Perhaps I’m losing my understanding?????
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It does seem bonkers. Why can't WE just accept the events are part of the games and include them in this country?
Whoever made that stupid decision needs replacing?
Whoever made that stupid decision needs replacing?
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I think Deke will be able to confirm this
on a weekend Brum is absolutely gridlocked with cars and coaches on their way to Beach Volleyball events!
it is in my opinion another example of the Snowflake influence....just let it be as it was
on a weekend Brum is absolutely gridlocked with cars and coaches on their way to Beach Volleyball events!
it is in my opinion another example of the Snowflake influence....just let it be as it was
Well its a damn nuisance as Kerch says , thousands of visitors flocking in , right load of bloomin' flockers , not only the Beach Volley Ball but surfers filling our beaches ...waxing their bloomin' surf boards in the Bull Ring , showing off their sun bronzed bodies , constantly singing " Surf City Here we Come "" and "Surfing USA" .
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1000 other cities turned down the Commonwealth Games because of cutting back on services , the same applies here ...they can't fill a pothole but can host the games .
They are demolishing all the buildings adjacent to the proposed village ....demolished a university and now ...where two major commuter roads actually combine into one at the flyover , they are building an olympic village with some kind of massive traffic interchange around it .
They also build bicycle lanes everywhere , paint 'em blue , we have yet to see a bicycle on one of them .
Their plan, starting this month , to ban all cars in the city centre older than 3 hours has been shelved for the time being ....mean while they are spending our money on fitting clean engines into all the taxis .
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Its Birmingham mate ... council are on another planet , they're demolishing a major flyover by us to build the Olympic Village , the whole population of the city signed the petition against it , which they ignored and are pressing ahead with it .
1000 other cities turned down the Commonwealth Games because of cutting back on services , the same applies here ...they can't fill a pothole but can host the games .
They are demolishing all the buildings adjacent to the proposed village ....demolished a university and now ...where two major commuter roads actually combine into one at the flyover , they are building an olympic village with some kind of massive traffic interchange around it .
They also build bicycle lanes everywhere , paint 'em blue , we have yet to see a bicycle on one of them .
Their plan, starting this month , to ban all cars in the city centre older than 3 hours has been shelved for the time being ....mean while they are spending our money on fitting clean engines into all the taxis .
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Ah they are doing what they done in London, flattened the old built all new but left the same people there and they expected the area to be better??
Well this "Village " will become council housing when the games are over and the area down there , 1 mile from the stadium is ...erm ..leaves a lot to be desired ... it won't be middle class, white families with jobs that move in .
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But you have to see past that, think of the extra income for the city during the games!
Its costing us a fortune at the moment . Would most incoming cash be going to the hotels , restaurants & clubland .
I'm thinking of the two football clubs in the city , people arrive by car , train & coach & generally leave after full time , profits made by the club & the local pubs . Doubt many stay for a meal .
Citizens won't be seeing any of it & they'll wack the council tax up next year to pay for it .
I just see councillors , empire building TBH.
I'm thinking of the two football clubs in the city , people arrive by car , train & coach & generally leave after full time , profits made by the club & the local pubs . Doubt many stay for a meal .
Citizens won't be seeing any of it & they'll wack the council tax up next year to pay for it .
I just see councillors , empire building TBH.
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Difference with football is it is one game played over 90 minutes, the games will draw crowds that stay for a few days at a time therefore local economy will benefit.
Its getting worse here ! This morning's local news ....Birmingham City Council are now to push through not only a clean air zone for the city centre but NO cars at all !!! Want everyone to use the newly laid cycle lanes ( Yeah because at the moment we have yet to see a bike on them ) Just keep spending our hard earned cash why don't you .
Plus a 20 MPH speed throughout the city other than main roads.
Anyone want a Loony lefty Labour council 'cos we don't want 'em !!!
Plus a 20 MPH speed throughout the city other than main roads.
Anyone want a Loony lefty Labour council 'cos we don't want 'em !!!
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I remember as a boy seeing window cleaners on pushbikes with the ladder strapped to the crossbar. And even tradesmen with tool boxes in various baskets and panniers.
You could set a trend Deke, as an environmental friendly electrician. From what you say of the congestion, it would be just as quick to cycle?
You could set a trend Deke, as an environmental friendly electrician. From what you say of the congestion, it would be just as quick to cycle?
You have a point Dave , I remember window cleaners with a ladder , riding a bike . Trouble is everything has to be done at 300 MPH these days . You've made me think of when I was a kid , we had the Co-op milkman and the local bakery delivering each day by horse & cart , I used to go out to speak to the horses . Then the milk changed to an electric milk float . Oh and the coal man came on a horse & cart too.
Also a bloke rode a bike carrying a short ladder on his shoulder , he stopped at the end of each street to put the ladder up to the gas lamp post in the middle of the road between bollards and light it . He returned early mornings to put them out again . Then a clockwork timeswitch was fitted but he still came to wind it up .
ANd , while I'm at it , on our corner we had a red box on a pillar , about a foot square , with a smash glass in it's door , inside was a phone direct to the Fire Service.
Also a bloke rode a bike carrying a short ladder on his shoulder , he stopped at the end of each street to put the ladder up to the gas lamp post in the middle of the road between bollards and light it . He returned early mornings to put them out again . Then a clockwork timeswitch was fitted but he still came to wind it up .
ANd , while I'm at it , on our corner we had a red box on a pillar , about a foot square , with a smash glass in it's door , inside was a phone direct to the Fire Service.
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this is common in London, 20mph zones, personally I think they are pushing to get everyone to do 20mph it’s more 10-15mph on average!!
apparently this is a blueprint for all major cities in this land. 20mph zones, more cycle routes, zero cars in city centres, green buses and lorries/vans only. So you’re at the forefront of this new fresher clean environment!!
What about the rest of us who live outside the centre ? Where the extra traffic will be pushed to , there'll be twice as much pollution .
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But by that time we will all have a green car so it’ll be a wasted cause?
One wonders how much battery manufacture affects the climate . Also the the prime driver for the generators needs to be "Green" not diesel , gas , coal etc.
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The question is how will they recycle the batteries?
not really that's quite easy and worth while as there's lots of precious metals to reclaim. The elephant is the supply of said precious metals to make betteries in the first place.
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