This is what happens when the Greens influence things....

Thoughts_Arrive

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-n ... 6059942322

They are now removing outdoor heaters and giving patrons blankets instead :roll:

Byrnzie

Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Those heaters don't work properly anyway. They're a blatant waste of energy.

Thoughts_Arrive

Byrnzie wrote:

Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Those heaters don't work properly anyway. They're a blatant waste of energy.

They don't work well when it is windy.
I find that they work fine for me here in lovely violent Melbourne.
As if people will use blankets, what a joke.

Byrnzie

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Byrnzie wrote:

Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Those heaters don't work properly anyway. They're a blatant waste of energy.

They don't work well when it is windy.
I find that they work fine for me here in lovely violent Melbourne.
As if people will use blankets, what a joke.

They could always eat inside if it's cold outside.

zarocat

Byrnzie wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Byrnzie wrote:

Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Those heaters don't work properly anyway. They're a blatant waste of energy.

They don't work well when it is windy.
I find that they work fine for me here in lovely violent Melbourne.
As if people will use blankets, what a joke.

They could always eat inside if it's cold outside.

Thoughts_Arrive

Byrnzie wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Byrnzie wrote:

Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Those heaters don't work properly anyway. They're a blatant waste of energy.

They don't work well when it is windy.
I find that they work fine for me here in lovely violent Melbourne.
As if people will use blankets, what a joke.

They could always eat inside if it's cold outside.

Well here in Melbourne a lot of the time it is hard to get a table inside, to get one means waiting a while, especially in Little Italy (Lygon Street).

Jeanwah

Wah, wah wah. Let the diners starve then, if they refuse to eat inside when it's cold out. What a bunch of whiners. :roll:

Thoughts_Arrive

Jeanwah wrote:

Wah, wah wah. Let the diners starve then, if they refuse to eat inside when it's cold out. What a bunch of whiners. :roll:

wah is in your username.

Jeanwah

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Jeanwah wrote:

Wah, wah wah. Let the diners starve then, if they refuse to eat inside when it's cold out. What a bunch of whiners. :roll:

wah is in your username.

You are very observant.

Thoughts_Arrive

I am indeed. :geek:

sandgroper

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

They are now removing outdoor heaters and giving patrons blankets instead :roll:

like melbourne isn't cold enough! i'll make sure i bring a snuggie if i have to eat my meal outside

Thoughts_Arrive

sandgroper wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

They are now removing outdoor heaters and giving patrons blankets instead :roll:

like melbourne isn't cold enough! i'll make sure i bring a snuggie if i have to eat my meal outside

If only we had Perth weather, everytime I see the weather report it is 24 there.
Here it is icy in winter.

brianlux

In winter time when I was a kid, if we forgot to close a door to the outside with the heat going my father would ask, "What are trying to do- heat the all outsoors?" Made sense to me as a kid- so why do adults think it makes sense to indulge overly spoiled whiney customers by trying to heat the all out doors?
I wouldn't so much call this is a "Greens influence things" issue (not that I mind that!) as a "reasonable people making reasonable choices" issue.

Godfather.

the greenies ARE GOING TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM COMPLETE AND UTTER DISTRUCTION and I'm still running for president and when I win the drilling will start.. OIL FOR EVERYBODY !!! and I'll give everybody that dosen't vote for me a hanky (offical president hanky) to wipe that ugly greenie off their nose's.

Godfather.

brianlux

So true Kermit- it's not easy being green.

Godfather.

brianlux wrote:

So true Kermit- it's not easy being green.

love it !!!!

Godfather.

ONCE DEVIDED

what ever happened to putting a jumper on.
christ people are lazy and self absorbed
I have live d in my area for a long time quite close to a popular dining strip.
used to be a very buzy vibrant place in summer, spring and auttum, alfresco otdoor dining at its best,
during the cold times less people ventured out, alfresco dining slowed to nothing.
now everyone uses heaters outside and sometyimes it can be buzy but throow in wind and they do not warm you.
so what are the heaters there for
PROFIT and thats all, sure they keep the punter comfertable but at what cost to our panet
cant we make do with BOOKING A TABLE INSIDE instead of just rocking up and sitting under a heater

Thoughts_Arrive

Sometimes a jumper is not enough when winter really bites.

ONCE DEVIDED

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Sometimes a jumper is not enough when winter really bites.

so put extra burden on our planet so you can stay warm whilst dining out????

Thoughts_Arrive

ONCE DEVIDED wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Sometimes a jumper is not enough when winter really bites.

so put extra burden on our planet so you can stay warm whilst dining out????

Yep. Please don't try sell your global warming/climate change rubbish to me.
I am not that stupid.

ONCE DEVIDED

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

ONCE DEVIDED wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Sometimes a jumper is not enough when winter really bites.

so put extra burden on our planet so you can stay warm whilst dining out????

Yep. Please don't try sell your global warming/climate change rubbish to me.
I am not that stupid.

please show me where i mentioned climate change.
I love my planet, my home I recognise that the vast numbers of humans swarming over our planet are depleting recources at a rapid rate. that we use technologies that are old and outdated. that we are pumping more and more stuff into our atmosphere and taking away the filters that restore the balance.
I dont mind paying a carbon tax, my only gripe is that the monies raised actually go into improving technology not standard gov coffers.
when i was young if we got cold we put more clothes on, not pay to generate heat, when it got to hot we sat in the shade where a breeze was blowing. not get the air conditioner pumping.
we have gotten fat and lazy. the sign of a fading society

Thoughts_Arrive

By saying 'extra burden on our planet' seems like you believe this global warming/climate change nonsense.
You don't mind paying a carbon tax? Do you have a very high income?
I'd like to see the battlers out there with low incomes be happy to pay it.
Sorry but if I am hot or cold I will turn on the heater/air con.
Btw I am not fat and I prefer using technology to keep me warm/cool.

ONCE DEVIDED

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

By saying 'extra burden on our planet' seems like you believe this global warming/climate change nonsense.
You don't mind paying a carbon tax? Do you have a very high income?
I'd like to see the battlers out there with low incomes be happy to pay it.
Sorry but if I am hot or cold I will turn on the heater/air con.
Btw I am not fat and I prefer using technology to keep me warm/cool.

so you prefer to pay for your heating cool
pay more for it, me and my family will snuggle under a dooner together whilst watching a movie or whatever. but i hope you have to pay more, making you think maybe snuggling up with those you love isnt such a bad thing
sad that you put the care for my planet in the basket of a scientific beleif that has arrived in only the last 10 years. ive held this beleif since i was a child
no im not highly paid, and i work in industry where carbon taxes are aimed to reduce my companies profit. ie mining.
Oh i use technology a lot all types but i think about my use

ONCE DEVIDED

also i do have an airconditioner, we got that after my daughter was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. she loses body salts very quickly in the hotter months. but we are smart with our use. we try to not waste as much as we can.
thus I support putting extra cost on somthing people can actually think about, can reduce their use of precious resources and the attributed pollutions incurred.
we are quickly running out of oil , coal etc we have to think about how we move forward

Thoughts_Arrive

I don't care about the planet.
I throw rubbish on the floor or out the car window all the time, especially McDonald's bags and wrappers.
I also own a heavily polluting vehicle, I really need to fix that exhaust.

EdsonNascimento

This is all very amusing. My house is 60 in the summer and 70 in the winter. I like walking around in shorts 365 days a year in my house (leap years I wear pants 1 day). And I can still snuggle without wasting that evil electricity on the Tv.