Nottingham... and do you love your city?

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blingybongy said:

Lexicon of Love is a stormer

There's not on bad track on it (and I know what's good & what trash is)

[Square Leg]

Talking of ancient decrepit bands, I’m having to venture into Nottingham on Tuesday to see Madness…

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Square Leg said:

Talking of ancient decrepit bands, I’m having to venture into Nottingham on Tuesday to see Madness…

With the Lightening Seeds. Should be good (but I hope Madness do better than on Strictly the other week!)

[Square Leg]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Square Leg said:

Talking of ancient decrepit bands, I’m having to venture into Nottingham on Tuesday to see Madness…

With the Lightening Seeds. Should be good (but I hope Madness do better than on Strictly the other week!)

Not keen on Lightening Seeds, but one of the chaps I’m going with is a big fan of theirs.

Listened to Madness live on Radio 2 this week - Suggs has almost resorted to just talking the lyrics rather than singing..

This’ll be the 3rd time I’ve seen them live (first time was around 1982 at the RCH) and they’ve always put on a good show, so fingers crossed.

Anyway, let’s hope I still have the wheels on my car when I get back to it ?or indeed, my car is still there…)

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Look after your car for a fiver guv

[blingybongy]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Look after your car for a fiver guv

We just parked roadside on Talbot St.
Very convenient.
I would certainly loved those scooters when I was living there..

Punchline to above joke being

'can he put fires out?'

[Square Leg]

Skint as a skinty skint thing.

https://committee.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/documents/...

And they plan to stop all cricket being played on council land (that is paid for by the club playing) and to stop grass cutting.

[Louis Balfour]

Square Leg said:

Skint as a skinty skint thing.

https://committee.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/documents/...

And they plan to stop all cricket being played on council land (that is paid for by the club playing) and to stop grass cutting.

And they are increasing car park charges too, but they have not said by how much. If they ejected David Mellen they could use his pie and cake budget to plug even the most chasmic financial shortfall.

[Square Leg]

Louis Balfour said:

Square Leg said:

Skint as a skinty skint thing.

https://committee.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/documents/...

And they plan to stop all cricket being played on council land (that is paid for by the club playing) and to stop grass cutting.

And they are increasing car park charges too, but they have not said by how much. If they ejected David Mellen they could use his pie and cake budget to plug even the most chasmic financial shortfall.

They’d have a massive surplus of cash then.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Fusion777 said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

These days about 3 million people use the tram a year.

They sound like Covid affected stats, because 19/20 was 18.7 million. 20/21 was 3.4 million.

It is. But on top of that the bigger problem is buses are currently capped at £2.00

They've just announced the losses on the tram have moved on from losing £384,000 per week...

....now up to £1,076,000 per week. Hard to imagine how that can be!

[Louis Balfour]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Fusion777 said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

These days about 3 million people use the tram a year.

They sound like Covid affected stats, because 19/20 was 18.7 million. 20/21 was 3.4 million.

It is. But on top of that the bigger problem is buses are currently capped at £2.00

They've just announced the losses on the tram have moved on from losing £384,000 per week...

....now up to £1,076,000 per week. Hard to imagine how that can be!

That which rejoices in the epithet "Scum Slug" is one expensive vanity project, ain't it.

[Faust66]

Louis Balfour said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Fusion777 said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

These days about 3 million people use the tram a year.

They sound like Covid affected stats, because 19/20 was 18.7 million. 20/21 was 3.4 million.

It is. But on top of that the bigger problem is buses are currently capped at £2.00

They've just announced the losses on the tram have moved on from losing £384,000 per week...

....now up to £1,076,000 per week. Hard to imagine how that can be!

That which rejoices in the epithet "Scum Slug" is one expensive vanity project, ain't it.

Totally agree... living in one of the areas badly affected by the never ending construction a while back, I've always refused to use the bloody tram (that and the nearest stop is miles from my house).

Overpriced, inflexible, unnecessary and outdated. But as long as certain councillors have their ego stroked, that's all that matters.

Oh, and I like to use the term 'Ghetto Snake' alongside the ever-popular 'Scum Slug'.

[blingybongy]

£1 million a week!!
What an absolute waste of money, time, effort.
Absolutely ridiculous, a solution to a problem which didn't exist.
Are there any tram systems which are any good or are they all vanity projects.

[MB140]

blingybongy said:

£1 million a week!!
What an absolute waste of money, time, effort.
Absolutely ridiculous, a solution to a problem which didn't exist.
Are there any tram systems which are any good or are they all vanity projects.

Problem is, when it all collapses and ceases to work they have made the rest of the city so anti-car nobody will be able to get in / out / around the whole city. There will be an increase in car traffic once it closes and the city is already at gridlock 90% of the time. You can’t keep operating at that loss per week if true. Even at £400k a week it’s not sustainable.

But never fear, to bail them out there will no doubt soon be a congestion charge and ULEZ charge implemented (assuming they have the cash to implement the infrastructure, cameras etc).

[RammyMP]

blingybongy said:

£1 million a week!!
What an absolute waste of money, time, effort.
Absolutely ridiculous, a solution to a problem which didn't exist.
Are there any tram systems which are any good or are they all vanity projects.

£1m a week is criminal! Doesn’t the Sheffield tram operate at a loss also?

The Manchester tram works well.

[Square Leg]

Lol…..

https://westbridgfordwire.com/live-updatesnottingh...

[Faust66]

Snout well and truly in the trough...

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/pay...

50 million deficit but, hey, let's give the Glorious Leader a 6 grand pay rise.

[Zoon]

Faust66 said:

Snout well and truly in the trough...

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/pay...

50 million deficit but, hey, let's give the Glorious Leader a 6 grand pay rise.

Not bad for failing.

[mcdjl]

Faust66 said:

Snout well and truly in the trough...

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/pay...

50 million deficit but, hey, let's give the Glorious Leader a 6 grand pay rise.

I just wouldn't have the balls to getting it out and claim I deserved it.

[Square Leg]

Another stabbing, another murder yesterday.

At least Nottingham has been downgraded from ‘Shottingham’ to ‘Stabbingham’.

Brilliant, eh…..