21 December - Bonkers questions
Because I keep abreast of some of what goes on in Bexley some people think I
know the answer to everything. Not true; here is a selection of recently posed questions that I couldn’t answer.
Drug taking
What remedies are available if your neighbour in a privately rented house is addicted to smoking cannabis
and you are sick, maybe literally, of the smell?
The landlord apparently has no power and the police are interested in very little apart from hurtful Tweets. It must be a dreadful situation. Who can help?
Is it an Environmental Health problem?
Note: The stench of cannabis is surely the Number One reason why it must never be legalised.
Harrow Manorway litter
If you walk along the northwestern footpath on the Harrow Manorway flyover it
can be ankle deep in litter but the eastern footpath is as clean as a whistle. Why is that?
I thought I knew the answer to that one. Most train travellers arrive by bus
from Thamesmead. They alight on to the eastern footpath and run across the road into the station. No hanging around.
When they go home they wait for up to 15 minutes at the bus stop and throw their
beer cans and crisp packets on to the ground. Bexley Council not emptying the
waste bins doesn’t help. There is a fortune to be made around Abbey Wood station
if the pavement parkers, bus stop hoggers and smokers are targeted by Bexley Council’s various enforcement teams.
The response was how does that theory fit the fact that the eastern walkway is weed free
too (Photo 4) and the western one isn’t?
I suppose the wind must blow the dirt and seeds in, but the prevailing wind is from the west, so that theory probably falls apart too
One thing is sure, Bexley Council cleans the flyover very infrequently.
Crossrail
This one is unanswerable…
If Crossrail has been designed to last 100 years as was claimed, how come Abbey Wood station is rusting away already?
