Happier diner Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, english zloty said: New Chief Officer (then interim) will have authorised the response which will have been prepared by another interim. So that's all good. Well yes, in the interim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 3 hours ago, Blade Runner said: in the islands case your government protects government "Secrets" even more than the USA does for Area 52 I’ve heard of Area 51: is Area 52 the next hanger along? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ativa Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Gladys said: I think she probably is. Her LinkedIn shows her as being the person responsible for data protection and informationat DOI, (as well as running a bread bakery for many years). It has not been updated to say she is no longer in that role, yet she has a spat on SM. Sure, he is likely a PITA and we don't know the history, or the earlier posts that gave rise to that response. But really it is not her problem any more and she should not have engaged, and not in that fashion. It does raise questions regarding the culture that seems to perpetuate after retirement. ETA if there were genuine posts from her. We all know his history and he is a total cheese monger. Please don’t form an opinion of someone based on how they deal with him 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Ativa said: he is a total cheese monger Is that a euphemism? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 9 hours ago, Jarndyce said: I’ve heard of Area 51: You fell for that one, 52 is where they keep the good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade Runner Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 9 hours ago, Jarndyce said: I’ve heard of Area 51: is Area 52 the next hanger along? Cant say 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 9 hours ago, Ativa said: We all know his history and he is a total cheese monger. Please don’t form an opinion of someone based on how they deal with him TBF, I haven't formed an opinion of her, just of her replies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 How dire is the situation with the DOI? Alison,a councillor somewhere, is complaining about the DOi passing on highway maintenance to the councils. Any idea what this is referring to? Does this mean a reduction in car tax if highway maintenance is farmed out to councils? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub3 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 25 minutes ago, cissolt said: How dire is the situation with the DOI? Alison,a councillor somewhere, is complaining about the DOi passing on highway maintenance to the councils. Any idea what this is referring to? Does this mean a reduction in car tax if highway maintenance is farmed out to councils? I said it on the forum a few years ago that would happen, as soon as Gawne handed over responsibility of certain services paid for by the tax payer to the rate payer in exchange for a few quid towards the incinerator. The DOI have all but quit servicing the public highways on the Island bar the arterial routes ie TT course S100 course and Ballamodha and the Laxey coast road. Chris Thomas has literally robbed us again by putting up car tax or whatever they call it now, more expensive rates and higher road tax and the DOI doing next to fuck all for it. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 6 hours ago, cissolt said: How dire is the situation with the DOI? Alison,a councillor somewhere, is complaining about the DOi passing on highway maintenance to the councils. Any idea what this is referring to? Does this mean a reduction in car tax if highway maintenance is farmed out to councils? There will be very few, if any, LAs who are equipped to carry out road maintenance. Most of them still struggle to carry out the road sweeping duties that were offloaded onto them in 2015. Repair and upkeep of roads, if true, is another ball game altogether. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringy Rose Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Non-Believer said: There will be very few, if any, LAs who are equipped to carry out road maintenance. Most of them still struggle to carry out the road sweeping duties that were offloaded onto them in 2015. Repair and upkeep of roads, if true, is another ball game altogether. So they’ll have to outsource it back to the DOI, who will charge handsomely. So DOI’s budget goes up, expenses go down, and the rest of us get to pay the DOI twice to fuck it up. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 17 minutes ago, Ringy Rose said: So they’ll have to outsource it back to the DOI, who will charge handsomely. So DOI’s budget goes up, expenses go down, and the rest of us get to pay the DOI twice to fuck it up. Or it will be contracted out to local contractors who have neither the experience, relevant equipment, necessary skills and/or perhaps even the staff numbers to undertake such work. Let us hold up Douglas Promenade as an outstanding example of the above. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 10 hours ago, Non-Believer said: Or it will be contracted out to local contractors who have neither the experience, relevant equipment, necessary skills and/or perhaps even the staff numbers to undertake such work. Let us hold up Douglas Promenade as an outstanding example of the above. it sort of falls down there i'm sorry to say. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hedgehog Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 They seem to have ran out of capital Ls when doing the road painting at the new Ballabeg crossing so have instead written SlOW on the road. The DoI never disappoint. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 6 minutes ago, Dave Hedgehog said: They seem to have ran out of capital Ls when doing the road painting at the new Ballabeg crossing so have instead written SlOW on the road. The DoI never disappoint. that probably referred to the guy doing the painting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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