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It has been reported in the press that the female Chief constable for
North Yorkshire required an en suite shower to be installed in her office at a quite remarkable cost. £ Plumbing 15,000 Electrics 4,000 Flooring 900 Ceilings 900 Painting 900 Furniture 1,200 Building work 5,500 Total 28,400 Makes the average BG quote for central heating seem absolutely modest. The mind boggles, particularly at the first two and last items. What on earth did she get for the money, and what on earth are the council tax payers of North Yorkshire getting for theirs? -- Roger Chapman |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:50:52 +0100 Roger wrote :
It has been reported in the press that the female Chief constable for North Yorkshire required an en suite shower to be installed in her office at a quite remarkable cost. £ Plumbing 15,000 Electrics 4,000 Flooring 900 Ceilings 900 Painting 900 Furniture 1,200 Building work 5,500 Total 28,400 Sounds like Dolphin Bathrooms! -- Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk |
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Roger wrote: It has been reported in the press that the female Chief constable for North Yorkshire required an en suite shower to be installed in her office at a quite remarkable cost. £ Plumbing 15,000 Electrics 4,000 Flooring 900 Ceilings 900 Painting 900 Furniture 1,200 Building work 5,500 Total 28,400 Makes the average BG quote for central heating seem absolutely modest. The mind boggles, particularly at the first two and last items. What on earth did she get for the money, and what on earth are the council tax payers of North Yorkshire getting for theirs? And, if the correct procurement procedure has been followed, that should be the cheapest of three quotations |
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It has been reported in the press that the female Chief constable for North Yorkshire required an en suite shower to be installed in her office at a quite remarkable cost. £ Plumbing 15,000 Electrics 4,000 Flooring 900 Ceilings 900 Painting 900 Furniture 1,200 Building work 5,500 Total 28,400 Makes the average BG quote for central heating seem absolutely modest. The mind boggles, particularly at the first two and last items. What on earth did she get for the money, and what on earth are the council tax payers of North Yorkshire getting for theirs? -- Roger Chapman She blames it on the carpet. But that was only 900 quid. |
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from "Codswallop" contains these words: She blames it on the carpet. But that was only 900 quid. It was raised again on the local news this lunchtime and the tale gets worse. All this work (apparently not paid for yet so someone is having qualms) because she got a slight shock from the original installation. Surely replacing an electric shower should cost £284 or so, not £28400. The police precept for north Yorkshire is a good deal higher than those for South and West Yorkshire, and no wonder given the lax financial controls. -- Roger Chapman |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:48:41 +0100 someone who may be Roger
wrote this:- It was raised again on the local news this lunchtime and the tale gets worse. All this work (apparently not paid for yet so someone is having qualms) because she got a slight shock from the original installation. Surely replacing an electric shower should cost £284 or so, not £28400. The obvious questions include what original installation and what sort of shock? -- David Hansen, Edinburgh I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54 |
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from David Hansen contains these words: It was raised again on the local news this lunchtime and the tale gets worse. All this work (apparently not paid for yet so someone is having qualms) because she got a slight shock from the original installation. Surely replacing an electric shower should cost £284 or so, not £28400. The obvious questions include what original installation and what sort of shock? I assumed it was an electric shower delivering an electric shock. It was not clear whether the original installation was also an en suite or whether it was elsewhere in the building but undoubtedly the CC had access to a shower of some sort prior to the current waste of money. -- Roger Chapman |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:50:52 +0100 someone who may be Roger
wrote this:- It has been reported in the press that the female Chief constable for North Yorkshire Does her sex matter particularly? required an en suite shower to be installed in her office at a quite remarkable cost. ISTM that the cost is outrageous, not remarkable. Some people live in houses that cost less than that to buy. Makes the average BG quote for central heating seem absolutely modest. Indeed. The mind boggles, particularly at the first two and last items. What on earth did she get for the money, I would expect to see marble surfaces and solid gold fittings for that price. and what on earth are the council tax payers of North Yorkshire getting for theirs? Less money spent on something useful, like catching criminals. It does seem that some firms see the public sector coming and charge outrageous prices. Are there no showers elsewhere in the building that she could use? -- David Hansen, Edinburgh I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54 |
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David Hansen wrote:
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:50:52 +0100 someone who may be Roger wrote this:- It has been reported in the press that the female Chief constable for North Yorkshire Does her sex matter particularly? It would affect the smell certainly. required an en suite shower to be installed in her office at a quite remarkable cost. ISTM that the cost is outrageous, not remarkable. Some people live in houses that cost less than that to buy. Makes the average BG quote for central heating seem absolutely modest. Indeed. The mind boggles, particularly at the first two and last items. What on earth did she get for the money, I would expect to see marble surfaces and solid gold fittings for that price. and what on earth are the council tax payers of North Yorkshire getting for theirs? Less money spent on something useful, like catching criminals. It does seem that some firms see the public sector coming and charge outrageous prices. Are there no showers elsewhere in the building that she could use? Depends on whether she is in the habit of entertaining male officers in her private demesne.. |
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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message ... David Hansen wrote: On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:50:52 +0100 someone who may be Roger wrote this:- It has been reported in the press that the female Chief constable for North Yorkshire Does her sex matter particularly? It would affect the smell certainly. required an en suite shower to be installed in her office at a quite remarkable cost. snipped Are there no showers elsewhere in the building that she could use? Depends on whether she is in the habit of entertaining male officers in her private demesne.. ============================ Not likely, judging by her appearance. She looks like a revised version of 'Two Ton Tessie O'Shea' with a bit of added extra tonnage. Cic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1430 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now! |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:09:47 UTC, "Cicero"
wrote: Depends on whether she is in the habit of entertaining male officers in her private demesne.. Not likely, judging by her appearance. She looks like a revised version of 'Two Ton Tessie O'Shea' with a bit of added extra tonnage. I dunno. Mightv suit Two Jags... -- The information contained in this post is copyright the poster, and specifically may not be published in, or used by Avenue Supplies, http://avenuesupplies.co.uk |
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On 2006-10-20 14:37:31 +0100, "Bob Eager" said:
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:09:47 UTC, "Cicero" wrote: Depends on whether she is in the habit of entertaining male officers in her private demesne.. Not likely, judging by her appearance. She looks like a revised version of 'Two Ton Tessie O'Shea' with a bit of added extra tonnage. I dunno. Mightv suit Two Jags... Shudder. Thinks of Blunkett with his red flag on Sheffield town hall.... |
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from David Hansen contains these words: It has been reported in the press that the female Chief constable for North Yorkshire Does her sex matter particularly? Only if you expect the sexes to respond differently in such a situation. snip and what on earth are the council tax payers of North Yorkshire getting for theirs? Less money spent on something useful, like catching criminals. It does seem that some firms see the public sector coming and charge outrageous prices. It has crossed my mind since that the police HQ might be a PFI building but even so these prices seem outrageous even by NHS rip-off standards. Are there no showers elsewhere in the building that she could use? Most probably but executive privileges are by no means confined to the public sector. -- Roger Chapman |
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It has crossed my mind since that the police HQ might be a PFI building but even so these prices seem outrageous even by NHS rip-off standards. Are there no showers elsewhere in the building that she could use? Most probably but executive privileges are by no means confined to the public sector. I could comment on a certain Vice-chancellor who's University house (5 bed mansion) has had serious money spent on new en-suites for every guest bedroom, still with all weekend parties and all the food etc coming from Uni catering services, along with the waiting staff..... |
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from David Hansen contains these words: ISTM that the cost is outrageous, not remarkable. Some people live in houses that cost less than that to buy. Me, for a start! -- Skipweasel Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:50:52 +0100, Roger wrote:
It has been reported in the press that the female Chief constable for North Yorkshire required an en suite shower to be installed in her office at a quite remarkable cost. One has got to wonder what she is doing in her office that requires her to have a shower. Sitting behind a desk in a presumably air conditioned enviroment shuffling bits of paper or having a chat with people is hardly physically demanding. As for the costs you don't know what they had to do to get suitable water supplies, power to and waste from the area. In a modern ofice block this might not be as straight forward as it first appears. -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:40:16 +0100 (BST) someone who may be "Dave
Liquorice" wrote this:- As for the costs you don't know what they had to do to get suitable water supplies, power to and waste from the area. In a modern ofice block this might not be as straight forward as it first appears. All the more reason for someone to look at the initial estimates and then say, "this will cost too much." However, it doesn't surprise me that either there wasn't such a person, or they were ignored. -- David Hansen, Edinburgh I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54 |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:51:44 +0100 David Hansen wrote :
All the more reason for someone to look at the initial estimates and then say, "this will cost too much." However, it doesn't surprise me that either there wasn't such a person, or they were ignored. More likely it was a case of "the Chief Constable is away for the next two weeks and wants to find an en-suite shower in her office when she returns. Which part of the last sentence don't you understand?". Back in my Council days we got a new Director who on day one said he wanted a new desk etc etc. As he was ex-military I do not think that anyone would have dared say "we've nothing in the budget for this". -- Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:51:44 +0100, David Hansen wrote:
As for the costs you don't know what they had to do to get suitable water supplies, power to and waste from the area. In a modern ofice block this might not be as straight forward as it first appears. All the more reason for someone to look at the initial estimates and then say, "this will cost too much." However, it doesn't surprise me that either there wasn't such a person, or they were ignored. Or the person doing the authorising is the person wanting the shower. -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.com... On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:50:52 +0100, Roger wrote: It has been reported in the press that the female Chief constable for North Yorkshire required an en suite shower to be installed in her office at a quite remarkable cost. One has got to wonder what she is doing in her office that requires her to have a shower. Sitting behind a desk in a presumably air conditioned enviroment shuffling bits of paper or having a chat with people is hardly physically demanding. Without condoning the _in_action of the Chief Constable here but the statement "Sitting behind a desk in a presumably air conditioned enviroment shuffling bits of paper or having a chat with people ... " displays a remakable lack of knowledge. A chief Executive, particularly for a Police Force/Service, _may_ be sitting in an air-conditioned office one minute, then attending a major incident - lots of blood and gore, smoke, fire, fire-arms, rain, mud ...whatever; then have to attend a award/promotion ceremony .. .then appear of camera for CNN/ITN/BBC ... then attend a dinner with the Lord Lieutenant, Mayor, Council .... in one working day! As for the costs you don't know what they had to do to get suitable water supplies, power to and waste from the area. In a modern ofice block this might not be as straight forward as it first appears. Dave, hasn't the report read out to him yet, where-in it specifically says that this was a remodelling of an existing facility! But why should Dave let facts intrude into his rant! -- Brian |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:59:20 GMT, Brian Sharrock wrote:
_may_ be sitting in an air-conditioned office one minute, then attending a major incident - lots of blood and gore, smoke, fire, fire-arms, rain, mud ...whatever; then have to attend a award/promotion ceremony .. .then appear of camera for CNN/ITN/BBC ... then attend a dinner with the Lord Lieutenant, Mayor, Council .... in one working day! So there are no facilties for the ordinary WPC's who do that the ****ty work all day, every day? Why does the CC *need* private facilties and in their office? it specifically says that this was a remodelling of an existing facility! Which makes the costs even more outrageous. For that money it sounds as if an all singing all dancing whole family, steam shower unit complete with DVD, TV, phone internet and jacuzi has been fitted. -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:50:52 +0100, Roger
wrote: It has been reported in the press that the female Chief constable for North Yorkshire required an en suite shower to be installed in her office at a quite remarkable cost. £ Plumbing 15,000 Electrics 4,000 Flooring 900 Ceilings 900 Painting 900 Furniture 1,200 Building work 5,500 Total 28,400 Makes the average BG quote for central heating seem absolutely modest. The mind boggles, particularly at the first two and last items. What on earth did she get for the money, and what on earth are the council tax payers of North Yorkshire getting for theirs? Hmmm, I smell a taxable benefit here! -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.pherber.com/ Electronics for Visio http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/ |
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In article . net,
The Tax Inspector wrote: Hmmm, I smell a taxable benefit here! Yes. Having private shower facilities in a job where there is no special need for them should indeed be taxable. -- *To be intoxicated is to feel sophisticated, but not be able to say it. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Roger wrote:
It has been reported in the press that the female Chief constable for North Yorkshire required an en suite shower to be installed in her office at a quite remarkable cost. £ Plumbing 15,000 Electrics 4,000 Flooring 900 Ceilings 900 Painting 900 Furniture 1,200 Building work 5,500 Total 28,400 Quadruple that figure as it occurs in every major police establishment up'n'down the country. -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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In article , Roger
writes It has been reported in the press that the female Chief constable for North Yorkshire required an en suite shower to be installed in her office at a quite remarkable cost. £ Plumbing 15,000 Electrics 4,000 Flooring 900 Ceilings 900 Painting 900 Furniture 1,200 Building work 5,500 Total 28,400 Makes the average BG quote for central heating seem absolutely modest. The mind boggles, particularly at the first two and last items. What on earth did she get for the money, and what on earth are the council tax payers of North Yorkshire getting for theirs? The report I read said that it was a replacement of an existing facility, and the estimate for the price was 20% of the final cost. "She was horrified at the cost of the personal shower. She could not believe how they had spiralled". Adrian -- To Reply : replace "news" with "adrian" and "nospam" with "ffoil" Sorry for the rigmarole, If I want spam, I'll go to the shops Every time someone says "I don't believe in trolls", another one dies. |
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In message , Adrian Simpson
writes In article , Roger writes It has been reported in the press that the female Chief constable for North Yorkshire required an en suite shower to be installed in her office at a quite remarkable cost. £ Plumbing 15,000 Electrics 4,000 Flooring 900 Ceilings 900 Painting 900 Furniture 1,200 Building work 5,500 Total 28,400 Makes the average BG quote for central heating seem absolutely modest. The mind boggles, particularly at the first two and last items. What on earth did she get for the money, and what on earth are the council tax payers of North Yorkshire getting for theirs? The report I read said that it was a replacement of an existing facility, and the estimate for the price was 20% of the final cost. "She was horrified at the cost of the personal shower. She could not believe how they had spiralled". Adrian Mind you, upset the Chief Constable, and the plumbers van could be getting its tyres & tax disc inspected by the boys in blue very regularly indeed ;-) -- steve |
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