0bserver Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 14 minutes ago, joebean said: I have watched several video reports from the NEC Motorcycle Live show this year and noted the amount of grey hair on display Have you seen the price of Just For Men™️ these days? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 minute ago, The Voice of Reason said: Do you think they should bow to public opinion and revert back to the original schedule? 😊 Like one TT per week? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 According to the NPM this morning, Homestay this year fell from 951 properties, last TT to 752 properties in 2022. Shortage of Hotels, guest houses and now Homestay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 16 hours ago, 0bserver said: Did the organisers ever get to the bottom of the horrific incidents at 'Ago's Leap'? Important that they do so in order to prevent a repeat at next year's 'festival'. Ive heard that section is getting resurfaced again. Therefore another opportunity to make a dogs breakfast of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 4 hours ago, joebean said: The only thing that will increase the number of marshals and allow the MGP to be restored to the old format is the creation of a machine to turn back time. Marshals are getting older and natural wastage, not DfE will have the greatest impact on future availability. I have watched several video reports from the NEC Motorcycle Live show this year and noted the amount of grey hair on display. Motorcycling is, for a number of reasons, largely a hobby for the more mature. Young people are not being attracted to devote their time to marshalling an event enjoyed primarily by their elders. The problem with enthusiasts is that they are enthusiastic about what they know and tend to be unenthusiastic about anything that changes what they like. Hence they don’t react to changes in the environment and their hobby becomes a legacy activity. I suspect there are a few people within MMCC who can see the writing on the wall and are seeking to extend the life of the MGP a little further than would otherwise be expected. Although climate change is a God given opportunity to bring young blood into motorcycling generally. There are lots of environmental advantages as well as fun to be had riding a motorcycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Amadeus said: Like one TT per week? 52 weeks of the year please 😂 And run by some people with some interest and knowledge of motorcycles/motorcycling and its sporting side. Not career-stepping ad-men and self-serving bean-counters who will move on to the next carcass when they've finished exploiting and destroying this one. Some enthusiasm might even bring some tourists back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyWolf Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Serious question, if we just scrapped our IOM tourism department and all associated costs do you think we’d have any less tourists. I don’t. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTail Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Do we have a tourist department? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyWolf Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Good point No Tail isn’t it under the umbrella of the enterprise department now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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