tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post7147321036948968259..comments2024-03-28T09:44:47.093+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Nan Down!JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-36750429621250147232010-08-27T11:44:39.675+01:002010-08-27T11:44:39.675+01:00I think the fact that this...
"...cut his ha...I think the fact that this...<br /><br />"...cut his hand on a shell, but did not need medical treatment."<br /><br />... was actually reported says it all really. <br /><br />Well, I cut my hand and didn't need medical treatment hacking out some bamboo in the garden yesterday. Make my plight know Julia! Please! We must form a support group and consider a class action against China for exporting this potentially lethal plant.NickMhttp://www.countingcats.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-43169803692096866012010-08-27T07:04:07.407+01:002010-08-27T07:04:07.407+01:00"Coffee and keyboards don't mix."
...<i>"Coffee and keyboards don't mix."</i> <br /><br />:D<br /><br /><i>"...it was this pool, by the Concord Cafe, which the council already spent £250k on refurbishing..."</i> <br /><br />I wonder if that money would have been better spent on a lifeguard, to ensure idiots don't walk on the slippery wall?<br /><br /><i>"Well I suppose she can Chalk that one down to experience."</i> <br /><br />*groan*<br /><br /><i>"I was impressed to read the comment by one of the council which included a reference to the use of common sense..."</i><br /><br />Me too!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-35627511286213840092010-08-26T15:57:00.048+01:002010-08-26T15:57:00.048+01:00I was impressed to read the comment by one of the ...I was impressed to read the comment by one of the council which included a reference to the use of common sense, it gives me hope as I didn't realise that any council employee anywhere in the UK knew what that fucking was!Fascist Hippynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-14837686837441284712010-08-26T15:50:18.271+01:002010-08-26T15:50:18.271+01:00Well I suppose she can Chalk that one down to expe...Well I suppose she can Chalk that one down to experience.<br /><br />I'm off to get me hat & coat.....microdavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-42780540264004483652010-08-26T14:02:52.902+01:002010-08-26T14:02:52.902+01:00N.B. Due to problems of naming, the "new pool...N.B. Due to problems of naming, the "new pool" is in fact older than the "Old pool", and they both keep being called a paddling pool when one of them is intended to be a swimming pool but got silted up. <br /><br />There are two pools; the paddling pool by the Concord Cafe and the swimming pool a little way along Concord beach.<br /><br />Pictures<br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbullock/4337814336/<br /><br />From the photoset it seems to be that because vandals keep pushing the warning signs over, the council could be at legal risk and is fed up with the argument. The council <a href="http://www.castlepoint.gov.uk/file/Canvey_Tidal_Swimming_Pool_Report.pdf" rel="nofollow">assessed the cost of fixing the swimming pool</a>.<br /><br />That document doesn't mention the Concord Cafe paddling pool. It is also very aware that if the pool is vandalized with broken glass, or if people manage to fall off the wall, they could be liable. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.canveyisland.org/page_id__938_path__0p4p105p.aspx" rel="nofollow">There have been protests</a> about the decision to scrap the swimming pool, which the bloggers think is the better facility anyway. At the moment it looks like there is a proposal to transfer the swimming pool to the Town Council and let them deal with it. <br /><br />Pool protest pictures<br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbullock/sets/72157623246491951/with/4337066985/<br /><br /><a href="http://www.canveyisland.org/page_id__746_path__0p4p105p.aspx" rel="nofollow">Canveyisland.org have surveyed the pools</a>. They seem to be saying that the triangular pool by the Concorde Cafe (where Granny Chalk slipped) is indeed more dangerous than the swimming pool further along. However, it was this pool, by the Concord Cafe, which the council already spent £250k on refurbishing, on account of which it is called the New Pool. The paddling pool seems to have been there since 1934, before the Cafe, <a href="http://ourpasthistory.com/Gallery/album259/Untitled_Scanned_43_009?full=1" rel="nofollow">if this is the right pool</a>.<br /><br />It's hard not to have some sympathy with the council. The cost of maintaining coastal facilities is great - as I'm sure the Engineer will testify. They also have all the legal liability for any risks, plus they are supposed to magically prevent unpleasant people chucking their glass etc in the water. <br /><br />As of yesterday the Echo tried to sort the story out. <a href="http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/castlepoint/8350302.Future_of_new_seafront_paddling_pool_uncertain/" rel="nofollow">Future of Canvey's new seafront paddling pool uncertain</a>.Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-56936625385517582092010-08-26T13:07:24.784+01:002010-08-26T13:07:24.784+01:00"Life’s a beach, and sometimes you fall off a..."Life’s a beach, and sometimes you fall off a wall, Mrs Chalk…"<br /><br />Coffee and keyboards don't mix.The Filthy Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07584236558282159183noreply@blogger.com