ECCOnoob

2 hours ago, Allen said:

Drove into Morrisons garage in Risca, South Wales today to find the on site shop closed and notices on every pump saying “pay at pump only “.

Not being tecky savvy I drove out again and found a local garage operating normally. 
And fond it was 2 pence a litre cheaper.

Result!

If you haven't got the technical capabilities of putting your card in slot and pushing a couple of buttons, you shouldn't be operating a car.

Good grief.  Pay at pump is barely more than a glorified card machine, not a nuclear control centre. 

13 minutes ago, Andy_terrier said:

As I said I get subsidised parking, I was just using the basic tariff as an example.  I also said I don't drive into the office every day and make use of public transport at least 1 of those days I do go in.  Not sure why the hoo har really.  I am sure there are cheaper ways for people who DO NOT get subsidised parking and need to stay all day but a lot of the privately-run multi stories are pretty expensive.

 

When I worked at the city end of the Wicker I used to park at the (what was) the Hilton which is very reasonable.  that doesn't work for me now.

 

Compared to what though?  As general point parking right in the heart of town in a multi story on premium land in the is going to come with a price. Just like it is in cities up and down the land.  However, as has been pointed out, comparatively those so-called expensive rates in Sheffield are nothing compared to other major cities so it could be argued our multi-stories are cheap.  

Yes, rack rates might be look expensive but as was pointed out to you, most people using them regular will not pay rack rates. Plenty of other people using them won't be paying 'all day' either so the so called expense is all relative. 

It's not as if there are not other cheaper options available for those who are prepared to walk a bit further or go in after peak hours or even using park and ride.

I don't think anyone is creating a hoo-har, just pointing out that your simplistic comparison of using a 24-hour rack rate is hardly a realistic sample to what most drivers will be using or paying.  

2 hours ago, Andy_terrier said:

I did say all day. For me to park in that car park for work its going to cost me £22.50 if it wasn't for the subsidised parking I get from my work.  That seems pretty hefty.  I also didn't say that was indicative of all parking in town just that City Centre parking all day is expensive in general terms.

 

An hour or 2 shopping then that's fine.  Pay more trying to park at the hospitals...

People parking all day on a regular basis for work are not paying £22.50.  

Firstly, 'all day' for work does not equal 24 hours.  Secondly, the vast majority of people parking like that will have season tickets or deals or discounts based on the time they enter the car park and frequency. 

How many people are seriously paying rack rate for daily charges on a regular basis.

Just the same as train tickets or travel passes. People doing the journey several times a week are certainly not going to be paying the standard daily rate. 

45 minutes ago, cuttsie said:

now now casting aspersions is not  the way intelligent folk behave Nooby , be civil , smile knob head .

No, intelligent folk state facts which is what I'm doing.

You are the one who seemingly can't get into their head, the basic concept that not everywhere can or wants to be low-cost low-quality wetherspoons nor that there is legitimate reasons why prices fluctuate between places selling the same or similar product.

1 hour ago, cuttsie said:

£2-30p in Wethers same stuff as six quid up road , Bar staff , rent and rates still need paying just the same as nooby is on about .   Two pubs in same area charging £3 - 20 for Smiths ,they also pay same rates and bar staff so put that in Nooby-s pipe and smoke it 

But do they have the same purchasing powers.  Do they have access to the same discount.  Is the supply chain the same 

Are they paying the same amount of lease for their premises.. Do they have the same overheads. 

A packet of corn flakes is a packet of corn flakes, but there's a reason why your little corner charges more price than your big supermarket.

Even your precious 'Spoons have different charges in different locations.

Why do you think that is big head? 

10 minutes ago, cuttsie said:

Look !!!!! It is  OK for people on here to be going about some proper Sheffielders being as tight as a ducks arse ,"How much love " and all that malarky , But some of our citizens are not minted like the up your own arse brigade ,    Instance  !!!!!!it was our lasses birthday last week so I thought lets go out for dinner ,  We visited a pub in Burntcross ,, Two meals , not fancy just good pub grub , Four or five drinks inc three pints of beer at nearly six quid a pint , two glasses of red wine a couple of sweets to finish of , The bill ,!!!!!! just under a hundred quid , I mean  , for a pub meal ,  So lets get real we were lucky as we only ever go on special occasions and can put a few quid aside for this but!!!!!I know many who can not afford to even go in this pub for a pint with their mates as they are on low wages so the money does not run to it .

My birthday soon . Wetherspoons here we come .

Out of sheer curiosity, just how much would you think would be a fair rate for the Landlords to charge for two meals, two desserts, and five drinks to be served to you in a venue that needs to pay their rent and rates and pay for the electricity and the heating...   and pay for those ingredients and all the equipment and furnishings... and the staff to cook your food and to serve it to you the table and to clear away the plates and to wash up the dishes and to pour your drinks at the bar and to clean the bogs.... Oh and also try and make some smidgen of  profit out of it.

Not every venue has the might of some corporation behind it. They can't always fall back on their corporate master's aggressive buying power advantage, centralised operations and loss leaders. They've got to earn a living as well.

18 minutes ago, Baron99 said:

I THOUGHT THAT WHEN YOU START A POST OFF THE AS IT WAS THE SUBJECT THE FIRST LETTER OF EACH WORD WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CAPITAL LETTER.   A BIT LIKE A HEADLINE IN A NEWSPAPER. 

 

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TAUGHT IN MY ENGLISH LESSONS ON SUCH MATTERS. 

 

IF I'VE OFFENDED YOU IN ANY WAY

Most headlines in newspapers are not all caps either unless they are tabloid fodder or the Daily Mail screaming for attention and shock value. 

Now can we please stop shouting. Some of us are getting tinnitus here.

3 hours ago, hauxwell said:

I’m off to do a free shop at Asda today.  Mr Farage said you can’t get prosecuted for nicking less than £200 worth of goods. Is this a joke?  No wonder food prices are going up. This is what he said last night on the BBC
 

You can go out and nick up to 200 quid’s worth without being prosecuted,” he said. “We are seeing a decline, a societal decline of law and order in this country and, frankly, government and the police forces are being too scared of what needs to be done.”

 

 

I am sure he did say that but like most things that comes out of the mouth of that frog face chump, he goes for the pithy attention seeking soundbites rather than the practical reality of what he is talking about. 

Of course you could still get prosecuted. Theft is theft. It is a question of whether there are sufficient resourcing, value, commerciality and merit to investigating, forming a case and prosecuting which are all things that have to be considered in these days of dwindling police resources, corporate reputation and extremely fickle public opinion.  

After all, would people like police prioritise getting justice for some sweet old lady  getting robbed on the street and having her pension nicked or trying to recover some asset for the big corporate billion pound  conglomerate.

Then factor in, is it worth the time and effort for Tesco etc to use its resources in trying to track down, provide sufficient evidence and go through the whole prosecution process for some low value theft which they will have insurance against and already built into to their budgeting model. There is already a technical term for it used in the retail industry known as shrinkage which includes everything from theft to mis-totalled sales to damaged goods.  

Then we have the circumstances of the thief themselves. What is their story.  Stealing to fund someone drug habit?  but then again, according to certain newspapers they are doing it out of sheer necessity because they are starving and need to feed their families..... So who is a real victim in the fickle emotive reactionary public's eyes? The starving shop lifter doing it out of alleged desperate need or a faceless corporation crying about losing some profit mark up.  

Any moron can go on a podium and spout bold claims. Actual practical delivery is a different league. 

1 hour ago, gamezone07 said:

As above, preferably near Fargate, but anywhere really, tx

Pennine 5 £1.50 per hour

Rockingham Street / Calver Street Car Parks  £1.55 per hour 

Atkinsons Car Park  £1.80 per hour

Blonk Street £1.95 per hour 

*short walk away  - Solly Street car park  £2.50 all day (sat/sun)  

Park and ride from Nunnery Square 

1 hour ago, BigAl1 said:

define  cheap and also how long for - Sheffield council  does not want you to bring your car into the center and even when someone tells your where you can find "cheap" parking good luck in being able to drive to it

Strange how tens of thousands of people every day manage perfectly well using those things called roads. 

1 hour ago, bassett one said:

well i think 2-6 hundred a day is not cheap , but it seems it is , so thats that, but we need to update the same old events at least bring in different rides, the same old does not work changes to even 20 percent of it would be good for say summer/winter

 

 

 

 

....you keep saying that. But are the crowds massively dwindling each year?  

Also given that most of these events are run by private companies the types of rides and attractions that they offer are surely down to them.  To be honest, I've been to quite a few 'by the sea' or 'summer festival' or ''Christmas Market' things and with exceptions to size and decor most of the time I have seen exactly the same stuff in every city.  

What would you like to see instead? 

2 hours ago, pfifes said:

Ah, I’ll explain.  Mr ECCOnoob said in another thread that having sewage pumped into our rivers is a ‘trivial thing’. He’s a big fan of neoliberalism and thinks some 💩in our water is a trifling triviality which we should all stop worrying our little heads about. 
What do you think Al?  Would you care for a nice glass of cold water from your kitchen tap with a twist of 💩? 

It is a relatively trivial thing... when you, at the time on that specific thread, were desperately trying to present it as a prime example of the downfall of all modern society and all the fault of the supposed failures of global neoliberalism which was total nonsense and I called you out on it. 

Now, what any of that has got to do with a discussion about who should use public toilet facilities god only knows.

You are like the child who bursts in to interrupt the adults having a conversation to say something silly and then goes running off to play with their toys again.

3 hours ago, pfifes said:

It’s all just one big happy 💩party isn’t it!!!  We can all join in and have a 💩 together! But then you’re not too bothered about all that wee wee and poo poo flushed down the toilets (be it male, female or unisex toilets 😀) not being dealt with properly and getting pumped into rivers are you??  Properly functioning sewerage systems are luxury aren’t they?  Goodness knows why they ever wasted money building them!  

What? 

On 03/06/2024 at 16:20, gamezone07 said:

As above, are there any happening?

 

I would like to ask about Gentrification which is happening exponentially, primarily in former working class area

with many renters evicted and pushed out to the peripheries.

 

local politicians seem sanguine about gentrification, many wlecoming it.

Good.  So they should be.  Areas should strive for improvement and change.  

I dont get the push back.   This obsession over the so called real working class to be me is a completely outdated concept.  For one thing most "working class" these days are far from it.  They are not going down't mines and coming home to their outside bog and tin baths.    Most are firmly wedged into middle class at least.  Budget Holidays abroad, a car, a small house, a selection of modern tech are all far more accessible and widely obtained for people on even modest level incomes.  

Also, its not simply about gentrification.   Areas have always changed, developed and evolved naturally.   Not so long ago places like Spital Hill and Burngreave were full of big houses occupied by professionals but now according to some on here they are virtually slums with house prices at pennies.   Ecclesall Road was at one point THE premium street with the finest of bars, the fanciest restaurants and most exclusive shops.   But now, its changed - less premium, more chains and fast food, different clientele and different attraction. 

On the other hand, places like Neepsend and Kelham Island used to be industrial wastelands -  a place for kerb crawling and dodgy dealing.  Now its transformed into entire new neighbourhoods, streets, facilities all representing millions of pounds of investment into the city.   Same with places like St Marys Gate, Hillsborough and even parts of supposedly notorious estates like Parson Cross and Manor - new generations of residents moving in, more private development, more investment all transforming IMO for the better. 

4 hours ago, geared said:

 

Deepcar/Stocksbridge area has seen this effect after the large Samual Fox developemnt.

 

Take this house for example, over a ten year period it's value increased nearly 100%.

 

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/details/england-133466705-19285576?s=20d1b31840aaf4fbd0b5cff22f20666b4856477bc56db25d04ea7c35f37458e5#/

But what about the fact that it has elevated the area.  About the fact that its created 100s of new jobs.   About the fact that its transformed and brought new life to what was an abandoned and decaying former steelworks.   Im sure most people wouldn't want that to have remained and just progressively decayed into an eyesore either. 

Yes of course that's had an impact on local property prices but that's took a decade to get there.   Do you know what has also dramatically incraesed over the past 10 years.  Wages.   Take national minimum wage for example.  In 2013 it was just over £6.  This year's latest increases have brought in over £11. 

Its all relative.  

1 hour ago, Al Bundy said:

To all those being blase about everyone using the same toilets....how many of you would be comfortable watching your young daughter going in only to be followed in by a couple of blokes?

 

Toilets should be separate for males and females. We have managed perfectly fine for years, why change it?

Unless I was some overly paranoid overprotective type convinced that every bloke that walks past is some serial rapist I will think exactly the same if some blokes just happened to walk down the same corridor to the current segregated toilets. 

Modern day unisex toilets are a row of rooms to be used by anyone.  If one sealed room was being used by a woman and the next room by a man, what does it matter? 

I was in one place recently in Manchester where the only part of the toilets that were sealed off privately was the actual loos themselves. The hand washing sinks and mirrors, etc were completely shared by both sexes in a big open space and nobody seemed to care. 

Many businesses simply don't have the space to be fitting segregated toilet facilities. For years they just have one toilet or at best a couple of toilets. Nobody's been screaming and demanding segregation there. Same with disabled facilities. In nearly all the cases I've seen, the disabled facilities are completely universal. I don't hear complaints about whether disabled women are safe and why can't they have their own private segregated one. 

Like I said earlier. You are ever going to completely eliminate bad people doing bad things. If someone was that determined to barge into a cubicle to harm or frighten somebody, they are going to do it and no sign on the door saying women only going to stop them. 

I'd like to think that majority of society are not like that. Yes, we have had segregated toilets for years in spaces where it's being feasible but the world is moving on, and most of the time it seems a bit ridiculous having different design, different layout, and generally different demand for two sexes when it would be far simpler, easier and better for the people needing them to simply have a row of identical toilets for anyone to use. 

I really think you are looking for problems that aren't there. 

6 hours ago, trastrick said:

Oh, and another one more thing.

 

The effort to charge, convict and jail a former President is historic, unprecedented, and a grave Constitutional Crisis for the American People and the Republic.

 

You would think that prosecuting even one such a case, would require the best legal minds in the country.

 

(The outcome of the 2000 Election Supreme Court case, Gore vs Bush Election had arguably two of the best sets of constitutional lawyers on both sides ever assembled.)

 

It is telling that the concocted legal cases the States have assembled have been left to disposable corrupt partisan Democrat hacks D.A.s and Judges, who ain't going anywhere in the constitutional legal field. Fanni Willis?  Alvin Bragg? Leticia James?  🙂

 

No self respecting Constitutional Lawyer would touch such Trumped up concoctions. They will not be historically tied to these kangaroo courts in cases based on partisan prejudice, expired statutes of limitations and shaky legal reasoning that is being questioned by the most reputable legal minds on both sides of the political spectrum!

 

On the other hand if there was a genuine case to be made, the millionaire lawyers would be lined up three deep!

 

That said, I'll wish you all World Peace, low inflation, a prosperous economy, low energy prices, secure, safe borders and well managed legal immigration.

 

In other words, may you find a Trump!🙂

What a load of deluded bull.  Let's just turn that around for a moment.

If you believe that Trump had such a nailed on defence against these 'outrageous', 'fake', 'desperate' charges which were totally without merit.....  Then how come the finest advocates from the most prestigious and well-respected law firms were not queueing up to represent him. 

How come he has suffered so many losses and burned through so many lawyers with many refusing to touch him with a barge pole and others outright turning against him -  giving fuel to the prosecution.

How come in the trial of the century, the first ever criminal prosecution against a former president, the best he could do (despite all that supposed backing and support and millions in the bank) was some right-wing nut job glorified ambulance chaser to be his representative. 

Do you not get it. He's toxic. This is just a start.  34 separate convictions and numerous civil claim losses already on the book. 

22 minutes ago, carosio said:

 

Just now, geared said:

 

Nothing wrong with it you are right.

 

Perhaps it's something for the incoming Government to work on, putting a framework in place to properly handle the tax liability for these kind of people?

They won't need to put a frame work in place. 

"These kinds of people" as you call them are exactly the same as anyone else who works self-employed. They are under duty to declare their earnings either through self-assessment or if they have enough business turnover the sensible approach will be forming a limited company. 

Just because this technology is modern and new, the basic premise has been around for decades. They are self-employed people doing this job full time or as second income. It's exactly the same as anyone who has a side business reselling products or people who have rental properties or people who make and sell cakes in their spare time or people who get paid to do some singing or perform a gig with their band at some pub alongside there alongside their full-time work...   They are all subject to the tax rules, thresholds, boundaries and self-assessment procedures, just the same as the camera performers.

I don't get why people are finding this concept so difficult to understand.  It's income which is taxable through the existing rules. Whether they declare it is a different arguement but that too could easily apply to any of the types of jobs I've listed above.

I don't really see why a government need to be bringing in more layers of rules and regulations exclusively just for Cam performers.

Its nonsense.

Personally I couldn't care less. 

I'm going for a pee or having a dump. I don't really have any interest who is stood or sat next to me.   Unless people are treating toilets as some unofficial social hub, beauty parlour or group therapy session, most of the time I'd barely notice anyway. 

We're all just human. We're all doing the same activity just with a slight difference to the apparatus. 

I'm not totally ignorant on the potential risk particularly to females and the need for 'safe space' but ultimately, these are public facilities. The sad reality is that there will always be bad people doing bad things no matter what is brought in. If somebody, male OR female, is that determined to antagonise, frighten or attack another person - they are still going to do so no matter what sign is on the door. I also feel that if some perverted person, is determined to attack, rape or ogle females in the toilet, going to the extreme of dressing up and pretending to be transgender to do so really must be a rarity. 

Otherwise, since thankfully not everyone walking about is a criminal, they are simply just a fellow human who just identifies as that sex using the facilities for the same reason as anyone else in there. 

Everyone talks of boundaries but I well  remember, one of my old firms with our longstanding and school of life female cleaner who took no regard to quite happily barge into the gents and get on with the job while us blokes all stood there with our tackle out.... I've been in plenty of nightclubs where girls and boys have just walked into whatever looks remotely like a toilet without any consideration of gender allocation and just got on with it. The girls are not going to stand there queueing if there's a free cubicle in the boys and most of the boys are that drunk they'll just walk in to whatever's nearest for a pee.

Regardless of any of the above, this could easily be a completely resolved issue if the increasing trend of newer build facilities continues. Simply having toilets. That's it

Universal, private cubicle(s) for anyone to use. That's what's in every single one of our houses, that's what they are on planes and trains and coaches and many clinics or GP surgeries.  That's what they are in many small offices, or shop units, or small cafes or coffee bars.  That's what they are on building sites, fun fairs, street kiosks, roadside cafes and outdoor festivals and people seem to cope without screaming the  house down demanding segregated facilities and engaging in endless, generally ill-informed and quite insulting debates, about the rights and wrong of transgender.

It's just a toilet.  Resolving a basic human bodily function that it's designed to do. 

10 minutes ago, carosio said:

I read that an accountant advises to go limited co. when earning above 35k on youtube. Here we go, tax avoidance.......

So?  Accountant doing their job. Advising their clients of perfectly legal ways to make sure they don't pay more tax than they are  obligated to. 

Do you have an ISA?  Do you have a pension? Do you make charitable donations?  Do you utilise your personal allowance? Do you deduct expenses?

At the end of the day it's too early for anyone to know what the real passenger numbers are. The service has only really just got properly going since the introduction of the new 'proper' buses.  Its branding and visibility are certainly improved and it's more recognisable where you can alight and board so hopefully that will  increase passengers.  

At the end of the day, the funding has been allocated, the contract is signed to run the thing so it's a case of use it or lose it.  If it becomes the latter, I don't expect to see the whining from usual suspects about why places like Manchester has a free city bus service and we don't....

8 hours ago, RollingJ said:

Maybe they should just run them on a Saturday then  - during the week they seem very quiet. I've used the SC1 a couple of times since - once Interchange>West Street, and Cumberland Street>Interchange, neither of which had more than four passengers.

 

As to the drivers, personally I find them some of the least friendly I've encountered anywhere, but I suppose if you're just driving fresh air...

They do run them on the weekend.   It's a 7 day service on both routes.  

Listen to the big baby wittering on about "rigged trial" and "not a real verdict" 

Innocent man my backside.   

2 hours ago, El Cid said:

 

Easy money, is it taxed or do they operate offshore?

The company or the creators? 

If you are talking of the companies then they are taxed by the jurisdiction. They're registered, just the same as any other. Onlyfans for an example is a British company so will be subject to our tax laws. 

If you are talking of the creators, well they are self-employed. Second income for many so it's on the individual to follow the rules. If they choose not to engage well, that's the risk they take and that's on their consciousness. Very similar to all these second business operators buying and reselling through eBay or doing paid Twitch live streams or YouTube channels.  They should be registered self-employed. They should be declaring their income but human nature and all that.