Cambon

16 minutes ago, Barlow said:

In my day that would have been less than 8.

I suggest that all the pee-ers be put in the same class and leave them to it. It means they will have a lifetime of dole and drug dealing I realise, but it would allow the children who want to learn and be educated to progress

Good idea. Perhaps they could use the toilet as a classroom.
Cut out the middle man, kind of. 

2 hours ago, Banker said:

Lots of those parents whose kids are causing problems don’t care about what they do, many have lots of addiction issues and don’t work. The parents quite often have been brought up in similar circumstances.

Its a result of social deprivation although sometimes by sense of entitlement by parents & children 

It is also a result of feral parents bringing up feral kids.

Going to the toilet during lessons is unnecessary and should be banned, except in emergency circumstances. I very much doubt the kids will wet themselves. The social embarrassment would be too much. 

12 hours ago, HiVibes said:

The fiscal problems are the massive ball out from COVID which fucked over the young for the sake of the burdensome old and the cost of living crisis driven by the dependency on hydrocarbons. Climate change whether you understand it or not is not the problem.

The cost of living “crisis” was actually caused by the UK’s obsession with low inflation over the last decade or so.
In 2019 I visited the USA for a couple of weeks and was shocked at how expensive it was compared with previous visits. I said to my wife at the time, “The UK is in for a big shock very soon. Prices will have to catch up.”  
Now it is happening. 

On 3/7/2024 at 7:37 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

Yeah but oil producers planning production cuts to ramp it up again.

They always say that. It is cyclical. Petrol prices will go up now until mid summer. Heating oil will go down. Come July/August, futures will reverse. It is cyclical and repetitive. 
Gas prices will be low. Very low until the Ukraine war is resolved. Not because of buying gas from Russia, but because of the threat of it. Anything to not finance Russia’s unknown objective. 

Gas price hovering around 25 year low, regardless of inflation. 
 

On 3/5/2024 at 10:40 PM, HiVibes said:

Your expert the old clod fox hulme at least had the decency to admit he was completely wrong, sadly that is rare with old cunts 

But he is not wrong. Or, are you now arguing that the well established science of geothermal gradient is wrong? It isn’t. Geothermal power is possible anywhere on earth. It all comes down to money. Put it another way. If there was £10 Billion worth of diamonds or gold down there, Alfie would be personally digging with his finger nails. The promise of 100+ years of guaranteed power security is not enough. 

22 hours ago, CrazyDave said:

Its all int their documents, and was covered in detail at the government conference.

Sorry, but I am going to go with the experts rather than a random on the internet.

https://youtu.be/FO-RVj1dFdY?si=uC0mlIA8O57h-dta

Good luck. When you and your experts have bankrupted the island for no gain, please switch the light off when you leave. Oh, hang on, there wont be any electricity to run the lights in the first place.

Remember, it was experts who said the Liverpool landing stage would cost £25M 

17 minutes ago, CrazyDave said:

I am sure if you read the MUA docs on selecting a wind farm site there is something in there about up north actually being a preferred option in some way, but the lack of suitable links back to the grid and the cost of implementing them ruled it out.

The proposed location for the turbines is the best location as decided by all the relevant experts with access to all the relevant info.

Just because some people on the internet who don’t have the same expertise or access to the same info a data say it isn’t, doesn’t make the MUA wrong 

No existing grid, no suitable roads, no suitable landing stage, no possibility to keep spares, and that is the best to “experts” can come up with? 
How about a couple on the headland behind Peel power station, connecting straight into the grid? If the solar farm goes ahead at Andreas, they will need to install infrastructure, so it will be available for turbines at Jurby. Oh and look, loads of warehouse space for spares. It doesn’t require experts as much as common sense. 

On 3/3/2024 at 1:02 AM, HiVibes said:

Erm, he said the one place it might be possible was the point of ayre, but no power station nearby. It appears that up until now he did his own research then an expert gave him the Janet and John level explanation the stupid old coot required.

There is no power station at Eary / Scard either. Doesn’t stop the half wits wanting to waste £100,000,000 on wind turbines though, does it? 
 

Actually, geothermal is possible anywhere. That is science fact. It comes down to how easy and cost. 

17 hours ago, Happier diner said:

I caught the end of moanin line today and they were talking about some engineer/scientist guy who had been touting geo thermal and about turned and admitted after studying the facts he had decided that it was a no goer. I thought it might be our resident geo thermal fan @Cambon. Anyone catch his name..

PS. I don't think it actually was cambon and I am not trying to reveal his identity 😄

It was Graham Fox-Hulme. He didn’t write it off altogether, but said due to the way the slate sits under  the main power station, drilling is almost impossible. May be different at Peel, or other places. 

21 hours ago, CrazyDave said:

That doesn’t result in more people?  I have no idea what your point is?

Problem is, many are better off on benefits than if they worked. Make work pay more and look after people better and more people will work. 

5 hours ago, manxchester said:

Port Erin Tesco closing on March 16th, Tesco sign up outside Victoria Road site this morning, 8am-10pm opening hours. Hopefully they'll get cracking on the Ramsey store soon.

 

https://www.three.fm/news/isle-of-man-news/port-erin-shoprite-closes-later-this-month/

Interesting. A friend who works at Port Erin Shoprite told me they close on 23rd. 

48 minutes ago, Interested Reader said:

So you don’t think a “senior analyst” for the police with SQL programming knowledge would be highly paid? They gave his address as Selborn Drive. I’d wager he earns a fair few quid (currently). 

SQL is a simple language to learn, and programmers are 2 a penny. That said, it is a government worker, so more than likely paid too much. 

On 2/23/2024 at 10:39 AM, code99 said:

At the risk of being boring, I am re-posting a link that I have posted (for you) a week ago:

https://www.gov.im/news/2023/mar/27/climate-change-paris-agreement-extended-to-isle-of-man/

When it comes to our commitments to the Paris Agreement or COP26 or climate change policies or net zero goals, etc, my impression is that Isle of Man and the CIs Governments had no say on the matter – they were probably told by the UK Government to toe the UK line. The Climate Change Act 2021 was passed by Tynwald, presumably Stu Peters voted against it?

The only way forward is for the IOMG to work with the UK Government and to persuade them to make their/ our “legally binding” commitments less onerous. That is all I have to say on this subject.

Did you read it? It says twice that IOMG applied to be included. How did you miss that? 

18 hours ago, piebaps said:

1. The lower rate (or standard band) applies to everyone and not just those with jobs.  Incorrect. It applies to local workers only. Income earned on Island by none residents, is taxed/ reported at standard rate. I.E. 22%. 
2. You can split your code between jobs or pensions. Incorrect. The code only applies to your primary employment. 
3. Subsidiary employment is charged at the standard band or the higher rate depending on your circumstances the high rate doesn't automatically apply. Yes it does
4. Your code is simply a method of collecting your tax. You can ask for it to be adjusted if you want things done differently. Yes you can but only in so far as changing the levels of expected reclamation in the following tax year. 

1 hour ago, CrazyDave said:

 

That is actually incorrect. You can only access the lower tax rate if you have been given a tax code. Your tax code can only be used against one job or pension. Any additional jobs or income are taxed at standard rate, now 22%. You are then able to claim any overpayment back in your tax return. 
 

If you do not have a tax code but have income where manx income tax applies, you are taxed at the standard rate, now 22%. 

15 minutes ago, CrazyDave said:

Yes I know.  You said the standard rate had gone up.  It’s unchanged.

The higher rate has gone up from 20 to 22 percent which has no impact on quite a lot of people who are lower earners.

 

 

20%, now 22% is the standard rate. 10% is the low rate to offset the 11% NI that employees also pay, aimed at lower earners. 

31 minutes ago, CrazyDave said:

Unless you charge a lot for a missed dr appointment, the admin overhead of recording missed appointments, employing staff, collecting payments and chasing missed payments would mean it would barely break even.

What do you do if someone misses one and can’t afford the payment? Refuse them treatment in the future?

Make appointment, pay in advance. £20. If you have already paid for it, you wont miss it.
Make prescriptions free, use prescription admin system to track Drs appointments. 

53 minutes ago, Hairy Poppins said:

The Isle of Man was responsible for 0.00132% of global Co2 emissions in 2020. 

 

 

Rubbish! Tiny IOM, with 85,000 population, with virtually no carbon producing industry, produces over 1/1000 of the entire world’s carbon footprint? 
What complete and absolute bollocks! 

5 hours ago, woolley said:

But shit happens. Manxman could go tech for days or longer, and perhaps even have to be taken away for attention. I know what you are saying about the track record, but there just seems too much reputational risk to this particular lie, if it is a lie.

It's very hard to believe that there is this ship sitting in the harbour, crewed and ready for action in 12 hours, but in fact it isn't. It might as well be a cardboard cutout. It's all just a lie somewhere between the Steamie and the Govt, and they're doing it at whatever cost simply because they won't admit they cocked up on the regulations/upgrade requirements. And they're all sitting there with fingers crossed, praying to God that Manxman keeps trucking. Too farfetched. Implausible, no?

Better to have one ship prepped and ready to go than two ships in the forms of the Arrow and the Manannan. The cost of keeping and running both of ghem as stand by would be far more than just the Ben. 

On 2/10/2024 at 10:19 PM, Hairy Poppins said:

The one and only way to solve the Housing Crisis would be the direct provision of something like between 500 and 1,000 social housing units over the next ~5 years. 

Not bunging developers a few million and hoping they'll build a few 'FTB' homes out of the kindness of their hearts. 

Government already has the land bank to make this happen. 

The housing crisis has ripples through the the island's economy.

 

Problem with your suggestion is the old “Build it and they will come.” 
The more houses, the greater the requirement. 
It needs to be means tested and rent adjusted according to income. If the social housing rent becomes greater than private rent, it is their choice. 
 

Why they keep ripping down and rebuilding old properties, rather than sell them to first time buyers as fixer-uppers, and using the money to create new social housing, is beyond me. 

4 minutes ago, Happier diner said:

Fair enough on the surface. But I'm not over reacting. My wife had an asthma attack half an hour after leaving that boat. She has a serious condition. Fortunately it was mild. It may have been nothing to do with the diesel fumes. 

I wouldn't be arguing if it wasn't for folks trying to convince me I am wrong about this.

It's not right what is happening WRT the SPCO not making more effort on this. 

Surely you were both sat in the car, with your windows closed and ignition off, therefore fan off. So all she would be breathing was the air in the car. 
 

I was also on that trip. Great crossing. I wonder which one you were? 

9 hours ago, Non-Believer said:

I listened to that too, thoroughly unconvincing and just came across as a brainwashed zealot. No answers to questions as to precisely what contribution IoM makes to global CO2 or how much the hugely expensive proposals would reduce that contribution. 

After she has bankrupted the country, completely in vain, at least she can say, at least we tried! 

11 hours ago, ccsnet said:

With out detail because it's not appropriate for online but pretty much racist views boardering on the extreme  because of what they had read / seen in the media etc.

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So, rather like the climate loonies who believe everything in the media, like that woman on the moanin line yesterday.

23 minutes ago, Happier diner said:

Maybe. But not after the second interconnector. The plan says power station gone by 2030

Will it? Wont it?

We don't know, but that's the plan

My prediction? It will still be in use, along with many other gas turbines, in 2040.