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Post by Cartman on Apr 25, 2019 16:11:34 GMT
Superglue and/or duct tape at a guess. Both of which contain plastics and are non biodegradable.
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Post by Sparky on Apr 25, 2019 16:22:35 GMT
Superglue and/or duct tape at a guess. Both of which contain plastics and are non biodegradable. Non-Biodegradable!!
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Post by Sam Tyler on Apr 25, 2019 20:38:49 GMT
Apologies but I'm going to move on from green activists and all that malarkey and add a new candidate for Room 101.
Council planning departments and the developments that they've permitted.
Local to me there is a stretch of road with a row of 7 houses, all built around 1920 / 1930, three bedroom detached, good sized gardens, and ideal for good, comfortable family homes. Five of the seven have now been purchased by a developer and are going to be razed to the ground and replaced with a Premier Inn hotel style block of retirement apartments.
Firstly I think it is an abysmal waste of good, character properties that could house families. Secondly I think of all those family histories within those walls that will be wiped out in an instant. Thirdly there is already a characterless, non-descript three storey block of retirement apartments further up the road. And last but by no means least, there are four large office buildings, built in the late 80's that have stood empty for almost ten years barely half a mile away that with change of use could be converted to a far greater number of retirement apartments with much bigger landscaped grounds for the residents to enjoy.
I understand that the office conversion costs would be high but compared to the purchase of those five properties that would be in excess of £2.5m before they've even broken soil?
To me it just beggars belief.
Sam.
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Post by Three Litre on Apr 25, 2019 20:44:59 GMT
I think council planning is a logic free zone.
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Post by Cartman on Apr 25, 2019 21:11:52 GMT
Good shout Sam. Near me there is a good, sound building built in the late 70s called Cypress House which used to be an old people's home and it fairly recently closed so, rather than find a new use for it it has been bought by some developers who are knocking it down to build some overpriced houses.
There is a lack of affordable housing in this area and this building would have been well suited to conversion to flats for low cost housing.
Don't get me started on the out of control development which has blighted Manchester since the IRA bomb went off in 1996, almost all of which have been eyesores
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Post by Sparky on Apr 29, 2019 6:45:51 GMT
Local Councils Sam? Blimey lots to grumble about there believe me.....
I always used to think that Council Planners had special powers (as in witchcraft) - as if they wanted an awkward building out of the way (perhaps it was listed or something), they would always seem to find "Structural Issues" or even after 5 years of being stood derelict, a major fire would mysteriously break out at 2am on a Sunday morning - and the building suddenly demolished about 3 days later without and further report or response... and then within months, a KFC, McDonalds etc would spring up from nowhere.
This happened to a small groups of houses and a Pub close to me, that was listed. But all needed a little TLC, nothing major.
The council "acquired" the properties, and used the pub as a small office for it's Street Lighting depot.
The council ran in to issues with National Hertiage over conversion work; so eventually they moved out and left the buildings very well shuttered up (with metal grilles and all that) - so not easy for your average idiot to get in.
Within 48hours, the pub was a mass blaze and had (according to the council statement in the local paper) spread to the houses and causes serious "Health & Safety" issues (that old one).
Amusingly, 24 hours before the fire took place - a demolition company had placed it's bulldozers and machinery in a small car park round the corner. The metal shuttering was fitted by the same demolition company. Funny Coincidence?
How dare someone use Logic AND Council Planners in the same sentence?.
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Post by Cartman on May 8, 2019 9:51:39 GMT
We touched a bit on this a few weeks back in room 101, where transgender stuff was mentioned, and this is related to this in a sense. It’s to do with minority groups using the mainstream of television to push their agendas.
It seems to me now that almost everything you watch has to incorporate something relating to LGBT into it. My lad likes a kids programme on CBBC called Jamie Johnson which is about a kids football team and the latest episode was basically about the fact that one of the team had lesbian parents and focussed solely on this. It’s a kids programme for gods sake, when I was 12, we didn’t get this kind of stuff pushed at us. I’m not having a go at anyone’s sexuality or anything, I just think it’s being made into too much of an issue and brought into too many areas of life where I don’t think it’s appropriate.
Soap operas, which I only see little bits of, are another, the only one I do get a bit of exposure to now is Neighbours and that has a lesbian pairing in it, incidentally, two of the best looking girls in it, which is usually very untypical of real life. There was one once at a place I worked at, who looked a bit like Bernard Manning.
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Post by Three Litre on May 8, 2019 12:23:28 GMT
This topic seems to taking over the media at present, or at least is second to Brexit.
No one should be persecuted or discriminated against for this, equally well some people are uncomfortable with it which is equally their choice and they shouldn't be vilified for that.
As Cartman says, just stop putting it into every damn situation.
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Post by Three Litre on May 8, 2019 18:03:02 GMT
Meant to add that I've got a chap who works for me who is putting himself through the change sex process and whatever I think about it I won't put up with any bullying or snide remarks etc and he knows that, as does everybody else in the team.
Just wish it wasn't trending (I think that is the current word) so much on TV and in the media.
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Post by Sparky on May 8, 2019 18:11:25 GMT
We touched a bit on this a few weeks back in room 101, where transgender stuff was mentioned, and this is related to this in a sense. It’s to do with minority groups using the mainstream of television to push their agendas. It seems to me now that almost everything you watch has to incorporate something relating to LGBT into it. My lad likes a kids programme on CBBC called Jamie Johnson which is about a kids football team and the latest episode was basically about the fact that one of the team had lesbian parents and focussed solely on this. It’s a kids programme for gods sake, when I was 12, we didn’t get this kind of stuff pushed at us. I’m not having a go at anyone’s sexuality or anything, I just think it’s being made into too much of an issue and brought into too many areas of life where I don’t think it’s appropriate. Soap operas, which I only see little bits of, are another, the only one I do get a bit of exposure to now is Neighbours and that has a lesbian pairing in it, incidentally, two of the best looking girls in it, which is usually very untypical of real life. There was one once at a place I worked at, who looked a bit like Bernard Manning. The BBC have "Producers Manual" - basically, a nice sw***y glossy book with many pages (paid for by the TV licence) which lays down guidelines for Editorial decisions in programmes - everything from Taste and Public Interest down to Political Correctness and Diversity is included here. I have never seen this "book" - as it tends to be like the Car Dealers "Book" - and kept away from anyone who isn't a producer. I gather; there are guidelines which states that all programmes must show a broad range people from Ethnic, LGBT and Disabled backgrounds. That includes the local news doing an "and finally" story about a Panda who's given birth at some zoo.
Not sure if anyone agrees; though since the BBC's constitution was changed, MPs and Government have more say over what it broadcasts, and what it includes in it's programming. This was discussed at great length in a Union Journal some years back; and it was predicted that the BBC would slowly turn into a Political Correctness obsessed organisation, broadcasting the idiologies of the current government. You only have to look at weekday morning schedules to see the cheaply produced "Finger Wagging" & "Nanny State" programmes it shows. I presume, if they brought back the Test-Card, that was once a staple of daytime broadcasting on the BBC - that would have to be Politically Correct too.....
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