Passing Time Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 1 minute ago, CrazyDave said: How about just answering the question? You could have done it in less time than you have replied without answering the question. When, and how did you report it? I did a quick check on Google and google states that it's none of your feckin business. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Passing Time said: I did a quick check on Google and google states that it's none of your feckin business. Good answer. Very useful on a thread you actually started complaing about something not being done, but you wont actually let us know when you asked for it to be done. Well done you 🙄 Edited March 10 by CrazyDave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 2 hours ago, IOM said: To be fair plenty of people have reported it as I said earlier it’s a known problem https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/updated-business-case-for-psm-high-street-to-go-to-treasury/ It's worth listening to Crookall's full reply: https://www.tynwald.org.im/playaudio?file=/business/listen/AgainFiles/O-202401-1177a.mp3 (it's only about two minutes) which gives you not just the delight of him trying to pronounce words of more than one syllable, but the reasons why the previous application was turned down by Treasury, which were: They wanted them to do it out of the existing budget (in which case why apply). The wrong person signed the bit of paper. These people spend all day trying to find new ways to appear more stupid and petty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 3 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: To be fair we were assured by Minister Gawne that the real reason for spending money on resurfacing country roads that had not much wrong with them was that the contractors weren't up to dealing with complicated stuff like drains and so on, so to make sure they got some money we had to give them something easy (that went past the end of his drive). Now I'm not one to defend Phil Gawne, but the resurfacing of the sloc when he said that silliness stopped before it got to where the turn off to Scard is; and since then they've redone the Ballikilowey road to Lingague and again left the stretch that goes past his. There's about a half mile between the two resurfaced sections that wasn't done, you really feel it in the car when you go that way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 10 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: To be fair we were assured by Minister Gawne that the real reason for spending money on resurfacing country roads that had not much wrong with them was that the contractors weren't up to dealing with complicated stuff like drains and so on, so to make sure they got some money we had to give them something easy (that went past the end of his drive). Yes, it was a gem that. "We had to use the money up (£400k) as we were coming to the end of the financial year and we didn't want to have to deal with any road ironwork". I'll never forget the picture in the paper of the squashed plastic water bottle rolled into the tarmac halfway up the Sloc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 1 hour ago, CrazyDave said: It’s down to Ramsey. It’s a Manx thing. Are you local, or have you lived here long? It is not a Manx thing at all it harks back to old railway terminology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 9 minutes ago, finlo said: It is not a Manx thing at all it harks back to old railway terminology. Ok its a thing on the Isle of Man then 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 I would go up to Douglas, down to Ramsey and out to Peel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeCurious Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 4 hours ago, CrazyDave said: If it’s a pothole or minor road defect and you report it on the app it will be fixed in a couple of days. Thats a fact. If it is a major road reconstruction then it obviously takes longer. The function is there to report issues and have them fixed quickly. If people for bother the whose fault is that? Oddly, DoI staff also use those same roads so they could also report the potholes too? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 23 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: Ok its a thing on the Isle of Man then 🙄 No. Any railway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 1 hour ago, CallMeCurious said: Oddly, DoI staff also use those same roads so they could also report the potholes too? MHK’s use Finch Road and that is diabolical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nom de plume Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) The roads here are certainly no worse than those in the UK. Hate to burst a few doom bubbles. I do a lot of miles across and am constantly surprised (though shouldn't be) at the state of the highways in and around major cities but more so out in the country. The UK like the Isle of Man is economically bust. PS - a trip to a NW hospital A&E Dept would have many here begging for a kippers tit. Edited March 11 by Nom de plume 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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x-in-man Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 At least the piss-poor surface on the New Castletown Road is getting some attention this week. The roads that join it are getting a fresh new covering of white paint at the junctions. #fuckingpointlesswasteofmoney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lamb Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 18 hours ago, TheTeapot said: I would go up to Douglas, down to Ramsey and out to Peel. Over to Peel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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