The General Conversation Thread

Typical save a penny that costs a pound

 

Having worked in Local Govt for 20 + years I can tell you that all these decisions are made by elected members and not Officers.
These decisions are purely political and have nothing to do with common sense.
Local govt should be non political and members elected on a non party basis.
Fly tipping is and always has been a major problem.
To charge for domestic waste of any description is in fact against Govt legislation and Norman Lamb is taking Govt to task over this.

 

I had the first of six weekly treatments yesterday where my bladder has TB liquid poured into it, I have to hold it in for no less than an hour and no more than two hours

My sixth and final treatment is on Monday 23rd July so I have booked into my usual hotel In Norwich from Wednesday 25th July for the week, leaving lunchtime on the following Wednesday.

Am meeting my two usual friends and if anybody else wants to meet up then pm me and we'll make suitable arrangements .

 

Air Bus and BMW both predict huge job losses
And 4M EU nationals will be allowed to stay at cost of £65 after answering 3 simple questions in an on line application.
We also face a £50 visa charge to holiday in EU
Hope you Brexitiers are pleased with yourselves.

 

£65 seems quite reasonable for 4m!
Bah!

 

Boris has threatened to lay down in front of the diggers to stop the 3rd runway at Heathrow.
We can only hope

 

After running away from a vote on the issue? That strikes me as an attempt to make positive press out of the fact he betrayed his constituents in order to save his ministerial position.

 

A question for a few of you knowledgeable folk. I got into a bit of a Wiki hole, of finding out why towns and cities were named. Mostly, by Vikings, and it's really interesting why the name came, it's usually 2 words pushed together to describe the Vikings first impressions. Which I think is fascinating.

I've tried to look into the history of Norwich, and why the name happened. I can't find anything about it. Does anyone know? I know we were the second major city after London. Don't know how the name came about and why. Anyone know about it?

 

Came from 'North WIC (harbour,). I'll do some more research tomorrow.

 

The capital of the Iceni tribe was a settlement located near to the village of Caistor St. Edmund on the River Tas approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) to the south of modern-day Norwich.[8] Following an uprising led by Boudica around AD 60 the Caistor area became the Roman capital of East Anglia named Venta Icenorum, literally "the marketplace of the Iceni".[8] The Roman settlement fell into disuse around 450 and the Anglo-Saxons settled on the site of the modern city between the 5th and 7th centuries,[9] founding the towns of Northwic (from which Norwich gets its name),[10]Westwic (at Norwich-over-the-Water) and the secondary settlement at Thorpe. According to a local rhyme, the demise of Venta Icenorum led to the development of Norwich: "Caistor was a city when Norwich was none, Norwich was built of Caistor stone."[8]

I coopied and pasted this last night and didn't hit the send button!

 

FML - If you contact the Tourist Information office, they can advise when a guide is organising a tour which will explain it all.

 

Thank you Dave!

 

Found an interesting little website. Which concurs with what you and Dave said.

Looks like the Viking invasion had no influence on the name, but did make an impact on the names of streets and villages around East Anglia.

 

Really enjoyed the final episode of 'The Bridge' a cracking series.

Loved the theme tune, but couldn't make out the lyrics. It's in English, but undecipherable. Luckily, Adam Buxton has put out subtitles to finally make it clear. Thanks Adam:

 

Love that show, and loved Buxtons little video.

Is that the final ever series and episode you are talking about? Because I haven't watched that yet, been saving it as I don't want it to end.

 

Yep, afraid that seems to be the last ever, so savour it!. Have really enjoyed every episode, Saga is one of the great characters.

 

Good news from Thailand,as the 12 boys in underground cave are found safe.
Puts World Cup into perspective.

 

That's brilliant. I really didn't think they had a chance.

 

They're saying that they might not be able to get them out for months though. They need to teach them all to dive properly in order to make it out through all of the water. Imagine that, woohoo we're saved......4 more months stuck in this cave you say! Arrrggg, I imagine it must be like waiting for our board to sack managers!

Bah!

 

Not the easiest conditions to try out your first scuba dive. I wonder if there's an option to try and pump water out of some of these troughs to waist depth at least and and go for it. It's a long time to wait till early November otherwise.