Just like any of these wild fires - locals usually are aware of a strong chemical smell. Still, climate change, pull down statues and smash the place up innit.
In Italy protected wild areas lose their status if they burn down in forest fires. Not sure if it's the same elsewhere, but there will always be some intent on making a few quid out of others' misery.
Then a little while down the line...
You can't build there as it's protected status....
.....oh a wildfire destroyed it, oh, oh, oh dear, oh that's such a shame......let me just sign off that building permit for you.....
It looks the other way to me...he's not rich enough to be worth bothering with (any more).
I don't think its even about the Bank's own political views, its how they'd look to other people. And of course, they're prepared to risk looking that way....if you're rich enough!
Absolutely 100% agree they'll only do what you force them to do. I suppose the one thing I've been trying to say is that every orangisation or institution is like that at the core, always has been.
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 2:15 pm
The lesson here is, if you want controversial opinions you have to be rich enough to hold them. Which I don't think should really be a lesson to anyone?
So it does still come back to Coutt's supposed original reason for dumping Farage...not rich enough.
...... I always get the feeling that he'd walk past me whilst I was on fire and not even stop to piss on me, in fact he'd probably laugh and throw a £50 note on....
Horse wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 6:04 pm
I know of a couple of instances over here. One a large venue that wanted to be even larger. Planning refused.
Another an MoT garage that couldn't meet new regs.
Both had devastating fires.
Both rebuilt, differently.
Rumour had it that the largest motorcycle shop in Stafford at the time was having problems with old, sprawling, badly laid out premises. Added to that they were a Honda agent but also stocked Yamaha, Suzuki et al, and Honda was demanding Solus dealerships. Out of the blue a devastating fire happened which meant the premises had to be pulled down and rebuilt.
Honda got their Solus dealership at a separate address and entrance from the rest of the stock and everyone (except the insurance company) was happy...
Horse wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 6:04 pm
I know of a couple of instances over here. One a large venue that wanted to be even larger. Planning refused.
Another an MoT garage that couldn't meet new regs.
Both had devastating fires.
Both rebuilt, differently.
Rumour had it that the largest motorcycle shop in Stafford at the time was having problems with old, sprawling, badly laid out premises. Added to that they were a Honda agent but also stocked Yamaha, Suzuki et al, and Honda was demanding Solus dealerships. Out of the blue a devastating fire happened which meant the premises had to be pulled down and rebuilt.
Honda got their Solus dealership at a separate address and entrance from the rest of the stock and everyone (except the insurance company) was happy...
Didn't the bike moto place in Bristol expand after a fire/fires?
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!!
I think it's more common than you might think. Even a certain well-respected British manufacturer had a very coincidental fire when they needed to completely re-vamp their product range and tooling..
mangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 6:51 pm
I think it's more common than you might think. Even a certain well-respected British manufacturer had a very coincidental fire when they needed to completely re-vamp their product range and tooling..
Some people just seem desperately unlucky/jinxed when it comes to businesses that are in financial trouble catching fire and the insurance companies paying out....7 or 8 times.
Makes you think. I'd have no issue taking points for the wife and vice versa depending what the financial implications are on the insurance. Cheapest insurance wins the points, etc...
Currently the Conservatives are looking very likely to be in the shitter themselves at the next election and are 20 odd points behind Labour according the reputable pollsters.
Sunak is panicking and the conservatives are tearing themselves apart, popcorn sales have shot up though and thats the one and only Brexit benefit Ive seen so its not all bad.
Sunak is a fraud, he's not even a Conservative. Net zero means nothing and everyone knows that, it's a tax which will do nothing apart from cost families more money. The Conservatives are more like bloody liberals, giving money away hand over fist.
Net Zero is unstoppable now. There are five major carbon capture and storage projects underway in the UK. I had some involvement in HyNet, which should be operational within 2-3 years.
Carbon dioxide will be captured and moved around in pipes and tankers, as we do currently with fuel. The cost will be astronomic and ongoing. And the polluters will pay.
I don't think there's anything the toxic elderly, fearzoners, northern poor and thick scummers can do about it, even if they were hoodwinked a few years ago by the big time right.
