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From: alan.holmes on 1 Jul 2010 17:29

"brass monkey" <a(a)b.com> wrote in message
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> "Chris Bartram" <news(a)delete-me.piglet-net.net> wrote in message
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>> On 01/07/10 18:22, brass monkey wrote:
>>> Do residents get the chance to oppose speed bumps or do they simply
>>> appear?
>>>
>>>
>> My local council usually does a consultation, and then installs them
>> regardless.
>
> O terrific. It isn't a prob at the mo but I've refused to buy houses
> before now if the street has bumps, they drive me to distraction.
> If I suddenly found bumps outside I'd prolly do a Cumbria job on the
> council.

What's a 'Cumbria job'?

Alan


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From: Derek Geldard on 1 Jul 2010 17:41
On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 22:29:12 +0100, "alan.holmes"
<alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net> wrote:


>> O terrific. It isn't a prob at the mo but I've refused to buy houses
>> before now if the street has bumps, they drive me to distraction.
>> If I suddenly found bumps outside I'd prolly do a Cumbria job on the
>> council.
>
>What's a 'Cumbria job'?
>

It's a bit like "Going Postal"

>Alan

We guessed.

Derek
From: JNugent on 1 Jul 2010 18:16
brass monkey wrote:
> "Chris Bartram" <news(a)delete-me.piglet-net.net> wrote in message
> news:i0imt0$qcf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>> On 01/07/10 18:22, brass monkey wrote:
>>> Do residents get the chance to oppose speed bumps or do they simply
>>> appear?
>>>
>>>
>> My local council usually does a consultation, and then installs them
>> regardless.
>
> O terrific. It isn't a prob at the mo but I've refused to buy houses before
> now if the street has bumps, they drive me to distraction.

Sure you've got your priorities right?

There are speed bumps in my road. I only bought this house *because* they
were about to be installed. I recall only too well what some vehicle speeds
were before that.
From: Ed Chilada on 2 Jul 2010 03:45
On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:30:56 +0100, Chris Bartram
<news(a)delete-me.piglet-net.net> wrote:

>On 01/07/10 18:22, brass monkey wrote:
>> Do residents get the chance to oppose speed bumps or do they simply appear?
>>
>>
>My local council usually does a consultation, and then installs them
>regardless.

Our street had a 'consultation' when all our pavements were redone.
They asked us whether we wanted paving or tarmac. We all sent our
replies in and a few weeks later we got tarmac. One of the old ladies
down the road was so incensed by this she knocked on all the doors
(about 60 of them), and asked which way they voted. As you've probably
already guessed, the vast majority voted for paving.


From: NM on 2 Jul 2010 04:22
On 2 July, 08:45, Ed Chilada <nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:30:56 +0100, Chris Bartram
>
> <n...(a)delete-me.piglet-net.net> wrote:
> >On 01/07/10 18:22, brass monkey wrote:
> >> Do residents get the chance to oppose speed bumps or do they simply appear?
>
> >My local council usually does a consultation, and then installs them
> >regardless.
>
> Our street had a 'consultation' when all our pavements were redone.
> They asked us whether we wanted paving or tarmac. We all sent our
> replies in and a few weeks later we got tarmac. One of the old ladies
> down the road was so incensed by this she knocked on all the doors
> (about 60 of them), and asked which way they voted. As you've probably
> already guessed, the vast majority voted for paving.

Were the council officials and the tarmac suppliers in the same lodge
by any chance?
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