HiVibes Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, Max Power said: A big difference, apart from anything guns are used to kill other people, so a poor analogy. I personally know two people killed on skiing holidays in the past two years So when the whole world was shut down for travel your mates went on skiing holidays? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 #skiing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 46 minutes ago, Steady Eddie said: Just to interject on all the doom and gloom. I saw this up at the Creg yesterday in the burger hut by the grandstand. Just pointing out that charging a £1 surcharge for people to pay by debit card is illegal in the IOM just as it is everywhere else in the UK you greedy shits. Changed when we (the UK) left the EU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Legacy lap looked as busy as ever, so not sure about visitor number projections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 10 minutes ago, HiVibes said: So when the whole world was shut down for travel your mates went on skiing holidays? Skiing was available last year, I didn't say they were British. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, 0bserver said: Changed when we (the UK) left the EU. Like a lot of things financial, the money men got their way when the UK left the EU. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Newsdesk said: The sidecars got only a few laps of practice in that’s for sure. You get a sense of panic setting in on the PR side already. The delays in the red flag system (isn’t this new for this year?) also seem to have fired a lot more sidecar crews into this mess given how close the incident was to the starting line. As someone has said above a delay of even 30 seconds will fire a lot more crews into an already bad situation. I would guess they’re waiting for news on the rider before saying anything further. They know they're fucked. This could be an even bigger PR disaster than the Mercer incident. They kept firing sidecars down the hill for a whole minute after it occurred? Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 39 minutes ago, HeliX said: It probably doesn't, but a number of business employing a number of staff is fairly significant in a local sense at least. The money saved by cancelling TT would balance out any unemployment benefits. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandits Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 29 minutes ago, 0bserver said: Changed when we (the UK) left the EU. I can’t see that it has. If they’re charging £1 then it certainly can’t be proportionate either. What a rip off! https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/advice/i-ve-been-charged-an-excessive-payment-surcharge-what-can-i-do-aejvO0Z0vxCl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoymouse Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Delays in the red flag system are nothing new, infact it’s probably better now than it’s even been but flag marshals still have to wait for the go ahead from race control before red flags can be displayed. The crowd were shouting ‘red flag, red flag!’ as soon as they saw the fireball, much like they were with the last incident on Bray Hill, it seems to take an absolute age for red flags to go out and it’s horrible to witness someone going full pelt into the scene, should be instant red flag displayed when you can see it’s a big smash and race control informed it’s a red flag incident, not the other way round. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forestboy Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 36 minutes ago, Amadeus said: Legacy lap looked as busy as ever, so not sure about visitor number projections. Look at the cracked road surface!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 45 minutes ago, doc.fixit said: Like a lot of things financial, the money men got their way when the UK left the EU. The burger van illuminati? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 12 minutes ago, forestboy said: Look at the cracked road surface!! Think you are meant to look at the bikes, but the road surface probably is less dull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 14 minutes ago, forestboy said: Look at the cracked road surface!! Quite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nellie Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 58 minutes ago, 0bserver said: Changed when we (the UK) left the EU. Clear rip-off!! Most hospitality businesses (here and further afield) are actively encouraging card and contactless, even for very low value transactions because they know it is cheaper, easier, cleaner, less prone to error or fraud and gives better cash flow. With almost all major outlets operating this way, it seems reasonable to assume that anyone charging this type of fee is either profiteering, or wants to encourage cash, so they can skim some off the top. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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