I have still not heard further from the BBC since my follow-up query, but I have had a response from the Council on recycling. It is quite detailed and explains the targets and how this might go up soon etc. Also says we might get the coloured wheelie bins but this would mean having about 3 bins outside the house and we barely have room for one, so I have asked for more information about this – local politics is rivetting isn’t it?
Talking of which, we now have a draft constitution for our community group to take charge of and look after the ‘community garden’. However, it looks like the council want us to buy it and if that means market rate, we may have to do some serious fund-raising. We will see. In the meantime, I need to get a solicitor to look at the constitution gratis –luckily, I do know one who lives nearby but not sure if it’s his area of expertise.
I have recently started taking the drug Zyban in a bid to stop smoking, and have begun found out how many people have drugs stories once you start to talk about it. A friend of mine has been on Seroxat (the one that makes kids kill themselves) for 12 years and has been wondering why she always feels tired, until someone told her it makes you drowsy! Another friend of mine got put on anti-depressants when she was 18 because she was ‘confused about her sexuality’. You’d think this was back in the dark ages not the 1980’s wouldn’t you? It is absolutely disgusting what they do to people’s heads when the main crime seems to be ‘not fitting in’. I am so glad I never told anyone about my feelings of detachment when I was a kid or I’d probably be addicted to valium or something! It really makes me angry how they treat people – I would like some statistics on how many people it affects, but haven’t had chance to look yet.
Will keep you posted, and also on if the Zyban works!
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