0bserver Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 38 minutes ago, cissolt said: Did the kmpg report recommend reducing the number of civil servants as an alternative to growing the population? Just now, Numbnuts said: Who appointed them to do the report ? Mmmmmm yes CS and ministers so theres your answer in one . I don't think it's a case of supporting CS roles, it's a question of only having essential CS roles and closing others that exist for no reason. We do need to rebalance the population. The dependency ration is goosed. But I fear we're just going to encourage another 15,000 pensioners. We need to start by establishing about 1,000 affordable housing units for essential workers. Then we need to get 1,000 essential workers here doctors, nurses, dentists, teachers, bus drivers. But I fear that nobody in Tynwald has the cahunas to tell the retirees "Sorry, we're full". If we don't turn off the grey tap then the standard of living on the island will continue to decline, as the creaking health, social and education services continue to be overwhelmed, and the number of economically active people fleeing the island will only increase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevster Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Three empty looking private hire double deckers heading south just before fairy bridge around 4pm today 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 1 hour ago, cissolt said: Did the kmpg report recommend reducing the number of civil servants as an alternative to growing the population? They weren't paid to say things like that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 17 minutes ago, kevster said: Three empty looking private hire double deckers heading south just before fairy bridge around 4pm today How many buses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 If they are still doing private hires then someone needs sacking. Not "retired" with full pension, but sacked. How on earth, in the middle of a self-declared climate emergency, can they justify diverting resources away from public transport when so many services are being cancelled? Why can't the cruise ship passengers use scheduled services like everyone else? There might even be a few more of them running if they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 1 hour ago, kevster said: Three empty looking private hire double deckers heading south just before fairy bridge around 4pm today One on the Mountain, Ramsey-bound, @ 5.30pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 26 minutes ago, A fool and his money..... said: If they are still doing private hires then someone needs sacking. Not "retired" with full pension, but sacked. How on earth, in the middle of a self-declared climate emergency, can they justify diverting resources away from public transport when so many services are being cancelled? Why can't the cruise ship passengers use scheduled services like everyone else? There might even be a few more of them running if they did. No cruise ships today and still this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Private hire sitting outside the big gaming company on peel road. Are they taking staff somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriT Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 1 hour ago, cissolt said: Private hire sitting outside the big gaming company on peel road. Are they taking staff somewhere? It’s really funny how the public has taken it upon itself to track the movements of these buses such is their dislike for the lying BV. I saw claims somewhere that they have now started to false flag the private hire ones so that they just look out of service so that people can’t report it all on social media 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, BriT said: It’s really funny how the public has taken it upon itself to track the movements of these buses such is their dislike for the lying BV. I saw claims somewhere that they have now started to false flag the private hire ones so that they just look out of service so that people can’t report it all on social media 😂 Only when they are cancelling normal services citing staff shortages but running countless private services no problem. How many private services have been cancelled due to lack of staff? I think we both know the answer 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 followed a double decker bus along the Poor town road past the quarry at about 1-50 Saturday , the bus brought down a number of large overhanging branches and foliage to such an extent that vehicles traveling in both directions had to stop , get out of their vehicles and clear the branches from the road to be able to continue , there must have been a hell of a bang ,or damage to the roof of the bus, but the driver didn't stop he must have seen the cars stopped and having to clear the debris from the road , does anyone care anymore? cant believe the bus didn't stop to check for damage or to thank those who cleared the debris of the road , 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoymouse Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 14 minutes ago, Omobono said: followed a double decker bus along the Poor town road past the quarry at about 1-50 Saturday , the bus brought down a number of large overhanging branches and foliage to such an extent that vehicles traveling in both directions had to stop , get out of their vehicles and clear the branches from the road to be able to continue , there must have been a hell of a bang ,or damage to the roof of the bus, but the driver didn't stop he must have seen the cars stopped and having to clear the debris from the road , does anyone care anymore? cant believe the bus didn't stop to check for damage or to thank those who cleared the debris of the road , The DOI used to have a vehicle the height of a double decker platform and they’d have someone on the back cutting down low hanging branches, I’ve not seen it for a while now (no doubt parked up at the Ellerslie) , the buses on regular routes do tend to keep the trees trimmed back, it’s when they send a double decker on a route that’s mostly covered by a single the fun starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 25 minutes ago, Omobono said: followed a double decker bus along the Poor town road past the quarry at about 1-50 Saturday , the bus brought down a number of large overhanging branches and foliage to such an extent that vehicles traveling in both directions had to stop , get out of their vehicles and clear the branches from the road to be able to continue , there must have been a hell of a bang ,or damage to the roof of the bus, but the driver didn't stop he must have seen the cars stopped and having to clear the debris from the road , does anyone care anymore? cant believe the bus didn't stop to check for damage or to thank those who cleared the debris of the road , I was told that there were twelve double deckers with smashed upstairs windows sitting at Banks Circus awaiting repairs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 They used to have this old jalopy I also remember a yellow more modern one? then there was a proper elevated decked truck probably all sidelined in the name of "savings"! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Probably not Elf and Safety compliant now, a worker on the top deck might deliberately climb over the side and plunge, lemming-like to his fate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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