WTF

8 minutes ago, Max Power said:

I don't know, those flats are empty now?

the other side of the road isn't , or further down towards the bus station.

1 hour ago, The Phantom said:

Doesn't a husband have to be male?  Or has that gender neutral'd too now?

Indeed good luck to her.  

its gender neautered these days

12 minutes ago, Moghrey Mie said:

I wish I'd put money on it. I had a feeling it would be a woman this time.

are we sure ?  they may identify as a sugar mouse

31 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said:

Where is the evidence of "excess fuel costs"? What are the comparators? Same fuel type or different more expensive fuels to reduce carbon? 

the boat does less to the gallon than the previous boat.

10 minutes ago, John Wright said:

It’s not a history lesson. It’s totally on point. We’ve always had excess capacity. Just that we now deal with it differently

but now we excess capacity for more of the year with excess fuel costs, docked boats dont tend to burn much fuel

1 hour ago, John Wright said:

But that’s the problem with somewhere with wildly varying seasonal passenger capacity demands.

You know, in the good old days, we had a SPCo with 10 passenger boats. 2 of them were used all year round. For 5 months they each did one single ( not return ) crossing 6 days a week. MX does 4 singles a day.

Another couple were brought out at Easter and mothballed, with crew, from end September. The rest came out mid May. And whilst they covered Fleetwood, Llandudno, Ardrossan, Belfast, Dublin, sometimes Barrow and Whitehaven, they only really got used fully for TT and GP and Scottish, Lancashire and Yorkshire wakes week change over weekends, in June, July, August.

That wasn’t economic. 80% of your fleet mothballed for 6 months a year, all with onboard crew.

As half the income is freight, and that’s spread evenly over the year, it makes sense to have passenger over capacity most of the year. I went on many winter sailings on the Ben, Queen, Lady and Maid in the 70’s, to and from uni, where there’d be 20 or 30 passengers max and a dozen cars and 20 white vans and drivers. And their passenger capacity was 1400 passengers, that’s 500 more than Manxman.

Was just checking. Manx Maid and the other 3 side loaders drew 5.5metres. And Manxman? 5.2metres.

thanks for the history lesson of almost no relevance to the 'bad new days' where we are now,  other than motor racing events we have excess capacity on the boats for our current requirements with increased fuel bills

22 minutes ago, John Wright said:

 

It’s not oversized, ffs.

 

anything that is going to spend most of its yearly journeys at nowhere near capacity and has to burn increased amounts of fuel compared to a smaller vessel IS oversized for our actual  needs.

35 minutes ago, John Wright said:

She was useable, but very bouncy. Also added extra passenger capacity from 450 to 600.

the top of the screw was out of the water before the concrete.

14 minutes ago, Happier diner said:

That's why I hate it. I can't stop looking at it so the the wife refuses to go in.

you haven't explained the problem .

32 minutes ago, Capt_Mainwaring said:

. The Ben was roundly criticised for months after her arrival now she's the island's saviour. 

only after it had shit loads of concrete added to make it usable

1 hour ago, cissolt said:

That's interesting, I didn't know she was a steam railway supporter.  Could this be why she's been kicking the sistra report down the road because it recommends moving to a single track and ending in Laxey?

the track to laxey is all electric, nothing to do with steam

2 hours ago, John Wright said:

He was managed out. This is the hangover result.

just another 4765 to go then.

9 hours ago, Albert Tatlock said:

The last time I was in a noisy car...I was courting.

well you should have let him out.

57 minutes ago, Cambon said:

600K out. 43K in. How much out to MU in electricity cost? Lets say 30K, so 13 K a year profit. Lets round it up to 20K. That means it will take 30 years to cover the installation costs of charging points that have a 15 year lifespan. 
 

The increased income over the past couple of years is due to the doubling of the price of electricity. Complete waste of taxpayers money. 

so power station maths on a smaller scale then.

1 hour ago, Shake me up Judy said:

You say that there's low unemployment but how many people are on benefits, not seeking work, or in zero hours/low paid jobs when they could be in proper jobs getting training, future security and full employment rights  ? There are also hundreds of teenagers still in full-time education when they should be in first jobs.

bring back slavery then ??

25 minutes ago, Jarndyce said:

“Poaching” is a handy virtue-signalling short form, but is it really accurate?   If we have the vacancies and qualified staff from other countries are keen to apply, should we be the ones to say “no, it’s not fair to your home country”?

How to retain homegrown staff is part of a much bigger fundamental question…

a consideration with home grown staff in a jurisdiction as tiny as this is that there is a good chance you will end up dealing with a family member or friend , or friend of a friend etc so it may be awkward for some patients and maybe doctors as a perceived level of familiarity could be felt.  if they were being dealt with by someone from else where who is not going to know them or their friends socially  it adds a level of privacy to things. 

3 hours ago, 2112 said:

 

One thing that struck me from this article is that it mentions that to be debated whether those seeking to die, could be given drugs to be self administered or given by doctors. If those with the right to die, get given drugs to self administer, what’s to stop them from choosing to die in a hotel room? 
 

 

i don't think they would give you a bottle of pills to take home the same way they don't give you a syringe with a vaccine in it to administer yourself when you get home. i suspect they will show you to a room and check back in on you after a few hours to see if you're still alive.

there was something on the uk tv news about this last night, it should have been enough for westminster to put the brakes on.

8 hours ago, Omobono said:

Not a very good advert for a government organised and sponsered  motorcycle event  in ace I think its in very poor taste  

and Crass , can someone tell us who approved the design 

undertakers.

9 hours ago, Passing Time said:

Other than asking questions, what is the point of Jason Moorehouse 

really good paperweight.

well the 'higher temperature allowing the tongue to experience more intense flavor' bit  sounds about right.

47 minutes ago, Happier diner said:

One might assume that this will be a warranty/defect matter and not one for us on here to start panicking about.

if there is any possible way for us to throw money away we will be up for it.

1 hour ago, NoTailT said:

Sounds reliable.

and accurate

3 hours ago, Moghrey Mie said:

Poaching people from other countries is never going to solve the situation. How many young Manx people are going into medicine and related professions?

quite a few , and then they fuck off to better places.

8 hours ago, Anthony Ingham said:

Laxey Glen Pavilion

Its obvious, because their brunch is shit and their food and service im general has been shit for at least 18 months.

do we have a winner gizo ?    by not being a cunt as you put it you have actually cast a shadow on the better places ironically making you a .................................😁