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| Vicar |
The boys are back in townThis article in today's Gazette tells how our much-loved fledgling councillors have a plan to cure a problem that doesn't exist.Oh and apparently it could cost a Million and increase council tax by 12%. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Next year there will be a free packet of Salt and Vinegar for each household whose council tax is paid on time http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/new...e_parking_call_is_turned_down.php |
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| Lin |
Ere Vicar ....the circus has just left town ....do you think they are missing two clowns as we appear to have two too many. 
Stupid Boys ,if this plan was ever implemented ,have they thought that they would be delivering a financial blow to low income families (who live in the Rush Green ward...and I do not mean to be patronising as I know a lot of them work damned hard for low wages) ,as these families just cannot afford to pay a years council tax in one go ,does this mean they will still have to pay to park ,yet those who can afford to pay in advance will benefit from free parking .....hmmmm don't think they thought this through before bleating to the papers (Mummies scrap book must be busting at the seams) |
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| Vicar |
Hmm. They seem to have put all four (six with mum) feet into the one mouth they seem to have.
Send in the clowns? There ought to be clowns! Don't bother, they're here. (I know a song about that). |
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| EssexGurl |
Dumb and dumber certainly are making a name for themselves.......probably not the names they wanted to have....but what the hey 
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| Nikadi |
Stupid boys.
We may as well have a 'Mayzes Boys' watchdog or something, we certainly see enough of them already in the papers! Ha. Anyone hear about the little girl their supporting now? To be honest, they're just bloody twats. They'll attact themselves to any charity story just so that they can be in the paper. It's disgusting. This is the little girl story: Here |
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| Vicar |
Well spotted Nikadi. I was going to comment on this last night but got side-tracked.
The third and fourth comments on the article look like a blatant spin to boost the public's perception of these two. The fact that one writer uses the name "Carswell rules" is a little bit of a giveaway. The comments wander miles from the story of the little girl and are obviously designed to attempt to show them as caring individuals rather than the publicity-hungry tory-boys we know so well. I am concerned that nearly every article about them, and they seem to generate more than most other councillors, always refer to them as a pair. It's as if they are a single person with a single voice but occupying two council seats and having two votes. I think they are rapidly becoming a liablity and embarrassment to their party and if I were their leader I would forbid them from making any contact with the press until it had been cleared by me. But think how much fun we would miss out on. |
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| daveb |
Perhaps its time to start a new Thread, Mayzes Maze or Mayzes Meanderings, Strictly for comic relief. They seem to be obsessed with things that have little to do with helping the people they are supposed to represent and loosing even more direction by the hour. Given time and a following wind they might just disappear up their own exhaust, lets keep it clean. | ||||||
| ivan burit |
Go Dave Go...................
Ok, why are they talking about people paying community charges, when i belive that they live with mummy...Am i correct ??? If so, i can remember living with my mum ever so cheaply......... |
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| daveb |
Oh Happy Days, at least from a financial point of view
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| Lin |
Have I missed something ,I haven't had time to read the papers this week ....what have the terrible twosome been up to now?.I clicked the link and read the comments but it didn't mention the Gruesome Twosome except for a couple of comments...
Come on enlighten me please. |
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| Vicar |
They're doing a sponsored walk to raise money for a sick child.
The article in this week's gazette carries a photograph of Lucy Chadwick and her mother but not of the warm-hearted brothers. Some mistake here surely? I assume that tables bearing packets of crisps of assorted flavours will be sited at frequent intervals along the seafront between Clacton pier and Holland Haven where thankfully a barbeque will be provided. If you look on the letters page this week there is an article under the title "Tendring Tallk" It contains a number of very funny suggestions for ways to give the carnival a more modern feel. One of the suggestions is "...a councillor's challenge where a photo-shoot is set up and the councillor who gets there first - regardless of how much they deserve to be on the photo - would win." It concludes, "No - scratch that idea, we all know who would win it!". There are two other items about my heroes neither of which presents them in a good light. So if anyone hears of a cat stuck up a tree or a photogenic puppy with a sore leg please pass on the information to someone who is sorely in need of some positive press |
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| Lin |
Clacton to Holland Haven ,excuse me while I compose myself after a fit of the giggles ,are you sure  will make it or is he being pushed (shame it's not off the pier ).WOW  that must be all of 2 miles at a stretch .Why my dear auld Grannie could do that .....We used to do Clacton to Walton Pier and back in a day to raise money for the non-existent swimming pool at Pathfields (oops sorry ,showing my age )Colbayns school ,we must have been all of 11 or so.
I am not knocking anyone who is genuinely trying to help the little lass as her family have a really tough time ,but come on lads I reckon they would get more money if they stood in the stocks on Christmas Tree (oh s*d it !! )McFlurries Fountain island and let us pelt them with the squashed hambugers that no-one wants. Also had a look at the letters page .....and you are right !!!!! ...that's it I cannot cope with all this giggling have to dash for a toilet break .....thats not you writing that ..is it Vicar????? 
I tink the Tendring Talk section is one of the funniest and original ideas that the gazette has had for a very long while. Also found half the partnership on page 20 (top righthand cornes Clacton Gazette) |
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| Nikadi |
I haven't been about to read the 'Tendring Talk' in a while, I normally snag the paper as I work, and my boss usually stumbles in as I'm halfway through it so it gets closed. I'm getting quicker at hiding the fact I was reading, I now read the paper upside down =D
Back to what I was originally on about, I wish I'd seen those comments there! I know what you mean about the distance, it's pathetic. I was thinking about it the other day when (while I was tucked up in my bed having a lay-in) my Mum, sister and friend trekked to Frinton and back again in a couple of hours. Holland Haven isn't even half that distance?! If my knees get better I'll do a PROPER sponsored walk, show them idiots how it's really done. |
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| Vicar |
THEY'RE BACK AGAIN!!!
In today's gazette they, (well the one who speaks, not Harpo), are urging people not to jump off Clacton and die. Now this is brilliant advice for us all. I am so glad I saw the article in time http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/dis...ing_deaths_spark_safety_calls.php In the comments section I've suggested they use the picture for a caption competition. Please fell free to join in. In case you need any help, the correct spelling is "buoyancy". |
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| ivan burit |
Oh dear Vicar, the Captain HAS been naughty in the gazettes replies colum to stephanny`s articles......
A thousend pardons must be given upon him................lol.... |
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| EssexGurl |
We had an article in The Harwich and Manningtree Standard about the 3 of them and the pier. I am guessing its the same story. I love the youthful image statement....yes right cos being a trio of eejits who do nothing but get it wrong in the press is gonna influence young people not to jump of the pier. I dont suppose the fact that it seems to be older people that are doing the jumping was ever taken into consideration. | ||||||
| Nikadi |
Why have they been in the papersthe past two days! They're the only two local papers I've seen this week and the mayzes are on the front page of both!
And Danny didn't even do A Levels! He done a bloody NVQ! Ergh. And the jumping, did they not realise that the ones jumping have been in their thirties and fourties?! Not trying to sound rude or anything, but since when has the bloody definition of a young person included being 30-odd?! "Now children in your thirties, it is bad to jump from piers..." |
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| amenity |
EssexGurl said;
"We had an article in The Harwich and Manningtree Standard about the 3 of them and the pier. I am guessing its the same story. I love the youthful image statement....yes right cos being a trio of eejits who do nothing but get it wrong in the press is gonna influence young people not to jump of the pier. I dont suppose the fact that it seems to be older people that are doing the jumping was ever taken into consideration." Wonder if there is a causal link? |
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| Lin |
Is it just me ,but I haven't been able to access the EG site since last night...........anyone else having problems ??....... | ||||||
| Vicar |
The site was down for some time, but it popped up again about lunchtime. A bit slow at first, but it seems OK now | ||||||
| Lin |
Cheers Vicar ,I'll have a nosey before work..... | ||||||
| Nikadi |
Haha, after a coupleof weeks being free of the wonderboys, they are back and portrayed badly. Fun fun =D
The laptop article isn't onine yet and I doubt that it will be :/ |
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| Vicar |
"I wonder which "former member of Tendring District Youth Council" shopped them to the Labour councillor" said the vicar looking up
Well done. If you hold the Mayzette to your ear you can actually hear him wrigggling and shuffling his feet as he informs us, "There is no law in the country to prevent an individual from being involved in two separate organisations." No-one said there was sunshine, nor is there a law against hypocrisy or telling only the bits of a story to make yourself look good. It has been mentioned elsewhere that the TDYC is run by two conservative councillors, supported by another, Oh, and a tory MP thrown in for good luck. Master Stephen says it is the "most non-political youth council i the country" God help the others then |
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| The Leveller |
I saw them on the front page of the Evening Gazette last night .
I think ,perhaps they have been reading the posts on this site as the Eden Project got a mention and I distinctly remember seeing it on here several months ago ,re something to do with the Pavillion. See they are still wearing shorts ,Danny it don't look nice from the back  ,in fact it looks like your backside is having a munch on them.
As for the hair-brained scheme of linking Clacton with Maldon .....I wonder what the people of Maldon think about it ,having a direct link with Clacton ,not happy ,I'm sure. Nah ,before Clacton Tory Boys try that one ,perhaps they should take a leaf out of Maldons books and see what the Council in Maldon have been up to. I went there a few weeks ago and was most impressed with the regeneration work that has been carried out on the Promanade there ,clean ,tidy ,polite people,something for the kids ,somewhere to sit and have a cuppa ,bins that are used ,gardeners taking pride in the work they do, fountains that work ,special nappies for the tiny one to use so they do not contaminate the water feature (available at the kiosks) ,unlike the Clacton fountain where everyone can have a free pee and above all a feeling of safeness with happy people. Don't think Maldon want to share that with tatty old Clacton (or is it that Clacton cannot do it themselves so they jump on someone elses bandwaggon). Vicar ,just got to say what a great asset you are to this site humor and wit alongside brilliance ...a most uncommon trait nowadays.Good on you ,keep it up . So how do the 'boys' justify using charity equipment for the work of TDC hmmmmmmmm the plot thickens.Me thinks they protesteth too much. |
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| Vicar |
Welcome to the Mayzes fan club Leveller and thanks for the kind words I thought I was too old to blush | ||||||
| Nikadi |
*innocent and angelic smile* (maybe not angelic, that'd be pushing it a little... a lot...) That's a good point about the peeing, maybe I won't take Summer there after all, I'd rather not be responsible for her catching something disgusting :/ For some reason I can relate this minor politics thing with Maldon and refusing Colchester quite similar to Gordon Brown being a 'bulldog' and actually standing up for England instead of being Bush's poodle, lol. Except Clacton Councillors are poodle-Blair. Where is our bulldog then hm? (and if anyone doesn't understand the references, then I suppose you'd have to have seen a national newspapers views on it :/ I just like the comparison =D) |
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| amenity |
Great post Nikadi. We have all different kinds of poodles, Straw poodles, Hoon poodles, Bliar poodles, Brown poodles and on and on ad nauseam. |
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| EssexGurl |
Lol I read that story in the Harwich and Manningtree Standard and I just knew who had had a hand in it.
Big Well Done
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| The Leveller |
I know of at least three poodles who need muzzling
I get the distinct impression they may have upset one or two of you ,now they are out of control.I hear the Range stocks extra large muzzles and those electronic buzzer /shock collars to stop barking ....barking ,yes that was the word I was looking for..
Saw the boys on the front of the paper again this week ...nice shorts .....does Mummy not let them wear big boys long trousers then??? 
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| Nikadi |
I just hate how everybody in the press portrays them as angels! From somebody with eperience working with the two I can tell the world that they are not! And I'm sure anybody else working so closely with them could reiterate that. They sponge off of my ideas for long enough. That time when they told me that you couldn't organise a gig in six weeks, funnily enough, I'm currently organising one in three. A big f off to those too. |
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| EssexGurl |
They upset a fair few of us before they were elected and were acting like little Hitlers on Carswells site. Interestingly I heard that Ben Howlett is being considered to stand as an MP for the Tories. We just need those 2 to try and then we will know just how desperate the party has become. |
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| amenity |
Perhaps we could have them clipped round the rear end too 
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| EssexGurl |
A trip to the vest to get them neutered
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| amenity |
Followed by a Witches ducking 
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| The Leveller |
A long weekend in the stocks near the fountain ,let the Chavs that frequent MacDonalds pelt them with soggy hamburgers.
I get the idea that they are not representative of all the youth of Clacton then?. I have had a look at the TalkClacton board and see they do not answer any questions any more .Strangely quiet now. I know one of my friends was annoyed with them but was never fully enlightened as to what they had done to upset her . Pleased to see that some people are not as gullible as these two first thought the public would be. |
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| Nikadi |
Stephen decided he wanted to organise a youth council. I was an 'important' member of this council for a good while. But after a year of him refusing to let me do my job (which was to bring together people aged 18-25 for a Cabinet of members) and after a long time of him taking the council's ideas and then having the cheek to take credit for it, I left. Whenever you heard about the youth council in the papers, you never saw the actuial members, just Stephen's big bloody head. I made it a point to tell him the members should be in the paper but he kept saying he would make it happen, but it never happened -_-
Danny was off the same boat but the other side. Whereas Stephen prefers his own glory, Danny prefers making himself seem better than his brother. In the council meetings, in front of all of the young members, all 10-14 year olds, they'd bicke like children. On one such occasion I got pissed off and told Danny to shut up, he ran out of the room crying and I was made to apologise by Stephen for 'insulting' Danny. The only time they 'got along' was when their Mummy was there. Then she ran the meetings. I think Stephen realised there were certain members that he couldn't control, unlike how he could with the younger ones, and these members were me and my sister. We were the only ones in any position to stand up to him, due to the fact that we were older and 'closer' to the pair of small minded idiots. My explanation of disliking them. I got fed up of their petty arguments and always being in the middle. I was sucked in by the whole 'Youth Council' thing for a while before I realised that it was just a ploy to get into office, so to speak. They've never done anything extravagant for charity or for anything else, their idea of a good event always involved a 'seperate' organisation that one of the parents ran (called the Older Children's Group if I remember rightly) so each time we tried to organise something teambuilding for the council these immature runts would pop up and all of a sudden it'd be in the paper under "Council organises event for local group!". Argh. Rant over for now. I'm getting worked up, haha. |
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| Lin |
Hmmm ,Now I know why they were so keen to get my youngster on board.He would have been easy to manipulate .
It would be interesting to know just how many teenagers (you know the ones that can speak up for themselves) they have on board. It just seems such a shame that something that would have benefitted the WHOLE of the younger population has been put under such scrutiny because of the behaviour of two trumped up fools . When will they be relinquishing their roles as they are not exactly youths anymore ?. I sincerely hope that whoever takes over from these two will have the gumption to address the situation for the sake of the younger members. Sad really ,that something so positive has been turned into a farce that only serves to polish the inflated egos of two particularly nasty bits of work.
By the way ,I politely declined the offer to let my boy join the group and he now attends a local Scout Group where ,I am happy to say his opinion is taken seriously and he is happy and not twisted to suit the needs of others.
There are plenty of good groups out there(scouts ,Athletics ,Sports ,Sea Cadets ect) who do not get the publicity they deserve ,because two STUPID BOYS are always filling the paper with the most ridiculous ,un newsworthy items that are never followed up. There you go Nikadi Rant over....
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| Nikadi |
I'm glad your boy didn't get sucked into it Lin! There is one girl that I remember being there who could stand up for young people, but she is the link to the older children's group, which is how she got shoved into the TDYC I think. She does a lot of charity work and petitioning herself and gets brilliant results, she's in the paper sometimes. I feel sorry for her if she's still stuck at the council.
Any ideawhat's happening with these laptop inquiries? Are they going anywhere? |
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| Lin |
OOOOOOeeeeer ...just did something really silly ...me and the lad were nosing round the clacton gazette site and we just sort of happened to push the photosales link ...before we knew it we had typed in mayzes and something horrilble happened ......ooooooh can't even bring myself to tell you .....don't do this ...you'll have nightmares .......
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| Vicar |
Today in the Mayzette there is an article in which the kid's praises are being sung by "budding politicians"
In last week's issue Stephen said that the TYDC was one of the most non-political youth councils in the country. But that was last week and I suppose if a week is a long time in politics it's probably a long time in non-politics too. Anyway, a 13-year old "executive youth councillor" (That's what it says, honestly) says that she and her fellow members "know that the laptops are for the benefit of the youth council and only the youth council". So that's that all cleared up then Holly's reassurance means that I am now confident that they have never once been used for a personal email or to access any website that was not related to the interest of TYDC. Ummm. Still not sure why they need one each though unless they are both in use 24/7 thus ensuring that the current high levels of TYDC activity we have recently witnessed are maintained. Of course I am not talking about the moribund message board they used to have on Douglas' site (nor is anybody else) But if they are so busy with TYDC how do they find time for the hectic life of a Tendring councillor Perhaps we've sorely misjudged them because Holly says her feelings are shared by Cameron and Macauley and Jasmin and Poppy and all the other youth councillors I too had very firm views and opinions on everything when I was 13 As I got older I grew wiser and most of my ideas changed I found out that I might have been wrong about many things and that some of my role models had feet of clay It would be charitable of me to express the hope that the youth councillors are 100% right in their enthusiasm for their leaders. Unfortunately I was in bed with a cold on the day they covered charity at the seminary and rather than patting people on the head anad blessing them I developed a sort of "knee-in-the-groin" approach to my ministry. Works for me. |
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| Vicar |
Evil, evil woman. There is a special place reserved for people like you Lin. You didn't have to mention it at all, but you knew that we'd all have to go and look. I am feeling rather dizzy now, the screen is a blur and I think I'm going to aeriaptbvlsieukyvliusr. (that's what gets comes up on the monitor when your head hits the keyboard) aeriaptbvlsieukyvliusr aeriaptbvlsieukyvliusr aeriaptbvlsieukyvliusr aeriaptbvlsieukyvliusr aeriaptbvlsieukyvliusr aeriaptbvlsieukyvliusr aeriaptbvlsieukyvliusr |
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| Nikadi |
You can't just say that and expect us NOT to look! Haha. *is going to look now* Err... is the horrid event seeing the two smug arsewipes....? Why isn't any of this about the laptops on the website? I may need to call my boss and ask him to keep one for me. Or can you get the article up here for us? Gods, can't believe that Poppy is still there! She's one of the members who have been there the longest! She's a lovely girl, tiny thing, went through an adorable goth phase... I think I remember the others but I won't say anything otherwise I'll have angry parents to deal with. |
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| Nikadi |
Ha, I fond this, fun hm?
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| Lin |
Nikadi ,looks like we will enjoy toasting our bread on the fires of Hell together..............Still I like to be warm
Luckily ,we have our very own Vicar ,who will pray for us ,but I expect there will be a pennance to pay (probably have to tie barbed wire round our apple catchers and flagellate ourselves on Maccy D Square ).
Good piccie though will be printing a few off for the members of the Little and Large fan club
Hope you all slept well ....I dreamt I was chased through the fountains of youth by a crisp bag wearing shorts........pointing at me !!!!
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| Nikadi |
Just seen the second laptop article. Bullshit they contacted the press themselves, and bullshit that she thought up that speech herself!
And really, if anyone needed a laptop then it'd be Stephen, but Danny certainly doesn't need one! He does nothing for the youth council. I hate how they are portrayed. |
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| Vicar |
Thaks for the informed opinion Nikadi. It's a shame the electorate don't know them as well as you do. I was a little suspicious of such a well structured statement from a 13-year old. When I was 13 we thought that anyone who could dribble out of both sides of their mouth at the same time was well-balanced.
Remember you read this here first. It's from next week's Mayzette: "FLEDGLING COUNCILLORS CALL ON GORDON BROWN TO EXTEND VOTE TO UNDER-14s. "Tendring District councillors, brothers Stephen and Danny Mayzes have demanded that the Prime Minister reduces the age for voters to 13. Stephen said, "This will allow the younger population of the country to have a say in the choice of the people who will run their councils, determine the best use of the taxes they have paid and of course, represent them in Parliament. They have proved to be extremely perceptive and have demonstrated that they appreciate real political potential which is often unnoticed, ignored or even ridiculed by their elders. His younger brother, Danny Mayzes, who was recently elected as a councillor for the Rush Green Ward said Well, he didn't say anything. No surprise there then |
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| Nikadi |
Haha, it wouldn't surprise me if he did think of something as stupid as that. | ||||||
| EssexGurl |
There is one good thing about the boys....they never let us down. They are consistant in their stupidity and they make us laugh
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| Lin |
I reckon it's a ploy by the other councillors to encourage The Amazing Mayzes to be portrayed as stupid in the press ...it keeps the limelight off the others so that they can get up to all sorts whilst our attention is elsewhere........................
Or could it possibly be ....true......they really are as stupid as they appear ................. 
Oh AND they have pinched my Eden Project idea I had for the Pavillion ....cheek of it ,and claiming it to be their very own idea.... |
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| Nikadi |
It'd be funny to see that in the press, "Mayze boys have no imagination! The terrible duo have once again been up to their petty antics. This time they've been stealing 'their' ideas from the unsuspecting public. One such scandal is that of their 'Eden Project' for Clacton, from which they have claimed is an original idea of their own, has actually come from a local forum on the web. What will these boys be up to next? Taking children and claiming to be the next generation of single parents? Running amok in schools teaching our youngsters their twisted ideals of politis? Who knows. And we shall continue to rue the day we chose Stephen and Danny Mayzes as our local MP's." I think I'd be good in a campaign against them :p |
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| Nikadi |
http://www.itsyourvoice.org.uk/news.htm
Anybody else realise how outdated that site is? & on the contact page, most of those kids don't even work for them anymore?! & my name is still up there, lols. I haven't worked there for a good 18 months now... & I was supposed to be "Deputy Leader of the Cabinet" and didn't get my own section, meanies :p |
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| Lin |
Ohh Nikadi
You have just put me off my dinner I curiously clicked the site and ,oooeeer strange that cos I went right off crisps after other posts on the subject . They had better watch out because weightwatchers will be out of business if too many of us click that before dinner.
more crisps Vicar ???
Hey ,which one is you ??? We will have to stop moaning about the amount of press coverage the Amazing twosome get if us lot keep getting our pictures published ...hey Mr Terrible from the Costa del Jaywick ???? that includes you at the back !!!! |
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| frankie |
good evening lin,ive found my way back! ive spent the last couple of hours catching up on all the posts and laughing out loud at some of the comments. oh how ive missed the mayzes chat and the pram race banter,have you still got your sparkling lycra??? |
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| ivan burit |
ME.....Nah.....i want to go for gold with the hat trick bebe.........ha..ha..ha...
anywhichwaybutloose....i really need to zip my vocal opening up for a few reasons. 1:- it will give those around me a break for a bit.. 2:- i need to lose weight...(but i doo love kettle chips far tooo much) 3:- i am being a bit too vocal and its worrying some at weeley.. 4:- i am being a bit too vocal outside Jaywick, and its worrying them too.. 5:- i am being a bit too much.............me..???.......nah mate......lol.... Also young Lin, can i borrow your pet labby`s teeth....oh so white.... |
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| frankie |
i know its not the right place to post this but it is funny!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCXHbCYvzjI |
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| Nikadi |
Nice one, I like the first vid too, the one tthis one is a response too =P Not a footy fan but hey, funny stuff. |
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| Lin |
Hi Frankie ,nice to see you back.  I've put the lycra away for the winter as I am wearing pink wellies and a bubblegum pink fleece now....you can't miss me.
Love the Link.
Ivan ,please don't go quiet ,after all where would we all be without your individual insight into the goings on at your end of town. 
I see that the council are going to go 'walkabout' for the council meetings ,now that should be fun . Do you tink they are doing it to shake our Ivan the Terrible off ??? well they had better pull down the shutters wherever they are or Miss Whiplash will spot them from ther famous Pillion Position.
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| ivan burit |
I wonder if they`d recognize me if went and heckled them about half a million quid loo`s........(and the year-on-year costs of attendents)..
OK, i need a false beard, a wig.....(that would be a first for a long time-hair on me `ed) different clothes (i`m always in joggin bottoms) and a posh voice just like the 2 year dim son of frinton`s got.......(hang on, even he`s common as a conman too) Right, leave the voice then, be on equal terms.........(both common).. now then, wheres the nearest meeting to Frintons toilet block....surely NOT in it... ANYTHING to get the money paying punters in it............ Now what do they call big white things that are a flop....... elevation....above ones station elementry..simple evolution..not much there then elective....chosen by election, oh why oh why.... oh found a good one..ELDORADO..fictitious country rich in Gold...lol.. elect.....some fools must have done it...but for 2 years....lost the plot somewhere. elapse..the thought of simple minded brains come up now.. eject.....oh how i wish... are there it is... elephant.......big white building paid for with other persons money...... |
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| Lin |
Had another look at the youtube link and plonked in Clacton Fountain........................Is THAT IT !!!!!!!?????? huh what a crowd puller ,you know we locals had better stock up with loo rolls and other essentials ,looks like we are going to be inundated with millions of visitors this summer and we will need to get to the shops befor they do
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| amenity |
Certainly gives a whole new meaning to inflation, used to be spend a penny, wonder what it equates to now with interest.
Interest alone on £500G's must be about £500 per week, was it the first PFI pissoir? |
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| Vicar |
I find that life has a way of balancing these things out in the end.
There will never be as many superloos in Frinton as there are shop doorways in Clacton |
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| ivan burit |
++"Anyway, that's enough about me. Let's talk about you. What do you like most about me?"++
So, do you want to talk about me, or talk about you, or am i supposed to talk about me and you talk about you..........oohhhhh this makes me giddy...lol |
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| Lin |
I am 99% sure that Our Vicar writes the Tendring Topics for the Local rag.If it's not him then it must be someone on the same wavelength (probably his Verger).
Talking of shop doorways ,I was tinking what could be done to brighten (hmmm perhaps not the right word what with the glare off the chewing gum stained white(?) slabs) ,the town centre up a bit. How about encouraging all the shops to put flower planters outside the shop doorways ?.Then I was told that they would get used as receptacles for the unsavoury antics of our lovely 'clubbers'.So how about putting them on those little wheely stands so they can be pulled into the shops at the close of day.I'm sure the Elf and Safety will no doubt object ,but Hey ,they are hardly liable to fall on peoples heads are they ?, There could even be a competion for the Best Kept Display.Join it up with the Carnival Best Shop window display. I know of a couple of shops that do this (one of them is a Car Parts shop up Oxford Road) it really does make a difference. Bet this idea is poached by a certain political party as their idea (as in the idea of putting a roof on the Pavillion ect),but I don't mind so long as it does something to make the area looked as if someone cares.
I'd also like to see the shop owners wash and sweep down the areas outside their shops like they used to.It seems that only the small shops do this now and the chainstores don't bother. Now that I have really gone off topic ,I'll bow my head and tug my forlock towards the Vicar and slowly walk backwards out of the Forum.
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| ivan burit |
Oi, you lot..
how can a simple man like me find out just how much the Taj Mahal of Frinton actually costs to run.. £500,000 loan costs £ electric (i know it has solar - but) £ water rates (yes, i know it flushes rain water supposedly) £ ground rates (ok, its like flushing down the loo) £ wages for the elevated Taj`s titti-vaters, knob polishers, and loo roll loaders and weekly uniform cleaned, the outside gardiners and path sweepers, the Taj`s direction name plates, and know doubt replacement ones taken by visiting dignitiries (well the chair of the council looked good on his throne)....plus the actual costs of all them consumuables....... ( if i would have known that all that money has been spent, i would have charged millions for that filming job we done on the greensword with the BIG L) |
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| pepsi |
The TDC approved the employment of 4 attentdant s for the super loo who will all work part time I think. they are on Grade 1A salary level
If I remember correctly. the loos are to be attended from 08:00 - 18:00 so that would mean they each do a 3 hour shift Cannot find anything on salary within our own TDC web site but Cardiff publish Local Council employee rates and if these attendants are on lowest level of grade !a then they would be getting paid arounf 12,400 p.a. pro-rata with 25 days holiday per year and, of course, local government pension. Nice work if you can get it.. |
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| Vicar |
I wish it was. It's one of my favourite reads and I often laugh out loud at the comments. But it's not me and I'm sorry to say I haven't had a verger since 1969. Lin, you said in an earlier post, "I see that the council are going to go 'walkabout' for the council meetings ,now that should be fun . " I suspect this is a new tactic introduced for the same reason that Scottish pipers walk up and down as they play. A moving target is much harder to hit. |
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| Vicar |
The idea of seeing a job advert seeking a "Knob polisher" for the Frinton gentry just made me spray my keyboard with a mouthful of camomile and honey tea. I know they're a cut above the rest of us, but really! Sorry mum. |
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| Nikadi |
Ergh -_-
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/new...o_help_cashstrapped_charities.php |
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| Nikadi |
I saw the second half of Stephanny yesterday whilst on a driving lesson. He walked out in front of me and then stopped in the middle of the road with a "I know you from somewhere..." face -_-
I begged my instructor about running him over, she gave me permission just as he realised what an idiot he was being and started walking 
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| ivan burit |
The vision of a frightend rabbit comes to mind here....lol.. | ||||||
| pepsi |
Already posted my view in the comment section of that article ! | ||||||
| Vicar |
At the risk of repeating Mr Burrit and myself, "Knob-polisher". | ||||||