It beggars belief @Plantminded. Absolutely no need for it. I know what you mean about the loud conversations though. You can hear them from miles away! I think I'd rather go without the donation @pansyface, and not have the pollution.
It's also an offence that carries a fine nowadays. I had that in my armour if she started getting gobby with me, which wouldn't have surprised me with the attitude many people have. She could have got out her car and gone somewhere shady too if the car was too hot, which it would have been. Plenty of nearby places.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Fairygirl the The Highway Code clearly states: "You must not leave a vehicle's engine running unnecessarily while that vehicle is stationary on a public road."
The obvious problem there is what is defined as 'unnecessarily'. It could be considered necessary in order to keep the temperature in the car at a reasonable level. However, it would seem they could have been committing an offenceif the engine was running and they were holding the phone.
We have a man who drives a small van and does some sort of self employed work in town a few days a week. He parks in the lane outside our house rather than pay for parking in town. He sits every morning and afternoon with his engine running, either keeping warm or using the air con, while he does his paperwork and uses his phone.
I can’t complain because each year when I put plants or apples outside on the drive to sell for charity he always give me a very generous donation without taking anything in exchange. 🙄
You could talk to him about carbon monoxide and fruit...
You have my sympathy @Fairygirl. I've spent the last 4 years trying to persuade people that when they are parked, they should not leave their engine running. Some are surprised that it is classed as a fineable offence and apologetic that they are causing a nuisance. Others are somewhat gobby - private and commercial drivers - and take great delight in making you wait whilst they finish their phone conversations and then tell you that it is your problem, not theirs. Mostly successful but it took 2 years to persuade the various buses/coaches not to do it and that involved contacting the various transport companies and pointing out the basics to them. The local council doesn't seem to want to get involved and passes the buck to the Highways dept and so on and so forth.
I've just watched an American cookery programme with the same fascinated horror that I watch programmes about cruise holidays ( we all get our kicks in a different way.) There were three obese celebrity chefs making dishes to impress the mostly overweight judges. There were two vegetables that I spotted in the whole programme. Peas whizzed up with what might have been mayonnaise ( I got distracted) and pre cooked rice flecked with a little bit of collard greens. There might also have been a tin of peaches involved but there was definitely spam.
As some of you know we have been away, the family have been watering for us and have done a fairly good job. I heard about a rainstorm on Monday so hoped the waterbuts might be replenished. Are they ? of course not, the diverter was absolutely blocked with moss so not a drop in either butt. 😡
I've just watched an American cookery programme with the same fascinated horror that I watch programmes about cruise holidays ( we all get our kicks in a different way.) There were three obese celebrity chefs making dishes to impress the mostly overweight judges. There were two vegetables that I spotted in the whole programme. Peas whizzed up with what might have been mayonnaise ( I got distracted) and pre cooked rice flecked with a little bit of collard greens. There might also have been a tin of peaches involved but there was definitely spam.
If you think their cookery programmes are gross, don't look at the adverts for 'Man versus Food'. It's all about gorging on mountains of food in a limited amount of time. Worse than that is that there have been at least 10 series and 175 episodes!
Productivity. Isn't this a major issue with the world?
It appears to cuts two ways:
1) Businesses need to be more and more productive, whilst still keeping costs low. Instead then of employing more, they automate more. That has and will lead to AI where employment becomes...what? A luxury?
2) Product. We see with technology that if you don't innovate you go bust. That leads to re or up selling. IE convincing people that last year's model is no good and you need the latest version - from phones to washing machines to TVs to furniture. This is equally true of fashionable products. This leads to filling the world with dross and pollution. You can argue this has always been the case (car replaces horse etc, fashions in 17th century) but now this is instant throwaway stuff.
How do you get out of a capitalist model? If you stop buying, you need products that were made to last (which they're not) and you cause companies to die. If you stop productivity, the products become more expensive and then potentially out of the bulk sale market.
We are the sort of people that are absolutely useless to the economy. We pay credit card bill in full, have no HP so no extra added for interest. We never buy new clothes only under pants and socks. We never eat out and also make our own coffee😇 Our electrical gadgets are looked after and last us years. If everyone lived like this the country would go bankrupt.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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I think I'd rather go without the donation @pansyface, and not have the pollution.
It's also an offence that carries a fine nowadays. I had that in my armour if she started getting gobby with me, which wouldn't have surprised me with the attitude many people have. She could have got out her car and gone somewhere shady too if the car was too hot, which it would have been. Plenty of nearby places.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Mostly successful but it took 2 years to persuade the various buses/coaches not to do it and that involved contacting the various transport companies and pointing out the basics to them. The local council doesn't seem to want to get involved and passes the buck to the Highways dept and so on and so forth.
There were three obese celebrity chefs making dishes to impress the mostly overweight judges. There were two vegetables that I spotted in the whole programme. Peas whizzed up with what might have been mayonnaise ( I got distracted) and pre cooked rice flecked with a little bit of collard greens. There might also have been a tin of peaches involved but there was definitely spam.
If you think their cookery programmes are gross, don't look at the adverts for 'Man versus Food'. It's all about gorging on mountains of food in a limited amount of time. Worse than that is that there have been at least 10 series and 175 episodes!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Our electrical gadgets are looked after and last us years.
If everyone lived like this the country would go bankrupt.