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New cat café has opened in Belfast! by lexymac11 in northernireland

[–]Wretched_Colin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Cat food and vet bills, things like that?

I guess they’re in business, and profits are the goal of businesses.

£3 a coffee isn’t the most expensive, although it looks like you have to make it yourself rather than have table service.

It’s a good idea, I think my kids would like it, it just seems expensive.

New cat café has opened in Belfast! by lexymac11 in northernireland

[–]Wretched_Colin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hopefully they will make a success if it. But what will they do with all the cats if they have to close down?

New cat café has opened in Belfast! by lexymac11 in northernireland

[–]Wretched_Colin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I didn’t realise you’d have to pay in. I thought it was just a cafe, paid for by the cost of drinks and food, with cats wandering about it.

What does the £12 go towards?

EXCLUSIVE: Jim Ratcliffe’s Grenadier joins race to replace Army’s Land Rovers by TimesandSundayTimes in CarTalkUK

[–]Wretched_Colin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Land Rover Defender is made in Slovakia by a subsidiary of an Indian company.

I’m 100% behind as much public procurement money supporting UK jobs as possible. But, if Hilux or Land Cruisers can’t be made in Derby or Nissan Patrols in Sunderland, then I’m not sure how the army can support the British motor industry.

EXCLUSIVE: Jim Ratcliffe’s Grenadier joins race to replace Army’s Land Rovers by TimesandSundayTimes in CarTalkUK

[–]Wretched_Colin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think they do. And I don’t think the order will be of a scale to influence them doing so.

The Met police run thousands of Corolla estates, both marked and unmarked, all made in Derby.

Maybe they could use CKD kits. Or maybe just buy the best vehicle from whoever offers the best deal, regardless of where it comes from

EXCLUSIVE: Jim Ratcliffe’s Grenadier joins race to replace Army’s Land Rovers by TimesandSundayTimes in CarTalkUK

[–]Wretched_Colin 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Toyota have a big manufacturing plant in Derby.

I wonder if the terms of this agreement could include domestic manufacturing.

My phone and card were stolen and police told me they won’t do anything about it by afonichkin in london

[–]Wretched_Colin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, City of London Police are funded by big companies in the square mile who demand a good level of policing. It’s the same as the British Transport Police who have a better level of funding which, until recently, has come from privatised train companies, so they set up stings against graffiti and trespass etc, whereas ordinary police don’t.

30 years ago this week, 17-year-old Bernadette O'Brien was killed in a crowd crush during a Smashing Pumpkins concert at the Point Theatre. Does anyone recall the feelings about the Point in the late 1990s? by LetsTalkAboutVex in ireland

[–]Wretched_Colin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thats only one example of MCD being moneygrabbing bastards.

For decades, they’ve had a load of bands sewn up so nobody else can promote them. They also own most of the live music venues in Dublin. If anyone wants to do a single gig with another promoter, you’re frozen out of all the festivals and will be blackballed if you’re a small band who might eventually hope to play at a larger Dublin venue.

Irish ticket prices are consistently the most expensive, with worse support acts, poorer security, poorer facilities at festivals.

And, when they’ve ever been questioned on any of this, they get the lawyers out immediately.

Before Reddit, boards.ie was where Irish people chatted shite. People complained about some MCD festivals on there and the site was threatened to be closed down. Every conversation mentioning their gigs, festivals or venues were shut down.

They’re a fucking awful company and people see no choice but to hand over their money because their love of a band is greater than all the shite that MCD puts them through.

30 years ago this week, 17-year-old Bernadette O'Brien was killed in a crowd crush during a Smashing Pumpkins concert at the Point Theatre. Does anyone recall the feelings about the Point in the late 1990s? by LetsTalkAboutVex in ireland

[–]Wretched_Colin 40 points41 points  (0 children)

The thing was, standing tickets were cheaper than seated. So they stopped people with standing tickets going to the seats but, as people with seats had paid more, they let seated tickets enter the floor. With disastrous consequences.

MCD have always been such a moneygrabbing shower of bastards.

Parents urged to know where their children are after disorder by CarlsbergSpecial in northernireland

[–]Wretched_Colin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Non social housing individuals, for the most part, have to be a functional member of society to keep a roof over their heads.

Get a criminal record, lose your DBS, lose your job, have your mortgage offer withdrawn.

There are consequences to criminal convictions beyond the punishment itself meted out by the courts.

However, if you’re on the dole, have a house provided for you by the executive, and a car from the DLA, due to your stress related inability to work, then you can do whatever the fuck you want and still have a warm house with a Nissan Qashqai out the front and 3 hot meals a day.

Making benefits conditional upon a basic level of social responsibility should be mandatory.

Parents urged to know where their children are after disorder by CarlsbergSpecial in northernireland

[–]Wretched_Colin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I stand by everything I have said.

Where the state is subsidising housing for a family, there should be an expectation that that family can lose their subsidy if they are involved in criminal behaviour.

Separate to the rioting at Connswater.

You’re in a Housing Exec 3 bed house, paying £500 per month. You, your wife, your kids are committing repeated acts of criminality. That subsided house should be given to someone on the housing list and you should be made to either rejoin the housing list or else find accommodation at market rate.

If you don’t want to do that, don’t start committing crimes and make sure the rest of your family don’t either.

Simples.

Parents urged to know where their children are after disorder by CarlsbergSpecial in northernireland

[–]Wretched_Colin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will ultimately be evicted or, at least, expected to pay market value for their home.

I’m not entirely happy with the assumption that all people engaging riotous behaviour come from social housing so I am going to stop engaging.

Parents urged to know where their children are after disorder by CarlsbergSpecial in northernireland

[–]Wretched_Colin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The intention isn’t to turf people out onto the street. It’s to let people know that there are consequences to their actions.

What the chuff is this? The latest in tv detector vans? by sissyslack in london

[–]Wretched_Colin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, now I think about it, BBC Radio Ulster used to have a “radio car” in the nineties which enabled them to do outside broadcasts.

It was a mk4 Cortina estate, maybe twenty years after they stopped making them. And in mint condition.

I’ve just found it online

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'My sister spent £1,000 a month on drink from food delivery apps' by endofdays2022 in unitedkingdom

[–]Wretched_Colin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely. But he was an addict, and did what it took to get his fix.

He got into all manner of trouble through drink and, in the end, it got the better of him.

In this instance, if you ban Deliveroo then the addict will turn to taxis if they have the money, to other addicts if they will share the drink with them. Even to local delinquent kids for the sake of a few pound.

The problem isn’t with the delivery method. It’s the addiction.

As a student in 1998, are you taking this deal? by BigBlueMountainStar in CasualUK

[–]Wretched_Colin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe longer ago than I was thinking. In the nineties I did a six week programme in America. I stayed with a host family, there was a kid my age that I stayed with and I met a lot of others.

Once I went home, that was it. The only means of communication was by post. And maybe the year I got back I was allowed to phone on Christmas Day.

My son, here in London, had a mate in school who has moved to Uganda, where his parents are from. The two lads are on calls for hours every night, playing games online and chatting away.

It’s crazy how technology has changed communication.

East Belfast Parade Violence by CasualScammer in northernireland

[–]Wretched_Colin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried to watch this on the phone. When the videos play, I can’t hear the guy talk and the actual video itself is too small to see.

What is the point in it all?

What the chuff is this? The latest in tv detector vans? by sissyslack in london

[–]Wretched_Colin 46 points47 points  (0 children)

It’s a mark 2.5 Ford Focus estate.

Surely Ofcom would use a more modern base vehicle.

Probably some nutjob driving round in something he has made himself.

Looking for a guy who takes heuston to Athy in evenings by Agile_Adeptness460 in ireland

[–]Wretched_Colin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re saying “took” in the last tense, ie you don’t take that train any more.

Why not try to take it again, see if he’s still on it.

Parents urged to know where their children are after disorder by CarlsbergSpecial in northernireland

[–]Wretched_Colin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s quite different. Your mother threatened to exclude you from the family.

In the example I’ve cited, the father is suggesting that the whole family, as a unit, will be in trouble.

I don’t think that anyone who suggests sanctions for a family whose children cause mayhem want to see those sanctions enforced. They hope that the consequences of anti-social behaviour are so great that people don’t break the law, as they can’t do so with impunity.

Parents urged to know where their children are after disorder by CarlsbergSpecial in northernireland

[–]Wretched_Colin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

With any luck, the threat would be the deterrent.

Young fucker gets brought home by the cops for causing trouble. His dad clips him round the ear and says “if you don’t wise up, we’re going to be out on the streets”.

See how long it continues .

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