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Poor you :-(

"Sacha" wrote in message ...

Mike, we KNOW you're a troll and a bit more than a fool, you don't have
to keep on proving it. But thanks, you have just perfectly illustrated
my point for me. You're eaten up with jealousy, frustration and the
knowledge of your own inadequacy. You have absolutely nothing to
contribute of worth and it's genuinely pathetic - I use that word
advisedly - that an old man like you has to do this sort of thing to
give his life some meaning. You are a truly sad and lonely figure.

On 2013-07-23 15:14:17 +0100, Mike said:

Just shows how wrong you can be.

A confrontation took place whereby a 'knowall' informed the owner of a
bonfire that it was 'Illegal', 'Dangerous' and that the person was to
be reported. It was after this person was informed that bonfires are
not illegal and in this particular case, was in a concrete lined bay so
couldn't be dangerous, that the person went off wth his tail between
his legs.

What I wanted to know was just how much people know, and as it happens,
not very much.

Whilst I fully appreciate that you feel that you are the fount of all
knowledge on this forum, there are in fact people who cannot stand you
persistent arguments and downright domineering attitude, and it is when
you are away, and no you don't need to advertise the fact when you g
away, the lack of your persistent postings and the peace that rules
tells us.

Now write to my family. Or go and tell Ray.

Kindest possible regards

Mike

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This will of course give you the opportunity to shove another advert
out for the Garden Centre won't it?

By the way, you haven't informed us what you have been into Totnes for
lately for the Tea Rooms, however it was noted that you served the
first of the Tumble Tomatoes the other day. Good plug :-)

we are not all blind to your blatant advertising

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"sacha" wrote in message ...

On 2013-07-23 12:37:52 +0000, Martin said:

On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:15:18 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article ,
lid says...

If he wants to immolate himself in his vast garden who are we to try
and stop him?

Stop him? Most people here would rip off their shed door and
contribute it to the pyre.

LOL

Do you think he has St Joan syndrome?

No. He has "I'll ask any damn fool question to get someone to take
notice of me!" HE doesn't want the information at all, he SAYS he just
wants to find out if other people have looked it up. In cold fact, it's
neither but it is a desperate attempt to get someone to acknowledge his
posts! Nobody has taken any heed of his increasingly manic efforts
either to start a fight, talk about his cruises, or his camera, or the
run down theatre he's involved with, or to get someone to talk to him,
so he asks what poses as a genuine question but is actually nothing of
the sort. The man goes from bad to utterly ridiculous! He is truly
pathetic.

--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

"Dave Liquorice" wrote
Bob Hobden wrote:

But why would anyone need a bonfire? We haven't had one for as long as I
can remember and just take stuff to our compost bins on our allotment or
to the Council Recycling Centre, job done.

If you don't have transport or an allotment? Could have their own
compost bin of course, but I'd not be happy putting ragwort, thistle,
dock in our bin, it doesn't really rot down very well. Own compost
bin is somewhere to put kitchen waste as well. But I guess people
shove their kitchen peelings etc in the general waste hence the fuss
about "smelly bins"...

How wide spread are "green waste" collections? All ours gets are
woody prunings and the ragwort, dock, thistle etc...

We have Green Waste collections but you have to pay for them. At least you
pay for the special bags or large brown bins. If someone has the space for a
bonfire they have space for a proper compost bin or two and they could put
the money they save on collection towards a shredder.

We have one neighbour that seems to always choose the warmest evening,
when everyone has their windows open and washing out, to light a fire
and it is always the smokiest and revoltingly smelliest fire you can
imagine.

I know that well. When we lived on an estate in St Albans any half
decent summer evening would be ruined by the air being filled with
smoke and the stench of dead animals being cremated.

If only it was a BBQ, this guy makes the smell and chocking smoke from hell.
Yes he does have a car and the tip is only two miles away, he also uses part
of his large back garden as an "allotment" so must have compost bins. We,
his neighbours, have decided he does it deliberately but then we all decided
he was a total B many years ago but that is another story.

--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message

How wide spread are "green waste" collections? All ours gets are
woody prunings and the ragwort, dock, thistle etc...

Some councils offer green waste collection free. Mine offers a brown bin
the size of a wheelie bin for £16/year collected once a fortnight. I could
fill that in one day!
I do a lot of composting but very occasionally I have a bonfire in an
incinerator, which as I said before is so far down my garden that no-one
even notices AFAIK.
Never had any complaints anyway.
Tina

"'Mike'" wrote in message
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Thank you Christine,

Don't call me Christine, Michaela.
It's not my name.

Sorry Christina

Confused dot com rules.

My sister is Christine and known as Tina

Duly chastised ;-)

Mike

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"'Mike'" wrote in message
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Thank you Christine,

Don't call me Christine, Michaela.
It's not my name.

"'Mike'" wrote in message
...
Sorry Christina

Confused dot com rules.

My sister is Christine and known as Tina

Duly chastised ;-)

Mike

Apology noted and accepted.

"David Hill" wrote in message
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On 20/07/2013 08:56, 'Mike' wrote:
Are you aware of any regulations/restrictions in your area?

I would be interested to hear of any hard and fast bye laws relating to
bonfires around the country.

Hard and fast written down, not 'I believe'.

Thank you.

Do remember that there is a difference between a bonfire and a Home
cremation.

Rofl.

"'Mike'" wrote in message
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Thank you David, that is another point people are not aware of. There is a
difference between having a bonfire and burning rubbish.

Mike

For a change, I agree with you. Burning rubbish is *not*a bonfire as far as
I understand the term bonfire.

Christina Websell wrote:

"'Mike'" wrote in message
...
Thank you David, that is another point people are not aware of. There is a
difference between having a bonfire and burning rubbish.

Mike

For a change, I agree with you. Burning rubbish is *not*a bonfire as far as
I understand the term bonfire.

Just on a point of interest, I mean, how anyone understands the term
bonfire is of course entirely up to them, but according to Oxford
Dictionaries:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/defini...fire?q=bonfire

Definition of bonfire in English | noun : a large open-air fire used
for burning rubbish or as part of a celebration...

'Garden Bonfire'. Garden Vegetation. No obnoxious fumes
'Rubbish Bonfire'. Anything burnt with consequence of acrid dangerous fumes.

This is where Mr Knowall fell foul.

Mike

"Alexis" wrote in message ...

Christina Websell wrote:

"'Mike'" wrote in message
...
Thank you David, that is another point people are not aware of. There is
a
difference between having a bonfire and burning rubbish.

Mike

For a change, I agree with you. Burning rubbish is *not*a bonfire as far
as
I understand the term bonfire.

Just on a point of interest, I mean, how anyone understands the term
bonfire is of course entirely up to them, but according to Oxford
Dictionaries:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/defini...fire?q=bonfire

Definition of bonfire in English | noun : a large open-air fire used
for burning rubbish or as part of a celebration...

'Mike' wrote:

'Garden Bonfire'. Garden Vegetation. No obnoxious fumes
'Rubbish Bonfire'. Anything burnt with consequence of acrid dangerous fumes.

Well, if you define your bonfire such that you say exactly what you
are going to burn, like a "garden vegetation matter only bonfire",
then it is understood exactly what you mean by the term you use.

This is where Mr Knowall fell foul.

There you go. As we all know, no-one likes a "knowall".

On 23/07/2013 20:11, Christina Websell wrote:
"David Hill" wrote in message
...
On 20/07/2013 08:56, 'Mike' wrote:
Are you aware of any regulations/restrictions in your area?

I would be interested to hear of any hard and fast bye laws relating to
bonfires around the country.

Hard and fast written down, not 'I believe'.

Thank you.

Do remember that there is a difference between a bonfire and a Home
cremation.

Rofl.

Remember we started cremation here in the UK
See

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/pos...s_of_cremation

"Alexis" wrote in message
...
Christina Websell wrote:

"'Mike'" wrote in message
.. .
Thank you David, that is another point people are not aware of. There is
a
difference between having a bonfire and burning rubbish.

Mike

For a change, I agree with you. Burning rubbish is *not*a bonfire as far
as
I understand the term bonfire.

Just on a point of interest, I mean, how anyone understands the term
bonfire is of course entirely up to them, but according to Oxford
Dictionaries:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/defini...fire?q=bonfire

Definition of bonfire in English | noun : a large open-air fire used
for burning rubbish or as part of a celebration...

I define a bonfire as setting fire to the garden waste that is impossible to
compost. No way you can set fire to anything else and call it a bonfire.