Roger Mexico Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 11 hours ago, Youaintseenme said: The air quality at QB is no worse then thousands of places through the Uk and millions of places around the world. Get a grip But that in itself doesn't mean that air quality at the QB is good, even if it was true. And we don't really know it is true or not, because the Government did indeed stop monitoring the air quality in 2010. To be fair the results up to that point don't seem to have been particularly high with levels only exceeded a few times a year, but that was a decade ago, it's not quite clear what the relevant levels were in comparison to other standards and things may have changed in the last decade in terms of pollution and acceptable levels. But fear not because the DfE is now on the case and is claiming that air pollution is now being monitored by the 'Internet of Things'. Though you'll notice that as ever the press release is long on bigging up the Department and not so good at giving out any actual results. Still the main criteria for Manx Government spending have been fulfilled: buy more toys and employ someone with a grand title and high salary (yes they really do have an "IoT Manager at Digital Isle of Man"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Flint Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 23 hours ago, Boris Johnson said: You sound like you know the truth about air quality at the QB junction. It has been "withheld" for years due to how toxic it is. I saw the figures from about 15 - 20 years ago and they were well over the EU limits at that time and quickly hidden. Now with a 2x increase in traffic, I hate to think how bad they are. For the plebs, DO NOT GO INTO DOUGLAS ON A NON WINDY DAY IN THE MORNING OR EVENING RUSH HOURS. The air quality is super toxic and will contribute to you getting cancers in a big way. You need to remember that just because we are an island that does not make our air clean. If there is little or no wind the toxic fumes from cars/ vans and trucks spew out and hang around at busy junctions. This is especially bad on the island now because we don't have MOT testing which will pick up worn out, badly adjusted engines that spew toxic black fumes. I don’t, but all I do know is in that traffic jam down to the bottom during TT you can literally taste the benzene. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 It's easy to see why, tomorrow morning would be a decent day to safely go discover if you don't already know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 43 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: But that in itself doesn't mean that air quality at the QB is good, even if it was true. And we don't really know it is true or not, because the Government did indeed stop monitoring the air quality in 2010. To be fair the results up to that point don't seem to have been particularly high with levels only exceeded a few times a year, but that was a decade ago, it's not quite clear what the relevant levels were in comparison to other standards and things may have changed in the last decade in terms of pollution and acceptable levels. But fear not because the DfE is now on the case and is claiming that air pollution is now being monitored by the 'Internet of Things'. Though you'll notice that as ever the press release is long on bigging up the Department and not so good at giving out any actual results. Still the main criteria for Manx Government spending have been fulfilled: buy more toys and employ someone with a grand title and high salary (yes they really do have an "IoT Manager at Digital Isle of Man"). .............it's only for a short time each day and it's swiftly dispersed, not like on a motorway or in a city where the vehicles are non stop and surrounded by buildings. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 The NPM and the new Marshalls body are bigging up, saying the numbers are looking good. Presumably there has been a stampede of new marshalls wanting to get involved? Not long ago, they were moaning about numbers, same with Homestay, now there are a plethora of householders all wanting in on the action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, 2112 said: The NPM and the new Marshalls body are bigging up, saying the numbers are looking good. Presumably there has been a stampede of new marshalls wanting to get involved? Not long ago, they were moaning about numbers, same with Homestay, now there are a plethora of householders all wanting in on the action. Not sure what bigging up means but if you mean the fact is more marshals are coming forward then that’s correct ! https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/marshall-numbers-looking-good-for-tt/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 51 minutes ago, 2112 said: The NPM and the new Marshalls body are bigging up, saying the numbers are looking good. Presumably there has been a stampede of new marshalls wanting to get involved? Not long ago, they were moaning about numbers, same with Homestay, now there are a plethora of householders all wanting in on the action. 46 minutes ago, Banker said: Not sure what bigging up means but if you mean the fact is more marshals are coming forward then that’s correct ! https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/marshall-numbers-looking-good-for-tt/ You can't believe everything stirred up by social media, most of the time it's an echo chamber of the views of a minority with an axe to grind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Looking at the state of the course, the lack of hospital staff and dire situation in hospitality I am struggling to be optimistic about TT going ahead 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Max Power said: You can't believe everything stirred up by social media, most of the time it's an echo chamber of the views of a minority with an axe to grind! You may be right about social media . That said one could argue that "Jane Corlett " , an individual , according to the EGM ,"ratified by the DfE ", would say that she was pleased with the numbers of marshals signing up 😂 , perhaps she could have provided numbers ? Has she (under the direction of the CoC /ACU/ Motorsports Team) , been instructed to 'grind an axe' 😉 as a lack of sufficient marshals could scupper the racing? Just saying Edited March 21, 2022 by paswt 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 According to 3fm the TTMA say they are on course to train a record number of marshals. There is quite a distinction between numbers looking good and record numbers. I would say that the Starship Enterprise bullshit scheme is in full mode. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 16 minutes ago, 2112 said: According to 3fm the TTMA say they are on course to train a record number of marshals. There is quite a distinction between numbers looking good and record numbers. I would say that the Starship Enterprise bullshit scheme is in full mode. It may be true that a"record number of marshals" are on course to train given that the IMC training is only valid for 3 years . I would venture to suggest that the majority of those who marshalled previously do/ did not not have a valid IMC "badge". Given the numbers of marshals required it would be interesting to know how many marshals are fully trained and will be trained in time for TT and the total number of marshals required to cover all the marshalling points for every practice and race ( many marshals can only volunteer to marshal a few sessions). Just saying 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 I am glad other contributors saw through the biggest load of contradictory Bull shit that woman was spouting this morning on the Nations Station. Firstly she said numbers have trickled in for the past two years….really then she went on about training in the next breath she stated Marshalls could sign on to Marshall on the day to do a session…..what…. then she announced with pride they had received an enquiry from people in South America who would like to come to the TT and maybe marshall…if they haven’t got their booking on the S.P. already they are flogging a dead horse. If she thought she was giving confidence regarding the situation she was dead wrong she just insulted the listeners intelligence. Between her and the Doctor and his cruise ship good news the news was totally unbelievable and crass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 3 hours ago, cissolt said: Looking at the state of the course, the lack of hospital staff and dire situation in hospitality I am struggling to be optimistic about TT going ahead having just driven down from the Start/Finish i would agree, some potholes their that could be classed as caves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 She also stated that 25% of Marshalls were from the Island, seems a low number to me and if correct how do the other 75% get training. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 1 hour ago, The Chief said: having just driven down from the Start/Finish i would agree, some potholes their that could be classed as caves. That's roads for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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