tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post139345831177395609..comments2024-03-27T07:59:25.142+02:00Comments on Eco Footprint ~ South Africa: Census detailsDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-81284543448722088982011-11-03T06:59:48.749+02:002011-11-03T06:59:48.749+02:00Elephant's Eye - Interesting that you had no v...Elephant's Eye - Interesting that you had no veg garden questions! How can they have a census with different focuses of inquiry?<br /><br />Yeah, I've also heard about refusals. Looks like the refusals are going to be charged with non-compliance or some such like. I thought the sticker on the mailbox was a quick, clever way of identifying who had been counted.<br /><br />Our lady also Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-87686970345037617022011-11-02T22:30:08.442+02:002011-11-02T22:30:08.442+02:00Interesting post! We've just had a census here...Interesting post! We've just had a census here in Australia, and for the first time were given the option to lodge online (the census is always completed by the household and then submitted, so the only people who come around are to drop the forms off and pick them up again).celiahttp://www.figjamandlimecordial.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-58707679571271405902011-11-02T20:59:50.170+02:002011-11-02T20:59:50.170+02:00My experience was different. Spent some time talki...My experience was different. Spent some time talking to the woman who recorded our details. I chose not to declare our annual income, and a whole swathe of questions went unanswered - which is what they were told to do. No veg queries for us!<br /><br />She explained that they are having difficulties recording data on the white side of town, people refuse. That rests on individual shoulders, Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-53834316072671982882011-11-02T19:06:51.314+02:002011-11-02T19:06:51.314+02:00Mr H - I have links regarding this happening in th...Mr H - I have links regarding this happening in the US - I must just find them.<br /><br />Leigh - Yup, guess anything that could reduce the income into the government coffers is going to become an ever growing crime...<br /><br />Mrs Mac - LOL Leave it to a man - they don't know how to duck a question.<br /><br />I agree, providing for yourself through growing food crops should NEVER be Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-52851651045263716022011-11-02T18:14:10.453+02:002011-11-02T18:14:10.453+02:00Interesting. For our last census I only filled ou...Interesting. For our last census I only filled out how many people resided at home. It asked for cell phone numbers and all sorts of stupid questions. Then hubby informed me last week that someone (a census worker) had called him at home and he answered their questions. BOY WAS I MAD! <br /><br />Basic human rights (growing your own food from seeds that you save) should not be entangled withMrs. Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06644129213141875138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-1824243362299599952011-11-02T17:23:10.722+02:002011-11-02T17:23:10.722+02:00Interesting post Dani. Governments worldwide seem ...Interesting post Dani. Governments worldwide seem to becoming less and less trustworthy. And with Monsanto looking to become a worldwide monopoly, those kinds of questions are extremely suspicious. As recently as WWII, it was considered a citizen's patriotic duty to have a garden. Now we seem to be on the verge of it being a crime.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-63322151505144964692011-11-02T15:10:47.275+02:002011-11-02T15:10:47.275+02:00A permit to grow crops for ones own consumption......A permit to grow crops for ones own consumption...I'll have to read up on that. Anyway, I'm with RMan, tell them as little as possible.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-54859202627355468602011-11-02T14:58:36.811+02:002011-11-02T14:58:36.811+02:00Jane - I agree with you. But, Ha!, using a pencil...Jane - I agree with you. But, Ha!, using a pencil means, with the aid of an eraser, they can change the data they're collecting...! How viable is that data then? And now they want to / need to spend an entire year collating the data they have "collected" (sic). If they had collected it via a handheld device which could then be downloaded to a mother computer, the reconciliation Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-24310312522863910192011-11-02T14:39:12.161+02:002011-11-02T14:39:12.161+02:00Hey I am happy to see people still know how to use...Hey I am happy to see people still know how to use pencil and paper! I hate the fact that everything is on a computer and no one can ever do anything without the computer. So much private information on computers and look how many clerks can not make change unless the computer tells them how much. SighJane @ Hard Work Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905658082120445313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-66765453483569919972011-11-02T13:49:26.330+02:002011-11-02T13:49:26.330+02:00Tami - Money, money, money, ain't it funny, it...Tami - Money, money, money, ain't it funny, it's a rich man's (or government's) world... Sickening actually.<br /><br />Haven't seen Solent green. YET. LOL<br /><br />Linda - LOL. Thanks :) I reckon there isn't a government in the world which isn't corrupt / hasn't an ulterior motive / isn't feathering their members individual nests. In October, our Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-80587102135681218102011-11-02T13:18:59.612+02:002011-11-02T13:18:59.612+02:00I'm LOVING following your blog! Gee Wizz! Af...I'm LOVING following your blog! Gee Wizz! After reading this I'm wondering if the governments have really got a handle on things? LOL!!!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10975556587020883049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-84564091402638618482011-11-02T12:47:42.695+02:002011-11-02T12:47:42.695+02:00Interesting observations, Dani. I find it interes...Interesting observations, Dani. I find it interesting that they asked about the veggie patch and that they didn't ask about your energy sources. (Yet) Everything is about money with the govmt isn't it? I read things like this and always remember the movie "Solent Green". (No food. We're eating each other.)Tamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597093453934852571noreply@blogger.com