Yorkshire Evening Post

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 30 Sep, 2009 9:41 pm

sundowner wrote: Reginal Perrin wrote: We get somethign called the Rothwell and Disctrict Express which basically seesm tobe a thinned down, advert heavy Wakefield Express with very little to do with Rothwell at all.What is the legal situation with dropping any old rubbish such as this through letter boxes, is it not essentially littering? Hi Reginal Perrin even the post man now puts junk through the letter box.Twice this week we have had junk mail put through our letter box three items one day and two the next, none had our address on it whats all this about.I am thinking about saveing it untill i get a big amount then putting it in a letter box see what they make of that. Simple - they get paid to deliver it, no sorting, easy money. Unless I'm mistaken, you can register (rather like the Telephone Preference Service) not to receive mailing list stuff, but then, you might just miss something worth having!

Crazy Jane · Post by **Crazy Jane** » Sat 24 Oct, 2009 1:00 pm

Found this on the website today, about the bin men being on strike:http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... 0485.jp"He said a reduction in sick leave among refuse workers – currently an average of 29 days a year per employee – would have to be reduced."If the reduction has to be reduced doesn't that mean that the amount of sick leave will have to be increased?

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 24 Oct, 2009 1:08 pm

Crazy Jane wrote: Found this on the website today, about the bin men being on strike:http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... 0485.jp"He said a reduction in sick leave among refuse workers – currently an average of 29 days a year per employee – would have to be reduced."If the reduction has to be reduced doesn't that mean that the amount of sick leave will have to be increased? A double negative but no, it means just the resultant reduction in days would be smaller, but I see what you meanThere has been an earlier report where the statement was quoted properly rather than as appears, paraphrased by good old YP!

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Sat 24 Oct, 2009 4:56 pm

raveydavey wrote: chameleon wrote: There is an advertising feature (though I'm not sure what it's advertising) in the Weekly news if anyone still gets it pushed into their letter box, entitled A City at War.Short but some interesting snips but, not without the errors inherent to this group -Sandbags doubled in price from 2d to 4d as....supply ....exceeded demand.Lets all hope for shortages in other areas now when prices will of course be halved as demand exceeds supply The Leeds Weekly News - where I live that could be another entry on the "Things you don't see anymore thread".In fact it's over a decade since a copy has been delivered round here, which makes a complete mockery of the council using it to publish official council notices.. I used to live in Marlborough Towers tll Jan '07. I lived there for 15 years and in all that time we never got 1 copy of the Weekly News. No one on the estate got it. I phoned the YEP one day to find out why and they said it was cos the estate has a LS1 postcode and they don't deliver to the city centre. I even offered to deliver copies on the estate if they brought them and they said no.

Crazy Jane · Post by **Crazy Jane** » Sat 24 Oct, 2009 6:44 pm

It hasn't been delivered here in over 10 years. Used to be they'd get someone to deliver it, then they'd all turn up dumped in the haddon hall carpark. Then a guy would come round and check up, then it would all happen the same again.I guess at some point they just gave up.

Crazy Jane · Post by **Crazy Jane** » Fri 30 Oct, 2009 9:52 am

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... 588.jpJust in time for Halloween, the bin men's dispute has seen the appearence of finspecters! O_o

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Fri 30 Oct, 2009 9:51 pm

I meant to post this earlier, but this week the same story (about a collision on York Road between a car and a mobility scooter) was in the same edition THREE times.And then a story about a pensioner getting escorted trips to the supermarket has been repeated on seperate nights this last week too.Still, they've found a reason to run yet another story about 'Gruens Gates' at Cross Gates again tonight

purplezulu · Post by **purplezulu** » Fri 30 Oct, 2009 10:08 pm

My most bizarre - I can't really say fond, memory of the Y.E.P is when I was visiting me Gran once a week after school. In the days when it did actually arrive in the evening.She used to get her address book and pen ready, then when she heard the paper land on the mat, scoot into the hall to get it. Turned to the obituary pages and looked through them, occationally the address book would be opened and some unfortunate person would be crossed out with what seemed like relish!Gave me a bit of a shiver! She was lovely was me Gran but I could never get over the glee she had when she'd outlived another old biddy When she died in 1990 I thought of her name being crossed out of address books all round Leeds and it made me sad. I've never bought the paper since apart from Thursdays when I was looking for work.Must be an old people thing, can't really blame the paper for it - but still, I'm scarred for life!

weenie · Post by **weenie** » Fri 30 Oct, 2009 10:12 pm

my dad use to buy the YEP just to see if he knew anyone who had passed away, he use to say, "i'm just checking i've lived another day"

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Sat 31 Oct, 2009 12:59 am

The papers credibility meanders on.Earlier this week an incident on the A64 involving an invalid scooterwas reported THREE times on varying pages.The spelling and grammar disasters seem to get worse(worser?)