Classic!!

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OK, I think you can see where this story is going. Is it just me or is something wrong here ?

<cynic> No, just standard campaigning fare. You know the stuff. Happens every year in the run up to
Council Tax announcements they announce the orphanage is going to have to be shut down (never a cut
in all those things they waste money on) to avoid a big tax hike. Everyone protests, shut down
cancelled, big tax hike introduced. Simple psychology that works every time. Here they want the bus
back so what better sob story to engender sympathy and support. My son cycled to school and nothing
happened wouldn't get them anywhere </cynic>

Tony

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Dave said:

OK, I think you can see where this story is going. Is it just me or is something wrong here ?

<cynic> No, just standard campaigning fare. You know the stuff. Happens every

year

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in the run up to Council Tax announcements they announce the orphanage is going to have to be shut
down (never a cut in all those things they waste money on) to avoid a big tax hike. Everyone
protests, shut down

cancelled,

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big tax hike introduced. Simple psychology that works every time. Here they want the bus back so
what better sob story to engender sympathy and support. My son cycled to school and nothing
happened wouldn't get them anywhere </cynic>

Tony

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"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything." Mark Twain

...and just to back up what you're saying, what's the front page headline tonight ?... "Parents in
row over move to scrap bus" Y'old cynic you ;-) Dave.

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Last nights local press.... Headline - Anger as boy cyclist hurt in a car smash (caught my eye)
sub headline - Youngster injured after lost bus service forces ride to school (hhhmmm, topical,
thought I) Story- A14 yr old boy collided with a car after being forced to cycle to school when
the bus service he normally used was withdrawn (oh dear, this ain't gonna be good for getting
folks onto bikes...the

story

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continues...)

fault,

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school. He suffered concussion, cuts and bruises and although he needed hospital treatment, he was
not seriously hurt. (silver lining - still not good news for the reducing school run by cycling
campaign....)

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oncoming car. His mother YYY today said the accident was a perfect example of why the decision to
withdraw the service, which had caused anger in the local community, was dangerous..... The
headteacher supported the mother with the quote "if the bus service

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still here, he would not have been cycling"

OK, I think you can see where this story is going. Is it just me or is something wrong here ? The
story was accompanied with a picture of the 20-something stone mom

distressed

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her expression matched that of a bulldog chewing several wasps. I am trying really hard to resist
the temptation of writing the letter. I know they're doing it just to wind me up (b*stards...yes,
it's personal!!)

Dave.

20 stone mums seem to be quite common now !

Graham

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Last nights local press.... Headline - Anger as boy cyclist hurt in a car smash (caught my eye)
sub headline - Youngster injured after lost bus service forces ride to school (hhhmmm, topical,
thought I) Story- A14 yr old boy collided with a car after being forced to cycle to school when
the bus service he normally used was withdrawn (oh dear, this ain't gonna be good for getting
folks onto bikes...the

story

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continues...)

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fault,

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school. He suffered concussion, cuts and bruises and although he needed hospital treatment, he
was not seriously hurt. (silver lining - still not good

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for the reducing school run by cycling campaign....)

knocked

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oncoming car. His mother YYY today said the accident was a perfect example of why the decision
to withdraw the service, which had caused anger in the local community, was dangerous..... The
headteacher supported the mother with the quote "if the bus service

was

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still here, he would not have been cycling"

OK, I think you can see where this story is going. Is it just me or is something wrong here ?
The story was accompanied with a picture of the 20-something stone mom

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distressed

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her expression matched that of a bulldog chewing several wasps. I am trying really hard to
resist the temptation of writing the letter.

I

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know they're doing it just to wind me up (b*stards...yes, it's

personal!!)

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Dave.

20 stone mums seem to be quite common now !

Graham

...and not just moms...dads, kids, grans etcetc.... it's a 'more in than out' thing coupled with
high carb / high processed / lack of fruit&veg diet...oh, and those nasty vestigial limb things that
keep getting in the way when trying to roll from bed to car to Maccy D's...and back ;-)