tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445165415457988826.post1894873205868410818..comments2023-04-20T14:53:36.457+01:00Comments on Ben-9's Waterways: Mugs Wanted?Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12729523557219015134noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445165415457988826.post-54104431163731122772010-09-02T15:16:00.548+01:002010-09-02T15:16:00.548+01:00I'm with Ben on this one...
its a typical pub...I'm with Ben on this one...<br /><br />its a typical public sector response to being told to involve 'volunteers' - the civil servants/local government types go running for the rule books and come up with grand 'training and accreditation' schemes which means before you can pick litter up at the lcal park you have to be trained in the proper use of a black bag, vetted, lock wheelernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445165415457988826.post-75668721911490668932010-08-15T20:24:59.151+01:002010-08-15T20:24:59.151+01:00Captain of Racheed is mistaken. The trip boat at M...Captain of Racheed is mistaken. The trip boat at Marsden has never been crewed by volunteers it has always been crewed by paid BW employees. He is probably confusing the BW trip boat with the community water taxi which is operated by member volunteers of Huddersfield canal society and operates from the same point of departure.<br />It should also be noted that the water taxi is not a full time Truefactfindernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445165415457988826.post-63576590354122566492010-08-14T21:52:52.958+01:002010-08-14T21:52:52.958+01:00Well I think its simple to fix this, we adopt the ...Well I think its simple to fix this, we adopt the Danish tax system and then all these thing can be easily paid for. So that is 55p in the pound from a threshold of 7K income, or there abouts. I'm sure you will object to that as well. There is no such thing as a free lunch, or canal system. It takes real money to run a canal as the IWA are now discovering the hard way. <br /> Trip boats Capt of the Racheedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243755906078485929noreply@blogger.com