| Letters - 14 November 2006 |
| Disgrace at chemist |
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| I WAS in the chemist recently and was waiting to speak to the pharmacist. People were waiting for their “prescribed medication”.
The impatience, rudeness and foul language of most of them was disgraceful.
If I did that, I would be put out or the police called. I am glad my son was not there to hear this.
I felt so sorry for the pharmacist and his assistant. No one should have to put up with this at work. They did their best to serve these people quickly to get them out of the shop, but, meanwhile, I and others had to listen and wait.
Some people came in and said morning to the pharmacist, took their medication, thanked him then left. But why were they served first? It’s like people are on eggshells because they know these people can be aggressive.
Should there not be separate facilities for this type of prescribed drug? — Disgusted. |
| Chaos outside High School |
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Euclid Crescent choked up with traffic in this photo submitted by the letter writer.
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| I WAS interested in the letter “High School witch hunt” from Totally Bemused.
I would be interested to know if this person was at the High School at around 3.30 last Friday afternoon to witness the total chaos caused by selfish parents blocking the junction of Euclid Crescent and Albert Square.
No sign of any uniformed officers that day, just plenty of bad drivers. Cars couldn’t get into school because of the cars coming out. Nobody would give an inch.
Buses parked on the zig-zags certainly didn’t help matters, narrowing the road considerably and making it extremely difficult for two-way traffic. One thing I would agree with, it certainly was a pantomime. — Keen Observer.
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| Charlie Walker, Mr Lochee |
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| I WRITE on behalf of my Aunt Betty. She says Councillor Charles Farquhar is, in her eyes, not “Mr Lochee”, as described in the Tele’s interview when he decided to stand down at the forthcoming elections.
She says it’s the other Charlie, Charles Walker, affectionately known as the Wee Fat Lochee Tenor, to distinguish from the others in the singing group.
He has been entertaining at concert parties since he was a schoolboy and his kind and helping ways take some beating.
My Aunt, who has read the Tele since it cost one old penny, says if you walk down Lochee High Street you will find everyone knows Charlie Walker. — Betty’s Niece.
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| Made homeless |
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| I WAS brought up in Lochee and always refer to Charlie Walker as “Mr Lochee”, not Councillor Charles Farquhar.
I know of others who do the same. One of Charlie’s cracks was that we were all made homeless when the original Lochee United Social Club closed down. — Sandra.
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| Roadshow not noisy |
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| RE THE letter from “Deafened, Dundee” in Thursday’s Tele. The writer complained about noise from the Radio Tay Roadshow during the fireworks display at Baxter Park.
Radio Tay was not responsible for the choice of music. This was selected by the fireworks company in conjunction with the organisers, Dundee City Council.
I wonder if the letter writer was at the same Baxter Park as I was.
When eight-year-old Zoe Mitchell pressed the button to start the fireworks, that was the last word spoken until one of our DJs said “thank you for coming along, have a safe journey home”, and that was after the fireworks display had ended.
At no time during the display did anyone say a word — so where the screaming presenters were is beyond me. — Ally Ballingall, Managing Director, Radio Tay.
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| Why we pay tax |
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| THE STATE of roads in Dundee has led to my car needing repaired three times this year.
I am concerned about an accident occurring due to these potholes. The council should sort out this problem. This is why we pay tax. — Concerned.
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| Even higher |
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| I HAVE just received a leaflet from Shona Robison MSP.
In this she says, "Labour and Tory councillors who run Dundee have saddled us with the second highest Council Tax in Scotland."
Why does she not explain that the SNP in Dundee proposed an even higher council tax earlier this year? — Not Fooled.
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| Lib-Dem leader |
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| POLITICS WATCHER might have had a valid point if Lib-Dem leader Nicol Stephen had ruled out a coalition with SNP. But he didn’t.
He just wants to rule out a referendum on independence despite the fact that two-thirds of Lib-Dems want one. — Political Watcher.
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| Dear tea |
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| MY WIFE and I visited our son and his wife. On the way home we stopped at a hotel for tea.
It was very nice but it wasn't only the tea that was high. The prices were shocking.
How much profit can you expect to make from a teabag?
We were charged 80p for a cup of tea and the staff were offended when we requested a pot of hot water for a second cup.
We were then charged 20p for this. With scones at 60p and butter and jam at 30p, no wonder visitors to Scotland are put off. — John and Phylis Dench, Perth Road, Dundee.
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| Nothing new |
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| TOMMY SHERIDAN again has a go at fellow MSPs about expenses and profiting by keeping a second home in Edinburgh.
This is nothing new. MPs in London have been doing it for years. I think Mr Sheridan should be seen and not heard. — Jimmy Borland, Marryat Terrace, Dundee. |
| Stops query |
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| NOW THE Travel Dundee 9X is to be every 15 minutes, why can’t it stop all the way into the city centre? It stops all the way on the Perth Road, but it's never full. — J. E. Webster, Eden Terrace, Dundee.
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| Old friends |
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| CAN ANY reader tell me the whereabouts of old friends from the 60s living in Dundee? I’d love to hear from Jane and June Ellis, Ann Anderson and Marion Giblin, who stayed in Mid Craigie. — Mrs Linda Cooke, 63 Marloch Avenue, Port Glasgow, PA14 6LJ.
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