tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post1450747818651547298..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: What’s The Scores, George Dawes?Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-65612038163690001062008-09-24T15:30:00.000+02:002008-09-24T15:30:00.000+02:00Automatic doors are very silly, Gina. Unfortuantel...Automatic doors are very silly, Gina. Unfortuantely due to a society obsessed with "accessibility" everything has now got to be DDA compliant, etc, etc, which means overly complicated mechanisms and safety features, extra money needed for the servicing of the said appliances and lots of apologetic signage for when things break down and take months to put right again. A door is a simple device at the end of the day. It shouldn't be interfered with!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-27567094096182194932008-09-24T13:44:00.000+02:002008-09-24T13:44:00.000+02:00I have an automatic garage door. It gobbles up el...I have an automatic garage door. It gobbles up electricity. Its little seeker thingy is always roving around trying to find a signal the whole time it is switched on, whether it is being used or not. So it spends most of it life switched off cos I am too tight to waste money on seeker thingies. <BR/><BR/>It's handy for the boys, who might struggle to open the door otherwise but it seems damn silly to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-44557417696713161822008-09-23T21:11:00.000+02:002008-09-23T21:11:00.000+02:00Yeah people! What he said.Yeah people! What he said.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-87018683620224206692008-09-23T19:16:00.000+02:002008-09-23T19:16:00.000+02:00PEOPLE OF BRITAINRise up, rise up and join us.Clai...PEOPLE OF BRITAIN<BR/><BR/>Rise up, rise up and join us.<BR/>Claim back your tax credits, query your tax code, make your chancellor work FOR you, not against you.<BR/><BR/>Remember, two weeks in Ibiza ain't cheap.Inchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881822060745007191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-20583579608173206872008-09-23T19:13:00.000+02:002008-09-23T19:13:00.000+02:00Congratulations on your victory, Inchy, old bean.....Congratulations on your victory, Inchy, old bean... they're veritably crumbling before our advance! Add a dash of whiskey and I'll join you!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-31461809754245230222008-09-23T18:39:00.000+02:002008-09-23T18:39:00.000+02:00Ahhh...the sweet smell of success!Yours truly has ...Ahhh...the sweet smell of success!<BR/><BR/>Yours truly has been on the wrong tax code since 2001 and shall be receiving my rebate cheque "promptly".<BR/><BR/>Anyone for Pimms?Inchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881822060745007191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-44774437698546939772008-09-23T17:53:00.000+02:002008-09-23T17:53:00.000+02:00Brother T, being something of a H&S supremo, m...Brother T, being something of a H&S supremo, my first thought was: why not fit frosted glass to the door and a doorstop behind it? I feel ashamed that I am doing my job even when I blog. There is no hope for me. <BR/><BR/>Emma, I fell into a comma once. It gave me pause for thought. As for the tax thing - I quite understand. I married an accountant for the same reasons.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-29615951804578947582008-09-23T17:40:00.000+02:002008-09-23T17:40:00.000+02:00I want to say something but as soon as I read the ...I want to say something but as soon as I read the word tax I fell into a deep comma I mean coma<BR/><BR/>can me old fashioned but I got married so my husband can deal with the taxesMommyHeadachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924035710478459520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-55590614109044342682008-09-23T16:55:00.000+02:002008-09-23T16:55:00.000+02:00In one of my County Council offices (a scantily co...In one of my County Council offices (a scantily converted former warehouse) a health and safety issue arose over the 5th floor Ladies' door. Apparently female staff entering in a hurry were opening the door over-vigorously, creating a hazard for female staff leaving languidly. I read a Minute of a long Management Team debate about whether or not to fit a viewing window in the Ladies' loo door. This had obvious disadvantages. The solution they ran with was to fit a stronger suppression spring, which was fine except it required a shoulder slam to open; when the spring periodically broke there was unexpectedly no resistance, and the crash of the door breaking wall tiles could be heard all over the building.Brother Tobiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14298549883526952305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-62579594331338938312008-09-23T13:16:00.000+02:002008-09-23T13:16:00.000+02:00A doorman would be great - really high class. I th...A doorman would be great - really high class. I think an "official greeter" would be cool... though given the behaviour of much of the public these days we'd perhaps be better off with a security guard...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-2065733818042182292008-09-23T12:52:00.000+02:002008-09-23T12:52:00.000+02:00perhaps just regular doors and a door man would ha...perhaps just regular doors and a door man would have been more cost efficient? aw but who wants people anymore when an electronic door is so much more pretentious...go figure...Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15190578784452773984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-928685445182981162008-09-22T19:55:00.000+02:002008-09-22T19:55:00.000+02:00The sad thing is Inchy, for a minute there I thoug...The sad thing is Inchy, for a minute there I thought one of the runners for this year's Turner prize really had built a huge, fully functioning arsehole... one the judges could walk around, inside and out. Not <I>that</I> would finally be saying something real about modern art.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-66819653392964914472008-09-22T19:21:00.000+02:002008-09-22T19:21:00.000+02:00I really hope my hard earned tax pound goes toward...I really hope my hard earned tax pound goes toward the 'Cultural Olympics' that Viscount Coe of Wensleydale is proposing to run in conjunction with the 2012 money pit . . . erm, I mean Olympics.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe it should go to this year's Turner Prize winning 'arsehole' . . . oh, sorry, I meant 'artist'.Inchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881822060745007191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-17724706848513041632008-09-22T19:19:00.000+02:002008-09-22T19:19:00.000+02:00Laura, I wish you were my boss.Laura, I wish you were my boss.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-12261528362969929762008-09-22T18:43:00.000+02:002008-09-22T18:43:00.000+02:00Don't talk to me about electronic doors.They look ...Don't talk to me about electronic doors.<BR/><BR/>They look BLOODY AWFUL and EAT MONEY!!!<BR/><BR/>Don't GO THERE - they can consume an entire maintenance budget single-dooredly.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.com