alibaba Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Err, Slim, are you sure its 'Age of Stupid' being shown at the museum? The website says its world premiere is March 15th.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Err, Slim, are you sure its 'Age of Stupid' being shown at the museum? The website says its world premiere is March 15th.... I think the clue is in the original post: "Special IOM screening of big new climate film starring Pete Postlethwaite http://www.ageofstupid.net/" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee54 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Why is the Villa being re painted, its not long since they spent £millions on it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragmatopian Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Why is the Villa being re painted, its not long since they spent £millions on it ? Oh Jeebus - is there any thread into which you can't inveigle a claim that some evil (and probably non-local) contractors have done a substandard job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I hear Mike Proffit is a guest speaker on saving the islands resources through renewable energy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee54 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Why is the Villa being re painted, its not long since they spent £millions on it ? Oh Jeebus - is there any thread into which you can't inveigle a claim that some evil (and probably non-local) contractors have done a substandard job? I thought the Government had no cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Why is the Villa being re painted, its not long since they spent £millions on it ? Regular maintenance. They should do more of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Why is the Villa being re painted, its not long since they spent £millions on it ? Why don't you ask the public servant responsible, and stop posting stupid questions here that nobody's going to answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 It's not all doom and gloom you know! Damn! ...then I'm definitely not coming in that case. Well, there you've just summarised your on-line persona in a nutshell, Al. Top man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Why is the Villa being re painted, its not long since they spent £millions on it ? Why don't you ask the public servant responsible, and stop posting stupid questions here that nobody's going to answer? Actually, it is a very reasonable question. If you bothered to take a look up-close at the Villa Marina and especially its Colonnade, you'd see that it is in disgraceful condition owing to poor design and, more than that, piss-poor or, more accurately, non-existent maintenance. Have a look at the guttering, the walls and ceilings of the Colonnade, the rust trail trickling down from the mural on the wall of the Villa, the rusting light-fittings and chipped wall corners, the filthy flooring, the paint peeling and damp soaking through just about everywhere. The people that did the renovations at enormous public (i.e. your and my) expense were definitely the "E" team and those responsible for the maintenance (or, more accurately, lack thereof) since then wouldn't last 5 minutes in a competitive private environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 So good to see people actually doing something to try and help humanity in whatever form. ...though so far no one has yet taken up my kind offer to help humanity by incinerating chavs and 'big bother', 'pratting about on ice' and 'Xcrement Factor' viewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hedgehog Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Why is the Villa being re painted, its not long since they spent £millions on it ? God only knows. Anyone would think the building was on the seafront and exposed to the elements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Augustus, it's a reasonable question when asked of the appropriate person. Lee pops on here and asks these loaded rhetorical questions, it's a complete waste of time. If he's really bothered, he should ask someone who's involved, otherwise he should say what he thinks. Aaaaaaaanyway - well done to Dean and all the others taking part in today's events. We're just off to see it all and catch up the latest info and catch up with friends. So good to see people actually doing something to try and help humanity in whatever form. No matter what your opinions, it's surely better than sitting on your arse complaining, tearing your hair out and doing nothing.Present company excepted of course. Yeah, I enjoyed it, and quite a lot of it was based around cost rather than planet saving, which is good. I'm always a little disheartened with the difficulty involved though. Stuff like insulation, recycling, transition movement, food miles was interesting and applicable to daily lives. Photovoltaic cells, wood chip boilers and ground pump systems are simply beyond the reach of most people, and while they make good eco-porn, it can be a bit depressing that these things aren't easier to access. The driving simulator thing was brill, the music good and the pork baps from the lady in the market very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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