limpid

1 hour ago, OutByEaster? said:

I don't think there are any right to light issues on that side of the ground.

The Holte End is interesting - I wonder whether we'd be able to build out so the Upper tier overhangs the road? 

Extending the Lower Holte there would be out of the question as the park (and therefore the road) is a hard boundary and we'd have no chance of planning permission. 

I'm not sure how big the gains would be as the pillar that holds the Holte roof up would mean that you couldn't really go beyond square with the lower - it might be an awful lot of expense and difficulty for a couple of hundred cheap (-ish) seats.

I don't believe we could build over that road without rebuilding the whole Holte. The engineering to cantilever the weight of a roof over a structural seat deck would be significant and the stand is already at the property line. Depending on how much of an extension, you'd also have to move the sky boxes.

We're unlikely to get consent for anything encroaching on the Hall's grounds. It might be looked at more favourably if the application came backed by new owners of the hall though.

3 minutes ago, thabucks said:

As moving is a non starter, I’ve been looking at ways they may look to add capacity. By looking at the Holte you can add rows to the front and rear of the upper tier without major reconstruction works by extending them forwards and backwards. 

Those extra light panels on the left were to allow additional light to pass through for the residents who were put in shadow. It'll be exceptionally difficult to obtain consent to extend backwards for the same reasons. And that would just be granting that the structure could take the additional load.

Judging by how much my seat bounces at the front of the upper Holte when the crowd gets rocking, I don't believe they could add additional seats there either  There isn't a lot of room if you need to maintain the views from Terrace View and disabled seats.

I suspect any "extra" seats will be converting more GA seats to GA+.

10 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said:

In the end, we've appointed people to executive roles because we think they'd be good at running a football club, and that's what we should allow them to do. 

I think I've spotted where we are at odds. What do you mean by "club"?

I see no reason NSWE couldn't set up a new vehicle to buy and operate Aston Hall and appoint appropriate people to perform that role. Aston Villa Football Club would simply be a customer of the hypothetical entity. This is the model we already have, the club do not own the stadium, we are tenants.

8 hours ago, HanoiVillan said:

The differences between selling routine consumer items that football fans want to purchase as part of a match-going experience on the one hand, and taking over a long-term commitment to maintaining a listed building located on the opposite side of a park from the ground and which serves no footballing purpose and is of no interest to match-day crowds on the other seem too obvious to have to expound at length. 

Out of interest, where do you draw the line?

Should the club shop be open on non-match days? Should we allow tours which aren't part of the match going experience? Is a museum okay? Restaurants which are open on non-match days? 

Nothing will happen with this, but if NSWE wanted to buy a heritage site and maintain it, why shouldn't they? The football club doesn't need to own or manage it, although the club might be the main user of any services.

9 hours ago, T-Dog said:

I think both - I think they're syncing - for the task in hand I'd rather not sync to cloud if I can, I'd just rather be able to pick an app up that knows when two photos are exactly the same. 

Thanks limpid sir.

Check your phone apps are up to date and try Photo Stack (it's rolling out at the moment.

You mind find this kind of job easier on a big screen at photos.google.com.

27 minutes ago, T-Dog said:

Anyone know if it's possible to sort photos, or delete photos, based on them being duplicate on an Android device?

For example - I have and album, lots of photos, some I know are duplicates, exactly the same photo, but different file names. Is there a way to identify and delete the dupes?

Thank you legends x

Are your photos stored in Google Photos or on the device waiting to be lost? It has automatic modes from removing junk and duplicates. (Photo Stacks)

1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said:

Also, as I've said before, we're a football club not the National Trust. We don't need to getting into the business of preserving crumbling stately homes that serve no footballing purpose. 

You're quite right. We shouldn't be in the business of selling clothing or beer either.

1 minute ago, T-Dog said:

So, again, entirely niave - is there any reason why our Government would want us to pump shit into the rivers other than profit? Again, apologies if a dumb question. 

Why would they need another motive? This is the party that thinks the free market can fix things.

4 minutes ago, T-Dog said:

So, very naïve with all this - How did Brexit allow us to dump more shit in the rivers? In layman's terms? Sorry if that's a dumb question but I don't really understand the whole thing.

Removal of regulations. More specifically, the removal of meaningful penalties.

52 minutes ago, Talldarkandransome said:

I'd buy you all a pint for a Villa clean sheet

Pint of what?

3 hours ago, Mr_Dogg said:

A pathological narcissist has no time for a god.

A narcissist is their own god.

9 minutes ago, Captain_Townsend said:

I hope I am in the correct thread but some really good content today marking the 30th anniversary of the 1994 league cup win.

History thread, favourite photos, or any of the nostalgia tagged threads might be better.

15 hours ago, T-Dog said:

Is there somewhere I could source high res versions of these pictures? 

Right click on the second image, "search image with Google", suggests that "media storehouse" might be able to assist.

12 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said:

I feel like a lot of world cuisines are way overrated -- and many, way underrated. Mexican and Central American food in general, and I might add Colombian cuisine, for example, are all terribly overrated in my opinion. They're a lot less balanced and creative than so many other cuisines I know, and there's just a lot less refinement in how things are done.

East African food, in my opinion, is way underrated. It's far more complex and subtle than I think it sometimes gets credit for, and it's a lot harder to do correctly. A dish such as beyanetu is incredibly challenging because everything is subtly spiced and herbed in separate little operations, and it's just -- hard. And it tastes amazing. 

Most Mexican food here (and in the US) is about as Chinese as what we get in our Chinese takeaways.

I agree about African food in though.

9 hours ago, T-Dog said:

I've used the Google products and they are absolutely fine for what you describe, and totally free. I'm sure I've used Open Office before too (few years ago) and found exactly the same. The only reason I use Microsoft these days is because I use the same at work and it's lazy convenience. But listen to the others, you don't need MS for what you're describing.

You use an enterprise grade endpoint protection solution at home? Impressive. How do you staff the SOC?

If you mean you run a unprotected version of Microsoft stuff, buy a Chromebook (or install ChromeOS Flex) and massively improve your security.

Welcome

3 minutes ago, chrisp65 said:

It’s almost as if leaving water supply to an overseas entity legally obliged to extract profit might not be the best idea.

They will need to manage demand, so meters all around. One last run of increased profits before handing the franchise back as untenable.

17 hours ago, Robbie09 said:

Apparently just 6 tickets went on sale at 4pm and I know of STH’s that had a ticket in the basket but couldn’t proceed with the purchase because of an error message.

Luckily we’ve got tickets but I know a lot of mates have been left disappointed.

If that's true, I know one of the lucky 6.

I'll set this to lock in a few weeks. Please @ m,e if there is any change.

Can someone @ me if there is an official confirmation? Thanks

1 hour ago, il_serpente said:

Here in California we measure speed in furlongs per fortnight.

Americans think fortnight is an online game (and nothing else).

42 minutes ago, Genie said:

This would be annoying. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68609007

He's being sued by the other founders which means he won't get them to agree to let him sell shares before IPO plus six months.

Also the SEC will investigate (if they aren't already) as this particular financial instrument (blank cheque company / SPAC) expects that the target of the acquisition is kept anonymous to isolate from insider trading. These instruments often lead to extensive legal action after IPO and they have fallen out of favour at least in part because of this.

Also, if Trump attempts to sell a chunk of his holding, the price will fall sharply so he'd never realise near this value. See Tesla share price when Musk sells shares.

16 minutes ago, sidcow said:

Which suggests they know damn well putting boots on the ground and shooting Russian troops WOULD be a step too far, or they would have done it by now.

I'm not convinced their nuclear deterrent is actually functional any more. It doesn't need to be (and hasn't since we built to MAD). Nuclear weapons are bloody expensive to maintain.

9 hours ago, david-avfc said:

I think it was a joke about saying thanks

Exactly this. VillaTalk is for discussion. It's not question and answer.