Comments for Brailes Parish Blog http://brailes-blog.org.uk Have your say! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:55:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Crickle Crankle Wall - planning application by Will Doherty http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/10/19/crickle-crankle-wall-planning-application/#comment-23 Will Doherty Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:08:16 +0000 http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/10/19/crickle-crankle-wall-planning-application/#comment-23 <p>Ooops! Seems that maybe I touched a raw nerve...</p> <p>The efforts that those who lack the backbone to put their name to the drivel they produce go to, in order to "hide" their identity, is truly amazing. </p> <p>Whomever sent this comment signed up to the blog with a throw away email address, then tried no less than four different internet anonymisers to try to post from behind... Pathetic, really... Considering that I still know the post came from ip address 86.141.177.225, which is part of the BT backbone... ...and like much else that comes from that direction, it isn't even original - merely copied from another site - no surprise there really.</p> <p>Best that the author of that comment goes back to playing with the felt-tip pens, and lets the adults get on with their business.</p> <p>Will.</p> Ooops! Seems that maybe I touched a raw nerve…

The efforts that those who lack the backbone to put their name to the drivel they produce go to, in order to “hide” their identity, is truly amazing.

Whomever sent this comment signed up to the blog with a throw away email address, then tried no less than four different internet anonymisers to try to post from behind… Pathetic, really… Considering that I still know the post came from ip address 86.141.177.225, which is part of the BT backbone… …and like much else that comes from that direction, it isn’t even original - merely copied from another site - no surprise there really.

Best that the author of that comment goes back to playing with the felt-tip pens, and lets the adults get on with their business.

Will.

]]> Comment on Crickle Crankle Wall - planning application by agent59515821 http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/10/19/crickle-crankle-wall-planning-application/#comment-22 agent59515821 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:45:37 +0000 http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/10/19/crickle-crankle-wall-planning-application/#comment-22 To deny that Will's machinery of panoptic control seems to have no bounds is predaceous nonsense and political irresponsibility. It is nonsense because I am so mad at Will right now, I could spit nails. And it is irresponsible because Will's sense of humor runs the gamut from rude and crude to high-handed and stinking. Of course, this sounds simple, but in reality, the real issue is simple: Nearly all of the assumptions and statements made by him and his helpers are completely, absolutely, and totally wrong. I can't stress this enough, but he claims that stoicism is a noble goal. That claim illustrates a serious reasoning fallacy, one that is pandemic in his taradiddles. Then again, Will insists that he has no choice but to control, manipulate, and harm other people. His reasoning is that he could do a gentler and fairer job of running the world than anyone else. Yes, I realize that that argument makes no sense, but Will seems to have recently added the word "tetraiodophenolphthalein" to his otherwise simplistic vocabulary. I suppose he intends to use big words like that to obscure the fact that if he were to pit the haves against the have-nots, social upheaval and violence would follow. It is therefore clear that I admit I have a tendency to become a bit insensitive whenever I rebuke Will for trying to give voice, in a totally emotional and non-rational way, to his deep-rooted love of interventionism. While I am desirous of mending this tiny personality flaw, my long-term goal is to suggest the kind of politics and policies that are needed to restore good sense to this important debate. Unfortunately, much remains to be done. As you may have noticed, I plan to keep the faith. This is a choice I have made; your choice is up to you.' To deny that Will’s machinery of panoptic control seems to have no bounds is predaceous nonsense and political irresponsibility. It is nonsense because I am so mad at Will right now, I could spit nails. And it is irresponsible because Will’s sense of humor runs the gamut from rude and crude to high-handed and stinking. Of course, this sounds simple, but in reality, the real issue is simple: Nearly all of the assumptions and statements made by him and his helpers are completely, absolutely, and totally wrong. I can’t stress this enough, but he claims that stoicism is a noble goal. That claim illustrates a serious reasoning fallacy, one that is pandemic in his taradiddles. Then again, Will insists that he has no choice but to control, manipulate, and harm other people. His reasoning is that he could do a gentler and fairer job of running the world than anyone else. Yes, I realize that that argument makes no sense, but Will seems to have recently added the word “tetraiodophenolphthalein” to his otherwise simplistic vocabulary. I suppose he intends to use big words like that to obscure the fact that if he were to pit the haves against the have-nots, social upheaval and violence would follow. It is therefore clear that I admit I have a tendency to become a bit insensitive whenever I rebuke Will for trying to give voice, in a totally emotional and non-rational way, to his deep-rooted love of interventionism. While I am desirous of mending this tiny personality flaw, my long-term goal is to suggest the kind of politics and policies that are needed to restore good sense to this important debate. Unfortunately, much remains to be done. As you may have noticed, I plan to keep the faith. This is a choice I have made; your choice is up to you.’

]]> Comment on Brailes’ Post Office… by arkwright http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/06/24/brailes-post-office/#comment-18 arkwright Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:16:38 +0000 http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/06/24/brailes-post-office/#comment-18 It is gratifying to know that so many people are ready to fight to save Brailes Post Office and I would like add my comments to the mix. I have run the Post Office and shop for over 16 years and seen many people come and go during that time. There are also a number of people living in this village who have never been in the shop to even buy a stamp or a pint of milk! I am very keen to keep everything local, particularly in these days of spiralling fuel prices, and would hope that I will be able to continue to provide a service to the local community. However the Post Office is a changing business. Only about 12% of the village pensioners get their pension at the Post Office mainly because the government actively encouraged everyone to have it paid in to their bank accounts. About 10 mothers receive their child allowance from me. You can no longer get your TV license from the PO and car tax (once the domain of the PO) can now be bought online. I am paid by units of business and consequently my salary (which was not great to start with) is getting less and less each year. If I go on holiday I have to pay for someone to take over from me – the PO pay a small proportion of what I pay my relief and they give me 3 weeks allowance per year. The Post Office does not offer a pension scheme for its employees nor is their any provision for sickness. If I need any new equipment for the Post Office – for example a date stamp - I have to pay for it. I will be compensated for closing the Post Office and plan to use some of that to refurbish the shop. Without the restriction of the Post Office I will be able to devote more time to making the shop a more useful commodity. It will only survive, however, if you, the people of Brailes, use it! I am very willing to listen to comments and suggestions as to how I can improve services. I would also welcome any approaches from local producers who have products they would like me to sell. We have made Brailes our home and our children have grown up here and we have no plans to leave - but we are a business that needs to make money to survive and can only do so with the support of the village. It is gratifying to know that so many people are ready to fight to save Brailes Post Office and I would like add my comments to the mix. I have run the Post Office and shop for over 16 years and seen many people come and go during that time. There are also a number of people living in this village who have never been in the shop to even buy a stamp or a pint of milk! I am very keen to keep everything local, particularly in these days of spiralling fuel prices, and would hope that I will be able to continue to provide a service to the local community. However the Post Office is a changing business. Only about 12% of the village pensioners get their pension at the Post Office mainly because the government actively encouraged everyone to have it paid in to their bank accounts. About 10 mothers receive their child allowance from me. You can no longer get your TV license from the PO and car tax (once the domain of the PO) can now be bought online. I am paid by units of business and consequently my salary (which was not great to start with) is getting less and less each year. If I go on holiday I have to pay for someone to take over from me – the PO pay a small proportion of what I pay my relief and they give me 3 weeks allowance per year. The Post Office does not offer a pension scheme for its employees nor is their any provision for sickness. If I need any new equipment for the Post Office – for example a date stamp - I have to pay for it. I will be compensated for closing the Post Office and plan to use some of that to refurbish the shop. Without the restriction of the Post Office I will be able to devote more time to making the shop a more useful commodity. It will only survive, however, if you, the people of Brailes, use it! I am very willing to listen to comments and suggestions as to how I can improve services. I would also welcome any approaches from local producers who have products they would like me to sell. We have made Brailes our home and our children have grown up here and we have no plans to leave - but we are a business that needs to make money to survive and can only do so with the support of the village.

]]> Comment on Brailes’ Post Office… by admin http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/06/24/brailes-post-office/#comment-17 admin Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:44:53 +0000 http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/06/24/brailes-post-office/#comment-17 I have now received further information relating to this topic - see the Parish Website homepage http://www.brailes-parish.org.uk/ for more information. Admin. I have now received further information relating to this topic - see the Parish Website homepage http://www.brailes-parish.org.uk/ for more information.

Admin.

]]> Comment on Brailes’ Post Office… by salters http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/06/24/brailes-post-office/#comment-16 salters Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:03:33 +0000 http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/06/24/brailes-post-office/#comment-16 There is a poster in the window of the post office explaining the process for the closure and alternative arrangements should the Brailes Post Office close. There is a poster in the window of the post office explaining the process for the closure and alternative arrangements should the Brailes Post Office close.

]]> Comment on The “I’m all right Jack” parking competition… by Will Doherty http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/03/13/the-im-all-right-jack-parking-competition/#comment-15 Will Doherty Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:47:19 +0000 http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/03/13/the-im-all-right-jack-parking-competition/#comment-15 It is easy to address the comment by tikkamassala, so I will do that first:- As is to a degree apparent from the photos, I was using a telephoto lens on my camera - I was in fact a lot further away from the corner than it would appear in some of them - and, as it happens, I wasn't standing on the road either! So to ChocolateMousse's comment. The van to which you refer is the one that used to be parked outside of keyte Hall, along with other related vehicles - that particular van is no longer there I don't think! However, your point is a valid one regarding the parking in that area, along with many other spots in the village - indeed there are worse areas in the village, both above the fountain and the Banbury side of the Forge Garage. The difference from my perspective is that there is ample view around the vehicles parked adjacent to Keyte Hall, provided that people are travelling within the speed limit. They are an inconvenience, but that should be as bad as the situation there gets - the problems though are brought about by the people who do speed through the village (an occasional visit from a "speed enforcement van", which always parks in the same area, which is indicated by carefully positioned signs which let drivers know that the van can only be operated in a very confined area of the village, is no deterrent at all for "speeders" on 95% of the road in Brailes), people who decide that they are above such petty requirements as "giving way" when they should, and people who would rather extend the number of vehicles parked there than use the frequently empty spaces in the shops' car park, when visiting the shops. Car parking has become a universal problem, so the instances of on-road parking is unlikely to decline. The reason for the initial article was to highlight the dangers of parking in dangerous places by drivers, without consideration of or for others. There are a number of places in the area where dangerous parking occurs fairly regularly - the transit van(s) that quite regularly park on the Shipston road will catch someone out one day - it appears to be off-road until one is on top of it - by which time it is too late for the unwary to take the necessary action ie. prepare to stop and give way. The locals are probably mostly aware of it by now, but it only takes one unknowing visitor to the area, in the wrong place at the wrong time, and we have another addition to the gruesome statistics of the Shipston road. I suppose the soon to come 50mph speed limit we are having forced upon us on the Warwickshire section of the B4035 may help with that particular problem, though that particular vehicle will remain a hazard, even at a reduced speed... Whilst talking of parking and the problems it causes, School Lane really does merit a mention. It is true to say that for a proportion of the week, it is impossible for an ambulance or a fire engine to get past vehicles parked in the lane. It may not be so bad if you need medical attention at the top end of the lane - the ambulance crew can run up the lane, and then stretcher the patient back to their vehicle if required. Not so easy if there happens to be a house or vehicle fire! There is apparently a fire hydrant at the top of the lane, which I understand is no longer checked for access and operation, or maintained, as it is not accessible to the fire service, as their vehicles cannot get up the lane... I'm glad I do not have to worry about that - I could hazard a guess that one's household and vehicle insurers may be somewhat concerned about the situation though, should one happen to live there. I have heard on a number of occasions that the response of the police to complaints of obstruction by poor parking in the village is along the lines of "it isn't a bad thing, it slows traffic in the village down". Whilst that may be true, it is a rather too easy response, which ignores the reality of the situation - but it does, of course, mean that the police can then be happy that they have "dealt" with the complaint whilst expending no time or effort on the problem... I can't comment on "Jammy Dodger's" comment, as I'm not sure that I fully understand their intended meaning - though I did note the date it was sent... Will Doherty. It is easy to address the comment by tikkamassala, so I will do that first:-

As is to a degree apparent from the photos, I was using a telephoto lens on my camera - I was in fact a lot further away from the corner than it would appear in some of them - and, as it happens, I wasn’t standing on the road either!

So to ChocolateMousse’s comment.

The van to which you refer is the one that used to be parked outside of keyte Hall, along with other related vehicles - that particular van is no longer there I don’t think! However, your point is a valid one regarding the parking in that area, along with many other spots in the village - indeed there are worse areas in the village, both above the fountain and the Banbury side of the Forge Garage.

The difference from my perspective is that there is ample view around the vehicles parked adjacent to Keyte Hall, provided that people are travelling within the speed limit. They are an inconvenience, but that should be as bad as the situation there gets - the problems though are brought about by the people who do speed through the village (an occasional visit from a “speed enforcement van”, which always parks in the same area, which is indicated by carefully positioned signs which let drivers know that the van can only be operated in a very confined area of the village, is no deterrent at all for “speeders” on 95% of the road in Brailes), people who decide that they are above such petty requirements as “giving way” when they should, and people who would rather extend the number of vehicles parked there than use the frequently empty spaces in the shops’ car park, when visiting the shops.

Car parking has become a universal problem, so the instances of on-road parking is unlikely to decline. The reason for the initial article was to highlight the dangers of parking in dangerous places by drivers, without consideration of or for others. There are a number of places in the area where dangerous parking occurs fairly regularly - the transit van(s) that quite regularly park on the Shipston road will catch someone out one day - it appears to be off-road until one is on top of it - by which time it is too late for the unwary to take the necessary action ie. prepare to stop and give way. The locals are probably mostly aware of it by now, but it only takes one unknowing visitor to the area, in the wrong place at the wrong time, and we have another addition to the gruesome statistics of the Shipston road. I suppose the soon to come 50mph speed limit we are having forced upon us on the Warwickshire section of the B4035 may help with that particular problem, though that particular vehicle will remain a hazard, even at a reduced speed…

Whilst talking of parking and the problems it causes, School Lane really does merit a mention. It is true to say that for a proportion of the week, it is impossible for an ambulance or a fire engine to get past vehicles parked in the lane. It may not be so bad if you need medical attention at the top end of the lane - the ambulance crew can run up the lane, and then stretcher the patient back to their vehicle if required. Not so easy if there happens to be a house or vehicle fire! There is apparently a fire hydrant at the top of the lane, which I understand is no longer checked for access and operation, or maintained, as it is not accessible to the fire service, as their vehicles cannot get up the lane… I’m glad I do not have to worry about that - I could hazard a guess that one’s household and vehicle insurers may be somewhat concerned about the situation though, should one happen to live there.

I have heard on a number of occasions that the response of the police to complaints of obstruction by poor parking in the village is along the lines of “it isn’t a bad thing, it slows traffic in the village down”. Whilst that may be true, it is a rather too easy response, which ignores the reality of the situation - but it does, of course, mean that the police can then be happy that they have “dealt” with the complaint whilst expending no time or effort on the problem…

I can’t comment on “Jammy Dodger’s” comment, as I’m not sure that I fully understand their intended meaning - though I did note the date it was sent…

Will Doherty.

]]> Comment on The “I’m all right Jack” parking competition… by Jammy Dodger http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/03/13/the-im-all-right-jack-parking-competition/#comment-13 Jammy Dodger Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:41:05 +0000 http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/03/13/the-im-all-right-jack-parking-competition/#comment-13 Maybe he was waiting for a full valet service Maybe he was waiting for a full valet service

]]> Comment on The “I’m all right Jack” parking competition… by tikkamassala http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/03/13/the-im-all-right-jack-parking-competition/#comment-12 tikkamassala Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:57:37 +0000 http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/03/13/the-im-all-right-jack-parking-competition/#comment-12 it appears you are standing in the road taking these photos, possibly causing as much of a hazzard as the parked car! it appears you are standing in the road taking these photos, possibly causing as much of a hazzard as the parked car!

]]> Comment on The “I’m all right Jack” parking competition… by ChocolateMousse http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/03/13/the-im-all-right-jack-parking-competition/#comment-11 ChocolateMousse Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:46:10 +0000 http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/03/13/the-im-all-right-jack-parking-competition/#comment-11 That is once in a blue moon, You should have a look at the van towards upper Brailes, Thats more of an accident waiting to happen. William have alook at the photo below, I'm sure you would agree that the van has not moved since the six years ago this photo was taken. http://i26.tinypic.com/2zq6b9j.jpg Peace Out, ChocolateMousse That is once in a blue moon, You should have a look at the van towards upper Brailes, Thats more of an accident waiting to happen.

William have alook at the photo below, I’m sure you would agree that the van has not moved since the six years ago this photo was taken.

http://i26.tinypic.com/2zq6b9j.jpg

Peace Out,
ChocolateMousse

]]> Comment on Parish Council, flooding, fences… by salters http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/01/29/parish-council-flooding-fences/#comment-6 salters Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:43:48 +0000 http://brailes-blog.org.uk/2008/01/29/parish-council-flooding-fences/#comment-6 'A local with a thesaurus and chip on his shoulder, superb.' 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................... ‘A local with a thesaurus and chip on his shoulder, superb.’

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……………….

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