Phili Buster

The motorways are dangerous enough, especially the so called smart motorways, and now we will have HGVs 'pushing' vehicles attempting to stick to a 60 limit. Where do Highways England get these. so called, experts?  Are these the same 'experts who have decided smart motorways are safe? They should hang their heads and admit their errors have directly lead to the deaths of motorists!  The Highways England cameras do not cover every inch of these smart motorways and, even if they do manage that level of coverage, not all camera feeds are watched every second of the day in real-time.

The way things are going, how long before each vehicle must be proceeded by a walker with a red flag? Still that should cut unemployment at a stroke!

If the orchestra is going to play Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia I would assume the audience will be singing like gusto as per normal, so how does the BBC plan to edit out their words but keep just the music?   Or is the music going to be a prior recording and not live ?

On 04/07/2020 at 19:31, tinfoilhat said:

And it's cheaper to operate the plane, much better on fuel. Not armed though.

Unfortunately

42 minutes ago, Pkingy said:

Not what iv heard 8 point deduction minimum

 

Not saying you are wrong but have they already been found guilty as the case is starting?

Could this be a reference Darnall Stadium, although it was primarily a greyhound racing stadium.

Try looking on 'Wikipedia' for Darnall Stadium.  It does mention "Darnall Wellington Cricket and Football Ground (Wellington Grounds)" built on a plot of land on the south side railway at the turn of the 20th century and the "Darnall Cricket and Football Ground" which was nearby on the north side of the railway line.

I am sure I have seen a picture (or rather a painting) of a cricket match within High Hazels park

11 minutes ago, Annie Bynnol said:

The problem of a  52 driver going past a stop because there is another 52 is already there is not new, historically it always had two destinations, Ballifield and Woodhouse, which are on a relatively quieter section of the route and even the Stagecoach 52 made no difference to the vast majority of users whose journeys were in the core between Crookes and Darnall. More recent major extensions and changes in the west did make a case for adding the suffix to the services beyond Heavygate Road(which Stagecoach  call Walkley on the timetable). 

 

 

Not stopping is something you should report directly to the operator and if it is a subsidised service -SYPTE. The operator will reply they are "frequent anyway"or "catching up" or "there are none at the other end"

 

The westbound 52/52a bus stop on Glossop Road can resemble a relay race handover with passengers jostling  in order to flag down their bus amongst the 12 others at that call this one stop.

 

 

 

 

I remember this problem personally of 52 buses passing a 52 already at a stop from the early 60's (I am sure it occurred before that). This was on the run into city centre from Handsworth.    An almost full 52 would pull into the stop and the following almost empty 52 would 'sail' past. This could be repeated a number of times with following convoys of buses.   Before the cries of 'get to the stop earlier' are issued, how early do you think one needed to be at the stop in order to arrive in the city centre for half 8. (a 30 minute journey at the most)?    Even getting to the stop at qtr to 7 could not guarantee arrival by half 8.

9 hours ago, Annie Bynnol said:

The 52 route has always had regular multiple destinations particularly in the east. Darnall, Ballifield, Handsworth and Woodhouse would appear on short workings on the route daily.

The introduction of the 52 a reflected the shared core but different routes near the ends. While the 120 does not. 

The problem is that 52a does not go to Woodhouse village (only to Furnace Lane/Woodhouse Station) and the 52 does not go along Beaver Hill Road.  The 52a was not a new route, just a renumbering of First's existing route numbered 52.

I wasn't aware the 120 went near to Woodhouse?

Perhaps they could get round to addressing the problem where there are two destinations for a route (specifically 52 and 52a) when both are running in tandem, one pulls up but the one you require goes merrily on its way even though there are potential passengers stood in the middle of the road attempting to flag it down.

The Fone Fun Shop and Complex, on Handsworth Road, were open yesterday (Tuesday 16/6) when I went past.   BTW, they only re-opened on Monday.

You could try Fone Fun Shop and/or  Complex on Handsworth Road at the Parkway Roundabout (below ASDA)

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.378447,-1.3968585,3a,37.5y,213.85h,85.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQ4x_28wg4Uve2n1n__A_Ag!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I think this was originally reported a few weeks back as being due to problems with the foundations and the geology of the ground.  There is a need to pull parts of the build down so that extra piling can be installed.  I would have thought piling/ foundation requirements should have been identified by surveyors well  before any building works started. Or perhaps it is normal to 'throw up' a building and if it doesn't start to move then it should be ok?    

Anyone heard anything about the new build properties at High Hazels View on Infield Lane which were alleged to be cracking due to ground movement?

Based upon the experiences of the Tram-Train experiment, Cross Rail and HS2 (currently) I wonder what the overrun on £1.5bn will be, never mind timescale overruns?

Make sure the 'box' has plenty of ventilation, it may be overheating slightly

Get an ethernet cable

14 hours ago, kidley said:

you mean cheap labour, you will have the farmers union going crazy, teaching them a trade sounds all well and good then, after they have learnt there trade, they can come out and cut through three foot of concrete and steal untold millions from safety boxes  

 Read into this what you will, a first timer in prison will undoubtably come out of prison more skilled in his/her chosen profession. 

 

 

We currently have some employers complaining about the future lack of low cost EU migrant labour. Perhaps there could be a solution here.

BBC Radio Sheffield report that "Bassan Khan, aged 19, who attacked a youth worker in South View Road, Sheffield, during a weekend of violence last Easter, was given a two and a half year prison sentence for S18 Wounding and Possession of an offensive weapon, earlier this week." .  

I do not class that sentence as being 'Tough On Crime"!   Especially when he will not serve that time and will most likely be loose on the streets in under a year and a half.

What happened to the four year sentences for just carrying a knife, never mind using one?

21 hours ago, Janus said:

I have been looking for a basic phone for an elderly relative. Just something on payg  for very  occasional use only. Just to let me know his  train has been cancelled for example when we have arranged to meet up.

 

I understand the 3G signal is only available for a limited time. Anyone know how long is left ?
 

If by 'basic phone' you mean it will only be used tor phone calls and texts, not via an app (like WhatsApp, skype etc), and will not be used for any 'data' (internet access)  then 3G (or higher) is not a requirement.

Taking the local tram-train as an example, there are lots of scope for many further increases to the estimates.

I wonder how many months, years, decades the completion date will continue to be put back?

Has the Crossrail (the Elizabeth Line) opened in London yet and at what budget overrun?

What's TfL (Transport for London) got to do with Sheffield?

5 hours ago, RiffRaff said:

erm....sorry, but that's exactly what he is doing!

erm...sorry, but ...

3 hours ago, andysm said:

The site suggestions are just that, suggestions. You don't have to use them, type the full address and hit the enter key.

I agree with you

Just ignore the suggestions and enter the typed address

Not this area I know but on the question of the 'quality' of the housing. I am told that all building work has ceased on the houses being built beside Infield Lane, up from Catcliffe Road at the back of High Hazels Park, due to major cracks appearing within the walls of these new build houses.

This will be fun, already an over busy junction. 

On 19/11/2019 at 15:59, Kidorry said:

I have an old H.P. G60 214 EM laptop with 3Gb of RAM, 64 Bit O/S an AMD Athlon dual core QL-62, 2.00 GHz. Is it worth putting in SSD and running Linux on it just as a back up laptop? At the moment it has got W 7 on it and it takes forever to load up even if it is wired to the router.

What has wiring it to the router got to do with the time it takes to load up?  Are you saying it will not boot up unless connected to the internet?  In which case you have unnecessary software being loaded at start up. 

9 hours ago, *_ash_* said:

Sorry to say this Martin C,

 

Since the new lights Market Place/High St are now pretty much on permanent red (near hole in road entering towards Church St), this then blocks the bus gate towards cathedral, which soon blocks the general traffic access route from Commercial Street to Arundel Gate.  Hence why now long queues (even in the day) up Commercial Street, and in heavier traffic spreads around Park Sq.

 

This in turn blocks the route you wish to move to.

 

It's probably no better option now. Lucky I can assess and choose the 50/50 of which quicker way around, buses don't have that.

 

How this continues to happen, over and over again, just baffles me.  Get people on buses!!!! yay! then cut off the route that buses had an advantage (and me too in my taxi), and plant some trees and put fancy paving down.

 

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Another one, which I might as well post, as causes problems every day, same places all the time.

 

The  light sequence to get out of the station has been altered at rush hour to 'increase flow on the ring road', but brings the station to a standstill, and hence brings the ring road left hand lane clockwise on Sheaf Street to a standstill, because no one can get in to the station, because no one can get out.

 

 

You just got to applaud the expert traffic planners, they certainly know their stuff

36 minutes ago, DavidFrance said:

I drive a Toyota hybrid.   (and thus an automatic box). The handbook says you should not move it into neutral whilst waiting at traffic lights etc but hold it on the footbrake.  That's why an increasing number of cars are seen with brake lights on whilst standing.  Annoying but just look elsewhere.   And as for "fog" rear lights in heavy rain. Agreed they are not necessary on some road surfaces but where there is heavy spray these high intensity rear lamps could save lives. And they help stop people tailgating at a time when they should be leaving even greater space . 

But not in queueing traffic. As for 'tailgating, just slow down and leave more space in front of yourself,