about it & much in). There's a lot of leaves where I live though. Very mature trees & a lot of them.

Myrddin · 28-11-2013 08:29PM

It's amazing how the solution to every problem means paying more taxes. How fortunate are those in power, that it works out that way.

Phil Hogan wants to tax you more -

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