Comments on: When is a ban not a ban? http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/2006/08/05/when-is-a-ban-not-a-ban/ Resources and discussion on the hosepipe ban, drought and water shortage Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:48:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Millions Ignore Hosepipe Ban - Hosepipe Ban, Water Shortage and Drought Blog http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/2006/08/05/when-is-a-ban-not-a-ban/#comment-129 Millions Ignore Hosepipe Ban - Hosepipe Ban, Water Shortage and Drought Blog Wed, 09 Aug 2006 07:06:16 +0000 http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/?p=27#comment-129 [...] But, as we’ve been saying, if people were actually getting fined, perhaps it wouldn’t happen. So again we ask, what’s the point of the ban? [...] [...] But, as we’ve been saying, if people were actually getting fined, perhaps it wouldn’t happen. So again we ask, what’s the point of the ban? [...]

]]> By: Hose http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/2006/08/05/when-is-a-ban-not-a-ban/#comment-127 Hose Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:08:36 +0000 http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/?p=27#comment-127 Hi John. Thanks for the comment. I know the feeling - don't get me going about driving though! The problem is, very few people actually do anything about these annoyances. They just tend to talk and moan - a bit like me writing a blog about it. I really like the phrase "civil disobedience". Maybe it's the only way to get things done. Hi John. Thanks for the comment.

I know the feeling – don’t get me going about driving though! The problem is, very few people actually do anything about these annoyances. They just tend to talk and moan – a bit like me writing a blog about it.

I really like the phrase “civil disobedience”. Maybe it’s the only way to get things done.

]]> By: John Yardley http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/2006/08/05/when-is-a-ban-not-a-ban/#comment-126 John Yardley Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:38:43 +0000 http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/?p=27#comment-126 I haven't got the hose out yet, but I am sorely tempted. I am sick of all this institutional incompetence - if its not zero tolerance parking, its road humps or stealth rates by people that hide behind monopolies and government. I think it is time to embark on a campaign of civil disobedience. I haven’t got the hose out yet, but I am sorely tempted. I am sick of all this institutional incompetence – if its not zero tolerance parking, its road humps or stealth rates by people that hide behind monopolies and government. I think it is time to embark on a campaign of civil disobedience.

]]> By: Hose http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/2006/08/05/when-is-a-ban-not-a-ban/#comment-117 Hose Mon, 07 Aug 2006 07:02:30 +0000 http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/?p=27#comment-117 Thanks for the comment. We have mentioned this idea in a <a href="http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/?p=20" rel="nofollow">previous post</a> and it does seem like an interesting idea. The problem of course is exciting the general public's imagination and gaining momentum with it. By the way, your link doesn't work. Thanks for the comment.

We have mentioned this idea in a previous post and it does seem like an interesting idea. The problem of course is exciting the general public’s imagination and gaining momentum with it.

By the way, your link doesn’t work.

]]> By: H http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/2006/08/05/when-is-a-ban-not-a-ban/#comment-113 H Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:55:14 +0000 http://www.hosepipeban.org.uk/?p=27#comment-113 ENFORCE A PAYMENT STRIKE!!! IF THAMES WATER ARE WASTING 30% OF THE WATER THEY PROVIDE WE SHOULD ONLY PAY 70% OF OUR BILLS - CHECK OUT THIS SITE FOR A CALL TO ACTION - IT'S CALLED THAMES WASTERS WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THAMES WATER ARE: THAMESWASTERS.CO.UK ENFORCE A PAYMENT STRIKE!!!

IF THAMES WATER ARE WASTING 30% OF THE WATER THEY PROVIDE WE SHOULD ONLY PAY 70% OF OUR BILLS – CHECK OUT THIS SITE FOR A CALL TO ACTION – IT’S CALLED THAMES WASTERS WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THAMES WATER ARE:

THAMESWASTERS.CO.UK

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