tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post4139643751389501085..comments2024-03-13T10:32:22.656+00:00Comments on thanetonline: School holidays start with don’t swim in the sea and children’s books in the bookshop Michael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-26487692184624135732014-07-30T11:02:36.744+01:002014-07-30T11:02:36.744+01:00The key to this anon, is that the UK’s and a lot o...The key to this anon, is that the UK’s and a lot of other countries infrastructure is very old. In the UK most of the drainage is a Victorian system that has been updated.<br /><br />So if we go back a hundred years, most inland towns had sewage farms and processed their sewage before discharging it into rivers, while all of the costal towns used long outfall pipes and poured it straight into the sea. <br /><br />This meant that most inland towns had and still have two drainage systems, one for rainwater and one for foul sewage. The rainwater one discharging straight into the rivers and the foul one being processed.<br /><br />Most of the costal towns had and mostly still have, a dual system, which means it all goes down one pipe, this used to all go straight into the sea, but now it all goes to the sewage farm. This is combined with the outfall pipes, which are used when we get heavy rain and the sewage farm can’t cope, so it goes into the sea. <br /><br />We could have a duel system installed for every house in Thanet , not only would this be very expensive, but the piping on/in almost every building in Thanet would have to be changed. <br />Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-87694040872345996152014-07-30T08:50:33.818+01:002014-07-30T08:50:33.818+01:00So were do Southern Water discharge their water in...So were do Southern Water discharge their water in places like Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks? If it works in these inland towns then coastal towns are entitled to the same solutions - unless of course coastal towns pay a lot less for there water services.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-75626004931709446642014-07-29T23:21:08.259+01:002014-07-29T23:21:08.259+01:00And if you use the right psychology you can make p...And if you use the right psychology you can make people jump through hoops for you in the guise of saving the world. I think Julia George had the last laugh over the stoogies this morning on Radio Kent.<br /><br />As I said before the Emperor is wearing his new clothesGod help ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12726756701964575422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-2510082547976757862014-07-29T23:19:08.400+01:002014-07-29T23:19:08.400+01:00They do have tanks Om but they need more. But Exc...They do have tanks Om but they need more. But Excessive rainfall is difficult to deal with. When I was in Singapore ten inches of rain once fell in 24 hours. The main dual carriageway connecting Singapore city to the Malayan border had a monsoon drain six feet deep and twice as wide, yet the road still flooded. I agree Michael that signs in place are better than sweeping the situation under the carpet.Still Even More Bemused Of Birchingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01378876660344475835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-66258304382944653732014-07-29T23:13:36.288+01:002014-07-29T23:13:36.288+01:00“If you've got them by the balls, their hearts... “If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.” Theodore Roosevelt. And yes it was Hermann Goring.<br /><br />Still Even More Bemused Of Birchingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01378876660344475835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-62670873837045085292014-07-29T21:21:47.521+01:002014-07-29T21:21:47.521+01:00interesting psychologyinteresting psychologyGod help ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12726756701964575422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-29491709348854555382014-07-29T21:07:15.735+01:002014-07-29T21:07:15.735+01:00Hermann Goring?Hermann Goring?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312167131325466700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-34168629552195223882014-07-29T21:04:18.676+01:002014-07-29T21:04:18.676+01:00To increase water charges would be a travesty as S...To increase water charges would be a travesty as South East water Co must be forced to pay out of their profits or to invest in a overflow tank. When it rains hard they need to fill the tank then when water has dropped then they can pump it back into their system. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312167131325466700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-18878433622454147262014-07-29T20:33:25.131+01:002014-07-29T20:33:25.131+01:00found a quote which although not directly related ...found a quote which although not directly related to circumstances here does explain some of the psychology in use to rally the troops. I will be changing some of the words but will leave the original quote intact.<br /><br />"The people (supporters) can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is the easy part. All you have to do is to tell them they (pro-manston) are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists (realists) for lack of patriotism and exposing the country (manston) to danger. It works the same way for any country."<br />I wonder if any one knows just who said this?God help ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12726756701964575422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-11953607268627553312014-07-29T20:00:36.190+01:002014-07-29T20:00:36.190+01:00SEMBOB very like the airport it is the old balance...SEMBOB very like the airport it is the old balance between pollution and economics, in simple terms, as this post is directed at children as well as adults. People in wealthier communities live longer and pollution, which is almost always the result of making wealth, often makes the people in communities die younger.<br /><br />One important trick is to make sure you don’t get the pollution without the associated wealth, like all the freight planes that the airports in wealthier communities don’t want, but very little of the wealth associated with the more labour intensive passenger flights and the advantages of many travel destinations economically benefiting local business. <br /><br />But yes in this case I think we should be considering more expensive water to improve the sewage infrastructure, which the water bills pay for.<br /><br />That said there will always be pollution incidents and the most important thing here is for it to become publicly known that at the beaches in Thanet are ones, where as soon as there is an emergency discharge, the warning signs go up because of the risk of pollution and before the sea sweeps the pollution onto the beaches. <br /><br />I am absolutely certain that at a lot of other places this doesn’t happen and it is easy to check in the UK as the actual beach pollution figures, derived from weekly testing of the water quality, are published about a fortnight after the testing. <br />Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-35659565580938334392014-07-29T19:19:37.146+01:002014-07-29T19:19:37.146+01:00It's a great pity that sewerage is still pumpe...It's a great pity that sewerage is still pumped into the sea. I know that if this hadn't been done then there would have been localised flooding and perhaps sewerage in the streets. I know which I prefer of the two options. I don't have to swim, but I do have to use the streets. Nevertheless something needs to be done. Perhaps a longer outfall pipe, again. More investment? Perhaps someone could buy it for a nominal sum and sort it out forever.<br /><br />I know that as a kid I used Walpole a lot, back in the day. I often wondered why there was a funny sort of scum on the water, and I gave it a wide berth. But I haven't swum in the Walpole Bay since 1965 so don't know what it's like now.<br /><br />I shall return later to see if I have been castigated for something I haven't done. :-) Still Even More Bemused Of Birchingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01378876660344475835noreply@blogger.com