rich upsetter
Cuffy is the new skill
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gon2seed
(and me! - Ed)
Because she is undoubtedly the spawn of Satan, complete with her sour puritanical Scottish presbeterian tongue.rich upsetter said:
Be gone foul beastie from my telebox, and take all that reality type, channel 4, chav feeding, navel searching, psycho babble back to the furnace with you, where if there is any justice in the world, the whole lot of you will have sulphuric acid enema's followed by colonic irrigation, with white hot, volcano fresh magma!
gon2seed
(and me! - Ed)
Hammond! The very word fills me with rage!
It didn't used to be like that ...... I could ignore that dreadful programme with the smug, arrogant, Staffordshire hating Clarkson. I could avoid the bollox programme, and assure myself that it was just for petrolheads, wannabees, and men with incredibly tiny c***s.
I could ignore the fact that the major cause of death amongst 16 - 24 year old men is road traffic collisions; that 16 -24 yr olds form 10% of the population but cause 40% of the casualties on the counties roads.
I could ignore the broken bodies that I have to scrape up off the roads of Staffordshire, or pull and cut from their vehicles.
Yes, I could ignore the sorry excuse for entertainment, that is just an hour long advert for super fast cars, and millionaires playthings.
But now! just because some idiot has got in a rocket and tried to kill himself, he's everywhere!
News papers, TV, Radio Times, Radio.
Some magazine has even voted 'man of the year'!
I actually used to think that he was the best of a bad bunch, but if he is stupid enough to get in an experimental vehicle, full of unstable fuel, and drive it as fast as he can ...
Hero? I am sure his young family would have been delighted if he had died. He was very lucky not to, and now the media treats me to a blow by blow account of his heroic recovery! Hero,! Stupid zero! %$&£(*^^" (&&%%*!(&£&) FFFFFFFF
What about the 1,000's of people who are killed and maimed on our roads by idiotic boy/girl racers? Inspired by the antics of morons who think that driving fast is somehow "clever", and to be greatly admired by us all. Any idiot can get in a car and drive as fast as they can, believe me I have met loads of them (well whats left of them!), and if they only killed themselves it wouldn't be a problem, but its the victims of these loons that should be splashed across the media, whether they be other innocent road users or the passengers of these morons.
And what is atop the car industry's promotion of over-powered, souped up killing machines?
Free to them.. payed for by licence payers money ..Top Gear, that marvellous vehicle for responsible motoring!
Well it is the rant thread, if you want rational and balanced go somewhere else!
It didn't used to be like that ...... I could ignore that dreadful programme with the smug, arrogant, Staffordshire hating Clarkson. I could avoid the bollox programme, and assure myself that it was just for petrolheads, wannabees, and men with incredibly tiny c***s.
I could ignore the fact that the major cause of death amongst 16 - 24 year old men is road traffic collisions; that 16 -24 yr olds form 10% of the population but cause 40% of the casualties on the counties roads.
I could ignore the broken bodies that I have to scrape up off the roads of Staffordshire, or pull and cut from their vehicles.
Yes, I could ignore the sorry excuse for entertainment, that is just an hour long advert for super fast cars, and millionaires playthings.
But now! just because some idiot has got in a rocket and tried to kill himself, he's everywhere!
News papers, TV, Radio Times, Radio.
Some magazine has even voted 'man of the year'!
I actually used to think that he was the best of a bad bunch, but if he is stupid enough to get in an experimental vehicle, full of unstable fuel, and drive it as fast as he can ...
Hero? I am sure his young family would have been delighted if he had died. He was very lucky not to, and now the media treats me to a blow by blow account of his heroic recovery! Hero,! Stupid zero! %$&£(*^^" (&&%%*!(&£&) FFFFFFFF
What about the 1,000's of people who are killed and maimed on our roads by idiotic boy/girl racers? Inspired by the antics of morons who think that driving fast is somehow "clever", and to be greatly admired by us all. Any idiot can get in a car and drive as fast as they can, believe me I have met loads of them (well whats left of them!), and if they only killed themselves it wouldn't be a problem, but its the victims of these loons that should be splashed across the media, whether they be other innocent road users or the passengers of these morons.
And what is atop the car industry's promotion of over-powered, souped up killing machines?
Free to them.. payed for by licence payers money ..Top Gear, that marvellous vehicle for responsible motoring!
Well it is the rant thread, if you want rational and balanced go somewhere else!
Andreas Rex
Banned for smiling
Having waxed lyrical about my tosser of a boss for months and months, i finally bit the bullet yesterday and handed in my resignation!
I've been really unhappy for 18 months of the 2 years i worked there, and i now feel an immense sense of relief! No more work rants from me for a while..
I've been really unhappy for 18 months of the 2 years i worked there, and i now feel an immense sense of relief! No more work rants from me for a while..
Andreas Rex
Banned for smiling
I have a couple of things lined up, just need to decide which is the best move. Seriously though, i wouldn't let any of my mates work there. It's like a form of punishment.dirtybobby said:do you have other gainful employment lined up?
edit: wait, i need a job in stafford - what's your boss's number again?
fake edit: kidding
gon2seed
(and me! - Ed)
PS For any other rants, gon2seed soul searching, just press buttons marked:
- Kids football
- Spurious pseudo scientific claims for hair/beauty products
- Current fire service management techniques
- New Labour
- Trisha type TV
- US foriegn policy
- Fred Pritchard
- Water abstraction from the River Sow
- Marketting of Stafford Rangers
- SATs tests in schools
- Education, education, education
- Iraq
- etc
- etc
Any one of the above sends my eyes rolling like a Great White shark, and familly and colleagues reaching for the ear plugs! There is a large vein pulsing in my forehead even while I write them down!
I will retire to Riverside Pool for some R&R, now that its is open again, after being shut for the second time, because the paint was peeling off, that they had just painted on ....
- Kids football
- Spurious pseudo scientific claims for hair/beauty products
- Current fire service management techniques
- New Labour
- Trisha type TV
- US foriegn policy
- Fred Pritchard
- Water abstraction from the River Sow
- Marketting of Stafford Rangers
- SATs tests in schools
- Education, education, education
- Iraq
- etc
- etc
Any one of the above sends my eyes rolling like a Great White shark, and familly and colleagues reaching for the ear plugs! There is a large vein pulsing in my forehead even while I write them down!
I will retire to Riverside Pool for some R&R, now that its is open again, after being shut for the second time, because the paint was peeling off, that they had just painted on ....
cookie_monster
Well-Known Forumite
who?gon2seed said:
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cookie_monster
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where? in the middle of doxey road....thats not even enough space for a ping pong table!BBC said:
sounds like a royal pain in the bum who must be stopped at all costs.
will get some gen off the folks when they visit at the weekend.
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BBC
You knows it
On the council long stay car park. If it goes ahead the increased traffic to this complex will show up the farcical roadworks on broadeye even more, (am i boring anyone yet??) as it has severly constricted traffic flow though one of the town's busiest roundabouts.cookie_monster said:
As pointed out on another thread the council seems hellbent on increasing houses/business development for profit without thinking of the consequences of the increased traffic. Oooh i'm angry!
Andreas Rex
Banned for smiling
Well what can you say about this man, eh?! I went to the residents' meeting last year when Pritchard 'showcased' the monster Castle Wharf development. It was held at the church between Wilko's and Iceland, and they had seriously underestimated the amount of local concern. The broomcupboard-sized room which they had booked probably seated about 15 people comfortably....but by the time everybody had arrived they had to relocate it to the main upstairs room. Pritchard started proceedings by telling us about his personal success story and general wealth, which made him look like a cocky, self-obsessed pillock. I appreciate that he was trying to make us feel confident that he had the neccesary experience and business acumen to complete such a project, but he could definitely have achieved this in a better way. It was as if he was presenting to a group of investors, not people with worries about the area in which they live. Not ingratiating in the slightest.gon2seed said:
The apparent intention of the meeting was to inform people of the development possibilities for the long stay car park area, however it was more a case of 'this is what will happen, like it or lump it', which agitated the majority of those attending, and a fairly heated debate ensued. Many of the residents of Castletown in particular voiced concerns about parking, which has been a problem for many years. Pritchard did a very good job of avoiding answering the main points and objections, so what we got was a load of waffle. He kept reiterating that 'there will be improvements made in the local area', so i kept asking him what he meant; whether there were any actual plans that he could show us. To this day i still have no idea what these 'improvements' consist of, and am shocked that a man with such big plans could attend a residents' meeting without any information on how the quality of their locality would be safeguarded. Well done Fred.
gon2seed
(and me! - Ed)
Fred is a menace, he comes up with these development plans and then his inept and amaturish PR section spin some tale about how Fred is doing this for the community, and not for the money! and how great it will be, bah! blah! blah! These press releases are really patronising and it was this that lead me to have a go at him in the press in the first place. He replied, and I shot him down in flames. (Even if I say so myself).
He wants to build a large leisure, retail, business, development on Sainsbury's Long Stay Car Park! Yes right on the edge of Doxey Marsh! right where it floods.
http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/detail.asp?cat=General%20News&id=6140052
This is the toned down press release, the original talked of a Paris style Cafe along side the river Sow! In my letter I pointed out that the view from the parisienne style cafe would be, the back of Sainsbury's, the Travellers site, and the electicity sub station. And despite the fact, as you can clearly see, he invited comments, he came back all guns blazing accusing me of being backward, etc, etc. I wish I had kept the originals it was a classic. Needless to say he never replied to my reply! I did bet him a years wages that this huge
in the sky will never be built in this format. His game is to get planning permission based on a fantasy and then when push comes to shove all you get are the real big money earners, ie houses, industrial units, etc.
Fred has empty units and offices all over Cannoook, Hednesford, and at The Science park by the Uni'. If you see a really tacky plastic looking building with a lot of steel, green glass and neon lights, that will be one of Fred's.
Fred owns the St Georges site! He launched the redevelopment of the listed bulding over 2 years ago, he dressed up in a suit of armour, got on a white horse and posed for the press!(well it was St Georges day) Again we had the usual story of this was all for the community, and he almost made it sound as if his PLC are a charity. They aren't, he and his family are worth millions, and Fred's hobby is collecting Aston Martins.
http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/detail.asp?cat=General%20News&id=5748197
What has he done at the site? **** all! I went round the other day and not a brick has been touched! If I was a cinic I would say he is waiting for the old building to fall down so he can do what he likes with the land.
Don't run away with the idea that I am against entrepreneurs, or development per se, what I am against is being patronised, spun to, and fed a line by people, when even a blind fella / fellesse could see what the real game is. Stafford needs development, but we have had a belly full of poor development in this town (see other thread). Cut the bull, tell us what you really want to do with the land available, and let us have a say!
I am afraid that Stafford, as a bit of a small provincial town has always been outflanked by the developers. We have been an easy target and they have ridden roughshod over us. Please lets not get shafted this time! It really is time for our elected representatives to do their job! Sorry Cookie!
He wants to build a large leisure, retail, business, development on Sainsbury's Long Stay Car Park! Yes right on the edge of Doxey Marsh! right where it floods.
http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/detail.asp?cat=General%20News&id=6140052
This is the toned down press release, the original talked of a Paris style Cafe along side the river Sow! In my letter I pointed out that the view from the parisienne style cafe would be, the back of Sainsbury's, the Travellers site, and the electicity sub station. And despite the fact, as you can clearly see, he invited comments, he came back all guns blazing accusing me of being backward, etc, etc. I wish I had kept the originals it was a classic. Needless to say he never replied to my reply! I did bet him a years wages that this huge
in the sky will never be built in this format. His game is to get planning permission based on a fantasy and then when push comes to shove all you get are the real big money earners, ie houses, industrial units, etc. Fred has empty units and offices all over Cannoook, Hednesford, and at The Science park by the Uni'. If you see a really tacky plastic looking building with a lot of steel, green glass and neon lights, that will be one of Fred's.
Fred owns the St Georges site! He launched the redevelopment of the listed bulding over 2 years ago, he dressed up in a suit of armour, got on a white horse and posed for the press!(well it was St Georges day) Again we had the usual story of this was all for the community, and he almost made it sound as if his PLC are a charity. They aren't, he and his family are worth millions, and Fred's hobby is collecting Aston Martins.
http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/detail.asp?cat=General%20News&id=5748197
What has he done at the site? **** all! I went round the other day and not a brick has been touched! If I was a cinic I would say he is waiting for the old building to fall down so he can do what he likes with the land.
Don't run away with the idea that I am against entrepreneurs, or development per se, what I am against is being patronised, spun to, and fed a line by people, when even a blind fella / fellesse could see what the real game is. Stafford needs development, but we have had a belly full of poor development in this town (see other thread). Cut the bull, tell us what you really want to do with the land available, and let us have a say!
I am afraid that Stafford, as a bit of a small provincial town has always been outflanked by the developers. We have been an easy target and they have ridden roughshod over us. Please lets not get shafted this time! It really is time for our elected representatives to do their job! Sorry Cookie!
rich upsetter
Cuffy is the new skill
never been aware of this fred fellow before, but he sounds like an utter cowboy, and tool.
cookie_monster
Well-Known Forumite
hey, no need to apologise to me, thank you for the background.gon2seed said:
i never realised this was what was going on at all.
gonna see what the parentals have got to say about this fine mess when they come up at the weekend. personally, im disgusted! i accept that in the wake of the demise of GEC, beaconside and all the other big employers in stafford that have bitten the dust over the years, the town does need jobs. but it doesnt really sound like this fella is the one to be the answer.
and building on the flood plain....didnt he watch that program with the fabulous david attenborough? unless his plans involve an outdoor swimming, that surely cant be the smartest move?
x
got to agree with you on the new leisure complex plans mr gon2. fred prickard's developments are a bag of shite fueled by greed. stafford does need development but it has to have the community at heart which is something town planners have always lacked. which, at the end of the day, is a great shame for the town of stafford: the centre of the universe.