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  1. This financial acumen helps explain the thinking (or lack thereof) behind the council's eco / recycling policies.
  2. It's not terribly surprising that a small island's per capita production is higher than the UK's, but it's less than 600k tonnes in total per year. This table on Worldometer (remember Covid?) is still showing 2022 figures, but that slots us in somewhere around 176th place, below Gibraltar who produce three times as much per capita. That far down the table, of course, the IOM's percentage of world emissions rounds to 0.00%. Interestingly, Iceland with all its geothermal advantages has a higher per capita production than we do. I wonder if they're counting volcanos?
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    CT for CM

    Was the question, "You manage to smuggle a gun with just one bullet into Tynwald. Who do you shoot?"
  4. A scoring pattern well known in HR circles: 1) I'm brilliant; 2) My team are great; 3) Everyone else is an arsehole.
  5. The DOI are so used to being bent over and reamed by the likes of Dandara that they probably don't even notice it any more. Definitely no lube required.
  6. Whatever it is, something's getting through...
  7. A "creditable achievement", FFS! They actually believe that. And what "market uncertainty" might that be? Trying to sell a dated product to a shrinking market while increasing all your charges and remuneration has delivered an entirely predictable outcome. Again.
  8. The one glimmer of hope is that it's only an interim appointment. However, that often just means a few years of stagnation and inertia until they realise nobody else wants the job, before it's awarded to the incumbent.
  9. In horrifying circumstances like that I just drive with my eyes shut. What's the worst that could happen?
  10. It's a great road to drive too, but given its generally sinuous nature it's a real PITA when stuck behind a cyclist doing a casual 15-20 mph. It's also pretty much tractor central some days.
  11. There's probably an element of the Kafka-esque sentiment, “Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have.” For some reason, this always reminds me of the Furry Freak Brothers.
  12. Most MHKs were demonstrable failures in their previous occupations, as we already know, so not an entirely unexpected outcome. You'd expect better from the people who advise them, though.
  13. Costa at 9am is one thing. Some drunk at Star Grill at 3am is going to regret getting pushy one day. (Remember that one justification of the recent Manchester Airport incident was a worry that an officer's gun might be taken.)
  14. Or resprayed and up for sale in Cycle360 for £8,500.
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    Crikey

    You can never be too sure...
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