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Don Pearson

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@flo I decided to write it as "directly" in case chef did not recognise "dreckly." If he doesn't, he soon will and realise its connotation -  that it will be finished when it's finished, no doubt before his grandchild starts school. Don

16 Sep 2012

A local informed source has said, "The work will be completed directly."

I can't help other than to say that pheasants are obtainable in Teignmouth from Redfern's and Lloyd Maunder's butchers and from Kate's Great Catch fishmongers. In passing, I was given some porcini today (heh,heh!) Guess who is having risotto for his tea? Don

Black Swans
28 Aug 2012

"His swan" he calls her, but she owns him not.

A very good article, thank you.

In principle, I am talking in the abstract, although a vision of Teignmouth Town Council did enter my head. I don't know about Dawlish Town Council, other than what I read here. My other visions involve constant interference making it impossible to take a strategic view and its opposite, a lack of oversight allowing the manager to act freely. In either case, it would give the council an ...

27 Jul 2012

I can't help feeling that it would be a minefield for the jobholder, responsible to a council that cannot agree on policy and not part of that council.

I might say more if I thought you were interested in my opinions. As it is, you are sniping and missing.

21 Jul 2012

My views apply both to local and national politics and I was not commenting on the composition of Dawlish Town Council. I shall not elaborate here, other than to say that I am prepared to use the expression legally elected without quotation marks. The last sentence of my previous post was a frivolous end to an otherwise serious item. I am interested in any comments that you may have.

21 Jul 2012

@Nelson From the other current thread on this topic: "By the way, I asked questions as to who SP are, and was satisfied by the answer received." If you didn't care, why did you ask? If you were satisfied by the answer, how do you not know? For myself, I have no agenda, whatever that of other posters. I merely find it disturbing that it seems so difficult to find hard information ...