cleanliness of Canada Parks????
Feb 23rd 2009, 5:10 pm
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Re: cleanliness of Canada Parks????
christ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, my dad took the kids to Clitheroe castle on Sat Aft - incidentally it was shut!!!!!!!!!
Its horrible isnt it, there was an article in one local newspaper about used hypodermic needles strewn around the swings............:curse:
Its horrible isnt it, there was an article in one local newspaper about used hypodermic needles strewn around the swings............:curse:
Feb 23rd 2009, 5:11 pm
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Re: cleanliness of Canada Parks????
Something with which I'm concerned whenever I take my dog to the park. He doesn't shit of course, being Canadian, but is in constant danger of being pricked.
Feb 23rd 2009, 5:13 pm
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Feb 23rd 2009, 5:15 pm
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blimey what have I done to be titled a "senior member"???,........
Feb 23rd 2009, 5:16 pm
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Feb 23rd 2009, 5:17 pm
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Canada's sixth-most populous municipality as it states on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississauga
Feb 23rd 2009, 5:17 pm
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National Parks, Provincial Parks, generally very clean. Local parks in urban areas not so much. Local parks in areas of high density cramped housing, dirty with lots of turds and needles. Those things are not different in Canada. It may be possible for an immigrant to set up in a nicer area than they could in the UK though with falling UK house prices isn't the safe bet it once was.
How dare they that's one of the reasons we moved to Alberta
Feb 23rd 2009, 5:52 pm
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Re: cleanliness of Canada Parks????
Me too, and we even saw one man shout at a woman "if you are going to let your dog cr*p all over my lawn you pick it up or you p*ss off back to the UK, we respect each others properties here" - didn't much like his language but loved the sentiment.
Feb 23rd 2009, 6:13 pm
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Don't let Hazel hear your views on her beloved utopia. Actually, it has been shown that lot levies and annual property taxes on single family homes don't, in the long run, pay for themselves. Multiple unit properties, apartments and definately commercial tax rates even things out as they generally cover the shortfall that single family homes create. This tends to work out for most municipalities in Ontario.
Feb 23rd 2009, 6:18 pm
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Don't let Hazel hear your views on her beloved utopia. Actually, it has been shown that lot levies and annual property taxes on single family homes don't, in the long run, pay for themselves. Multiple unit properties, apartments and definately commercial tax rates even things out as they generally cover the shortfall that single family homes create. This tends to work out for most municipalities in Ontario.
Feb 23rd 2009, 6:28 pm
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Re: cleanliness of Canada Parks????
This half term, I took my three youngest to our "local" attractions - we went to Hollingworth Lake near to us for a cycle round.... I spent the entire time saying mind that dog poo!!!! watch where you are cycling etc etc and couldn't help but notice all the bins were overflowing and it was quite depressing. Then we went to Heaton Park near Manchester the next day, we were soo disappointed again at the amount of dog cr@p and the amount of litter was horrendous - it was really awful - why do us brits not look after our nature areas and parks. I am so looking forward to our recce in summer to Vancouver and Okanagan and hope when we are there I will not be spending my time dodging the dog poo and cringing at the amount of litter!!!!
Someone who lets their dog cr@p on the grass verge outside my house, right next where my car is parked so that myself and the kids have to do a balancing act to get in the car; on the way to my kids school on a residential area, through a children's playground, every day we are dodging the poo, I am saying the same 'mind the poo, mind the poo'. Some of the beaches here and parks are disgusting.
Some people just don't give a hoot, I give them a bit of verbal if I see that they don't intend cleaning it up and hand them a bag myself (one of these days I'll probably get a smack in the mouth, lol).
Kaz