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I beg to differ, though the Terrace standards drop when Mark isn’t around. Mondays. 

Name a better chippy on island. 

Castletown, behind the old cop shop. Best restaurant on the island.

1 minute ago, Happier diner said:

I don't know what Kizuna is but the terrace chippy is mediocre on the good day and terrible on an off day. You need to broaden you horizons. 

You need to broaden your horizons and visit the latter.

As a semi-competent home cook, I only take my family out to places that won’t result in a ‘I could have done that better at home’ verdict at the end of the evening. Only the Terrace Chippy and Kizuna tick those boxes.

Apart from the above, eating out in the Isle of Man is shite. 

I have an Amex card registered to my Isle of Man address. Does this mean I can max it out and fuck them off?

Asking for a friend, obviously  

Amazon Firesticks have started blocking IPTV apps/portals which enable installation or updates of IPTV apps. Better to use something more generic like a Xiaomi stick. 

My better half had her further leave to remain processed about a week or two after the previous anticipated processing time late last year. Simple clarification questions were asked after this had passed which suggests it was started late. I guess the simple explanation is that they’re mad busy- they’ve got an AO and and an EO vacancy posted on the Jobtrain website, so I imagine they’re increasing their headcount due to increased workload. They must be coining it down there, unless the processing fees are sent across. 

Alf's dream society is a load of HNWIs supported by submissive semi-literate locals, and gullible migrants exploited by a shady recruitment agency. 

Doha of the north. 

9 minutes ago, Stu Peters said:

I understand that MMP, but it’s a flippable argument. A large proportion of our population never needs or wants to fly, and resents resources being expended on what they consider a non essential. Someone waiting for a hip replacement cares little that a flight might be diverted due to fog etc. Of course, I agree about it being an essential, but not everyone feels the same.

You’ve been paying far too much attention to the demographic of your previous employer. 

Easiest way to get round this, if you’re of a nervous disposition, for the football is to get a VPN that has servers in the Middle East and to subscribe to TOD (Bein Sports’ streaming service). Get all the Premier League games for about 15 quid a month, and without the annoyance of Sky Sports cranking up the volume in the advert breaks. Flip side is that you’re back in a 90’s timewarp with Richard Keys and Andy Grey hosting the games. 

Don’t want to piss on his pasta, but if there were a Pizza Express next door, his place would be half-empty. 

Any truth in the Twitter gossip that suggests Tesco are buying Mezeron?

1 hour ago, John Wright said:

He isn’t an investigative journalist. 

Sadly he is the nearest thing we have got to one.

All other media outlets are reliant on the IOMG & its tentacles for advertising revenue so don't dare sail close to the wind for fear of biting the biggest hand that feeds them.

In my somewhat biased opinion we haven't seen a top quality Manx kipper on the Isle of Man since Tony Curtis sold his fish yard and went off to retire in sunny Ecuador over 20 years ago, where he will celebrate his 81st birthday this Sunday. 

I very much doubt if the increased catch will be able to be processed on island. Devereaus & Paddy's have been using frozen Baltic herring for years, and have probably already have planned stock in hand for this years orders/local stock. Back in the day, kipper curers used to rely on casual labour (mostly local school kids and Irish students on their summer holidays) for surges in supply to fulfil fresh and frozen demand. Sometimes they would work 70 hour weeks, and the next they could be doing just a handful of hours across a very short 12 week herring season. 

There just isn't the demand or supply chain for what is now regarded of more of an occasional curiosity than a regular cooked breakfast. Any additional supply, for this summer at least, will probably just end up being sent across & processed for fishmeal in Kilkeel or Portavogie, particularly if they're too small for processing or if the current processors don't have enough staff or working equipment for a bumper landing. Most of the splitting machines and kilns, and specialists for servicing this equipment are sadly long gone.

21 minutes ago, madmanxpilot said:

Unlike previous incumbents of the post, he’s not a qualified civilian controller, and therefore cannot control aircraft here.

That's handy.

…And they’re currently receiving zero advertising revenue from the site. No company in their right mind would want to be associated with that bin fire. 

1 hour ago, Nellie said:

I flew to Gatwick on Friday morning. As it happened, everything went to plan and we were just 5/10 minutes late arriving there.

But, before we left, it was really noticeable how twitchy virtually everyone was at Ronaldsway. Some really unlikely looking souls gazing constantly at their phones “It’s taken off from Gatwick”, “It’s over Milton Keynes”, It’ll soon be over the sea.” and  even a young girl who collared the Menzies agent and asked “Why is he flying past us? He’s definitely going to land isn’t he.?” when the inbound flight made an unusual approach ! 

Everyone knows that between easyJet and the Airport management the whole thing is in meltdown and members of the public who would usually just rock up to the Airport and expect everything to go to plan have clearly lost all confidence.

We need rapid evidence that both guilty parties are working hard to get things back on track and to restore confidence.

Not to mention everyone having FlightRadar24 installed on their phones due to the airport arrivals/departures website being utterly gash.

I’d get kickbacks to find immigration loopholes to get HNWIs from places at the very top of the global corruption index over here, and then get out of Dodge before it goes completely GTA with Belarusian and Kyrgyz mobs in the ganglands down in Castle Mona Avenue. I’d then use my kickbacks & call in a few favors to buy a couple of tower blocks in Dubai Marina from the very same HNWIs. I’d then see out my days singing ‘oh land of our birth’ on a massive yacht crewed entirely by Uzbek pole dancers. 

I’m sure I could get it all signed off by Compliance in no time. 

2 minutes ago, Banker said:

As has been said loads of times book a taxi by phone, app or website in advance & they’re there waiting with a board 

Whenever I arrive on a business/leisure trip in a new place, often at last minute, the first thing I do when I land is fire up Uber, Lyft (or Careem here in the Middle East). If the place isn't served by any of the usual suspects, I assume that local cabbies or hawkers will be in or around the terminal to see me right to my hotel/meeting. Ronaldsway must be one of the few airports in the world where one is not approached by an entrepreneurial local whispering 'taxi?' to newly-arrived passengers!

I spent the afternoon and early early evening here in my living room in Abu Dhabi watching TT+ on my Android TV which, according to Google Play Store, was developed by 'Isle of Man Government'. Kudos to whoever initiated that. The platform and coverage has been absolutely top notch. Perhaps the same unheralded genius(es) could use their skillset to initiate/develop a ride sharing app. Fuck it, they could even sort out the airport carpark, website, monorail and Liverpool terminal while they're at it! 

6 hours ago, Roger Mexico said:

Except that the way that supply and demand and especially Uber works would mean that the prices would likely increase considerably in such circumstances.  If it's not worth cabbies waiting at the Airport on spec at the moment at current rates, then you'll have to pay them more to get them there.

And of course Uber relies on people pre-booking (if only very shortly in advance), so it's not going to solve the problems of empty taxi ranks.  And drivers will tend to be based in Douglas (where most potential fares are), so you'd have to wait and pay for them to come from there.

So Uber (and other ride sharing services) work all over the world from the biggest municipalities to the smallest of islands in SE Asia, but wouldn't work in the Isle of Man because the largest conurbation is 15-20 mins from the airport? Uber counters restricted supply and excessive demand by creating additional supply when the demand is high. Imagine how much could be made by residents from all walks of life in TT fortnight if ride sharing services were not barred from operating due to an outdated licencing/business model, not to mention improving visitor experience by having a viable, flexible service.

Seriously?

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/taxi-driver-calls-for-oft-to-investigate-bus-service/

Can we not just get rid of the antiquated plate bandits and just get the likes of Uber over here, and have a proper supply and demand based service like in any other normal place? 

25 quid plus tip for an 8 mile ride from Douglas on a bank holiday to the airport to hear about the cabbie's latest all-inclusive holiday to Dubai/Thailand etc is taking the proverbial. 

24 minutes ago, Dave Hedgehog said:

UEFA will be pretty angry about them using the Champions League theme.

It's to trigger the Scousers.