Katman

Nice Guy, was only speaking to him a few months ago, he was out walking around Clay Head.

It might be worth sitting in a few courts, especially either the Magistrates or the High Bailiff ones, on a day when they get a mixed bag of cases, you will then be able to listen to all sides and decide yourself whether a sentence is correct or not, rather than only getting your info from the media.

The pubs could help by improving their range of non-alcoholic drinks most only seem to do one type of beer.

I thought all the asbestos was taken out some years back? The Sea Terminal building isn't that bad, a spruce up will sort it out. It's better than the one at Heysham and the one the Ben uses at Birkenhead. Will the new Steam Packet boat be able to use the new Liverpool Terminal?

I hope Flybe do come back to the Island, even if it's just for the popular direct flights from the Island to Geneva for the ski season.

A building not fit for purpose, it should have been knocked down years ago. Also though a terrible site to develop on. There's currently planning approval for conversion of the existing building, but as it's coming down, a new application will have to go through, so expect a vacant site for quite a while.

Isn't that where one of the electric car charging posts is going to be fitted?

Oh and the other other staff member in the MT shop insisted on calling me buddy all the time. Luckily I only go in there every few years.

I walked into the Manx Telecom shop yesterday, to pick up a new phone. There was a young guy in a pink poloshirt hovering by the door, holding some sort of tablet. His first words to me were "Are you alright?" Had I gone into a doctors surgery by mistake? Don't these places train their staff on how to greet customers, asking if I'm all right, Im pretty sure isn't the right phrase to use, maybe something like "hello, can I help you" could work better? Or maybe it's just me getting old.

No doubt Mr Peters MHK, will turn up to his first sitting looking very smart and dapper as I remember selling him a secondhand ironing press a few years back.

No real surprise in the results for Onchan. Cherry was seen as immature, Willers had too much baggage and Leather was a no hoper from the start.

It most likely bought some money into the Island - which is good. It might make a few of them come back again - which is good. It might have raised a bit of publicity for the Island - which is good. Some of the locals had to winge about it - which is usual.

The Onchan Hustings was held last night, in a hall that had around four hundred chairs, there were less than fifty in attendance, I doubt if anyone was below the age of thirty. All but one of the candidates were in attendance. Mr Willers was off Island due to a hospital appointment. Nothing really controversial or even mildy exciting came up, questions about the economy, pensions, environment, etc. All candidates were polite to each other, some went on a bit much, surprised that the Chairman didn't limit answer time. I doubt if the two sitting MHK's have much to worry about.

I've seen hima few times over the last couple of weeks, Mr Callister is currently walking round Onchan delivering his manifestos. Regarding a few of the points above, rather than just posting on a forum saying he hasn't done anything in five years, without any proof one way or the other, why not contact him directly with your points and then post up his answers. I'm not for or against Mr Callister, but it all seems very one sided.

The old cottage on the site, can't even be used, its too dangerous. The current tenants are basically using the outside area. You can't have a cup of tea inside the building if it's raining. Good on the Commissioners who are wanting the building delisted, knock it down and get something fit for purpose built in it's place. Too much attention is paid to the vocal minority on this Island. Case in point is the Horse Trams, a few people shouted that they must be preserved after Douglas Corporation decided they couldn't afford to keep running them, so Government steps in and god know how many millions have been spent since.

Oh no.

James Cherry, nice guy, but didn't he stand down from the commissioners over being bulied? I doubt if he's made of the right stuff to be an MHK.

Yes that annoyed me at the time that MU wouldn't let me have the cheaper tariff. I have it now as I have a full electric car, but mainly use it to run the washing machine, tumble dryer and dishwasher.

I used to have a car that had the benefits of both an electric motor and a petrol engine. The electric range was around 35 miles which was mostly okay for day to day trips to and from work as long as it went on the charger every day. You could switch over to the petrol engine whenever you wanted or it would automatically change once the battery was low. I owned the car for around three years, did around 18,000 miles including one trip to the UK and filled it with petrol five times during the three years.

These self charging cars are a bit of a con, they say they charge up on braking and going down hill, but this provides only a tiny amount of charge, most of the charge will come from a generator connected to the petrol engine. There are signs that Toyota and most other manufacturers are moving away from these. I have a fully electric car and the display can show energy recovered from going down hill or slowing down, on a trip Douglas to Ramsey over the mountain, what you might gain going down from the mountain is used several times over going up hill in the first place.

If any Estate Agents are being a bit shady, its for those who think they are being fed lies or untruths to make formal complaints to the relevant authorties or governing bodies. I read a little bit about it on Facebook the other day, but it just seems to be third hand rumours without any actual proof.

Ha Ha, are you talking about Manx Forums, Intelligent People and Rational Debate? those don't go together.

A lot of Company's are dropping sponsorship of things like motorsport as it's seen as bad form to be laying off staff and also sponsoring expensive sports activities. Without sponsors many teams and riders won't be able to afford to come over.

TT Trademark: https://www.gov.im/media/1356855/20170518-tt-branding-use-guidance.pdf

This is going to confuse so many people. Half the people who come to the TT, think we are where the Isle of Wright is.