| Letters - 24 October 2005 |
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| DUNDEE OUT-of-hours services are to be relocated at Ninewells Hospital instead of Wallacetown Health Centre. |
| I do not agree with this proposal as Ninewells is too far away for some people and not everybody has a car, and taxis are not cheap.
The out-of-hours service should remain at Wallacetown because people coming from Broughty Ferry, Douglas, Fintry, etc, have easy access and it is also accessible for people in Lochee and Menzieshill.
Why must everything end up at Ninewells?
Hands off and leave well alone. — H. G. |
| Bread not bombs |
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| I wonder how much of Pakistan’s economy is spent on nuclear arms?
The sad earthquake disaster has highlighted the non-existence of a rural infrastructure.
The massive scale of absolute poverty is clearly there for the world to see.
If ever the immorality of nuclear weapons needed exposed, surely Pakistan is an example.
The saying bread not bombs has never been more stark. — Jim Hutchison, Dundee. |
| Shared fields |
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| MANY OF the fields of North Sea oil and gas have been found under the territorial waters of more than one country.
In many cases extraction has followed detailed negotiations between countries and after much compromise and co-operation.
The SNP maintains the stocks of North Sea oil and gas only belongs to Scotland.
Does anyone actually believe other countries would willingly hand over £billions worth of oil and gas to the exchequer of a newly independent Scotland? — F. Clark, Dundee. |
| Good enough for all |
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| I REFER to the article regarding the savings that Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital is having to make. I suggest NHS Tayside builds four 400ft-tall wind turbines in the grounds. This should save considerable fuel costs.
As far as obtaining planning permission these turbines will be whole-heartedly approved by Dundee City Council Planning Department.
Councillors Rod Wallace and John Letford also think they are a wonderful idea.
If these turbines are good enough for the east end of Dundee at Michelin and only 322 metres away from the nearest residential property then they are good enough for the west end.
If Ninewells Hospital requires further information regarding the savings that can be made I am sure Michelin will only be too happy to oblige. — Hawick Drive Resident. |
| Care needed |
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| I REFER to the situation with the Dundee woman putting herself up for auction on eBay. Today, women have to be careful about situations like this.
People of all kinds have access to the Internet and can bid on such as this and reveal nothing of their background or lifestyle.
It may only be advertising for a night out, however, a lot can happen in minutes.
I am thinking more about younger girls getting the impression that looking for “dates” online is an acceptable practice. They must be more careful. — Safety Conscious. |
| Getting priorities right |
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| THE RAF has placed an order for more than 200 of Britain’s new £50 million Typhoon Euro Fighters. We now have no identifiable threat, e.g. the Eastern Bloc.
I then heard about a children’s cancer unit threatened with closure. Shame on you New Labour. — Gavin Quirk, Brackens Road, Dundee. |
| Class-less award |
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| I READ with some puzzlement, Scottish Republican’s comments on the MBE being a part of a class system.
I, for one, was born in a tenement in the Overgate, raised in Kirkton, went to the Stobie school without ever getting the chance to sit my Qually from primary school.
I considered myself a poor Dundonian. I got on with my life without looking back.
I have a degree in Maths, Communications Skills and Geography plus a City and Guilds in Field Engineering.
I have never thought of myself as any other than a working-class chap.
I was awarded the MBE for my services to Scottish Youth.
I was delighted to see a woman from Dundee given the MBE for her services as cleaning lady, and that is surely not a class system. — John J. Smith, MBE. |
| Found carrier bag |
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| I FOUND a carrier bag with children’s clothes in Albert Square, Dundee, on October 14. It has been handed in to Tayside Police. — Finder. |
| Increase air fares |
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| LETTER WRITER F. P. R. suggests Fife, Angus and Perthshire councils should be morally obliged to pay for the upkeep of Dundee Airport.
My business is based in North Angus and regularly uses Aberdeen Airport because of its excellent links to elsewhere in the UK, the Continent and worldwide. It had 2.7 million passengers in 2004 and is going over to 24-hour operation this year.
I would imagine the councils and people in Fife and Perthshire would object to having to subsidise Dundee Airport while Edinburgh (8 million passengers) and Glasgow (8.6 million) are also comparatively near and offer world-class facilities. Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports are self-sufficient and profit-making because of their throughput of business and visitors.
Dundee Airport is a heavily subsidised facility which offers very limited scope for growth because of its short runway.
I suggest to F. P. R. that those who use Dundee Airport be charged more for doing so and lift the tax burden from the huge majority of local people. — Angus Black. |
| Stop flouncing |
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| I’VE BEEN hearing the term “metrosexual” used in the Press and on TV and as far as I can gather these young men seem to think they are at the forefront of modern masculinity.
I’ve got news for them, men will never win the battle of the sexes as long as they pander to the feminine easy life. In my day a man was a man and hard manual graft was a badge of honour. Working in an office so you don’t get your clothes dirty seems to be the norm now.
You don’t have to be a sexist to be manly and I’m sure young women find it rather worrying when their new boyfriend spends more money on moisturiser than they do. It’s time to knuckle down and stop the flouncing about. — Law Abider, Kenmore Terrace, Dundee. |
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