alta-pete Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 11 minutes ago, Derry Pele said: ETA: I’ve went off on a rant here, just click the link if it’s tl;dr Not sure if this has been covered already but the audacity of it is astonishing. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-66459842 A property developer buys a recently closed, well known pub. It gets ransacked to such an extent that any chance of it reopening as a pub is gone. Last week an application is lodged for it to be made a proper listed building, but the new owners also hire a digger. It goes up in flames on Saturday, and the access road is blocked by a pile of dirt/rubble meaning the fire service can’t attend as efficiently as they needed to. Planning permission is lodged for partial demolition of the unsafe parts of the building on Monday and, on the same day, the aforementioned digger is used to knock the whole thing down. The dirt pile has been added to in the intervening period. If the big boss of the new owning company wasn’t a woman I’d praise the size of their testicles for attempting something so audacious (obviously no proof but come on to f**k) All agreed. And further seething because an attempt to List the building only got underway a couple of weeks ago. Complacency all round. The only real chance of any consequence is the prospect of à prosecution for arson. And I suspect that’ll be hard to conclusively prove for any one actual individual. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 10 minutes ago, alta-pete said: All agreed. And further seething because an attempt to List the building only got underway a couple of weeks ago. Complacency all round. The only real chance of any consequence is the prospect of à prosecution for arson. And I suspect that’ll be hard to conclusively prove for any one actual individual. The Northfield Hotel on southside of Capital City is currently going through the standard owner procedure when an application to demolish a listed building has been refused. Encouraging on-site fly tipping by builders and wee neds trying to burn it to the ground. All because they want to build...........yes, you've guessed it.............student accommodation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Private Eye's "Nooks and Corners" column covers interesting old buildings threatened by development. I find it depressing reading because of the amount of dodgy spivs out there prepared to knock down perfectly good buildings and replace them with cheap boxes for a fast buck 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Look after yourselves lads. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) Fucking hell. Aged 53 and having enthusiastically embraced all six stages of those life choices, how do I now get myself back on The Right Way please? Edited August 10, 2023 by alta-pete 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, alta-pete said: Fucking hell. Aged 53 and having enthusiastically embraced all six stages of those life choices, how do I now get myself back on The Right Way please? Fu©k all, you're 2 years away from your Ruby Anniversary of self abuse. Edited August 10, 2023 by Zen Archer (Raconteur) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 42 minutes ago, Ziggy Sobotka said: Look after yourselves lads. I always thought that hat wearing was associated with baldness because baldies wear hats to cover their shiny domes. I realise now that the causality runs the other way and hat wearing causes baldness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 5 hours ago, coprolite said: I always thought that hat wearing was associated with baldness because baldies wear hats to cover their shiny domes. I realise now that the causality runs the other way and hat wearing causes baldness. I think it's because of the friction that constantly doffing your cap to passing ladies creates - it can't be good for your hair. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 8 hours ago, Ziggy Sobotka said: Look after yourselves lads. I went top left, middle right, bottom left so that’s a lot of shite. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Ruel Street anyone? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 45 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Ruel Street anyone? Another company not checking out the Scottish colloquialism. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 19 minutes ago, RH33 said: Another company not checking out the Scottish colloquialism. Agreed. Should be Lorne Go. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 1 hour ago, GordonD said: Agreed. Should be Lorne Go. Slice go surely 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 12 hours ago, Ziggy Sobotka said: Look after yourselves lads. The left side is the way I went, and tbh, with 8 years to go I don't look far off the 'physical wreck'. Still, I had a great laugh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 12 hours ago, Ziggy Sobotka said: Look after yourselves lads. John Brown would have been about 50 when this photo was taken. Just sayin' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Just now, tamthebam said: John Brown would have been about 50 when this photo was taken. Just sayin' Aye, that’s what a 50 year old looks like. So what? Got a problem? Eh? Eh? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 13 hours ago, Ziggy Sobotka said: Look after yourselves lads. Had a think about this. All I can say my drugs and days have been fun, would do again! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/uk-world-news/new-mum-stranded-after-being-8669669 This is genuinely one of the most idiotic things I've ever read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 11 minutes ago, Michael W said: https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/uk-world-news/new-mum-stranded-after-being-8669669 This is genuinely one of the most idiotic things I've ever read. Doing that when : "We don't have enough money for flights. When we came over here, they were £600 each and now they are a few grand. I am £6,000 in debt on the card... Don't know whether to laugh or cry at that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 3 hours ago, SlipperyP said: Had a think about this. All I can say my drugs and days have been fun, would do again! This should be your new avatar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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