I was on a parish council for about eight months
thinking I'd do my bit for the community, but it turns out they are all retired, white, middle class folk with an opinion about everything, and no real knowledge. They may be well intentioned, but really they are mis-guided, ill-informed, narrow-minded nimbys.
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Varmint, Fri 5 Feb 2021, 8:57,
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I'm probably backing up a stereotype here
But this applies to where I live.
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pretty much everyone in this country in a position of power is like that
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Having tangled with the Resident’s Association at my old flat regarding a boiler installation I have to agree.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 5 Feb 2021, 12:17,
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Power comes to those that wait
until they are retired and bigoted.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Fri 5 Feb 2021, 12:22,
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Complete with the playground bullying crap.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 5 Feb 2021, 13:31,
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I wouldn't last that long, I'd be too exasperated.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Fri 5 Feb 2021, 13:29,
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I've been involved on and off with a couple of steam railways over the years
their volunteer meetings are very similar (all arguments over procedure, petty power squabbles etc) but with the added excitement of a load of retired shop stewards who spent their entire working life "fighting the management who are out to screw us over"
The assumption that anyone in power is out to get you isn't all that helpful when you're trying to decide what colour the fence around the carpark should be painted.
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LP, Fri 5 Feb 2021, 16:36,
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Oh, too many painful memories of committees like that.
I quit a bat conservation group because one of the meetings went widely off topic, and what started as an argument about whether sandwiches should have the crusts cut off escalated into near fisticuffs and shouting about cutting them into triangles or rectangles.
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