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user23.3
January 2, 2010, 11:13am Report to Moderator

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Like I wrote, and you repeatedly ignore; it was freezing that night and I would expect a gritting authority to respond to a legitimate advice. Presumably the council did, i.e. it didn't go gritting because the forecast changed and snow never come.  If the advice was to go gritting and they did, but the snow didn't materialise, then I would imagine fewer people would have complained than if the reverse been true.
I imagine more people would complain when the council overspent on gritting the roads, or ran out having used too much when it wasn't needed.

Your point about it being icy is a red herring and an attempt to divert the debate, the original post refers to snow and there was none, case closed.
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January 2, 2010, 11:46am Report to Moderator

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What's all this about "support", this isn't a football match you know.

Black and white of it is the original poster was wrong and would have cost us all money if they were running things, which shows just how difficult the job of gritting (or not gritting) is. This will no doubt have little effect on the whiners.

It seems pointless debating this any more as it didn't snow on the day and question and no matter how much anyone tries to twist the original intent of the post around this fact will not change.


It's not a jock strap either (although maybe a nearer comparison  )

Yes it is a boring debate but as long as you know where you stand that's all that matters.
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Greenham Common
January 2, 2010, 12:12pm Report to Moderator

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I imagine more people would complain when the council overspent on gritting the roads, or ran out having used too much when it wasn't needed.  Your point about it being icy is a red herring and an attempt to divert the debate, the original post refers to snow and there was none, case closed.

Only in your failed bid to discredit the OP.

No-one could rightly complain if the council followed legitimate sources of advice.  If the council has stocks that follow advice of the people that are in a position to know best, that is good enough.  Should the council go against professional advice and ran out then that would be a reason to complain.

It being freezing on the night before a predicted snow fall is not a red herring, as salting/gritting would not have been a total waste.
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January 2, 2010, 1:38pm Report to Moderator

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I imagine more people would complain when the council overspent on gritting the roads, or ran out having used too much when it wasn't needed.

Your point about it being icy is a red herring and an attempt to divert the debate, the original post refers to snow and there was none, case closed.


Are you saying that WBC don't grit when it is icy only when it is going to snow then???
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