Another rant...Bloody new airport this time
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Right I'm off again.
I live in NW Kent and I'm currently being plagued by "old people" and "tree huggers" knocking on my door, accosting me in supermarkets and petrol statons, and mailing me their twisted self centred shite campaigning to not have a new super dooper airport to rival Heathrow built on my doorstep at the Hoo peninsula. Piss off and die you old sods it would take 10 years to build and by then most of you will be past caring anyway, just because you've retired and got time on your hands doesn't mean I want you campaigning for what you think I want. The facts are that the marshes while very desolote and bleek are indeed the "home" to alot of wild birds etc. These things can fly FFS they will soon piss off 40 miles to the other marshes that look almost identical on the Kent coast and live happily ever after. The Medway Towns is officially a depressed area (ok a depressing area) since the Navy pulled out of Chatham and closed the dockyard in the early 80's unemployment and the associated problems have been very apparent. A new airpot would create 70,000 jobs and transform the area into a thriving boom town. Fan Bloody Tastic it needs it and besides with a nice new airport on my doorstep if I want to go and look at an "area of great beauty" I can get on a plane and go to the Maldives which beats burnt out motors any day and with a thriving local economy I will be able to afford to.
I drive in every morning and endure the gauntlet of scrawled bed sheets from bridges saying "no to the airport" and "lobby your MP stop the airport" well that's it sod it I've had enough when I get home tonight I'm going to raid the airing cupboard get out my spray can and go for "Build the airport 70,000 local jobs is a good thing"......coming to a motorway bridge near you soon.
I live in NW Kent and I'm currently being plagued by "old people" and "tree huggers" knocking on my door, accosting me in supermarkets and petrol statons, and mailing me their twisted self centred shite campaigning to not have a new super dooper airport to rival Heathrow built on my doorstep at the Hoo peninsula. Piss off and die you old sods it would take 10 years to build and by then most of you will be past caring anyway, just because you've retired and got time on your hands doesn't mean I want you campaigning for what you think I want. The facts are that the marshes while very desolote and bleek are indeed the "home" to alot of wild birds etc. These things can fly FFS they will soon piss off 40 miles to the other marshes that look almost identical on the Kent coast and live happily ever after. The Medway Towns is officially a depressed area (ok a depressing area) since the Navy pulled out of Chatham and closed the dockyard in the early 80's unemployment and the associated problems have been very apparent. A new airpot would create 70,000 jobs and transform the area into a thriving boom town. Fan Bloody Tastic it needs it and besides with a nice new airport on my doorstep if I want to go and look at an "area of great beauty" I can get on a plane and go to the Maldives which beats burnt out motors any day and with a thriving local economy I will be able to afford to.
I drive in every morning and endure the gauntlet of scrawled bed sheets from bridges saying "no to the airport" and "lobby your MP stop the airport" well that's it sod it I've had enough when I get home tonight I'm going to raid the airing cupboard get out my spray can and go for "Build the airport 70,000 local jobs is a good thing"......coming to a motorway bridge near you soon.
I agree Mel - if a new airport's gonna be built, it should be in *your* back yard 
Seriously though, totally agree with your outlook on this... some people just hate change and can only see the bad things that *might* come from it.. like hurting the ickle birdies... bollocks.. bring on the jobs..
Have you accosted any of the numpties manning petition stalls in the local high street?
I monstered a couple of animal rights fcukwits earlier in the week, who were colecting signatures for a 'ban hunting' petition on Staines High Street.... Destroy their argument and unless they're thick skinned twats, they might reconsider their positions.. you never know..
Seriously though, totally agree with your outlook on this... some people just hate change and can only see the bad things that *might* come from it.. like hurting the ickle birdies... bollocks.. bring on the jobs..
Have you accosted any of the numpties manning petition stalls in the local high street?
I monstered a couple of animal rights fcukwits earlier in the week, who were colecting signatures for a 'ban hunting' petition on Staines High Street.... Destroy their argument and unless they're thick skinned twats, they might reconsider their positions.. you never know..
This has been going on for ever the debate on where the new airport is going to be , surly its got to be Stansted , not to far away its got all the m way limks and there is already an airport there .
The thing is the Nimby`s are always the one`s who have got nothing to gain , ie to bloody old .
Its the younger section of the community that will gain , and they do not seem to have a voice
The thing is the Nimby`s are always the one`s who have got nothing to gain , ie to bloody old .
Its the younger section of the community that will gain , and they do not seem to have a voice
Are these the same knobbers who lived next to RAF Manston (I think) for ages whilst it was a training base for the brylcream boys (ie. people who arn't qualified to fly yet looning overhead!),it was then closed down and was being considered for the site of Londons 6th airport, and what did the NIMBY's come back with............?
"WE DON'T WANT AN AIRPORT RUINING OUR PEACE AND QUIET"
Where the FCUK have you been living for the past few decades, if you buy a house next to an airport/airfield it's going to be noisy....mong!
"WE DON'T WANT AN AIRPORT RUINING OUR PEACE AND QUIET"
Where the FCUK have you been living for the past few decades, if you buy a house next to an airport/airfield it's going to be noisy....mong!
Mel, agree with your sentiments, and it should be built in Kent, or Kev up Stanstead a bit.
We've got the same going on up here because some Smart Alec has just realised that Birmingham airport is surrounded by houses and they can't easily expand further. So some planning gimp sees a nice bit of greenbelt land about 5 niles from my place and thinks "Hmm, we could move it there". Bloody brilliant, my house value goes down the gary glitter but at least it will only take me 5 minutes to get to the airport rather than the ludicrous pilgrimage down the M1 to Luton or fathom out how the hell to park around Heathrow.
Personally, I think an offshore airport with appropriate bridges would be a winner. We have the following choices as I see it:
1) Isle of Wight
2) Canvey Island
Sure, they'd need flattening but who would care ? Canvey's populated by a bunch of builders with no dress sense and poor taste in extremis and the Isle of Wight's full of shopowners selling funny coloured sand and seaside rock.
We've got the same going on up here because some Smart Alec has just realised that Birmingham airport is surrounded by houses and they can't easily expand further. So some planning gimp sees a nice bit of greenbelt land about 5 niles from my place and thinks "Hmm, we could move it there". Bloody brilliant, my house value goes down the gary glitter but at least it will only take me 5 minutes to get to the airport rather than the ludicrous pilgrimage down the M1 to Luton or fathom out how the hell to park around Heathrow.
Personally, I think an offshore airport with appropriate bridges would be a winner. We have the following choices as I see it:
1) Isle of Wight
2) Canvey Island
Sure, they'd need flattening but who would care ? Canvey's populated by a bunch of builders with no dress sense and poor taste in extremis and the Isle of Wight's full of shopowners selling funny coloured sand and seaside rock.
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Bloody brilliant, my house value goes down the gary glitter but at least it will only take me 5 minutes to get to the airport
Have you seen the cost of houses near Heatrow and Gatwick ??? Big employment means demand increases means prices go UP the gimps have used the house price arguement to me but bollocks I think I could be looking at house price doubling because of type and proximity, atleast then I could move somewhere nice
Mel
As usual you are spot on mate! I work in Coventry and have to drive every morning past hundreds of signs saying "Stop the Airport" too. These are mainly put up by snobby old bastards who have a "not in my backyard" mentality. They don't stop for one minute to think of the thousands of unemployed people round here who incidently are the same people who do all the stealing of cars,burgling etc that these same selfish old farts moan about. These people aren't bothered about jobs for local people or the countryside, just themselves.
I hope they build the Airport here and right in these stupid peoples back yards too!!
Rant over.
As usual you are spot on mate! I work in Coventry and have to drive every morning past hundreds of signs saying "Stop the Airport" too. These are mainly put up by snobby old bastards who have a "not in my backyard" mentality. They don't stop for one minute to think of the thousands of unemployed people round here who incidently are the same people who do all the stealing of cars,burgling etc that these same selfish old farts moan about. These people aren't bothered about jobs for local people or the countryside, just themselves.
I hope they build the Airport here and right in these stupid peoples back yards too!!
Rant over.
Actually, if you look at the website set up in protest for the airport that they want to build near us that Flash is on about, two things may be concluded:
1) We're out of the noise zone, so it's alright by me
2) If they built it about 3 miles to the left, it would obliterate Coventry. Not a bad idea, that.
PS - Flash, how do you get in and out of Coventry ? I've only managed the Ring Road, then got stuck. I reckon there's people who've been driving around it for years.
1) We're out of the noise zone, so it's alright by me
2) If they built it about 3 miles to the left, it would obliterate Coventry. Not a bad idea, that.
PS - Flash, how do you get in and out of Coventry ? I've only managed the Ring Road, then got stuck. I reckon there's people who've been driving around it for years.
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Mel, agree with your sentiments, and it should be built in Kent, or Kev up Stanstead a bit.
We've got the same going on up here because some Smart Alec has just realised that Birmingham airport is surrounded by houses and they can't easily expand further. So some planning gimp sees a nice bit of greenbelt land about 5 niles from my place and thinks "Hmm, we could move it there". Bloody brilliant, my house value goes down the gary glitter but at least it will only take me 5 minutes to get to the airport rather than the ludicrous pilgrimage down the M1 to Luton or fathom out how the hell to park around Heathrow.
Personally, I think an offshore airport with appropriate bridges would be a winner. We have the following choices as I see it:
1) Isle of Wight
2) Canvey Island
Sure, they'd need flattening but who would care ? Canvey's populated by a bunch of builders with no dress sense and poor taste in extremis and the Isle of Wight's full of shopowners selling funny coloured sand and seaside rock.
3) Isle of Sheppey. I went there once - it seemed to be populated mainly by Hyundai Stellar owners. Reason enough to flatten the place, I'd say.
Increase the size of Stansted please. I mean its just got fields around here - as if the farmers arent complaining about the state of the business anyway. I would presume that they would be just desperate to off-load the land....
Or are they? Nope, I think that you will find that a lot of the people objecting to Stansted are farmers... Why, cos they make a bleedin' fortune out of subsidies and dont want to see an end to their Gravy train.... Scum bags...
Cheers,
Paul
P.S. Anyone seen that "Livelyhood and Liberty" thing around? Quite tempted to create a "Conolise the Country" in response...
Or are they? Nope, I think that you will find that a lot of the people objecting to Stansted are farmers... Why, cos they make a bleedin' fortune out of subsidies and dont want to see an end to their Gravy train.... Scum bags...
Cheers,
Paul
P.S. Anyone seen that "Livelyhood and Liberty" thing around? Quite tempted to create a "Conolise the Country" in response...
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I go in on the M1/M45/A45 and work in the Marconi building in Whitley (although I don't work for Marconi). It never takes more than 35 minutes and I don't have to use the ring road.
And I bet you're at a steady 70 right along the M45, right ?
Setting of a great many speeding feats.
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Including an indicated 185 in the Cerb one Sunday a year or so ago.
Obviously wasn't me officer......
Used to work in Solihull and a small group of us used to take the company cars down there to "see what they could do". Someone managed 135 in a Rover 220 and I managed 125 in an Audi 80 1.8E!!! Still, the practice stopped when we spotted plod on one of the numerous bridges once..... couldnt risk it any more...
All in my youth of course - would never condone such actions any more....
Cheers,
Paul
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