The "Anything Goes" thread

[zstairlessone]

Then it wouldn't look like a giant sausage.
It can't be. Too low, unspectacular, no fiery clouds.

And no Randy Quaid

 

[LannyC]

^ Thank the gods.

This post handcrafted from 100 percent post-consumer recycled electrons.

 

[J. A.]

And no Randy Quaid

Yes, he's missing, too.

 

[iJamesH]

And no Will Smith or Jeff Goldblum either.

 

[twerppoet]

The most important roll in Independence Day was the Apple laptop. A Window XP computer simply could not have hacked the part, and while a Linux laptop might have sufficed, it would not have pulled off the part with such panache.

 

[J. A.]

The most important roll in Independence Day was the Apple laptop. A Window XP computer simply could not have hacked the part, and while a Linux laptop might have sufficed, it would not have pulled off the part with such panache.

Not Bill Pullman with his moving speech? ;-)

 

[twerppoet]

Not Bill Pullman with his moving speech? ;-)

Bill's speech was essential, and well done, but even the cigars had a more memorable scene.

{If Mr. Pullman ever reads this (doubtful) I hope he knows I'm joking. Mostly.}

 

[J. A.]

...but even the cigars had a more memorable scene. ;}

Yes, these, and Brent Spiner, as well.

 

[J. A.]

Was I blind until now or is this new in App Store - Purchased?





The apps I purchased can be shown in alphabetical order. I didn't notice this before.

 

[twerppoet]

Was I blind until now or is this new in App Store - Purchased?



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The apps I purchased can be shown in alphabetical order. I didn't notice this before.

Definitely new, though it's been a few weeks since I visited the Purchased tab, so I'm not sure how new.

They seem to have turned up the refresh speed a few notches as well.

 

[J. A.]

Definitely new, though it's been a few weeks since I visited the Purchased tab, so I'm not sure how new.

They seem to have turned up the refresh speed a few notches as well.

Thank you for confirming this!
I visited it this week. I wasn't sure if that's new or not.

 

[Richard Brown]

The demolition of the car park at Bromley South continues.




It was very noisy early on this morning. I emailed the development company asking about when noisy works are allowed, as I believed the contractor was breaking the noise rule.

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[Richard Brown]

It's all going on here.

Our footpaths were swept this morning.



See sweeper close to the left hand hedge. A lady pedestrian looked bemused as she was being followed!




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[J. A.]

The demolition of the car park at Bromley South continues.

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=42931"/>

It was very noisy early on this morning. I emailed the development company asking about when noisy works are allowed, as I believed the contractor was breaking the noise rule.

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Did you get a reply?

 

[Gabriel1]

The demolition of the car park at Bromley South continues.

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=42931"/>

It was very noisy early on this morning. I emailed the development company asking about when noisy works are allowed, as I believed the contractor was breaking the noise rule.

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It's really an issue with the Environmental Health Officer from the Council. For this type of work a Section 61 agreement is normally in place which will dictate hours and noise levels, as long as the contractor is compliant with this agreement then they are permitted to carry out those works however, more and more councils are not allowing the use of a Section 61 (despite it being their own procedure) so that they can act if they get complaints. It's a PR thing for the councils which penalises and puts all risk onto the contractor.

The question I would be asking of the EHO is, is there a Section 61 in place which permits the noisy activities at xx:xxhrs and if so, what are the constraints?

Also, if the sweeper is there because of dust generated from the demolition then the contractor is almost certainly in breach of legislation as it has a duty of care to reduce risk (actually eliminate is the first port of call) and protect the public and its own workforce and there are many means by which dust emissions can be controlled.

The Archangel