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Monday, January 19, 2009
Bank and two kids to support!
Ayeright seems scunnered with the bankers:
'A recent Gurn article reported on the demise of the Old Town in Inverness ‘Old Town Closedown’?
Just as this feature made me nostalgic for when we used to have High Street shops, I am reminded by the following story of a time when we the public used to borrow money from the banks
I wonder if the good citizens of Nairn will start having coffee mornings and collection boxes in aid of our fallen lenders?'
Just as this feature made me nostalgic for when we used to have High Street shops, I am reminded by the following story of a time when we the public used to borrow money from the banks
I wonder if the good citizens of Nairn will start having coffee mornings and collection boxes in aid of our fallen lenders?'
Keeping MPs expenses secret, how will Danny Alexander vote?
Hi fellow Gurnites, I've just noticed a facebook group set up to alert folk about the vote on Thursday concerning MP's expenses. The group's webpage informs us:
'On the 16th of May 2008 the High Court ruled that MPs’ expenses must be published under the Freedom of Information Act.This Thursday, MPs are voting to change the law to keep their expenses secret after all, just before publication was due and after spending nearly a million of your pounds and seven months compiling the data.'
We can do something about it however:
'Please write to your MP about this through http://www.theyworkforyou.com/foiorder2009/ - ask them to lobby against this concealment, and tell them that http://TheyWorkForYou.com will be permanently and prominently noting those MPs who took the opportunity to fight against this regressive move. The millions of constituents who will check this site before the next election will doutbtless be interested.'
So the Gurnmeister has written to the local MP, let's see how he votes later this week. If you have a few moments why not send him an e-mail yourself through TheyWorkForYou.com
'On the 16th of May 2008 the High Court ruled that MPs’ expenses must be published under the Freedom of Information Act.This Thursday, MPs are voting to change the law to keep their expenses secret after all, just before publication was due and after spending nearly a million of your pounds and seven months compiling the data.'
We can do something about it however:
'Please write to your MP about this through http://www.theyworkforyou.com/foiorder2009/ - ask them to lobby against this concealment, and tell them that http://TheyWorkForYou.com will be permanently and prominently noting those MPs who took the opportunity to fight against this regressive move. The millions of constituents who will check this site before the next election will doutbtless be interested.'
So the Gurnmeister has written to the local MP, let's see how he votes later this week. If you have a few moments why not send him an e-mail yourself through TheyWorkForYou.com
Ballerina Ballroom Cinema ff Dreams +++ breaking news+++
Lights on downstairs this afternoon and a sound just like the one a hoover makes filtering out into a High Street.
To AyeRight vinegar was just something you put on your chips
'Shelves in even our local stores are awash with chemical items to make our sinks brighter, our whites whiter, and our wallets lighter, along with a host of other cleaning promises.
Living in Nairn, most of us are only too aware of where the waste that we pour or flush down the drain goes to, and from there out into the Firth from the sewer pipe on our East beach. There is a slight filtering/cleaning process that goes on in between, but I often wonder looking at the rows of cleaning items on shop shelves how much of this is pumped into the sea?
Here is a site that I’m almost scared to mention without letting shops know in advance. I have visions of a Delia like run on a product which will see the shelves devoid of the product for months. I can only suggest that you form an orderly queue and limit yourselves to one bottle per customer. Once you try it your chips will never get a look in, but our Firth might well be a cleaner place!'
Living in Nairn, most of us are only too aware of where the waste that we pour or flush down the drain goes to, and from there out into the Firth from the sewer pipe on our East beach. There is a slight filtering/cleaning process that goes on in between, but I often wonder looking at the rows of cleaning items on shop shelves how much of this is pumped into the sea?
Here is a site that I’m almost scared to mention without letting shops know in advance. I have visions of a Delia like run on a product which will see the shelves devoid of the product for months. I can only suggest that you form an orderly queue and limit yourselves to one bottle per customer. Once you try it your chips will never get a look in, but our Firth might well be a cleaner place!'
Could it happen here? A £50 penalty for feeding the gulls?
'Holidaymakers and residents in Burnham-On-Sea who feed seagulls or pigeons could face fines of up to £50 from next spring.'
Could a few crumbs get you in the same do-da as a doggie jobbie? i.e. with a wallet £50 lighter. How will the authorities distinguish between duck and swan lovers and fans of other birds?
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Holiday homes
AyeRight is all irate again:
Mere mention is enough to make the blood boil. Whole communities have been decanted of their young folk as incomers move into once ordinary humble properties, and inflate the cost of housing beyond the reach of the average wage. The problem is not just a Scottish one, but affects many rural communities throughout the UK.
‘Is it worth it’ the Timesonline asks of a property it features, Mains of Moyness steading.
Apparently the TOL reckons ‘the most sensible use of the property may be as a letting business’. Sensible no-doubt if you are aiming to invest the asking price of £225,000, but outrageous if you are a young person looking to buy a home in the place you were born.
The TOL reckons it would cost as much as the purchase price to renovate the steading into three properties, which at peak-period one might expect to let for ‘£500 per week’.
By my rough and ready reckoning if you have £450,000 sat doing nothing, it would take nearly six years renting all three properties at £500 per week before you broke even and moved into profit.
Is it worth it? I am sure someone somewhere will think so as their thousands sit in a bank accruing little interest in the current economic climate.
Meanwhile will another young Nairn face pack their bags to live somewhere else?
‘Is it worth it’ the Timesonline asks of a property it features, Mains of Moyness steading.
Apparently the TOL reckons ‘the most sensible use of the property may be as a letting business’. Sensible no-doubt if you are aiming to invest the asking price of £225,000, but outrageous if you are a young person looking to buy a home in the place you were born.
The TOL reckons it would cost as much as the purchase price to renovate the steading into three properties, which at peak-period one might expect to let for ‘£500 per week’.
By my rough and ready reckoning if you have £450,000 sat doing nothing, it would take nearly six years renting all three properties at £500 per week before you broke even and moved into profit.
Is it worth it? I am sure someone somewhere will think so as their thousands sit in a bank accruing little interest in the current economic climate.
Meanwhile will another young Nairn face pack their bags to live somewhere else?
Potential exclusive - Scottish Water to be sold off to pay for Nairn Bailey Bridge repairs
Trying at present to confirm from a second source. Thanks to Keeka Boo for the tip-off!
AyeRight is not sure which way his belt is going!
The diet adopted during the 2nd World War in the UK is regarded as one of the healthiest that we had in recent years. It meant cutting back on sugar and fat and eating more vegetables, and also for the UK to be more self sufficient in food production.
The population may have lost some weight but apparently we were healthier, although maybe went to bed and dreamt of chocolates?
Modern life has caught us out. We eat as though we are still toiling away doing manual labour (Which most of are not) and jumping in a car rather than walk anywhere. My journey to school was a 30 minute walk rather than a 5 minute car ride, but how many young folk would contemplate even a short journey on foot these days?
To make matters worse for our health recession is biting at our diets. Jay Rayner writes that value foods are now outselling quality lines in supermarkets such as Tescos Finest
. Worse, the nutritional content or indeed food content of value foods is exceedingly low just to save fractions of a penny on an item.
Meanwhile Fred Lee writing on the the wisebread site emplores us not to inhale our food! Fred is trying to guide Americans away from cheap junk food even though pricing can make that seem more attractive.
‘Health experts are concerned that the current economic downturn could have adverse public health consequences as more people, in the sensible quest to save money, turn to cheaper yet less-healthy eating choices, potentially aggravating the already prevalent obesity problem in this country.’
In the UK we have see the likes of Jamie Oliver doing battle with our bulges trying to change a nations poor eating habits.
Sad to think that a lack of money could lead to us having to loosen rather than tighten our belts!
The population may have lost some weight but apparently we were healthier, although maybe went to bed and dreamt of chocolates?
Modern life has caught us out. We eat as though we are still toiling away doing manual labour (Which most of are not) and jumping in a car rather than walk anywhere. My journey to school was a 30 minute walk rather than a 5 minute car ride, but how many young folk would contemplate even a short journey on foot these days?
To make matters worse for our health recession is biting at our diets. Jay Rayner writes that value foods are now outselling quality lines in supermarkets such as Tescos Finest
. Worse, the nutritional content or indeed food content of value foods is exceedingly low just to save fractions of a penny on an item.Meanwhile Fred Lee writing on the the wisebread site emplores us not to inhale our food! Fred is trying to guide Americans away from cheap junk food even though pricing can make that seem more attractive.
‘Health experts are concerned that the current economic downturn could have adverse public health consequences as more people, in the sensible quest to save money, turn to cheaper yet less-healthy eating choices, potentially aggravating the already prevalent obesity problem in this country.’
In the UK we have see the likes of Jamie Oliver doing battle with our bulges trying to change a nations poor eating habits.
Sad to think that a lack of money could lead to us having to loosen rather than tighten our belts!
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