Jim may be retired, but he clearly remembers being taught decimals in primary school. He was not only taught the rules, but taught to see if the answer was sensible. For example, if 1.9 x 3.1 = 58.9 then something has gone wrong. Roughly 2 times roughly 3 does not equal roughly 60. This wrong answer was obtained by muddling the decimal point rules of multiplication and addition. This principle developed into “Stand back; see the whole picture; does it make sense?”
Is Exeter City Council using its common sense?
By failing to respond to the Community’s need for a larger Summerway Club in 1999, Local Government undoubtedly contributed to the degree of vandalism we now experience in the locality. By destroying the Club altogether, vandalism is sure to grow even further. ECC’s destruction of the Orchard Adventure Playground three years ago by similar means has the same effect. Is it common sense to wipe out established community managed services, thereby fuelling vandalism by deprivation? Is ECC using its common sense, or is it guilty of muddling the rules for commercial enterprises and services?
