Thursday November 04, 2004

Litter ugh !!

As I drove to work today I followed a Ford Mondeo . Mondeo man as I followed him ejected his cigarette out of his driver's window to the outside world. One small bit of litter but one big problem.

Some countries do not have litter problems on the scale of ours for example Singapore although last time I was there a little litter was evident in some areas.

Of course litter is a problem everywhere and one could argue dumping at sea is the worst sort of littering mankind does.

I do not know how to fix this , when I had more time and did not need weekend 'lie ins' (feeble excuse..) to recharge my batteries I used to do my bit to clean up after others. When I used to walk to get the Sunday paper I took two plastic bags. One I put plastic bottles and drinks cans in as I found them, which I then took home to put in my recycle bins. The second bag I put litter in which I emptied as I came across litter bins others chose not to use.... One village I drive through called Binfield I have seen someone walking the streets clearing up after others..

If anybody has any ideas please add a comment !

I made my decision

Well the car is ordered now. I have gone for the Golf GT TDI . I have ordered it from a well known internet site that was recommended to me. If the car arrives ok in late January 2005 and I have no problems I will tell you who it was. Even so I have saved about 2,000 GBP on the price of the new car. My local dealer was unable to match the price. I think he can make his quota selling at a higher price so he does not need to discount so heavily. The car will be brand new and from a 'real' VW dealer. Not the pre-registered or imports that you sometimes see on the web.

I have gone for a black one - not many colour choices unless you upgrade to metallic or pearl effect ( at a price..). But my first and only other new car was a black Ford Escort that I purchased in 1983 with a plate of A299 JEX. The plate was the year the UK DVLA changed the plates round from being ABC 123{Reg letter} to {reg letter}123 ABC. It is now different again of course.