submission pledges to date....
demolitionred, 07 Nov 2005 09:52:33
We have pledges from 32 people to make a submission to the consultaion process -- where are those from the other 280 people signed up to this group?
www.backlash-uk.org.uk has loads of advice on how to do this. It should only take an hour of your time and we can't overestimate how important this is.
There are currently over 300 members of this group.
Come on.
We have done so much but there remains loads to do.
guy, 07 Nov 2005 10:02:55
> We have pledges from 32 people to make a submission to the consultaion process
> -- where are those from the other 280 people signed up to this group?
>
Can I suggest that people with the time and skills be asked to volunteer to
help others, i.e. privately assist anybody who has something individual and
significant to say, but is insufficiently confident of their own ability to put
it across effectively?
As a councillor I once wanted to demonstrate residents of a street did not turn
it into as rat-run. I persuaded an elderly gentleman who'd lived there all
their life to go house to house, helping people write letters; each in their
own hand and in their own way. I won by deluging the Council with widely varied
responses, in every way, all against the proposal; but had I left it to people
to do it for themselves I would have had a pitiful response.
Academy Incorporated: turning fantasy into reality
Miss Prim's Muir Academy, Muir Academy For Maids,
The Academy Club and The Tawsingham Society:
fast friendly, helpful, discreet service, with integrity
www.academy-inc.com www.muir-academy.com guy@tawse.com
PO Box 135, Hereford, HR2 7WL, UK +44(0)1432 343100
Manniq, 07 Nov 2005 10:22:33
Yes - very happy to help.
redcat was having a go last night...and I think abandoned it. It is the forebodingness of it all, If you are used to writing for a living, pulling papers together, etc. it is first nature to take something like what the government has done, write...well, this is a load of bollocks, isn't it? and then proceed to say what you want to say about the underlying idea.
redcat started that way - but I think thought she wasn't allowed to do it...so ended up doing a slow and tortuous point by point response which would probably have read like an A-level essay.
Which is a shame, because on other topics, her style is to the point and useful.
A confidence thing. An awareness thing.
I'll add a few more guidelines here...but if anyone wants any pointers, ASK me.
Bottom line, you can write what you want.
If you really wish to point out the fairly obvious point that Paul Goggins is actually a green christian reptilian alien in disguise - and that he has eaten his undersecretary.....and is now using this paper to prevent news of his 'vore' tendencies leaking out...then say so.
You never know... Billie Piper may swing in to the rescue, pour cold water over him and he will melt into smelly insignificance.
Surrealism over. You CAN write anything in response. Some things are more advisable than others. But if you are a crank, no-one will hold that against you!!!
Regards,
M
Author wrote:
> > We have pledges from 32 people to make a submission to the consultaion process
> > -- where are those from the other 280 people signed up to this group?
> >
> Can I suggest that people with the time and skills be asked to volunteer to
> help others, i.e. privately assist anybody who has something individual and
> significant to say, but is insufficiently confident of their own ability to put
> it across effectively?
> As a councillor I once wanted to demonstrate residents of a street did not turn
> it into as rat-run. I persuaded an elderly gentleman who'd lived there all
> their life to go house to house, helping people write letters; each in their
> own hand and in their own way. I won by deluging the Council with widely varied
> responses, in every way, all against the proposal; but had I left it to people
> to do it for themselves I would have had a pitiful response.
> Academy Incorporated: turning fantasy into reality
> Miss Prim's Muir Academy, Muir Academy For Maids,
> The Academy Club and The Tawsingham Society:
> fast friendly, helpful, discreet service, with integrity
> www.academy-inc.com www.muir-academy.com guy@tawse.com
> PO Box 135, Hereford, HR2 7WL, UK +44(0)1432 343100
Paul C. Dickie, 07 Nov 2005 14:20:53
In message <6533572.1131358953949.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com
>, manniq@hotmail.com wrote:
>If you really wish to point out the fairly obvious point that Paul Goggins is
>actually a green christian reptilian alien in disguise - and that he has eaten
>his undersecretary.....and is now using this paper to prevent news of his 'vore'
>tendencies leaking out...then say so.
>
>You never know... Billie Piper may swing in to the rescue, pour cold water over
>him and he will melt into smelly insignificance.
It was *vinegar*, not water.
>Surrealism over. You CAN write anything in response. Some things are more
>advisable than others. But if you are a crank, no-one will hold that against
>you!!!
Especially if you write in purple crayon.
--
< Paul >
Manniq, 07 Nov 2005 14:29:18
Hmmm...it was a Wizard of Oz reference...albeit mixed up with V.
Voz, anyone?
So water not vinegar.
Although, if we believe that some combination of water and vinegar might serve to make Paul Goggins melt away, does that imply we see him as the Anti-Christ?
Regards,
M
Author wrote:
> In message <6533572.1131358953949.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com
> >, manniq@hotmail.com wrote:
> >If you really wish to point out the fairly obvious point that Paul Goggins is
> >actually a green christian reptilian alien in disguise - and that he has eaten
> >his undersecretary.....and is now using this paper to prevent news of his 'vore'
> >tendencies leaking out...then say so.
> >
> >You never know... Billie Piper may swing in to the rescue, pour cold water over
> >him and he will melt into smelly insignificance.
> It was *vinegar*, not water.
> >Surrealism over. You CAN write anything in response. Some things are more
> >advisable than others. But if you are a crank, no-one will hold that against
> >you!!!
> Especially if you write in purple crayon.
> --
> < Paul >
MsDemmie, 07 Nov 2005 17:54:42
For some reason I have this mental image of *nanny goggins* telling people not to be naughty or he will lock them up .......
Paul C. Dickie, 07 Nov 2005 18:09:02
In message <8068471.1131373675152.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com
>, manniq@hotmail.com wrote:
>Author wrote:
>> In message <6533572.1131358953949.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.
com
>> >, manniq@hotmail.com wrote:
>> >If you really wish to point out the fairly obvious point that Paul
>> >Goggins is actually a green christian reptilian alien in disguise -
>> >and that he has eaten his undersecretary..... and is now using this
>> >paper to prevent news of his 'vore' tendencies leaking out...then
>> >say so.
>> >
>> >You never know... Billie Piper may swing in to the rescue, pour
>> >cold water over him and he will melt into smelly insignificance.
>> It was *vinegar*, not water.
>
>Hmmm...it was a Wizard of Oz reference...albeit mixed up with V.
In "V", the reptilians were killed by a mysterious red dust which, if it
had been stated to be powdered padauk (Pterocarpus soyauxii) would have
been perfectly credible. That timber makes one throat and eyes burn
when one gets its dust in one's face.
>So water not vinegar.
Billie Piper was the actress who, in Doctor Who, slew a reptilian
monster by showering it with vinegar from a jar of pickled onions.
>Although, if we believe that some combination of water and vinegar might serve
>to make Paul Goggins melt away, does that imply we see him as the Anti-Christ?
Hardly. He's just a very naughty boy with delusions of adequacy.
--
< Paul >
Paul Tavener, 07 Nov 2005 23:07:36
I would be willing to help out if required.
Author wrote:
> > We have pledges from 32 people to make a submission to the consultaion process
> > -- where are those from the other 280 people signed up to this group?
> >
> Can I suggest that people with the time and skills be asked to volunteer to
> help others, i.e. privately assist anybody who has something individual and
> significant to say, but is insufficiently confident of their own ability to put
> it across effectively?
> As a councillor I once wanted to demonstrate residents of a street did not turn
> it into as rat-run. I persuaded an elderly gentleman who'd lived there all
> their life to go house to house, helping people write letters; each in their
> own hand and in their own way. I won by deluging the Council with widely varied
> responses, in every way, all against the proposal; but had I left it to people
> to do it for themselves I would have had a pitiful response.
> Academy Incorporated: turning fantasy into reality
> Miss Prim's Muir Academy, Muir Academy For Maids,
> The Academy Club and The Tawsingham Society:
> fast friendly, helpful, discreet service, with integrity
> www.academy-inc.com www.muir-academy.com guy@tawse.com
> PO Box 135, Hereford, HR2 7WL, UK +44(0)1432 343100
AV8R, 08 Nov 2005 01:45:29
I would also be willing to help anyone if requested.
Av8r
Author wrote:
> I would be willing to help out if required.
> Author wrote:
> > > We have pledges from 32 people to make a submission to the consultaion process
> > > -- where are those from the other 280 people signed up to this group?
> > >
> > Can I suggest that people with the time and skills be asked to volunteer to
> > help others, i.e. privately assist anybody who has something individual and
> > significant to say, but is insufficiently confident of their own ability to put
> > it across effectively?
> > As a councillor I once wanted to demonstrate residents of a street did not turn
> > it into as rat-run. I persuaded an elderly gentleman who'd lived there all
> > their life to go house to house, helping people write letters; each in their
> > own hand and in their own way. I won by deluging the Council with widely varied
> > responses, in every way, all against the proposal; but had I left it to people
> > to do it for themselves I would have had a pitiful response.
> > Academy Incorporated: turning fantasy into reality
> > Miss Prim's Muir Academy, Muir Academy For Maids,
> > The Academy Club and The Tawsingham Society:
> > fast friendly, helpful, discreet service, with integrity
> > www.academy-inc.com www.muir-academy.com guy@tawse.com
> > PO Box 135, Hereford, HR2 7WL, UK +44(0)1432 343100
Paul C. Dickie, 08 Nov 2005 04:40:18
In message <7566170.1131386079101.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com
>, msdemmie@gmail.com wrote:
>For some reason I have this mental image of *nanny goggins* telling people not
>to be naughty or he will lock them up .......
You seen to have misspelled "ninny". HTH.
However, perhaps an image of the gormless Goggins as a sort of Mary
Poppins on steroids and/or speed might be useful in a poster campaign?
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< Paul >