Axlebox Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I did warn you not to get Poursee started...you want to try going down the pub with him, takes you hours just to get there. Dave any chance you can cast him a lamp post or 2...I'll even buy some myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 you want to try going down the pub with him, takes you hours just to get there. Trouble is the journey to the pub and lamposts is inextricably linked. http://biglampbrewers.co.uk/shop/lamplight/ P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2016 You lot truly are wan.... nutters!I off to the Canal World Forum to join in with a heated debate about puddling clay... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 You lot truley are wan.... nutters! I off to the Canal World Forum to join in with a heated debate about puddling clay... But they are discussing lamps made in Tipton, and Tipton has more miles of canal than Venice, so you'll be back where you started...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Trouble is the journey to the pub and lamposts is inextricably linked. http://biglampbrewers.co.uk/shop/lamplight/ So is the journey back from the pub. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2016 To be fair, I am a lot more knowledgable about lamp posts now than I was this morning... Councils truely are b#*%@£ds, are they not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Someone is going to say that they collect lamp post numbers next. Now where did I put my Ian Allan abc of street lamps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2016 Bus spotters, now there's a strange "breed". Lamp post spotting is a proper mental illness, so is fine by me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 So is the journey back from the pub. Simple maths usually proves it is a lot longer. You take many more steps on the way home. Count them. P P.s. Taxi's are for wimmin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axlebox Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Simple maths usually proves it is a lot longer. You take many more steps on the way home. Count them. P P.s. Taxi's are for wimmin. ...however if you take a wimmin to the pub with you, you can always cadge a lift home in her taxi... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2016 it would be rude not too, especially as they will have already budgeted for it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 ....You take many more steps on the way home. Count them...... Some of them are sideways. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 ...however if you take a wimmin to the pub with you, you can always cadge a lift home in her taxi... Ah. I had forgot about that. I'd also forgot about falling into the back seat AND sitting on the dog. be rude not, especially as they will have already budgeted for it... but don't think she had budgeted for the veterinaries fees for fixing up the dog. Some of them are sideways. and some of them are most probably backwards. I've been virtually tea total for about fifteen years now and have had to chaperon quite a few folk back from the pub. This experience alone has taught me the return journey is a lot longer. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Trouble is the journey to the pub and lamposts is inextricably linked. http://biglampbrewers.co.uk/shop/lamplight/ P Good heavens! I was under the impression that Big Lamp, a feature of my early student days, were long gone . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2016 So is the journey back from the pub. And can be wet if there's a canal on the way. Someone is going to say that they collect lamp post numbers next. Now where did I put my Ian Allan abc of street lamps? The street lamps around my way are numbered so that faults/damage can be reported to the council. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2016 Bus spotters, now there's a strange "breed". Lamp post spotting is a proper mental illness, so is fine by me! A bloke I used to know collected Post Office van numbers - how would you define that (politely)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 And can be wet if there's a canal on the way. You don't need a canal to wet yourself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted January 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2016 A bloke I used to know collected Post Office van numbers - how would you define that (politely)? That's a "specialism".... Well, you asked for polite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 It will be amazing the number of jobs that get done in February and March just to use up the money in the Councils Coffers before the end of the Financial Year! Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted January 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2016 It's individual departments' coffers really. If you have money left at the year end you lose it; you can't carry it over. Of course as you've spent less, next year you get less. So departments that have held on to money for contingencies/emergencies but haven't needed it now start to spend it on jobs that were in the pipeline. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 A bloke I used to know collected Post Office van numbers - how would you define that (politely)? Post traumatic stress? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 It's individual departments' coffers really. If you have money left at the year end you lose it; you can't carry it over. Of course as you've spent less, next year you get less. So departments that have held on to money for contingencies/emergencies but haven't needed it now start to spend it on jobs that were in the pipeline. And isn't that absolutely silly. Central government knows it goes on, Local authorities knows it goes on and are forced into it, Councillors knows it goes on, and the general public knows it goes on. What happens? A rush to spend money replacing things that don't need replacing and "improving" things that don't need improving (in the main) when that same money could be spent far more beneficially elsewhere. "Ring fenced funding" Don't get me started! P ( I maybe getting too political now so I'm off to eat a Creme Egg [Caramel].) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 ....A rush to spend money replacing things that don't need replacing and "improving" things that don't need improving (in the main) when that same money could be spent far more beneficially elsewhere. Ealing Council replaced a stretch of pavement along Haven Green within two years of, er, repaving it..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Brit70053 Posted January 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2016 Someone is going to say that they collect lamp post numbers next. Now where did I put my Ian Allan abc of street lamps? My Council could have done with an ABC when I rang to report a fault with the Street lamp outside my home about 5 years ago:- Council employee (hereafter 'Him') : "Can you check that (lamp) number again please sir?" Me : "Number checked and confirmed as I reported it". Him "Can you confirm your location/ address again for me sir?" Me:- "Yes, as I told you". Him : "That lamp doesn't exist sir, its not on the map". Me " Ah, is that the same map which has the property plot numbers diametrically opposed to the property address numbers, ie Plot 1 = House no 120, vice versa and all points between. ?". Him " Oh!, if the engineer 'phones you once he's on the estate, could you flag him down and point him to this lamp?" And so it transpired that I directed the engineer to the lamp in front of our home , which was repaired in less than half the time the 'phone conversation had taken. Surprisingly, the lamp number was on the map in the correct location the next time I had to report a fault with it. Progress eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Someone is going to say that they collect lamp post numbers next. Now where did I put my Ian Allan abc of street lamps? At least they don't keep moving Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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