CallMeCurious Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Apologies if there is a thread on this already but thought this video was quite entertaining; 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Just now, CallMeCurious said: Apologies if there is a thread on this already but thought this video was quite entertaining; Welcome to the Isle of Man, where any hint of progress or modern stuff is shunned. If there was nothing there now, and the current one that was built 30 years ago was being proposed he would be mowing about that as well. It looks like a cost effective way to build something fairly quickly in the off season that will be cheap to heat and maintain. Stop mowing and get it done, but we won’t because idiots like CG will moan and whinge and drag the whole process out costing us all thousands in the meantime. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
display name Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: Welcome to the Isle of Man, where any hint of progress or modern stuff is shunned. If there was nothing there now, and the current one that was built 30 years ago was being proposed he would be mowing about that as well. It looks like a cost effective way to build something fairly quickly in the off season that will be cheap to heat and maintain. Stop mowing and get it done, but we won’t because idiots like CG will moan and whinge and drag the whole process out costing us all thousands in the meantime. Oh I like a good moan about people mowing. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 1 minute ago, display name said: Oh I like a good moan about people mowing. I love it when someone has nothing any more constructive to say than jump on an obvious typo/autocorrect. Its the sign of a well informed and intelligent discussion 🙄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeCurious Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, display name said: Oh I like a good moan about people mowing. Bloody noisey things them mowers 😝 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, CallMeCurious said: Bloody noisey things them mowers 😝 Get an electric one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 15 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: Welcome to the Isle of Man, where any hint of progress or modern stuff is shunned. If there was nothing there now, and the current one that was built 30 years ago was being proposed he would be mowing about that as well. It looks like a cost effective way to build something fairly quickly in the off season that will be cheap to heat and maintain. Stop mowing and get it done, but we won’t because idiots like CG will moan and whinge and drag the whole process out costing us all thousands in the meantime. Did you watch the video? He puts forward a convincing argument that the blue fake-wood portacabin style offering is not appropriate. Are you saying it is? And I don’t buy your argument that it would be cheap to build and quick. Whatever they do will inevitably go way over budget and time, so if something has to be done, let’s prioritise doing it right rather than cheap and/or quick. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, wrighty said: Did you watch the video? He puts forward a convincing argument that the blue fake-wood portacabin style offering is not appropriate. Are you saying it is? And I don’t buy your argument that it would be cheap to build and quick. Whatever they do will inevitably go way over budget and time, so if something has to be done, let’s prioritise doing it right rather than cheap and/or quick. And then people moan that it takes too long and costs too much. It’s good they are looking at alternatives. As for the blue, I am not sure how much faith I put in his colour recreation skills on the video. I think it would look fine and don’t have an issue with it. Let’s be honest, there isn’t anything they could propose for there that he wouldn’t moan about for one reason or another. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCallig Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Brilliant video - brief and to the point. Charles Guard eloquently makes the case and I agree with him 100% You wonder at MNH sometimes - often in fact. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 From the plans: "External Cladding A - Canexel (Midnight Blue - Horizontal - External Cladding B - Cedar - Vertical" So I assume it is going to look somewhat like the building in Peel Marina. The first time I saw that building I thought that it might look quite nice when the woodwork was finished - and the second time I saw it and the third time. But this is perhaps what is called the new brutalism in architecture - or maybe some other words - like "don't give a damn; it's cheap". "CanExel is the one and only high-density fibre (HDF) engineered siding" - when you want to express your association with historic buildings accept no substitutes, CanExel is the one for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentience Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 1 hour ago, CrazyDave said: Welcome to the Isle of Man, where any hint of progress or modern stuff is shunned. If there was nothing there now, and the current one that was built 30 years ago was being proposed he would be mowing about that as well. It looks like a cost effective way to build something fairly quickly in the off season that will be cheap to heat and maintain. Stop mowing and get it done, but we won’t because idiots like CG will moan and whinge and drag the whole process out costing us all thousands in the meantime. Oh....look who it is.....AGAIN. Well done Charles I say. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Just now, Sentience said: Oh....look who it is.....AGAIN. Well done Charles I say. So what would you like to see instead? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeCurious Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 Something in keeping with the aesthetic of the wheel itself. As CG pointed out the Tram Shed is in keeping with the original design and that is a modern steel frame and block building. If cost is the only factor and appearance doesn't matter then drop a couple of portacabins there and be done with it. They are only needed from Masrch to October anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 2 hours ago, CrazyDave said: So what would you like to see instead? A drop in the £15 admission charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 well said Charles Guard , if were going to do it then lets do it properly ,and finish up with something we can be proud of and truly reflects the historic importance of the associated historic building 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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