manxy 1,476 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 15 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: We've certainly got a PS with raptor-like tendencies when it comes to money and their pensions... Do you mean the Paidalotosoreasses? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ham_N_Eggs 953 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 23 minutes ago, Neil Down said: Hahahahahahahahaha did you use acceleration and work in a sentence about the prom ...and the word "could" it should have been followed by "but probably not" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roger Mexico 9,441 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 3 hours ago, slinkydevil said: Fair dos this was reported somewhere in the local press at the time: Unlikely award of year goes to horse tramway http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=52832&headline=Unlikely award of year goes to horse tramway§ionIs=news&searchyear=2019 Well two and half months later, rather than at the time (as some of us pointed out when it was eventually published). They were actually only runners up (probably out of two). Burroughs seem to have been the people who had the brass neck to put it forward (they certainly collected the bit of pointless plastic). Maybe they were hoping for more work from people who wanted a tramway and didn't have access to the internet. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
majkul 8 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Not one of them gives a flying f***. Not the guys at the top, not the guys pretending to do any work. Their wages are guaranteed, no matter how bad they are at what they're supposed/pretending to be doing. Yet here we are, those working in any of the businesses in the "war zone" that is the main thoroughfare of our capital city, s****ing ourselves, not knowing if we'll have a job tomorrow/next week/month. But who cares? The lampposts are going to look amazing when they're eventually done. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoTail 1,969 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 The lampposts they have put in a summerland end dont look amazing to me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quilp 10,593 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Majkul was being sarcastic... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
majkul 8 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Yep, my sarcasm will probably be around longer than my job. But the upside is that millions of tourists will be coming over here to see the wonderful promenade, all year round, rather than just for a few days each year. That's why they're doing it, right? Definitely not to line each other's pockets, it's for the island's best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MadAsHell 146 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 On 2/18/2020 at 10:30 PM, yootalkin2me said: He couldn't even run a bath without fucking that up. He can't spell the department he runs, I'm sure everything will be fine... https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-longworth-7939463 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Down 7,957 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 3 hours ago, MadAsHell said: He can't spell the department he runs, I'm sure everything will be fine... https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-longworth-7939463 Maybe there's a bit of Scot in him and he likes to roll his r's - as opposed to him talking out of his arse 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTeapot 9,877 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thesultanofsheight 9,453 Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 The papers are now saying that certain road closures are to be extended in order to ‘minimize confusion’ it doesn’t say whether the confusion is ours or theirs though! http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=54005 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Numbnuts 1,114 Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Interesting to note that the minutes of the strategic board meeting presumably held when arranged on 10th January are still not forthcoming . Clearly the typist is as slow as the workers involved or the contents are too damming that there scared to publish them. Maybe both ! Was very surprised at the December minutes to see how much they allowed into the public domain . Must have been another board meeting too at the beginning of this month with again nothing forthcoming ..Interesting days ahead . 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
On The Bus 555 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 It looks like they've abandoned the expensive Chinese Granite paving and instead are going for some grey block paving instead. Have to admit the UK guys they've got in to do it are cracking on with it at a rate of knots! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WTF 5,985 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 4 hours ago, On The Bus said: It looks like they've abandoned the expensive Chinese Granite paving and instead are going for some grey block paving instead. Have to admit the UK guys they've got in to do it are cracking on with it at a rate of knots! they'll be used to working for a living. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
monasqueen 962 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 To be fair, they've continued working in some of the most hellish weather conditions imaginable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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