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Sociology > Depression |
| User: |
"humble.life" |
| Date: |
09 Apr 2006 08:45:29 AM |
| Object: |
FAO: Jenny McCabe : jM/kf/01884/2 |
Dear Mrs McCabe.
Many thanks for your letter, dated 4th April. I will study the plan of
action over the next few days.
1. I recognise their is a long wait for housing in Oxford....
Painfully. However I remain unimpressed as to how many years it has
taken for the Council to learn about housing needs. And how, on the one
hand, the City Council want to put forward for the "European City Of
Culture" award with one hand, yet encourage tenants to team up against
each other with the other.
2. The only forms I can fill in about my neighbours are forms heavily
weighted into assuming nuisance, meaning the only route you can follow
is that of further demonisation of people who are, in my belief,
scapegoats of bad-design, poverty, and from the subject matter I can
hear sometimes through my ceiling, abuse. But when you haven't got much
of your own space to yourself, you loose sympathy because you have to.
I am, therefore, also a scapegoat of bad design. These processes are
adding to the stress and make relaxing difficult in itself.
Therefore, as per point 2, I will look into specialist music industry
insulation and study the options. Aiming to convert, at least, the bedroom.
3. I will leave you to study this point. I don't have the skills that
can stretch that far!
4. I have written to Ruth Beer and Sajjad Malik before. I am trying to
find their replies in my files, nothing constructive really came from it
as far as I remember. I'll try to find them as I can, and if I don't
find them, start the letter writing process again.
I suspect that I am viewed with a general "conscience of convenience"
within my individual circumstances. The Council, and even some local
MP's, seem to work and act in a way that draws the simplest and easiest
conclusions to make their day easier, rather than to actually learn.
If I was to explode under the pressure of sleeplessness, mental health
problems and unemployability, they would simply point and say "see, I
always knew he was bad...." rather than look any further. Simply
sighting mental health problems as a cause rather than as a result.
As far as my on-line sources are concerned, Google has become filled
with websites with random words included.
My primary resource is still at
http://www.ehp-online.com/archive/2006-01/7.asp
The, possibly, related-case names are;
Mark Vella Vs Lambeth LBC London & Quadrant Housing Trust:
and
Southwark LBC v Mills & Ors: Baxter v Camden LBC:
The following article also follows a sympathetic line of why I can't
cope with the private system. It's not always just students.
http://www.oxfordstudent.com/mt2003wk0/news/housing_hell
In the meantime, and in the absence of winning the lottery, I hope this
reaches you well,
Many Regards
Simon Canning
39 Southfield Park, Bartlemas Close, Oxford
P.S. many apologies for the delay, I've just had (hopefully) my final
wisdom tooth out and have been catching up on paperwork before I put it
all away properly.
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| User: "humble.life" |
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| Title: Re: FAO: Jenny McCabe : jM/kf/01884/2 |
09 Apr 2006 08:45:53 AM |
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humble.life wrote:
Dear Mrs McCabe.
Many thanks for your letter, dated 4th April. I will study the plan of
action over the next few days.
1. I recognise their is a long wait for housing in Oxford....
Painfully. However I remain unimpressed as to how many years it has
taken for the Council to learn about housing needs. And how, on the one
hand, the City Council want to put forward for the "European City Of
Culture" award with one hand, yet encourage tenants to team up against
each other with the other.
2. The only forms I can fill in about my neighbours are forms heavily
weighted into assuming nuisance, meaning the only route you can follow
is that of further demonisation of people who are, in my belief,
scapegoats of bad-design, poverty, and from the subject matter I can
hear sometimes through my ceiling, abuse. But when you haven't got much
of your own space to yourself, you loose sympathy because you have to.
I am, therefore, also a scapegoat of bad design. These processes are
adding to the stress and make relaxing difficult in itself.
Therefore, as per point 2, I will look into specialist music industry
insulation and study the options. Aiming to convert, at least, the bedroom.
3. I will leave you to study this point. I don't have the skills that
can stretch that far!
4. I have written to Ruth Beer and Sajjad Malik before. I am trying to
find their replies in my files, nothing constructive really came from it
as far as I remember. I'll try to find them as I can, and if I don't
find them, start the letter writing process again.
I suspect that I am viewed with a general "conscience of convenience"
within my individual circumstances. The Council, and even some local
MP's, seem to work and act in a way that draws the simplest and easiest
conclusions to make their day easier, rather than to actually learn.
If I was to explode under the pressure of sleeplessness, mental health
problems and unemployability, they would simply point and say "see, I
always knew he was bad...." rather than look any further. Simply
sighting mental health problems as a cause rather than as a result.
As far as my on-line sources are concerned, Google has become filled
with websites with random words included.
My primary resource is still at
http://www.ehp-online.com/archive/2006-01/7.asp
The, possibly, related-case names are;
Mark Vella Vs Lambeth LBC London & Quadrant Housing Trust:
and
Southwark LBC v Mills & Ors: Baxter v Camden LBC:
The following article also follows a sympathetic line of why I can't
cope with the private system. It's not always just students.
http://www.oxfordstudent.com/mt2003wk0/news/housing_hell
In the meantime, and in the absence of winning the lottery, I hope this
reaches you well,
Many Regards
Simon Canning
39 Southfield Park, Bartlemas Close, Oxford
P.S. many apologies for the delay, I've just had (hopefully) my final
wisdom tooth out and have been catching up on paperwork before I put it
all away properly.
How does that look?
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| User: "Luna" |
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| Title: Re: FAO: Jenny McCabe : jM/kf/01884/2 |
09 Apr 2006 11:37:45 AM |
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Okay, I'm going to proofread it like a proofreader, which I used to do a
little, keep in mind that my spelling is far superior to my grammar. I have
just cut out what I'd change within the text of this (first change is adding
a . after the Mrs), I have removed commas and changed some spelling, stuff
too.
"humble.life" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:49shfuFpunhiU2@individual.net...
humble.life wrote:
Dear Mrs. McCabe.
Many thanks for your letter dated 4th April. I will study the plan of
action over the next few days.
1. I recognise there is a long wait for housing in Oxford....
painfully. However I remain unimpressed as to how many years it has
taken for the Council to learn about housing needs. And how, on the one
hand, the City Council want to put forward the "European City Of Culture"
award with one hand yet encourage tenants to team up against each other
with the other.
2. The only forms I can fill in about my neighbours are forms heavily
weighted toward assuming nuisance, meaning the only route you can follow
is that of further demonization of people who are, in my belief,
scapegoats of bad-design, poverty, and from the subject matter I can
hear sometimes through my ceiling, abuse. But when you haven't got much
of your own space to yourself, you lose sympathy because you have to.
I am, therefore, also a product of this bad design. These processes are
adding to the stress and make relaxing difficult in itself.
Therefore, as per point 2, I will look into specialist music industry
insulation and study the options. Aiming to convert, at least, the
bedroom.
3. I will leave you to study this point. I don't have skills that
stretch that far!
4. I have written to Ruth Beer and Sajjad Malik in the past. I am trying
to
find their replies in my files, nothing constructive really came from it
as far as I remember. I'll try to find them as I can, and if I don't
find them, start the letter writing process again.
I suspect that I am viewed with a general "conscience of convenience"
because of my individual circumstances. The Council, and even some local
MP's, seem to work and act in a way that draws the simplest and easiest
conclusions to make their day easier, rather than to actually learn.
If I was to explode under the pressure of sleeplessness, mental health
problems and unemployability, they would simply point and say "see, I
always knew he was bad...." rather than look any further. Simply citing
mental health problems as a cause rather than as a result.
As far as my on-line sources are concerned, Google has become filled with
websites with random words included.
My primary resource is still at
http://www.ehp-online.com/archive/2006-01/7.asp
The, possibly, related-case names are;
Mark Vella Vs Lambeth LBC London & Quadrant Housing Trust:
and
Southwark LBC v Mills & Ors: Baxter v Camden LBC:
The following article also follows a sympathetic line of why I can't
cope with the private system. It's not always just students.
http://www.oxfordstudent.com/mt2003wk0/news/housing_hell
In the meantime, and in the absence of winning the lottery, I hope this
reaches you well,
Many Regards
Simon Canning
39 Southfield Park, Bartlemas Close, Oxford
P.S. many apologies for the delay, I've just had (hopefully) my final
wisdom tooth out and have been catching up on paperwork before I put it
all away properly.
How does that look?
It looks pretty good, Simon. My favorite part is:
"If I was to explode under the pressure of sleeplessness, mental health
problems and unemployability, they would simply point and say "see, I
always knew he was bad...." rather than look any further."
I think it ties in to what you were talking about a bit further up about the
impossibility of thriving in a culture that promotes ratting out your
neighbours and living in an environment that makes it pretty much impossible
for you to have decent living conditions including peace and quiet.
Usually when I write I do it really fast and it tends to be a flow rather
than a piece with an objective at proving my most salient points...one
things leads to another leads to another sort of thing. When I'm writing
something I really want people to pay attention to I try to start with the
bare bones of the points I'm trying to make, really really bare. Sort them
in give weight accordingly. Edit, edit, edit.
You might want to cc this to your local paper, eh?
Jean
--
The future is NOW - just later.
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| User: "Gayle" |
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| Title: Re: FAO: Jenny McCabe : jM/kf/01884/2 |
09 Apr 2006 09:20:15 AM |
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humble.life wrote:
humble.life wrote:
Dear Mrs McCabe.
Many thanks for your letter, dated 4th April. I will study the plan
of action over the next few days.
1. I recognise their is a long wait for housing in Oxford....
Painfully. However I remain unimpressed as to how many years it has
taken for the Council to learn about housing needs. And how, on the
one hand, the City Council want to put forward for the "European City
Of Culture" award with one hand, yet encourage tenants to team up
against each other with the other.
2. The only forms I can fill in about my neighbours are forms heavily
weighted into assuming nuisance, meaning the only route you can follow
is that of further demonisation of people who are, in my belief,
scapegoats of bad-design, poverty, and from the subject matter I can
hear sometimes through my ceiling, abuse. But when you haven't got much
of your own space to yourself, you loose sympathy because you have to.
I am, therefore, also a scapegoat of bad design. These processes are
adding to the stress and make relaxing difficult in itself.
Therefore, as per point 2, I will look into specialist music industry
insulation and study the options. Aiming to convert, at least, the
bedroom.
3. I will leave you to study this point. I don't have the skills that
can stretch that far!
4. I have written to Ruth Beer and Sajjad Malik before. I am trying to
find their replies in my files, nothing constructive really came from it
as far as I remember. I'll try to find them as I can, and if I don't
find them, start the letter writing process again.
I suspect that I am viewed with a general "conscience of convenience"
within my individual circumstances. The Council, and even some local
MP's, seem to work and act in a way that draws the simplest and
easiest conclusions to make their day easier, rather than to actually
learn.
If I was to explode under the pressure of sleeplessness, mental health
problems and unemployability, they would simply point and say "see, I
always knew he was bad...." rather than look any further. Simply
sighting mental health problems as a cause rather than as a result.
As far as my on-line sources are concerned, Google has become filled
with websites with random words included.
My primary resource is still at
http://www.ehp-online.com/archive/2006-01/7.asp
The, possibly, related-case names are;
Mark Vella Vs Lambeth LBC London & Quadrant Housing Trust:
and
Southwark LBC v Mills & Ors: Baxter v Camden LBC:
The following article also follows a sympathetic line of why I can't
cope with the private system. It's not always just students.
http://www.oxfordstudent.com/mt2003wk0/news/housing_hell
In the meantime, and in the absence of winning the lottery, I hope this
reaches you well,
Many Regards
Simon Canning
39 Southfield Park, Bartlemas Close, Oxford
P.S. many apologies for the delay, I've just had (hopefully) my final
wisdom tooth out and have been catching up on paperwork before I put it
all away properly.
How does that look?
It looks good, S. Couple of typos that
are no biggie. ('Their' near the top
should be 'there is a long wait'; 'loose
sympathy' should be 'lose sympathy';
'sighting mental health' should be 'citing'.
I'd like to see a clearer statement, at
the beginning or end of the letter
regarding your goals in writing the
letter, i.e. what do you want her to do?
And, aside from the letter, your
response in Point 2 about looking into
soundproofing -- some of that stuff is
incredibly flammable and bad things have
happened. Please include a serious
glance at that component of the product
specs when you do look into it.
Soundproofing can be a very effective
solution. Just make sure it's a safe
one, too.
All in all, well done. imo. I really
hope you find a solution to living in
what the US laws call 'private and quiet
enjoyment of your home'.
Gayle
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| User: "humble.life" |
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| Title: Re: FAO: Jenny McCabe : jM/kf/01884/2 |
09 Apr 2006 08:48:14 AM |
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humble.life wrote:
humble.life wrote:
Dear Mrs McCabe.
Many thanks for your letter, dated 4th April. I will study the plan
of action over the next few days.
1. I recognise their is a long wait for housing in Oxford....
Painfully. However I remain unimpressed as to how many years it has
taken for the Council to learn about housing needs. And how, on the
one hand, the City Council want to put forward for the "European City
Of Culture" award with one hand, yet encourage tenants to team up
against each other with the other.
2. The only forms I can fill in about my neighbours are forms heavily
weighted into assuming nuisance, meaning the only route you can follow
is that of further demonisation of people who are, in my belief,
scapegoats of bad-design, poverty, and from the subject matter I can
hear sometimes through my ceiling, abuse. But when you haven't got much
of your own space to yourself, you loose sympathy because you have to.
I am, therefore, also a scapegoat of bad design. These processes are
adding to the stress and make relaxing difficult in itself.
Therefore, as per point 2, I will look into specialist music industry
insulation and study the options. Aiming to convert, at least, the
bedroom.
3. I will leave you to study this point. I don't have the skills that
can stretch that far!
4. I have written to Ruth Beer and Sajjad Malik before. I am trying to
find their replies in my files, nothing constructive really came from it
as far as I remember. I'll try to find them as I can, and if I don't
find them, start the letter writing process again.
I suspect that I am viewed with a general "conscience of convenience"
within my individual circumstances. The Council, and even some local
MP's, seem to work and act in a way that draws the simplest and
easiest conclusions to make their day easier, rather than to actually
learn.
If I was to explode under the pressure of sleeplessness, mental health
problems and unemployability, they would simply point and say "see, I
always knew he was bad...." rather than look any further. Simply
sighting mental health problems as a cause rather than as a result.
As far as my on-line sources are concerned, Google has become filled
with websites with random words included.
My primary resource is still at
http://www.ehp-online.com/archive/2006-01/7.asp
The, possibly, related-case names are;
Mark Vella Vs Lambeth LBC London & Quadrant Housing Trust:
and
Southwark LBC v Mills & Ors: Baxter v Camden LBC:
The following article also follows a sympathetic line of why I can't
cope with the private system. It's not always just students.
http://www.oxfordstudent.com/mt2003wk0/news/housing_hell
In the meantime, and in the absence of winning the lottery, I hope this
reaches you well,
Many Regards
Simon Canning
39 Southfield Park, Bartlemas Close, Oxford
P.S. many apologies for the delay, I've just had (hopefully) my final
wisdom tooth out and have been catching up on paperwork before I put it
all away properly.
How does that look?
hmmm, i think it's all i can write anyway,
not letting these council bunkums get away with their lacklustre
understanding anymore...
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