[Discuss] points

[Anne Garvey]

In Sweden when I was there recently, the signs were a fire symbol with a big
red cross over it. That avoids verbiage of the kind seen in the overly
chatty notice near Jesus Green Bridge.

And no one can say they don’t understand. We don’t need the Gettysburg
address, just a symbol police and community minded people can point to.

I do fear Julie that ‘ working on it’ means some over long discursive notice
that foreigners and there are a lot of young ones, can simply say they don’t
understand.


On 21/4/10 11:36, "Julie Smith" <Julie.Smith at cambridge.gov.uk> wrote:

> I have no problem at all introducing signs to remind people that fires of all
> types are banned on greens. The issue is to have signs that are comprehensible
> to all. I believe Sarah Tovell is working on this right now. Julie >>>
> Anne Garvey <annemgarvey at ntlworld.com> 04/21/10 11:15 AM >>> Good point on the
> barbecue spelling, shall adopt immediately. Booking a party on a barbecue
> site? A really good idea, but that doesn¹t detract from the very real
> Libertarian problem. We are ruled by Liberal Democrats and their emphasis is
> more liberal than demotic. It is hard to ban things for them. Other countries,
> sites, parks don¹t share ( thank God) this aversion to telling people what to
> do but our Council and its adherents and followers still hope that people will
> just Œdo the right thing¹ and reminded that they shouldn¹t permanently burn
> the grass for the whole season will desist from so doing. People in the past
> would have fount this approach risibly optimistic. And so do many citizens
> today. There is nothing  wrong I contend with introducing signs to remind
> Green Users ( yes Simon I have just got the confusion in a General Election)
> that there exists a ban on fires as I prefer to call them, as barbecues are
> just as destructive and you can¹t have any smoke without either. On
> 20/4/10 20:08, "Simon Norton" <S.Norton at dpmms.cam.ac.uk> wrote: > Sorry if it
> makes me seem pedantic, but "barbecue" is not spelt with a Q. If > it > was it
> would be pronounced quite differently ! I regard the abbreviation BBQ, > which
> does suggest the correct pronunciation, as acceptable. > > Also, with the
> forthcoming general election, I initially misinterpreted the > start of the
> first message on this thread "the Greens are being badly > damaged..." (with a
> capital G). > > Now for a couple of more substantive issues. First, in
> yesterday's Guardian > there is an article suggesting that eating barbecued
> food can cause cancer. > Search for "barbecue cancer" on
> http://www.guardian.co.uk > > Secondly, I would have thought that most people
> would want barbecuing > facilities > for parties rather than family meals.
> Could one therefore introduce a booking > system whereby people contacted the
> Council in advance, saying where they > wanted > to hold the barbecue and
> roughly how many people they expected, and the > Council > would then tell
> them whether there was anywhere suitable that fit their > requirements ? This
> would have the advantage of eliminating the need for > special > notices. Bye
> laws would read something like "no cooking unless authorised" -- > which I
> think is appropriate anyway because of the number of special events on >
> Midsummer Common (and other greens) where freshly cooked food is sold (more >
> pedantry !). I would expect that the Council would impose some kind
> of payment > for the facility, which should be refunded if the weather was
> such that the > barbecue had to be cancelled. Is this a feasible way of doing
> things ? > > If this was agreed then SOS should ask to be consulted as to
> what places would > be considered suitable -- that is, assuming that the
> answer isn't "none". > >  Simon Norton > > >
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