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tonyh29 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 46 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: If people are desperate to see a bell get struck they can turn up at mine and pay a fiver and witness it first hand. The shit gammons froth about. A number of them, but I suspect less than 100%, are pig shit thick. They’ll all be buying the Brexit commemorative plate off the back of The Amateur Gammon magazine, if they’re not still paying off the instalments on the Diana autopsy real feel doll. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 If the bell thing isn't a runner, I hear we will need to fall back on Mr Johnson's alternative suggestion. Bonk for Britain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 So the government will bail out Flybe but organise a whip-round for Big Ben to bong on brexit day or whatever the F it's meant to symbolise. I'll bet if anyone bothered to dig deeply enough you'd find a personal relationship with the CEO of Flybe and one or more Senior members of the govt. I hate this country so much right now it's unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 On 14/01/2020 at 16:42, tonyh29 said: Looks like the public will have to raise the £500k for Big Ben to chime when we leave on the 31st Shall we start a fund on VT ? How does a bell ringing cost £500k?? Utter bollocks of an idea, we're getting stupider by the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 5 hours ago, villa4europe said: How does a bell ringing cost £500k?? Utter bollocks of an idea, we're getting stupider by the day I think because it’s currently laid out in bits on a really big blanket being refurbished (although the quoted figure does seem obscene). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) Question asked and answer given then Can we ring big Ben to celebrate Brexit No we cant Move on, no one gives a **** Edited January 17, 2020 by villa4europe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Question asked and answer given then No we cant Move on, no one gives a **** And yet you tell the jocks that and Sturgeon gets all huffy about tit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) They're really half-assing this: So two things that nobody normal cares about (a Cabinet Meeting, and a press conference when there's nothing on the line) and a light show on a road that the public can't access. I expect I'll be telling my grandkids about this, with a tear in my eye. Edited January 18, 2020 by HanoiVillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 I have to say, it's a bit of a political risk celebrating implementing a political policy that has divided the country so much. It'll hardly get remainders on side having a light show to celebrate a moment they hoped would never happen. It'll be used again the government in the hard times ahead. It just goes to shows how Johnson and his cronies have stoked division and shown contempt for huge swathes of the country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Just talking about Lewis Goodall in the other thread, a quote he has on his Twitter feed. Quick quiz - who said this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meregreen Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) Sajid Javid. Edited January 18, 2020 by meregreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, meregreen said: Sajid Javid. Right first time, very good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meregreen Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 17 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Right first time, very good! Front page of today’s Guardian. Doubt we’ll find it in the Heil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 On 17/01/2020 at 23:18, Genie said: I think because it’s currently laid out in bits on a really big blanket being refurbished (although the quoted figure does seem obscene). had a quick look at it they would have to build a temporary platform in the tower, no details on it but I'll say a fairly basic scaffolding birdcage, they then have to take the chiming mechanism out of storage and deliver it to site, install it, chime the bell, remove the mechanism, back to storage, strip the scaffolding and pretend it never happened, assume this impact works that is called the critical path, so it stops the works from happening and puts the project in delay this is a massive free hit for the contractor, ridiculously big, id be confident of making that a £500,000 variation minimum, 2-4 week delay on the whole project for a start, you're paying for the contractors time to do something they will have absolutely no interest in doing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 8 hours ago, villa4europe said: had a quick look at it they would have to build a temporary platform in the tower, no details on it but I'll say a fairly basic scaffolding birdcage, they then have to take the chiming mechanism out of storage and deliver it to site, install it, chime the bell, remove the mechanism, back to storage, strip the scaffolding and pretend it never happened, assume this impact works that is called the critical path, so it stops the works from happening and puts the project in delay this is a massive free hit for the contractor, ridiculously big, id be confident of making that a £500,000 variation minimum, 2-4 week delay on the whole project for a start, you're paying for the contractors time to do something they will have absolutely no interest in doing We live for pointless changes and out of sequence works. I know two main contractor firms that always go in under cost because the Client will always change the brief. At which point, you pretty much name your price. I’m quite confident that if the government built exactly what they asked for in the first place without variation and delay, quite a few contractors would go under. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 I had a small part in bringing Opta over to the UK from Germany a couple of years ago. It was quite a coup. Came back from a break today to find the team has been redundant and I'm freighting their kit to Portugal. Bong! Git your Brexit here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 58 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: We live for pointless changes and out of sequence works. I know two main contractor firms that always go in under cost because the Client will always change the brief. At which point, you pretty much name your price. I’m quite confident that if the government built exactly what they asked for in the first place without variation and delay, quite a few contractors would go under. As a QS it's safe to say I agree it's the thing I'd probably say I was best at, identifying them and then creaming them Once had a PQS working on a visitor centre at one the countries main ancient tourist attractions with a big Swedish contractor on site, the architect put a light switch on the wrong side of a door, spotted during the 2nd fix so just fished down the back of the plasterboard and put the other side, easy job, an hour tops, their price was over a grand, sheer inconvenience and knowing they have to do it, the client has nowhere to go Where I work now in Germany is a stark contrast, they just don't get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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