No wonder we get told by foreigners who come to live and work here that we pay too much in taxes - everything is taxed and yet for all that road tax we pay, there are STILL holes in the roads!!!
I have phoned my local council this morning to tell them that they have designed very badly the new paper recycling bags - flat bags, no handles, nothing to cover them in the wet (like we have a dry climate, ha ha!) and difficult to lift for those with manual dexterity problems when full. Oh, yes, madam, you're not the first person to make that point. So I said to the guy, if you're going to be spending my money designing these things, I want a say in them!!! They've taken my number!
Jackie
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