Marvellous - check your thesaurus for alternatives to Local which include Resident, Native and Home or are you using ‘local’ in a derogatory manner?

While not strictly a local I consider myself one and most of the people I also know to be ‘local’ do not need a thesaurus (Will D being one of them) in fact most of them are even quite capable of eloquent profanity.

However if one is being picky ‘must of mustered’ indicates that maybe you are not from around these parts……………….

You have the advantage of me, in that you obviously know who I am, whilst I have no idea whom you are. From your comments it appears that you are resident within and, to an extent, knowledgeable of the area.

Rather unfortunate, then, that you did no research prior to posting your response - though I suppose it is much more a personal attack than a response to the initial post.

In the Easter floods a few years back, the house where I then lived flooded to a depth of some 750mm, so I have in-depth (!) knowledge of “the horrors of flooding”.

My comments were intended neither to be helpful nor unhelpful, rather a reflection on the situation as I see it - and I am far from alone in my perspective. I had anticipated that were there any responses, they would have a point, or debate some of the issues raised - sadly not the case… Not even any effort on your part so to do…

Reading through the initial entry once again, I note your comprehension skills are a somewhat questionable too.

Try as I may, I cannot equate the sentence:-

“Apparently this is worthy of a report to social services!”

(a comment on a statement made by a member of the “Flood Committee” in the Parish Council meeting),

to your statement (which makes little sense, in any case):-

“Admitting that social services visited regarding the children is quite an admission and must of mustered some courage though.”

For the record: we have never had any contact with Social Services regarding the care we offer to our children, and have no reason to expect any - unless, of course, the thinly veiled threat made at the Parish Council meeting is carried out, in which case, we may have a visit! I would expect that Social Services are well used to dealing with infantile and spurious accusations though…

Just to clear up the other misconceptions you seem to have - firstly, I have had no requirement to refer to a thesaurus since I left school, and secondly, I have no chip on my shoulder - why would I have?

Will Doherty.