coda Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 On 28/06/2019 at 22:58, choffer said: Living directly under the final approach to Heathrow for the last seven years, it’s amazing what you get used to. Were you the one sunbathing in the garden at the weekend when that fella dropped in? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 2 hours ago, lapal_fan said: nah man, rip em' down and get rid. Let's build houses! Infrastructure for the win! I’d like them to keep at least one of them in memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Same for Didcot. Think the final three towers are getting blown up sometime this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Raw beauty being replaced by cardboard houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 The ones in Ironbridge are going as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Crying shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 nah, **** em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Because apparently if you only whinge about people you work with you're in the wrong job... The department I do overtime on, and started on when I joined the company, has a few brilliant people. After finishing my normal 8 hour shift, it'd be really hard work doing another 2 hours with complete cretins, but there are 3 people who particularly help brighten my day, and I genuinely look forward to 5 o'clock. I did overtime on Saturday and 2 of them were in, it was great banter all day long, it's amazing how time can fly. Love these wonderful people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, kurtsimonw said: Because apparently if you only whinge about people you work with you're in the wrong job... You can always put me on ignore Edited July 3, 2019 by Ingram85 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 3 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: Raw beauty being replaced by cardboard houses. It would be nice if they could be kept as a nod to our past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 On 28/06/2019 at 22:30, AvfcRigo82 said: I have always pondered what it could be like living next to a railway line, not so much a station. Where I'm based now you can hear some trains in the distance "bbrrrrrrrb bbbbpppp" in the mornings before 8am hits and every **** is off to work or school runs and the noise pollution starts... But actually living yards away from a passing track, what would it be like? Would your dining or kitchen window sound like it's about to cave in when an express comes flying past for instance? The trains slow down as they enter the station and its an electrified line so 99% of the trains are fairly quiet. Don't get many diesel beasts going through. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 1 minute ago, Xela said: It would be nice if they could be kept as a nod to our past. Exactly what I think. Wouldn’t take much to make one safe and do it up a bit just for a landmark. Obviously land is £££££ but if they kept one tower up and used it as a memory to the towns past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 (edited) They're not even that old, and when they were built they were probably viewed as an eyesore. Edited July 3, 2019 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Well I love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 just convert the towers in to flats or better still, in to apartments, you can charge even more for them lower storeys, affordable flats, upper storeys, minimalist executive apartments 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: just convert the towers in to flats or better still, in to apartments, you can charge even more for them lower storeys, affordable flats, upper storeys, minimalist executive apartments I thought this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mandy Lifeboats Posted July 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2019 An assistant at my local Poundshop completely lost the plot today. I noticed that the till had charged me £1 for biscuits instead of 2 for £1. As I'd purchased 10 packets I asked for a refund. She gave me £5 back and another 10 packets. The next person in the queue asked if they stocked a particular kind of kids sweet. Her reply was, "F**k knows love". He was only 8 and he just stared at her in complete amazement. His mom was not amused. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 3, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 3, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: just convert the towers in to flats or better still, in to apartments, you can charge even more for them lower storeys, affordable flats, upper storeys, minimalist executive apartments Wait, what? Flats and apartments are... different things? I thought apartments was just what Americans called flats? Edited July 3, 2019 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Just now, mjmooney said: Wait, what? Flats and apartments are... different things? I thought apartments was just what Americans called flats? They're the same thing. But there's a large portion of people will pay more for an apartment. Believe me, we did it in Bristol, offered apartments at 7% over the price of flats and the apartments went first. So we ripped up the flats literature and printed more apartments literature. Also, if you call something 'eco city living' you'll sell it a lot easier than 'no parking space'. Again, that was in Bristol. This might just say something about Bristol. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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