Broithe Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 I still think it's a bit much to have to part with money to blow your tyres up in a service station these days. Not only that, but the cost seems to have gone up a lot in recent years. Ah, well, I suppose it's just inflation. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 1 hour ago, Broithe said: I still think it's a bit much to have to part with money to blow your tyres up in a service station these days. Not only that, but the cost seems to have gone up a lot in recent years. Ah, well, I suppose it's just inflation. Somebody paid for the machine and the private property it is located on (lease/rent/capital), probably also paying commercial rates. There's no such thing as a free lunch. In the old days free water and air pumps were seen as a marketing draw to bring people unto a retail site (ie filling station probably with a shop). Perhaps the pay per use hardware is more robust and therefore up to public abuse. 1 hour ago, Broithe said: I still think it's a bit much to have to part with money to blow your tyres up in a service station these days. Not only that, but the cost seems to have gone up a lot in recent years. Ah, well, I suppose it's just inflation. Why do people want to blow up anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 5 minutes ago, Noel said: Why do people want to blow up anything? Discussing that could lead us into a political area... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbo675 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 14 hours ago, Noel said: Somebody paid for the machine and the private property it is located on (lease/rent/capital), probably also paying commercial rates. There's no such thing as a free lunch. In the old days free water and air pumps were seen as a marketing draw to bring people unto a retail site (ie filling station probably with a shop). Perhaps the pay per use hardware is more robust and therefore up to public abuse. Why do people want to blow up anything? My Dear Noel, In answer to your question and by way of provoking positive free thought generally: Should you study Adam Smith's quote below and have a good think about the effect of usurious interest upon money upon economics, and also find out which countries in the world provide free electricity to their populations after introducing state run banks that do not levy usurious interest upon the bonds that they issue rather than privately owned central banks that do. You might then work out why there are wars that require things to be blown up. "Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased." The law has been inverted, subverted and perverted in ways that have become normal to the point that creative labour is no longer valued but instead the currency that is created out of thin air is and worse still we have to work to credit interest to it. You know the system we are living it The realisation of what I have written above really ought to lighten everyone's mood world wide should such a shift in the paradigm take place. Gibbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 2 hours ago, gibbo675 said: You might then work out why there are wars that require things to be blown up. I'd posit that the three main reasons there are wars which require things to be blown up are: 1. Religion. 2. Scarcity of Resources. 3. Mental Ill-health. I'm sure there are other excuses / reasons, but those three cover the majority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 2 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said: I'd posit that the three main reasons there are wars which require things to be blown up are: 1. Religion. 2. Scarcity of Resources. 3. Mental Ill-health. I'm sure there are other excuses / reasons, but those three cover the majority. Sometimes all three combine... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 7 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said: I'd posit that the three main reasons there are wars which require things to be blown up are: 1. Religion. 2. Scarcity of Resources. 3. Mental Ill-health. I'm sure there are other excuses / reasons, but those three cover the majority. You forgot Guinness shortages, and bustitutions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 (edited) 3 hours ago, jhb171achill said: You forgot Guinness shortages, and bustitutions. JHB Give going teatotal and long distance bus a chance good for the health and avoids the stress of 'modern day rail travel. Been of alcohol for several years (aggravates my gout) has imporved my health and last year enjoyed a 238mile bus ride from Minneapolis to Fargo, I was tempted to drive from Chicago but wife said No! No nonesence with long distance trains in my part of the World except those aimed at foreign tourists and run at a profit Must now join some fundamentalist religious sect. Edited September 3 by Mayner 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 2 hours ago, Mayner said: Must now join some fundamentalist religious sect. Might I suggest the Inch Abbey Parpists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 2 hours ago, Mayner said: .....Must now join some fundamentalist religious sect. Suggest the Pastafarians. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Probably start my own fundamentalist sect (cult) on the prosperity theology model. Members chip in 10% of their earnings in the hope of eternal salvation, health and wealth in this world (1st dibs on IRM & MM new releases, all I need is a decent suit, top of the line BMW, a mansion and some slaves to build a decent layout. Wife says that these days I look like an Old Testement Prophet with my long grey hair and beard though my teenage child thinks I look more like a Rock Star though I can't play or sing . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 8 hours ago, Mayner said: Probably start my own fundamentalist sect (cult) on the prosperity theology model. Members chip in 10% of their earnings in the hope of eternal salvation, health and wealth in this world (1st dibs on IRM & MM new releases, all I need is a decent suit, top of the line BMW, a mansion and some slaves to build a decent layout... . The charismatic preacher business is a lucrative one, especially in American or African Christianity. Although the industry sometimes looks oversubscribed, there's always room for another preacher because "God will provide"..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 1 hour ago, Horsetan said: The charismatic preacher business is a lucrative one, especially in American or African Christianity. Although the industry sometimes looks oversubscribed, there's always room for another preacher because "God will provide"..... Very true! Elements in the U S and A will commercialise anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 From Viz... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinner75 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 I always loved the Top Tips in Viz! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 (edited) 19 hours ago, jhb171achill said: Very true! Elements in the U S and A will commercialise anything! No shortage of religious cults in this part of the World and a few that preach Prosperity Theology common demonators are leaders (not always charasmatic) with a lust for power, control and sometimes wealth. Not that we ever had anything remotely similar in Ireland https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350306415/new-zealand-cults-hit-world-stage#:~:text=Many of the other presenters,Jehovah's Witnesses and Destiny Church. Edited September 5 by Mayner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 To be fair to the religious crew, model railways is virtually a cult, with various sects considering each other as heretics... There are those who would burn others at the stake, if they could agree on the dimensions of the fire and get the smell of the smoke right. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 18 minutes ago, Broithe said: To be fair to the religious crew, model railways is virtually a cult, with various sects considering each other as heretics... There are those who would burn others at the stake, if they could agree on the dimensions of the fire and get the smell of the smoke right. “Yiz’ll all burn in hell, on the wrong gauge and with the WRONG couplings!!!” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 (edited) 9 hours ago, Broithe said: To be fair to the religious crew, model railways is virtually a cult, with various sects considering each other as heretics... There are those who would burn others at the stake, if they could agree on the dimensions of the fire and get the smell of the smoke right. In my expericnce the model railway cult seemed to be a lot more Tribal, Sectarian when I lived in Ireland than in clubs in the English Home Counties. Club members in Dublin struggled to classify me as a member of a particular tribe or sect as I always seemed to be changing loyalties and beliefs, changing from OO British outline (Western Region) to N Scale Irish before turning to Irish 4mm on 21mm gauge God forgive. My English railway friends took it in their stride my running of N Gauge American, side by side with OO and EM British outline and the odd Irish 21mm gauge competition item. I guess I fit into the dissenter/heritic field in model railways as I am always questioning my beliefs/allegiences and doing my own thing, my great grandfathers on both sides were 'proper Protestants" (Scots and English) who held their beliefs despite marrying strong minded girls from old Irish families. Similarly in the preservation world during my time with the Welsh Highland (64 Company) I was simply know as the "Main Man" someone who knew what they were doing and could lead and get things done on the construction and civil engineering side. Edited September 5 by Mayner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishmail Posted Wednesday at 07:49 Share Posted Wednesday at 07:49 Thought this may be of interest! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted Wednesday at 12:14 Share Posted Wednesday at 12:14 I'm now in Dublin en route to Denver having cleared US immigration. In the lounge in time for lunch Cheers Darius 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted Thursday at 12:07 Share Posted Thursday at 12:07 The flight path to Denver from Dublin took us due north so I was able to get a few snaps of places visited many years ago… Carlingford Lough. Lough Neagh foreground With Aldergrove Airport centre - just below the cloud. You can also see the former Langford Lodge airfield. North coast - Portstewart and Portrush. Cheers Darius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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