On 2007-07-21 20:03:59 +0100, Stuart Noble
said:

dennis@home wrote:
"Andy Hall" wrote in message ...
On 2007-07-21 18:58:59 +0100, Frank Erskine
said:

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:43:02 -0700, Weatherlawyer
wrote:

Looking at the news where some had been hit by 3 times the normal
monthly rainfall falling in one day, I heard one victim complaining
that the local council were not helping him.

Surely it ought to be his insurance company that should be helping
him...
(Not necessarily only financially).
Precisely.

Why people have the mentaility that some public sector organisation
should be obliged to help them rather than their taking responsibility
for themselves, never ceases to amaze me.


Just wait until your house is on fire.. I bet you want public services then.


Blimey, did Tony forget to privatise the fire service?

I don't think so. There's plenty of private enterprise in the fire
service. Window cleaning, painting and decorating,... all for cash
of course.