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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,597
    capt_slog said:

    I've noticed on a couple of TV dramas recently that we (the viewers) are not properly shown the message on a phone even though it appears crucial to the story. We get a glimpse of it at a bad angle and barely have time to work out who it's from let alone what it says.

    I wonder if it's because they think that everyone now has a 50 inch plus TV?

    Kinda ironic that the young watch most things on their phones which will makes such messages even smaller. Then again, field of view has to be taken into account.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,682
    Pross said:

    First.Aspect said:

    rjsterry said:

    TheBigBean said:

    rjsterry said:

    focuszing723 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    The state of this:

    focuszing723 said:

    Mark my words. That'll be you in thirty years.

    My parents aren’t tbf. Cambridge uni built a £1bn new development behind their house and turned their little dirt road to the house into a bike path and they were the only people affected nearby who voiced in favour of it.

    Not everyone is a NIMBY.

    There have been some developments for the local train station - a big noisy train washer and we refused to join the protestations the rest of the street had. What do they expect, they’ve bought a house that is 300m from the station and next to the train line - do they expect it to just be ossified until they leave?

    I may be many bad things but when it come to politics I practice what I preach. That’s why I volunteered for the LDs. I had the time and I care so why not?
    I've said before. I see both sides of this issue.
    Go on then. What is the 'other side' if not just fear of change. The country is littered with the remains of deserted villages that didn't change.
    I object to urban sprawl because I think places should be designed around public transport and walking. I don't expect that to be a popular view.
    In principle, sure. Polegate has a station and is small enough that you can walk to that station from anywhere within it. It's a very sensible place to build. We are not going to fulfil housing needs by pretending there is some untapped reservoir of urban brownfield land with great public transport already in place.
    What about all those abandoned railways? There's a ton of YouTube videos of bearded men exploring them.

    I should be in government, I really should.
    https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/tfl-publishes-plans-for-property-company-with-potential-to-deliver-up-to-46000-homes-71524

    Chances are if someone on here thinks of a solution the people who make money from these things have already come up with it or it isn't practicable.
    Better link here as the other one only allows one view. This gives quite a few examples of has been / is being built and also what is in the pipeline. They also create a greater percentage of 'affordable'* homes than you would usually get.

    * The definition of affordable is a bit wooly and sometimes based on a percentage of local market price so probably still too expensive for many in central London.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,682
    edited August 2022
    pblakeney said:

    capt_slog said:

    I've noticed on a couple of TV dramas recently that we (the viewers) are not properly shown the message on a phone even though it appears crucial to the story. We get a glimpse of it at a bad angle and barely have time to work out who it's from let alone what it says.

    I wonder if it's because they think that everyone now has a 50 inch plus TV?

    Kinda ironic that the young watch most things on their phones which will makes such messages even smaller. Then again, field of view has to be taken into account.
    My daughter bought a 75" TV recently, I struggle with it as the picture is so big in her room and the definition is so high that everything looks fake.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    Pross said:

    Pross said:

    First.Aspect said:

    rjsterry said:

    TheBigBean said:

    rjsterry said:

    focuszing723 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    The state of this:

    focuszing723 said:

    Mark my words. That'll be you in thirty years.

    My parents aren’t tbf. Cambridge uni built a £1bn new development behind their house and turned their little dirt road to the house into a bike path and they were the only people affected nearby who voiced in favour of it.

    Not everyone is a NIMBY.

    There have been some developments for the local train station - a big noisy train washer and we refused to join the protestations the rest of the street had. What do they expect, they’ve bought a house that is 300m from the station and next to the train line - do they expect it to just be ossified until they leave?

    I may be many bad things but when it come to politics I practice what I preach. That’s why I volunteered for the LDs. I had the time and I care so why not?
    I've said before. I see both sides of this issue.
    Go on then. What is the 'other side' if not just fear of change. The country is littered with the remains of deserted villages that didn't change.
    I object to urban sprawl because I think places should be designed around public transport and walking. I don't expect that to be a popular view.
    In principle, sure. Polegate has a station and is small enough that you can walk to that station from anywhere within it. It's a very sensible place to build. We are not going to fulfil housing needs by pretending there is some untapped reservoir of urban brownfield land with great public transport already in place.
    What about all those abandoned railways? There's a ton of YouTube videos of bearded men exploring them.

    I should be in government, I really should.
    https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/tfl-publishes-plans-for-property-company-with-potential-to-deliver-up-to-46000-homes-71524

    Chances are if someone on here thinks of a solution the people who make money from these things have already come up with it or it isn't practicable.
    Better link here as the other one only allows one view. This gives quite a few examples of has been / is being built and also what is in the pipeline. They also create a greater percentage of 'affordable'* homes than you would usually get.

    * The definition of affordable is a bit wooly and sometimes based on a percentage of local market price so probably still too expensive for many in central London.
    You know I was joking right?

    Reopening railways is an SNP policy, including one between Edinburgh and Carlisle, to complete the link between bits of the borders that are too far from either of them to be worth moving there if you work in either of them.

    Unfortunately there are lots of houses already where most of the lines used to be. So this well thought out policy of turning back time faces some obstacles. Similar in fact to building new railway lines.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Pross said:

    First.Aspect said:

    rjsterry said:

    TheBigBean said:

    rjsterry said:

    focuszing723 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    The state of this:

    focuszing723 said:

    Mark my words. That'll be you in thirty years.

    My parents aren’t tbf. Cambridge uni built a £1bn new development behind their house and turned their little dirt road to the house into a bike path and they were the only people affected nearby who voiced in favour of it.

    Not everyone is a NIMBY.

    There have been some developments for the local train station - a big noisy train washer and we refused to join the protestations the rest of the street had. What do they expect, they’ve bought a house that is 300m from the station and next to the train line - do they expect it to just be ossified until they leave?

    I may be many bad things but when it come to politics I practice what I preach. That’s why I volunteered for the LDs. I had the time and I care so why not?
    I've said before. I see both sides of this issue.
    Go on then. What is the 'other side' if not just fear of change. The country is littered with the remains of deserted villages that didn't change.
    I object to urban sprawl because I think places should be designed around public transport and walking. I don't expect that to be a popular view.
    In principle, sure. Polegate has a station and is small enough that you can walk to that station from anywhere within it. It's a very sensible place to build. We are not going to fulfil housing needs by pretending there is some untapped reservoir of urban brownfield land with great public transport already in place.
    What about all those abandoned railways? There's a ton of YouTube videos of bearded men exploring them.

    I should be in government, I really should.
    https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/tfl-publishes-plans-for-property-company-with-potential-to-deliver-up-to-46000-homes-71524

    Chances are if someone on here thinks of a solution the people who make money from these things have already come up with it or it isn't practicable.
    Surely a sensible regulatory change could open up some new opportunities?
    _
  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    Anyone who uses terms like 'Boomer', 'Woke', 'Gammon', 'Snowflake' etc. It's makes my teeth itch. Pure b*llend behavior.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,682
    First.Aspect said:

    Pross said:

    Pross said:

    First.Aspect said:

    rjsterry said:

    TheBigBean said:

    rjsterry said:

    focuszing723 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    The state of this:

    focuszing723 said:

    Mark my words. That'll be you in thirty years.

    My parents aren’t tbf. Cambridge uni built a £1bn new development behind their house and turned their little dirt road to the house into a bike path and they were the only people affected nearby who voiced in favour of it.

    Not everyone is a NIMBY.

    There have been some developments for the local train station - a big noisy train washer and we refused to join the protestations the rest of the street had. What do they expect, they’ve bought a house that is 300m from the station and next to the train line - do they expect it to just be ossified until they leave?

    I may be many bad things but when it come to politics I practice what I preach. That’s why I volunteered for the LDs. I had the time and I care so why not?
    I've said before. I see both sides of this issue.
    Go on then. What is the 'other side' if not just fear of change. The country is littered with the remains of deserted villages that didn't change.
    I object to urban sprawl because I think places should be designed around public transport and walking. I don't expect that to be a popular view.
    In principle, sure. Polegate has a station and is small enough that you can walk to that station from anywhere within it. It's a very sensible place to build. We are not going to fulfil housing needs by pretending there is some untapped reservoir of urban brownfield land with great public transport already in place.
    What about all those abandoned railways? There's a ton of YouTube videos of bearded men exploring them.

    I should be in government, I really should.
    https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/tfl-publishes-plans-for-property-company-with-potential-to-deliver-up-to-46000-homes-71524

    Chances are if someone on here thinks of a solution the people who make money from these things have already come up with it or it isn't practicable.
    Better link here as the other one only allows one view. This gives quite a few examples of has been / is being built and also what is in the pipeline. They also create a greater percentage of 'affordable'* homes than you would usually get.

    * The definition of affordable is a bit wooly and sometimes based on a percentage of local market price so probably still too expensive for many in central London.
    You know I was joking right?

    Reopening railways is an SNP policy, including one between Edinburgh and Carlisle, to complete the link between bits of the borders that are too far from either of them to be worth moving there if you work in either of them.

    Unfortunately there are lots of houses already where most of the lines used to be. So this well thought out policy of turning back time faces some obstacles. Similar in fact to building new railway lines.
    It’s hard to tell when people are serious or not a lot of the time but thought it was worth mentioning as I read about it recently and we have regular posts on here about how we should be developing Brownfield not ‘Greenbelt’. Seems a good set up for everyone.

    With a bit of foresight we could have had superb walking, cycling and bus routes on the old railway lines but large chunks were sold off for people to expand that back gardens when I was a kid and bridges were demolished, presumably to get rid of the maintenance liability. Sustrans etc. have done some decent stuff on the old rail routes but it has been made far harder by sections of third party land on what would otherwise provide a wide, level and relatively flat nationwide network that could be converted at fairly low cost.

  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,624
    TheBigBean said:

    rjsterry said:

    focuszing723 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    The state of this:

    focuszing723 said:

    Mark my words. That'll be you in thirty years.

    My parents aren’t tbf. Cambridge uni built a £1bn new development behind their house and turned their little dirt road to the house into a bike path and they were the only people affected nearby who voiced in favour of it.

    Not everyone is a NIMBY.

    There have been some developments for the local train station - a big noisy train washer and we refused to join the protestations the rest of the street had. What do they expect, they’ve bought a house that is 300m from the station and next to the train line - do they expect it to just be ossified until they leave?

    I may be many bad things but when it come to politics I practice what I preach. That’s why I volunteered for the LDs. I had the time and I care so why not?
    I've said before. I see both sides of this issue.
    Go on then. What is the 'other side' if not just fear of change. The country is littered with the remains of deserted villages that didn't change.
    I object to urban sprawl because I think places should be designed around public transport and walking. I don't expect that to be a popular view.
    You're right though.
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,183
    edited August 2022
    Seeing people get older and struggling (waiting for someone). I watched a couple of elderly people, both their backs were hunched arm in arm battling on. It was both heart warming and depressing.

    Not annoying, but somewhere to put it.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,682
    Having waited for this morning's drizzle to pass and the sun show its face I hung the washing on the line at lunchtime. About an hour later the dog was barking in the garden so I went to shut him up only to smell smoke drifting through the back door. I looked outside to find the neighbour two doors down had decided to light a bonfire. I rushed out and got everything in before it smelled too bad and shut the door then within 15 minutes the fire was out so I'm not sure what he had to burn that was so important it had to be done while a neighbour had washing out. Presumably destroying evidence of some major crime.

    I know I've had a previous rant in here about people lighting fires or barbecues without checking if there is any washing out nearby but it really does get on my tits and highlights how selfish people are.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,960
    skyblueamateur said:

    Anyone who uses terms like 'Boomer', 'Woke', 'Gammon', 'Snowflake' etc. It's makes my teeth itch. Pure b*llend behavior.

    I think you've just made enemies of a lot of this forum :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,183
    edited August 2022
    skyblueamateur said:

    Anyone who uses terms like 'Boomer', 'Woke', 'Gammon', 'Snowflake' etc. It's makes my teeth itch. Pure b*llend behavior.

    Yeah, exactly, fookin pothead Horse eaters.

    Sorry, I mean fookin giving terms to people type people.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,183
    Nationwide adverts.
    Nationwide adverts.
    Nationwide adverts.

    I mean Chr1st, who the hell comes up with the $h1t, also this formulaic drivel has been running for years.

    This is supposed to be a society owned by it's members!?

    I bet 99.9% of people think they are $h1t and a waste of money.

    God.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    Pross said:



    First.Aspect said:

    Pross said:

    Pross said:

    First.Aspect said:

    rjsterry said:

    TheBigBean said:

    rjsterry said:

    focuszing723 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    The state of this:

    focuszing723 said:

    Mark my words. That'll be you in thirty years.

    My parents aren’t tbf. Cambridge uni built a £1bn new development behind their house and turned their little dirt road to the house into a bike path and they were the only people affected nearby who voiced in favour of it.

    Not everyone is a NIMBY.

    There have been some developments for the local train station - a big noisy train washer and we refused to join the protestations the rest of the street had. What do they expect, they’ve bought a house that is 300m from the station and next to the train line - do they expect it to just be ossified until they leave?

    I may be many bad things but when it come to politics I practice what I preach. That’s why I volunteered for the LDs. I had the time and I care so why not?
    I've said before. I see both sides of this issue.
    Go on then. What is the 'other side' if not just fear of change. The country is littered with the remains of deserted villages that didn't change.
    I object to urban sprawl because I think places should be designed around public transport and walking. I don't expect that to be a popular view.
    In principle, sure. Polegate has a station and is small enough that you can walk to that station from anywhere within it. It's a very sensible place to build. We are not going to fulfil housing needs by pretending there is some untapped reservoir of urban brownfield land with great public transport already in place.
    What about all those abandoned railways? There's a ton of YouTube videos of bearded men exploring them.

    I should be in government, I really should.
    https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/tfl-publishes-plans-for-property-company-with-potential-to-deliver-up-to-46000-homes-71524

    Chances are if someone on here thinks of a solution the people who make money from these things have already come up with it or it isn't practicable.
    Better link here as the other one only allows one view. This gives quite a few examples of has been / is being built and also what is in the pipeline. They also create a greater percentage of 'affordable'* homes than you would usually get.

    * The definition of affordable is a bit wooly and sometimes based on a percentage of local market price so probably still too expensive for many in central London.
    You know I was joking right?

    Reopening railways is an SNP policy, including one between Edinburgh and Carlisle, to complete the link between bits of the borders that are too far from either of them to be worth moving there if you work in either of them.

    Unfortunately there are lots of houses already where most of the lines used to be. So this well thought out policy of turning back time faces some obstacles. Similar in fact to building new railway lines.
    It’s hard to tell when people are serious or not a lot of the time but thought it was worth mentioning as I read about it recently and we have regular posts on here about how we should be developing Brownfield not ‘Greenbelt’. Seems a good set up for everyone.

    With a bit of foresight we could have had superb walking, cycling and bus routes on the old railway lines but large chunks were sold off for people to expand that back gardens when I was a kid and bridges were demolished, presumably to get rid of the maintenance liability. Sustrans etc. have done some decent stuff on the old rail routes but it has been made far harder by sections of third party land on what would otherwise provide a wide, level and relatively flat nationwide network that could be converted at fairly low cost.

    I was serious about rotating houses. Would also be good opportunity for ceramicspeed.
  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    Stevo_666 said:

    skyblueamateur said:

    Anyone who uses terms like 'Boomer', 'Woke', 'Gammon', 'Snowflake' etc. It's makes my teeth itch. Pure b*llend behavior.

    I think you've just made enemies of a lot of this forum :)
    😂 I’m usually a bit more basic in my language
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    skyblueamateur said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    skyblueamateur said:

    Anyone who uses terms like 'Boomer', 'Woke', 'Gammon', 'Snowflake' etc. It's makes my teeth itch. Pure b*llend behavior.

    I think you've just made enemies of a lot of this forum :)
    😂 I’m usually a bit more basic in my language
    You are a gammon aren't you? Admit it.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,931
    First.Aspect said:

    Pross said:



    First.Aspect said:

    Pross said:

    Pross said:

    First.Aspect said:

    rjsterry said:

    TheBigBean said:

    rjsterry said:

    focuszing723 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    The state of this:

    focuszing723 said:

    Mark my words. That'll be you in thirty years.

    My parents aren’t tbf. Cambridge uni built a £1bn new development behind their house and turned their little dirt road to the house into a bike path and they were the only people affected nearby who voiced in favour of it.

    Not everyone is a NIMBY.

    There have been some developments for the local train station - a big noisy train washer and we refused to join the protestations the rest of the street had. What do they expect, they’ve bought a house that is 300m from the station and next to the train line - do they expect it to just be ossified until they leave?

    I may be many bad things but when it come to politics I practice what I preach. That’s why I volunteered for the LDs. I had the time and I care so why not?
    I've said before. I see both sides of this issue.
    Go on then. What is the 'other side' if not just fear of change. The country is littered with the remains of deserted villages that didn't change.
    I object to urban sprawl because I think places should be designed around public transport and walking. I don't expect that to be a popular view.
    In principle, sure. Polegate has a station and is small enough that you can walk to that station from anywhere within it. It's a very sensible place to build. We are not going to fulfil housing needs by pretending there is some untapped reservoir of urban brownfield land with great public transport already in place.
    What about all those abandoned railways? There's a ton of YouTube videos of bearded men exploring them.

    I should be in government, I really should.
    https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/tfl-publishes-plans-for-property-company-with-potential-to-deliver-up-to-46000-homes-71524

    Chances are if someone on here thinks of a solution the people who make money from these things have already come up with it or it isn't practicable.
    Better link here as the other one only allows one view. This gives quite a few examples of has been / is being built and also what is in the pipeline. They also create a greater percentage of 'affordable'* homes than you would usually get.

    * The definition of affordable is a bit wooly and sometimes based on a percentage of local market price so probably still too expensive for many in central London.
    You know I was joking right?

    Reopening railways is an SNP policy, including one between Edinburgh and Carlisle, to complete the link between bits of the borders that are too far from either of them to be worth moving there if you work in either of them.

    Unfortunately there are lots of houses already where most of the lines used to be. So this well thought out policy of turning back time faces some obstacles. Similar in fact to building new railway lines.
    It’s hard to tell when people are serious or not a lot of the time but thought it was worth mentioning as I read about it recently and we have regular posts on here about how we should be developing Brownfield not ‘Greenbelt’. Seems a good set up for everyone.

    With a bit of foresight we could have had superb walking, cycling and bus routes on the old railway lines but large chunks were sold off for people to expand that back gardens when I was a kid and bridges were demolished, presumably to get rid of the maintenance liability. Sustrans etc. have done some decent stuff on the old rail routes but it has been made far harder by sections of third party land on what would otherwise provide a wide, level and relatively flat nationwide network that could be converted at fairly low cost.

    I was serious about rotating houses. Would also be good opportunity for ceramicspeed.

    I just want to be the waltzer person who spins them round.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,931
    edited August 2022
    ...
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    First.Aspect said:

    skyblueamateur said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    skyblueamateur said:

    Anyone who uses terms like 'Boomer', 'Woke', 'Gammon', 'Snowflake' etc. It's makes my teeth itch. Pure b*llend behavior.

    I think you've just made enemies of a lot of this forum :)
    😂 I’m usually a bit more basic in my language
    You are a gammon aren't you? Admit it.
    I’ve got a fairly red head tbf 😂
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,895
    First.Aspect said:

    rjsterry said:

    TheBigBean said:

    rjsterry said:

    focuszing723 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    The state of this:

    focuszing723 said:

    Mark my words. That'll be you in thirty years.

    My parents aren’t tbf. Cambridge uni built a £1bn new development behind their house and turned their little dirt road to the house into a bike path and they were the only people affected nearby who voiced in favour of it.

    Not everyone is a NIMBY.

    There have been some developments for the local train station - a big noisy train washer and we refused to join the protestations the rest of the street had. What do they expect, they’ve bought a house that is 300m from the station and next to the train line - do they expect it to just be ossified until they leave?

    I may be many bad things but when it come to politics I practice what I preach. That’s why I volunteered for the LDs. I had the time and I care so why not?
    I've said before. I see both sides of this issue.
    Go on then. What is the 'other side' if not just fear of change. The country is littered with the remains of deserted villages that didn't change.
    I object to urban sprawl because I think places should be designed around public transport and walking. I don't expect that to be a popular view.
    In principle, sure. Polegate has a station and is small enough that you can walk to that station from anywhere within it. It's a very sensible place to build. We are not going to fulfil housing needs by pretending there is some untapped reservoir of urban brownfield land with great public transport already in place.
    What about all those abandoned railways? There's a ton of YouTube videos of bearded men exploring them.

    I should be in government, I really should.
    Oddly enough you do still see long tg
    First.Aspect said:

    Pross said:



    First.Aspect said:

    Pross said:

    Pross said:

    First.Aspect said:

    rjsterry said:

    TheBigBean said:

    rjsterry said:

    focuszing723 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    The state of this:

    focuszing723 said:

    Mark my words. That'll be you in thirty years.

    My parents aren’t tbf. Cambridge uni built a £1bn new development behind their house and turned their little dirt road to the house into a bike path and they were the only people affected nearby who voiced in favour of it.

    Not everyone is a NIMBY.

    There have been some developments for the local train station - a big noisy train washer and we refused to join the protestations the rest of the street had. What do they expect, they’ve bought a house that is 300m from the station and next to the train line - do they expect it to just be ossified until they leave?

    I may be many bad things but when it come to politics I practice what I preach. That’s why I volunteered for the LDs. I had the time and I care so why not?
    I've said before. I see both sides of this issue.
    Go on then. What is the 'other side' if not just fear of change. The country is littered with the remains of deserted villages that didn't change.
    I object to urban sprawl because I think places should be designed around public transport and walking. I don't expect that to be a popular view.
    In principle, sure. Polegate has a station and is small enough that you can walk to that station from anywhere within it. It's a very sensible place to build. We are not going to fulfil housing needs by pretending there is some untapped reservoir of urban brownfield land with great public transport already in place.
    What about all those abandoned railways? There's a ton of YouTube videos of bearded men exploring them.

    I should be in government, I really should.
    https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/tfl-publishes-plans-for-property-company-with-potential-to-deliver-up-to-46000-homes-71524

    Chances are if someone on here thinks of a solution the people who make money from these things have already come up with it or it isn't practicable.
    Better link here as the other one only allows one view. This gives quite a few examples of has been / is being built and also what is in the pipeline. They also create a greater percentage of 'affordable'* homes than you would usually get.

    * The definition of affordable is a bit wooly and sometimes based on a percentage of local market price so probably still too expensive for many in central London.
    You know I was joking right?

    Reopening railways is an SNP policy, including one between Edinburgh and Carlisle, to complete the link between bits of the borders that are too far from either of them to be worth moving there if you work in either of them.

    Unfortunately there are lots of houses already where most of the lines used to be. So this well thought out policy of turning back time faces some obstacles. Similar in fact to building new railway lines.
    It’s hard to tell when people are serious or not a lot of the time but thought it was worth mentioning as I read about it recently and we have regular posts on here about how we should be developing Brownfield not ‘Greenbelt’. Seems a good set up for everyone.

    With a bit of foresight we could have had superb walking, cycling and bus routes on the old railway lines but large chunks were sold off for people to expand that back gardens when I was a kid and bridges were demolished, presumably to get rid of the maintenance liability. Sustrans etc. have done some decent stuff on the old rail routes but it has been made far harder by sections of third party land on what would otherwise provide a wide, level and relatively flat nationwide network that could be converted at fairly low cost.

    I was serious about rotating houses. Would also be good opportunity for ceramicspeed.
    Something light enough to actually turn would heat up and cool down like a tin can. Or you could live in a post mill.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • mully79
    mully79 Posts: 904
    …
    Pross said:

    Having waited for this morning's drizzle to pass and the sun show its face I hung the washing on the line at lunchtime. About an hour later the dog was barking in the garden so I went to shut him up only to smell smoke drifting through the back door. I looked outside to find the neighbour two doors down had decided to light a bonfire. I rushed out and got everything in before it smelled too bad and shut the door then within 15 minutes the fire was out so I'm not sure what he had to burn that was so important it had to be done while a neighbour had washing out. Presumably destroying evidence of some major crime.

    I know I've had a previous rant in here about people lighting fires or barbecues without checking if there is any washing out nearby but it really does get on my tits and highlights how selfish people are.

    My OH would regularly put the washing out and leave it overnight until she either remembered the next day or it rained. If you were our neighbours you’d never be able to have a barbecue by your own rules 😂😂
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    rjsterry said:

    First.Aspect said:

    rjsterry said:

    TheBigBean said:

    rjsterry said:

    focuszing723 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    The state of this:

    focuszing723 said:

    Mark my words. That'll be you in thirty years.

    My parents aren’t tbf. Cambridge uni built a £1bn new development behind their house and turned their little dirt road to the house into a bike path and they were the only people affected nearby who voiced in favour of it.

    Not everyone is a NIMBY.

    There have been some developments for the local train station - a big noisy train washer and we refused to join the protestations the rest of the street had. What do they expect, they’ve bought a house that is 300m from the station and next to the train line - do they expect it to just be ossified until they leave?

    I may be many bad things but when it come to politics I practice what I preach. That’s why I volunteered for the LDs. I had the time and I care so why not?
    I've said before. I see both sides of this issue.
    Go on then. What is the 'other side' if not just fear of change. The country is littered with the remains of deserted villages that didn't change.
    I object to urban sprawl because I think places should be designed around public transport and walking. I don't expect that to be a popular view.
    In principle, sure. Polegate has a station and is small enough that you can walk to that station from anywhere within it. It's a very sensible place to build. We are not going to fulfil housing needs by pretending there is some untapped reservoir of urban brownfield land with great public transport already in place.
    What about all those abandoned railways? There's a ton of YouTube videos of bearded men exploring them.

    I should be in government, I really should.
    Oddly enough you do still see long tg
    First.Aspect said:

    Pross said:



    First.Aspect said:

    Pross said:

    Pross said:

    First.Aspect said:

    rjsterry said:

    TheBigBean said:

    rjsterry said:

    focuszing723 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    The state of this:

    focuszing723 said:

    Mark my words. That'll be you in thirty years.

    My parents aren’t tbf. Cambridge uni built a £1bn new development behind their house and turned their little dirt road to the house into a bike path and they were the only people affected nearby who voiced in favour of it.

    Not everyone is a NIMBY.

    There have been some developments for the local train station - a big noisy train washer and we refused to join the protestations the rest of the street had. What do they expect, they’ve bought a house that is 300m from the station and next to the train line - do they expect it to just be ossified until they leave?

    I may be many bad things but when it come to politics I practice what I preach. That’s why I volunteered for the LDs. I had the time and I care so why not?
    I've said before. I see both sides of this issue.
    Go on then. What is the 'other side' if not just fear of change. The country is littered with the remains of deserted villages that didn't change.
    I object to urban sprawl because I think places should be designed around public transport and walking. I don't expect that to be a popular view.
    In principle, sure. Polegate has a station and is small enough that you can walk to that station from anywhere within it. It's a very sensible place to build. We are not going to fulfil housing needs by pretending there is some untapped reservoir of urban brownfield land with great public transport already in place.
    What about all those abandoned railways? There's a ton of YouTube videos of bearded men exploring them.

    I should be in government, I really should.
    https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/tfl-publishes-plans-for-property-company-with-potential-to-deliver-up-to-46000-homes-71524

    Chances are if someone on here thinks of a solution the people who make money from these things have already come up with it or it isn't practicable.
    Better link here as the other one only allows one view. This gives quite a few examples of has been / is being built and also what is in the pipeline. They also create a greater percentage of 'affordable'* homes than you would usually get.

    * The definition of affordable is a bit wooly and sometimes based on a percentage of local market price so probably still too expensive for many in central London.
    You know I was joking right?

    Reopening railways is an SNP policy, including one between Edinburgh and Carlisle, to complete the link between bits of the borders that are too far from either of them to be worth moving there if you work in either of them.

    Unfortunately there are lots of houses already where most of the lines used to be. So this well thought out policy of turning back time faces some obstacles. Similar in fact to building new railway lines.
    It’s hard to tell when people are serious or not a lot of the time but thought it was worth mentioning as I read about it recently and we have regular posts on here about how we should be developing Brownfield not ‘Greenbelt’. Seems a good set up for everyone.

    With a bit of foresight we could have had superb walking, cycling and bus routes on the old railway lines but large chunks were sold off for people to expand that back gardens when I was a kid and bridges were demolished, presumably to get rid of the maintenance liability. Sustrans etc. have done some decent stuff on the old rail routes but it has been made far harder by sections of third party land on what would otherwise provide a wide, level and relatively flat nationwide network that could be converted at fairly low cost.

    I was serious about rotating houses. Would also be good opportunity for ceramicspeed.
    Something light enough to actually turn would heat up and cool down like a tin can. Or you could live in a post mill.
    Well each house would need it's own donkey and yoke, obviously. The dung can be composted and they are vegetarian. So no issues I can see.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,960
    skyblueamateur said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    skyblueamateur said:

    Anyone who uses terms like 'Boomer', 'Woke', 'Gammon', 'Snowflake' etc. It's makes my teeth itch. Pure b*llend behavior.

    I think you've just made enemies of a lot of this forum :)
    😂 I’m usually a bit more basic in my language
    Just tell the wokies to go do one :smiley:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    Stevo_666 said:

    skyblueamateur said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    skyblueamateur said:

    Anyone who uses terms like 'Boomer', 'Woke', 'Gammon', 'Snowflake' etc. It's makes my teeth itch. Pure b*llend behavior.

    I think you've just made enemies of a lot of this forum :)
    😂 I’m usually a bit more basic in my language
    Just tell the wokies to go do one :smiley:
    Wokies? Never mind the forum swear filter mine is going into overdrive 😂

  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,668
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    - Dolan Tuono
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,183
    Posters who *like* another poster just because they agree with what you've said.

    Just bloody like something because you like it, forget you're anonymous ego.
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,803
    Dry robes

    I keep seeing people waddling around like penguins in them this year
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,597
    masjer said:

    Dry robes
    ...
    I keep seeing people waddling around like penguins in them this year

    Get a quilted version and you are set for the winter. 😉
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,803
    pblakeney said:

    masjer said:

    Dry robes
    ...
    I keep seeing people waddling around like penguins in them this year

    Get a quilted version and you are set for the winter. 😉
    But what would I do with my onesie?

  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,597
    masjer said:




    But what would I do with my onesie?

    I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.

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