Lack of maintenance is rife!

A metal railway bridge near me used to be blasted and painted every few
years when I was kid - now it is flaking with rust and hasn't been touched
for about 25 years.

A pub garden I sat in for a pint showed that no-one had taken an interest
since installing a patio heater. The slabs need power washing - the picnic
tables need de-crapping and maintaining.

In the toilet the push down taps either shut off immediately or rune for 10
mins.

At work, no-one replaces failed light bulbs as it now needs a requisition to
be completed and signed by the head of the function. It will then be fixed
within the 7 day service level agreement by the people who wander past it
several time a day and stand around waiting for something to do.

Etc
Etc


Regards

John

On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 22:01:02 +0100, "DerbyBoy" No-one
wrote:

Lack of maintenance is rife!

A metal railway bridge near me used to be blasted and painted every few
years when I was kid - now it is flaking with rust and hasn't been touched
for about 25 years.

Look closely at pictures of the elevated railways in New York and
Chicago...

Trouble is it will probably be about 170 years old so "the suits" that
control the money expect it to continue to perform in the next 10
years in the same way as it as has been doing in the last 170, they
have a big financial incentive to do so, and sometimes they are
correct.

A pub garden I sat in for a pint showed that no-one had taken an interest
since installing a patio heater. The slabs need power washing - the picnic
tables need de-crapping and maintaining.



This sort of thing is really expensive. The trouble is the Brewers
won't play fair with the licensees. In an attempt to get a bigger
market share they will sign up a licensee to take (so many) 1,000
pints of beer per week. Then, once the licensee is committed the
brewery will approach the next pub down the road and offer him beer at
half price for a few months. This gets him committed as well. Then the
landlord of the first pub loses money and goes out of business.

All in all this does nothing to increase the demand for beer, but
might get some slimy sales manager a bit closer to his target .

In the toilet the push down taps either shut off immediately or rune for 10
mins.

At work, no-one replaces failed light bulbs as it now needs a requisition to
be completed and signed by the head of the function. It will then be fixed
within the 7 day service level agreement by the people who wander past it
several time a day and stand around waiting for something to do.


This is an H&S issue. Don't forget it is your duty to report defective
or inadequate lights you encounter at work if you don't want to share
responsibility if (for instance) an elderly visitor trips over a
doormat, and busts the head off his femur.

Derek G.

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On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 22:01:02 +0100, "DerbyBoy" No-one
wrote:

Lack of maintenance is rife!

A metal railway bridge near me used to be blasted and painted every few
years when I was kid - now it is flaking with rust and hasn't been touched
for about 25 years.

Do It Yourself :-)

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Frank Erskine

On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:33:35 +0100, Frank Erskine
wrote:

On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 22:01:02 +0100, "DerbyBoy" No-one
wrote:

Lack of maintenance is rife!

A metal railway bridge near me used to be blasted and painted every few
years when I was kid - now it is flaking with rust and hasn't been touched
for about 25 years.

Do It Yourself :-)

Wire brush and Dettol. ;-)

Derek G.


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This Looks like Finito Ruperto.

On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:33:35 +0100, Frank Erskine wrote:

A metal railway bridge near me used to be blasted and painted
every few
years when I was kid - now it is flaking with rust and hasn't been

touched for about 25 years.

Road lobby starving the railways of business and goverment not being
interested in maintaining the countries infrastucture.

Do It Yourself :-)

Ah, Camerobs "Big Society".

(oo, I like that genuine typo!)

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Cheers
Dave.

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
ll.co.uk...
On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:33:35 +0100, Frank Erskine wrote:

A metal railway bridge near me used to be blasted and painted
every few
years when I was kid - now it is flaking with rust and hasn't been

touched for about 25 years.

Road lobby starving the railways of business and goverment not being
interested in maintaining the countries infrastucture.

Do It Yourself :-)

Ah, Camerobs "Big Society".

(oo, I like that genuine typo!)

Camoron?

Jim K

Tim Streater wrote:
In article o.uk,
"Dave Liquorice" wrote:

On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:33:35 +0100, Frank Erskine wrote:

A metal railway bridge near me used to be blasted and painted
every few years when I was kid - now it is flaking with rust and
hasn't been

touched for about 25 years.

Road lobby starving the railways of business and goverment not being
interested in maintaining the countries infrastucture.

The rail lobby is a few anoraks. The road lobby is everyone else. That's
assuming either lobby can be said to exist. The railways only run
because of a massive subsidy, so they are obviously using a
disproportionate amount of society's resources compared to other methods
of transportation.

and we don't subsidise road construction, maintenance. highway patrols,.
street lights, ?

Tim Streater wrote:
That's assuming either lobby can be said to exist. The railways only
run because of a massive subsidy,

The largest use of the railways is rail freight which receives
no public subsidy, is profitable, was why the railways were built
in the first place, and is struggling to expand because of the
restricted infrastructure.

JGH

On 03/08/2011 13:52, J.G.Harston wrote:
Tim Streater wrote:
That's assuming either lobby can be said to exist. The railways only
run because of a massive subsidy,

The largest use of the railways is rail freight which receives
no public subsidy, is profitable, was why the railways were built
in the first place, and is struggling to expand because of the
restricted infrastructure.

The amount of money spent on railways per 1000 tonne km carried in
2007-8 was £385.90. For roads, the figure was £48.07.

Colin Bignell

On 03/08/2011 11:51, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Tim Streater wrote:
In article o.uk,
"Dave Liquorice" wrote:

On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:33:35 +0100, Frank Erskine wrote:

A metal railway bridge near me used to be blasted and painted
every few years when I was kid - now it is flaking with rust and
hasn't been

touched for about 25 years.

Road lobby starving the railways of business and goverment not being
interested in maintaining the countries infrastucture.

The rail lobby is a few anoraks. The road lobby is everyone else.
That's assuming either lobby can be said to exist. The railways only
run because of a massive subsidy, so they are obviously using a
disproportionate amount of society's resources compared to other
methods of transportation.

and we don't subsidise road construction, maintenance. highway patrols,.
street lights, ?

Local roads, pavements, etc. are paid for from council funds and are
used by everyone, be they pedestrian, cyclist or driver. Part of that
money is provided from central government as grants, the rest from
council tax and council charges for services.

Classified roads are paid for from central government.

Total spending on transport as a whole (including trains and buses) is a
fraction of the tax collected from fuel and road fund license.

The rest of the money goes into the general pot, part of which is going
to the local roads, railways, buses, etc.

So no, I would say that road construction and maintenance isn't
subsidised. Highway patrols are just police, like we have everywhere
else in society and street lights are of far more importance to
pedestrians than drivers.

SteveW

On 03/08/2011 12:22, Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Tim Streater wrote:
In article o.uk,
"Dave Liquorice" wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:33:35 +0100, Frank Erskine wrote:

A metal railway bridge near me used to be blasted and painted
every few years when I was kid - now it is flaking with rust and
hasn't been

touched for about 25 years.

Road lobby starving the railways of business and goverment not being
interested in maintaining the countries infrastucture.
The rail lobby is a few anoraks. The road lobby is everyone else.
That's assuming either lobby can be said to exist. The railways only
run because of a massive subsidy, so they are obviously using a
disproportionate amount of society's resources compared to other
methods of transportation.
and we don't subsidise road construction, maintenance. highway
patrols,. street lights, ?

I thought the point of the road tax was to cover that.

That is what was claimed when it was introduced. However, these days, it
simply goes into central government funds. It is also about £3 billion
short of what is actually spent on roads.

Plus of course
the various taxes on fuel.

Those bring in a lot more to the central government funds.

Colin Bignell

DerbyBoy wrote:

A metal railway bridge near me used to be blasted and painted every few
years when I was kid - now it is flaking with rust and hasn't been
touched for about 25 years.

Doesn't it get shaken off regularly by the double decker buses and artic
trailers ramming it?

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
o.uk...
DerbyBoy wrote:

A metal railway bridge near me used to be blasted and painted every few
years when I was kid - now it is flaking with rust and hasn't been
touched for about 25 years.

Doesn't it get shaken off regularly by the double decker buses and artic
trailers ramming it?


Oh yes! they had the same problem with the Forth rail bridge until the
chunks started falling off from a great height and onto pedestrians, ships
and vehicles, H&S were in there like an express train (ha ha) didnt take
them long to start sorting it, mind you it took a few years to get it sorted
they had to cover the bridge in sheets to stop it falling below.

"SS" wrote in message
...

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
o.uk...
DerbyBoy wrote:

A metal railway bridge near me used to be blasted and painted every few
years when I was kid - now it is flaking with rust and hasn't been
touched for about 25 years.

Doesn't it get shaken off regularly by the double decker buses and artic
trailers ramming it?


Oh yes! they had the same problem with the Forth rail bridge until the
chunks started falling off from a great height and onto pedestrians, ships
and vehicles, H&S were in there like an express train (ha ha) didnt take
them long to start sorting it, mind you it took a few years to get it
sorted they had to cover the bridge in sheets to stop it falling below.
Hopefully they did a little more than that?!

Jim K

"DerbyBoy" No-one writes:

At work, no-one replaces failed light bulbs as it now needs a requisition to
be completed and signed by the head of the function. It will then be fixed
within the 7 day service level agreement by the people who wander past it
several time a day and stand around waiting for something to do.

Someone who used to teach in a small local school told me she had to
sneak around after hours replacing light bulbs, because she wasn't
allowed to do that and the local Council would take years to get round
to it.


--
Windmill, Use t m i l l
@ O n e t e l
. c o m

Windmill wrote:
"DerbyBoy" No-one writes:

At work, no-one replaces failed light bulbs as it now needs a
requisition to be completed and signed by the head of the function.
It will then be fixed within the 7 day service level agreement by
the people who wander past it several time a day and stand around
waiting for something to do.

Someone who used to teach in a small local school told me she had to
sneak around after hours replacing light bulbs, because she wasn't
allowed to do that and the local Council would take years to get round
to it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2004/mar/27/uknews

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In message
"ARWadsworth" wrote:

Windmill wrote:
"DerbyBoy" No-one writes:

At work, no-one replaces failed light bulbs as it now needs a
requisition to be completed and signed by the head of the function.
It will then be fixed within the 7 day service level agreement by
the people who wander past it several time a day and stand around
waiting for something to do.

Someone who used to teach in a small local school told me she had to
sneak around after hours replacing light bulbs, because she wasn't
allowed to do that and the local Council would take years to get round
to it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2004/mar/27/uknews

The electrician at work (large supermarket chain) told me that he
is NOT allowed to change plugs on appliances, We had to get a
bloke who drove an 80 mile round trip to supply a new cable for
the vacuum cleaner.

We sell electric plugs and in the past have taken them off the
shelf, but now everything needs a risk assessment for health and
saftey.


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Coach painting tips and techniques + Land Rover colour codes
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In article ,
wrote:
The electrician at work (large supermarket chain) told me that he
is NOT allowed to change plugs on appliances, We had to get a
bloke who drove an 80 mile round trip to supply a new cable for
the vacuum cleaner.

A rule obviously written by one with no clue. What is so special about the
'got in bloke' who does the repair?

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:29:14 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
wrote:
The electrician at work (large supermarket chain) told me that he
is NOT allowed to change plugs on appliances, We had to get a
bloke who drove an 80 mile round trip to supply a new cable for
the vacuum cleaner.

A rule obviously written by one with no clue. What is so special about the
'got in bloke' who does the repair?

He's the Dalai Lama ?

Derek G.

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
wrote:
The electrician at work (large supermarket chain) told me that he
is NOT allowed to change plugs on appliances, We had to get a
bloke who drove an 80 mile round trip to supply a new cable for
the vacuum cleaner.

A rule obviously written by one with no clue. What is so special about the
'got in bloke' who does the repair?

He's the guy who won the contract by being 5p per hour cheaper :-(

tim

In message
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
wrote:
The electrician at work (large supermarket chain) told me that he
is NOT allowed to change plugs on appliances, We had to get a
bloke who drove an 80 mile round trip to supply a new cable for
the vacuum cleaner.

A rule obviously written by one with no clue. What is so special
about the 'got in bloke' who does the repair?


The bloke who fixed or supplied the vacuum cleaner works for the
same supermarket but I don't know in what category as he was
wearing the same store uniform as everyone else and not the
official electricians name or logo.

Stephen.

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Coach painting tips and techniques + Land Rover colour codes
"Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble". Henry Royce