| Letters - 08 September 2006 |
| Down side to smoking ban |
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| I AM a pub and club entertainer. Throughout the years I have seen many changes in the Scottish pub and club scene.
In the 60s, every venue offered entertainment and they all had their own resident band, who often invited punters from the audience to come up and join in.
People smoked and drank their favourite tipples and generally enjoyed their night out.
It is wrong the smoking ban means that a respectable woman, who feels like a smoke, has to go and stand outside with a bunch of lads who, in normal circumstances, she wouldn’t spend the time of day with.
I don’t know the answer to this problem, but believe there is something far wrong. — Jaycee.
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| Punish the parents |
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| THE NANNY state has produced Superchavs, who will destroy and attack on a whim. Only real force will make a difference to these people.
If parents cannot/will not control their offspring, then the guilty child/teenager must be punished by short-sharp methods and if the family concerned are deemed to be ruining the quality of life for other hard-working people in their area, then the parent should be made homeless and the children taken into care.
Not surprisingly Dundee has picked up an award for third most crime-ridden city in Scotland — enough said, I believe. — Jeff Duncan, PO Box 10083, Dundee DD3 9WW. |
| Praise for policemen |
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| LETTER WRITER Inspector Clouseau rightly criticises Tayside Police for officers forcing entry to the wrong address to execute a drugs warrant.
I hope he or she will be just as quick to praise the force for prompt detection of major incidents that have occurred in the city recently, namely a murder, two armed robberies and two further robberies on the same business.
Keep up the good work. — No Double Standards.
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| Recipe for car disaster |
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| TAKING A stroll along Kenmore Terrace, in Dundee, I spotted another disabled space marked out.
I have no problem with people having these spaces (I may require one for myself), but this latest one is not even two cars’ length from one on the other side of the road.
This slalom effect is repeated along the terrace and is a recipe for disaster.
When parking spaces are at a premium, in the evenings people resort to parking half on and half off the pavement making it a tight squeeze to get past.
It would be a real problem for an ambulance or fire engine to negotiate these gaps.
The solution seems simple. Everyone should park on the same side.
This has been rendered impossible due to the disabled markings, some big enough to park a bus and others tiny. — Lawabider, Kenmore Terrace, Dundee. |
| Pay what’s due |
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| SO FEMALE workers are being made to pay back the arrears on council tax and seem to be up in arms. Tough luck, ladies.
I wholeheartedly agree that Dundee City Council should pay the money owed as they were paying them less than their male counterparts.
The council have rightly been forced to mend their ways and make recompense.
So now that these women have been awarded what they are owed, it’s time to pay what they owe.
Pay your debts like the majority of decent, hardworking Dundonians and stop bleating. — L.. L.., Dundee. |
| Wrong attitude |
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| I AM a 19 year old student with a part-time job and I gave up half-a-day’s study and a lot of hard-earned money to arrive at a driving test centre only to be told the examiner was on strike.
If I, as a student, took this attitude with my tutors, I would be removed from the course. — Craig Lockhart, Perth. |
| Don’t forget |
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| ANYONE WHO wants poppy wreaths, sprays or such for Remembrance 2006, contact us either by e-mail at poppies.dundee1@tesco.net or telephone 01382 542109.
Orders are required to be with us by Friday, September 15. — Frank A. Smith, Chairman, City of Dundee Poppy Appeal Committee. |
| Long wait |
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| THE LATEST Scottish Executive figures show CT scan waiting times in Fife at three weeks, but seven weeks in Tayside.
A sizeable number of patients seen at NHS Tayside’s hospitals come from across the Tay. Referrals from Fife to Dundee ought to be put on hold. — S. W., Monifieth.
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| Demotion |
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| IT SEEMS incongruous that astronomical experts have deemed it necessary to demote Pluto with its moons and Planet 2003UB313 to a group of inferior planets.
Both orbit our sun. Surely it would have been better to name both, plus any other future planets discovered in out solar system beyond Neptune, Pluto 1, Pluto 2…etc.
The series could have been called Plutonian and Pluto’s status would have been retained. — Elmwood Stargazer. |
| Big success |
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| MANY THANKS to relatives, friends and staff of Southern Cross Healthcare for their continued support for our clients’ comfort fund.
We raised a staggering £1101.49 at our summer fete held on August 26 and the day was a great success. — Cathy Dow, Activities Organiser. |
| Moving love story |
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| I FOUND the Bollywood movie, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kenha, a very powerful and emotional love story. The acting was superb and I would thoroughly endorse it.
But instead of taking sweets, a strong handkerchief is needed. — George Aimer, Kinghorne Road, Dundee. |
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| IN ANSWER to the reader who wondered how foreigners can live off their wages and send money home. Well, they’re not paying tax like us. — Taxed. |
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