Feeling guilty after eating too much chocolate, I joined many people battling the oscillation between the physique of the ”fat controller” and a “tortoise with glasses” on the first cycle ride of 2010.
Easter is a time for art, families and chocolate.
The weather has not been kind and, being the age of a tortoise with glasses, I can remember the winter of 1963. Being only eight at the time, I cannot remember how many potholes there were afterwards but certainly noticed them this time.
My last cycle ride was early November and I think the roads were is a good state of repair.
The organisations responsible for fixing the roads need our help knowing where they are as staff cuts and impending budget cuts (whoever wins the election) will leave us, the citizens, as the main source of reporting potholes, I think!
Councils with compelling websites will encourage such “crowd-sourcing”, especially if they have a map as the primary interface…click on the map and fill in a small form….and are connected to the Department’s operational system.
Overdo the chocolate or exercise?
Here at Pitney Bowes, we have such a system: Confirm. We have web-based mapping for citizen portals and Council websites and these can be connected with Departmental operational systems that help with the whole Highways and Roads department.
But we cannot help with the Easter egg and weight problem – you are on your own for that one, as am I. Tortoise or Fat Controller? I think I am off to buy a Monacle, just in case!
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