Comments on: LOCK IT OR LOSE OUT http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/04/11/lock-it-or-lose-out/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Mon, 21 May 2012 12:09:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/04/11/lock-it-or-lose-out/#comment-6023 Grannymar Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:47:13 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=863#comment-6023 Paddy ~ thanks. Baino ~ I dislike the scare tactics, I have some frail elderly neighbours and the leaflet above would certainly come between them and their sleep. Magpie ~ it is good to be prepared, I hope they are never put to the test. Judy ~ My point exactly. Paddy ~ thanks.

Baino ~ I dislike the scare tactics, I have some frail elderly neighbours and the leaflet above would certainly come between them and their sleep.

Magpie ~ it is good to be prepared, I hope they are never put to the test.

Judy ~ My point exactly.

]]> By: kenju http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/04/11/lock-it-or-lose-out/#comment-6018 kenju Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:51:39 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=863#comment-6018 It probably scared them half to death! It probably scared them half to death!

]]> By: Magpie 11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/04/11/lock-it-or-lose-out/#comment-6016 Magpie 11 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:44:31 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=863#comment-6016 Sympathies to you. Having come home and disturbed burglars after visiting wife and child in Hospital I know a bit of what you felt. That was in 1982 but it still rankles. Interestingly I have been out today buying new lock for back door plus hinge bolts too.... Coincidence is a funny chap. Sympathies to you.

Having come home and disturbed burglars after visiting wife and child in Hospital I know a bit of what you felt. That was in 1982 but it still rankles.

Interestingly I have been out today buying new lock for back door plus hinge bolts too….

Coincidence is a funny chap.

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/04/11/lock-it-or-lose-out/#comment-6015 Baino Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:31:49 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=863#comment-6015 I'm not a fan of scare tactics . . reminds me of the Grim Reaper advertisements when AIDS was first publicised. I've never locked my home or my car but as suburbia encroaches, we've had for sale signs stolen, garbage bins damaged and the signs of vanalistic invasion are around us. I've begun locking up at night but never saw the sense in an alarm which just annoys neighbours when it goes off. Hopefully three sleeping dogs will be a deterrent. Then again, the buggers have probably waltzed in, seen the impoverished state of my electronic equipment and decided to go next door! Even the kids I chased off the other night were just malingering and I suspect friends of my neice. Our rates leaflets tend to be filled with information about recycling and greening Australia. We only pay counsil rates and water rates are separate. Taxes go towards larger infrastructure. I’m not a fan of scare tactics . . reminds me of the Grim Reaper advertisements when AIDS was first publicised. I’ve never locked my home or my car but as suburbia encroaches, we’ve had for sale signs stolen, garbage bins damaged and the signs of vanalistic invasion are around us. I’ve begun locking up at night but never saw the sense in an alarm which just annoys neighbours when it goes off. Hopefully three sleeping dogs will be a deterrent. Then again, the buggers have probably waltzed in, seen the impoverished state of my electronic equipment and decided to go next door! Even the kids I chased off the other night were just malingering and I suspect friends of my neice.
Our rates leaflets tend to be filled with information about recycling and greening Australia. We only pay counsil rates and water rates are separate. Taxes go towards larger infrastructure.

]]> By: Paddy Bloggit http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/04/11/lock-it-or-lose-out/#comment-6014 Paddy Bloggit Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:48:15 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=863#comment-6014 Sorry to hear that your privacy was invaded Grannymar. Hugs to you. Sorry to hear that your privacy was invaded Grannymar.

Hugs to you.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/04/11/lock-it-or-lose-out/#comment-6010 Grannymar Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:23:20 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=863#comment-6010 Nick Everyone gets a kick in the metaphorical teeth sometime in life, we just have to get up, dress up and get on with life. There are no prizes for weeping. I wonder if the announcement that ‘Northern Ireland is in line for a US investment package which could be worth hundreds of millions of pounds’, might effect our Water rates next year? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7341976.stm Nick

Everyone gets a kick in the metaphorical teeth sometime in life, we just have to get up, dress up and get on with life. There are no prizes for weeping.

I wonder if the announcement that ‘Northern Ireland is in line for a US investment package which could be worth hundreds of millions of pounds’, might effect our Water rates next year?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7341976.stm

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/04/11/lock-it-or-lose-out/#comment-6009 Grannymar Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:03:13 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=863#comment-6009 Ian, The booklet from our council contains 14 pages of which four paragraphs tell us how the rates are worked out. Eight pages tell us how to pay the bill and the last one informs us in 7 languages that: ‘This leaflet explains your rate bill. If you need this information in a different language or format, please write to the address below.’ They would consider the ‘Lock it or Lose it’ information and indeed all security outside their remit. Ian,

The booklet from our council contains 14 pages of which four paragraphs tell us how the rates are worked out. Eight pages tell us how to pay the bill and the last one informs us in 7 languages that:
‘This leaflet explains your rate bill. If you need this information in a different language or format, please write to the address below.’

They would consider the ‘Lock it or Lose it’ information and indeed all security outside their remit.

]]> By: Nick http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/04/11/lock-it-or-lose-out/#comment-6008 Nick Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:01:52 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=863#comment-6008 Sorry to hear about your burglary, it must have been a horrible shock. I'm sure I would be devastated if our house was ripped apart like that. I admire your stoical attitude in clearing up and carrying on. And glad it hasn't left any permanent nervousness. Sorry to hear about your burglary, it must have been a horrible shock. I’m sure I would be devastated if our house was ripped apart like that. I admire your stoical attitude in clearing up and carrying on. And glad it hasn’t left any permanent nervousness.

]]> By: Ian http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/04/11/lock-it-or-lose-out/#comment-6007 Ian Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:40:57 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=863#comment-6007 We bought a house in England a few years ago: to be there in case of sudden death, or to sell when we retire, in order to have some money towards something here (we could not afford to buy anything here). Taunton Deane Council send out an itemised rates bill breaking down which bodies receive which amounts and a booklet advising what each body provides, it includes Somerset County Council, Avon and Somerset Police Authority, Taunton Deane Borough Council, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority and the local parish council. I hope your council provides similar information and an explanation as to what they are doing to make 'Lock it or Lose it' leaflets unnecessary! We bought a house in England a few years ago: to be there in case of sudden death, or to sell when we retire, in order to have some money towards something here (we could not afford to buy anything here).

Taunton Deane Council send out an itemised rates bill breaking down which bodies receive which amounts and a booklet advising what each body provides, it includes Somerset County Council, Avon and Somerset Police Authority, Taunton Deane Borough Council, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority and the local parish council.

I hope your council provides similar information and an explanation as to what they are doing to make ‘Lock it or Lose it’ leaflets unnecessary!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/04/11/lock-it-or-lose-out/#comment-6005 Grannymar Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:27:44 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=863#comment-6005 Nancy, Jack offered me a Mink coat once, but I refused it. I didn’t lead a ‘mink coat’ lifestyle and it would have been a terrible waste. I did give in long enough to try it on and walk up the sales floor. I have to admit it looked great and I felt a million Dollars! The sales lady worked hard to make the sale; she could see that Jack was willing to part with his money. My mother couldn’t understand me saying no when Jack told her about it. Nancy,

Jack offered me a Mink coat once, but I refused it. I didn’t lead a ‘mink coat’ lifestyle and it would have been a terrible waste. I did give in long enough to try it on and walk up the sales floor. I have to admit it looked great and I felt a million Dollars! The sales lady worked hard to make the sale; she could see that Jack was willing to part with his money.

My mother couldn’t understand me saying no when Jack told her about it.

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