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Post by Pacifico on Nov 26, 2023 17:39:34 GMT
Not allowed by the Council. Yes I know the rules would need to change. Could we do it? Probably not - why would you allow free access to other people if you are paying for the road. Perhaps we could bring back Toll Booths and charge?. |
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Post by sandypine on Nov 26, 2023 17:44:39 GMT
Not allowed by the Council. Yes I know the rules would need to change. Could we do it? I would have thought the insurability of someone whose car was damaged, or worse who was injured, by a poor temporary repair was a major block. Repairing a road in an adequate fashion, even if it is just a patch is a skilled job with specific materials and procedures. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Nov 26, 2023 18:54:45 GMT
A) Yes. I used communal dumpsters when I had a flat on L'Ile St Denis, and it involved no more effort than my current bin regime. B) On a personal level, stop subsidising those arts largely enjoyed by audiences who can well afford an extra few quid. It seems crazy to me that some of the highest arts subsidies go to companies like the ENO and Royal Ballet. B(b) Stop giving Ken Loach (and other filmmakers whose movies are almost guaranteed to lose money) taxpayer funds to make their films. Cinema is known as a "popular artform" - surely if it AIN'T "popular" enough to draw an audience, it shouldn't be down to the rest of us to keep it going. Yes Ballet and Opera. I wonder why they get the money. Hmm. Film subsidies might be solving themselves as cinema chains collapse with the growth of home cinema. Bolshoi Ballet girls worked part time as KGB honey traps. |
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Post by zanygame on Nov 26, 2023 18:59:25 GMT
Yes I know the rules would need to change. Could we do it? Probably not - why would you allow free access to other people if you are paying for the road. Perhaps we could bring back Toll Booths and charge?. Because its better to have roads without holes in. Not everything has to be about money. Imagine the council provided the street with bags of tarmac. On a given Sunday the residents close the street and volunteers go out and fill the pot holes. They get instruction from a council internet site and free use of equipment. Argument against: What happens if the job is not done properly and the tarmac breaks up? Well that's no worse than the terrible pot holes there in the first place. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Nov 26, 2023 21:55:28 GMT
Probably not - why would you allow free access to other people if you are paying for the road. Perhaps we could bring back Toll Booths and charge?. Because its better to have roads without holes in. Not everything has to be about money. Imagine the council provided the street with bags of tarmac. On a given Sunday the residents close the street and volunteers go out and fill the pot holes. They get instruction from a council internet site and free use of equipment. Argument against: What happens if the job is not done properly and the tarmac breaks up? Well that's no worse than the terrible pot holes there in the first place. The deal there is that filling the holes in like the halfwit public do will just lift off again. The trouble is binding the new stuff with the old stuff. You need the full kit which includes heavy machinery. |
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Post by Bentley on Nov 26, 2023 22:08:59 GMT
When our potholes are filled in they close the road for a day .
Filling in potholes should be done by people who know what they are doing , not Kevin , his missus and the kids .
They might consider spending that time fruit picking instead .
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Post by zanygame on Nov 26, 2023 22:09:01 GMT
Because its better to have roads without holes in. Not everything has to be about money. Imagine the council provided the street with bags of tarmac. On a given Sunday the residents close the street and volunteers go out and fill the pot holes. They get instruction from a council internet site and free use of equipment. Argument against: What happens if the job is not done properly and the tarmac breaks up? Well that's no worse than the terrible pot holes there in the first place. The deal there is that filling the holes in like the halfwit public do will just lift off again. The trouble is binding the new stuff with the old stuff. You need the full kit which includes heavy machinery. Speak for yourself. Anyone can patch a pot hole. The ones the council fill open up again just the same. The only bonding the council use is on the surface. |
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Post by zanygame on Nov 26, 2023 22:12:58 GMT
When our potholes are filled in they close the road for a day . Filling in potholes should be done by people who know what they are doing , not Kevin , his missus and the kids . They might consider spending that time fruit picking instead . Yes they would close the street. Yes the new liquid fill system is brilliant, but it ain't happening. Kevin and his Mrs wouldn't do it. A local volunteer group would. Anyway, anymore things we could do ourselves or are we completely dependent on the government for everything up to wiping our bums. In which case carry on paying the high taxes.  |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Nov 26, 2023 22:14:27 GMT
The deal there is that filling the holes in like the halfwit public do will just lift off again. The trouble is binding the new stuff with the old stuff. You need the full kit which includes heavy machinery. Speak for yourself. Anyone can patch a pot hole. The ones the council fill open up again just the same. The only bonding the council use is on the surface. When I see them do it they have a machine that breaks up the surface, then once the hot tar is on they have a kind of flame thrower and steamroller thing. |
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Post by Pacifico on Nov 26, 2023 22:16:02 GMT
Probably not - why would you allow free access to other people if you are paying for the road. Perhaps we could bring back Toll Booths and charge?. Because its better to have roads without holes in. Not everything has to be about money. Imagine the council provided the street with bags of tarmac. On a given Sunday the residents close the street and volunteers go out and fill the pot holes. They get instruction from a council internet site and free use of equipment. Argument against: What happens if the job is not done properly and the tarmac breaks up? Well that's no worse than the terrible pot holes there in the first place. Is this going to save any money? - the Council still pays for the Tarmac, the equipment, the guy to deliver/collect the equipment, the guy to train you how to use the equipment and the liability insurance whilst you are using this equipment - and also any insurance claims from shoddy workmanship.. Can't see any savings amounting to much.. |
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Post by zanygame on Nov 26, 2023 22:30:41 GMT
Speak for yourself. Anyone can patch a pot hole. The ones the council fill open up again just the same. The only bonding the council use is on the surface. When I see them do it they have a machine that breaks up the surface, then once the hot tar is on they have a kind of flame thrower and steamroller thing. There are dozens of You tube videos on how to fill pot holes. Here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikBz9uosrmEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikBz9uosrmE |
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Post by Bentley on Nov 26, 2023 22:39:47 GMT
When our potholes are filled in they close the road for a day . Filling in potholes should be done by people who know what they are doing , not Kevin , his missus and the kids . They might consider spending that time fruit picking instead . Yes they would close the street. Yes the new liquid fill system is brilliant, but it ain't happening. Kevin and his Mrs wouldn't do it. A local volunteer group would. Anyway, anymore things we could do ourselves or are we completely dependent on the government for everything up to wiping our bums. In which case carry on paying the high taxes. A local volunteer group consisting of Kevin , his missus and the kids . |
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Post by zanygame on Nov 26, 2023 22:44:57 GMT
Yes they would close the street. Yes the new liquid fill system is brilliant, but it ain't happening. Kevin and his Mrs wouldn't do it. A local volunteer group would. Anyway, anymore things we could do ourselves or are we completely dependent on the government for everything up to wiping our bums. In which case carry on paying the high taxes. A local volunteer group consisting of Kevin , his missus and the kids . Probably where you live. |
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Post by Bentley on Nov 26, 2023 22:47:50 GMT
A local volunteer group consisting of Kevin , his missus and the kids . Probably where you live. Everywhere except fantasy land . |
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Post by zanygame on Nov 26, 2023 22:54:56 GMT
Everywhere except fantasy land . I expect Kevin's Mrs and the kids would do a better job. You would give up before you even started. |
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