tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post2133169025820772185..comments2024-03-13T10:32:22.656+00:00Comments on thanetonline: Royal Sands Development how dangerous can you get.Michael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-20385823725214341592009-11-24T16:33:27.781+00:002009-11-24T16:33:27.781+00:00not naive, but perplexed at 102 people assigned to...not naive, but perplexed at 102 people assigned to a regeneration budget where everything managed by the council is degenerating.<br /><br />perhaps the budget should be reassigned to real workers22.01noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-65951094597664416272009-11-23T23:07:35.604+00:002009-11-23T23:07:35.604+00:0022.01 so so naive the people in regeneration don&#...22.01 so so naive the people in regeneration don't actually get out and do anything apart from Derick in Margate, they are paper shufflers and box tickers not brush wielders.<br />As they say name and nature perhaps a local estate agent could do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-47364645260205986862009-11-23T22:01:37.087+00:002009-11-23T22:01:37.087+00:00to those who belittle michael and his attempts to ...to those who belittle michael and his attempts to get this abomination in the public domain;<br /><br />The council have spent £1m of our money having a collapsing wall with no foundations painted.<br /><br />before pouring scorn on his postings, contact your councillor and get them to start questioning those in authority.<br /><br />I see 102 people work in regeneration at TDC. Why could they not have been given a tin of sandtex and a paintbrush each?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-72114456336116295992009-11-23T19:33:17.731+00:002009-11-23T19:33:17.731+00:00Funny thing here chaps, it’s the aggressive trait ...Funny thing here chaps, it’s the aggressive trait that shows your gender nowt sexist here, the gals do it slightly different, you both know I am only a shop assistant however I have a passing interest in trickcyclology perhaps you would like my input.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-30695205038347787752009-11-23T18:34:02.539+00:002009-11-23T18:34:02.539+00:00Very revealing thank you JH. There was me thinking...Very revealing thank you JH. There was me thinking you were taking a swipe at me because I dared to not agree with you. I’ve obviously missed the significance of the word Annonymouse as it appears it has some comical undertone. Anyway, just to show there’s no hard feelings … Ha Ha!Annonymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17815757384930719025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-89896446106648502702009-11-23T15:25:33.246+00:002009-11-23T15:25:33.246+00:00To Annonymouse,
My apologies for having falsely a...To Annonymouse,<br /><br />My apologies for having falsely accused you.<br /><br />I named you 'Annonymouse' to poke fun at you. Did you not spot that?<br /><br />It was my intention to trigger a reaction that would cause you to change your blog ID.<br /><br />I agree that 'Annonymouse' is much more fun than my prosaic 'JH'. I wish now that I had kept 'annonymouse' for myself rather than donating it to you. <br /><br />I trust you have found my explanation revealing.John Holyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284672912775316883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-70089152402078037252009-11-23T14:45:40.297+00:002009-11-23T14:45:40.297+00:00Sorry Fred read what you said again, properly this...Sorry Fred read what you said again, properly this time, I parked down there quite a lot this summer too but not under the bulging bit. I can tell you that it is one bit I didn’t stand too close to when I took the pictures.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-38841331903173234732009-11-23T13:33:40.526+00:002009-11-23T13:33:40.526+00:00Michael,
I was referring to the fun fair *this su...Michael,<br /><br />I was referring to the fun fair *this summer* that was held in the harbour parade / harbour area. <br /><br />The people running the fair parked their vans up overnight on the pleasurama site. I can remember looking down on this from the cliff tops and watching them drive in.frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-82441980964857072612009-11-23T13:30:41.309+00:002009-11-23T13:30:41.309+00:00To JH - 23 November 2009 09:54
Oh dear JH, you...To JH - 23 November 2009 09:54<br /><br />Oh dear JH, you're still having trouble with your anonymous postings. It wasn't me, honest!! I'm the real Annonymouse you named a while ago!!<br /><br />It may help you to know that there's more than one anonymous person on the internet. I guess that's because they don't have the wit to think up something as outstanding as JH.<br /><br />P.S. Could you explain to me why you named me Annonymouse? Your explaination may be very revealing!Annonymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17815757384930719025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-76171128594256624042009-11-23T13:20:52.471+00:002009-11-23T13:20:52.471+00:00to the anonymous at 00:25,to the anonymous at 00:25,Annonymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17815757384930719025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-74492641277298503362009-11-23T11:51:03.279+00:002009-11-23T11:51:03.279+00:00to anonymous at 11:17,
Clearly, the meaning of th...to anonymous at 11:17,<br /><br />Clearly, the meaning of the word 'unique' escapes you.John Holyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284672912775316883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-37530999669657891952009-11-23T11:37:11.436+00:002009-11-23T11:37:11.436+00:00Fred it wasn’t last summer the fair was there see ...Fred it wasn’t last summer the fair was there see <a href="http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/funfair/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/funfair/index.htm</a> sorry the pictures go sideways, this was before the work started on the façade and the absence of foundations was exposed.<br /><br />19.36 click on the link to pictures of another cliff collapse in Ramsgate <a href="http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/collapse/" rel="nofollow">http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/collapse/</a> it gives you some idea of how far the concrete façade is likely to go out from the cliff if it falls down. 19.46 you may wish to consider the effects of all the rain that hits the cliff façade running down it on to the exposed ground that it is sitting on.<br /><br /><br />This would be particularly bad where the poor attempt to conceal the problem has left a gap where the water runs in and intensifies the problem.<br />Bertie what worries me most on the financial front is that I told them about the problem right at the beginning of the work that cost £1m, something along the lines of; don’t paint the wall until you have mended the foundations.<br /><br /><br />23.33 this link takes you to some of the engineers report on the cliff <a href="http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/tdc/id39.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/tdc/id39.htm</a> you can always pop into my bookshop if you want to look at the rest.<br /><br /><br />I last spoke to the engineer who wrote it last week, primarily to check with him that I wasn’t writing anything inaccurate and therefore scaremongering.<br /><br /><br />You have to appreciate that the engineers who work for firms that contract to the council have to be fairly careful about what they say.<br /><br /><br />00.25 I started asking the council about the stability of the cliff façade a considerable time before they commissioned the engineers report on it, once they had the report they then sat on it for nearly three years before I was aware of its existence. One of my councillors obtained it under the foi act and gave it to me. I then pressed the council to do something about it as I thought otherwise the derelict site would remain forever.<br /><br /><br />I believe it is important to post the information here for two reasons, one being that people are interested in what is a huge project, much larges than The Turner Contemporary and on a more prominent site, the other is that I hope the publicity will help get things moving along.<br /><br /><br />JH thanks for fielding some of my balls I didn’t have a chance to look at the blog last night as we had family round for a meal.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-62190268555187589422009-11-23T11:17:31.533+00:002009-11-23T11:17:31.533+00:00JH said 'Do you not have the wit to think up a...JH said 'Do you not have the wit to think up a unique id?'<br /><br />Pot and kettle!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-7586908906888140412009-11-23T09:54:19.465+00:002009-11-23T09:54:19.465+00:00to the anonymous at 00:25,
Can you not see that t...to the anonymous at 00:25,<br /><br />Can you not see that there are too many 'anonymous' on this blog and that it therefore confusing? <br /><br />Do you not have the wit to think up a unique id?<br /><br />Are you not the person that I renamed as 'annonymouse' a few weeks ago.<br /><br />In future I will ignore your anonymous blogs. Which is something that I should have done in the first place.John Holyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284672912775316883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-6941336244455929332009-11-23T09:48:51.597+00:002009-11-23T09:48:51.597+00:00to the annonymouse at 00:25,
And who are you tryi...to the annonymouse at 00:25,<br /><br />And who are you trying to defend? Perhaps it is some vested interest? <br /> <br />My intention was not to defend Michael, but rather to dispose of your unhelpful and uninformed argument.John Holyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284672912775316883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-91928013386841266612009-11-23T00:25:18.873+00:002009-11-23T00:25:18.873+00:00JH oh great defender of Micheal. Let me assure yo...JH oh great defender of Micheal. Let me assure you that Micheal is perfectly capable of defending himself, although I appreciate your concern.<br /><br />If Micheal was only trying to persuad TDC that there is a problem, then why would he put his information on a blog inviting readers comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-83330909755626635752009-11-23T00:04:45.665+00:002009-11-23T00:04:45.665+00:00Well thats all you get for a few squillion quid fr...Well thats all you get for a few squillion quid from TDC bean counters. What crack on the east cliff get some new double glazing in the margate offices that's what we really need.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-40687799875421531212009-11-22T23:47:54.776+00:002009-11-22T23:47:54.776+00:00re anonymous at 19:46,
Your comment does not make...re anonymous at 19:46,<br /><br />Your comment does not make sense, You are conflating the events.<br /><br />Besides the one in a thousand year floods only affected Cumbria and not the rest of the country as you imagine.John Holyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284672912775316883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-68570168681939899362009-11-22T23:42:33.198+00:002009-11-22T23:42:33.198+00:00To anonymous at 2333,
It is not you that Michael...To anonymous at 2333, <br /><br />It is not you that Michael is trying to convince. It is TDC. Whether or not you take notice will not affect the outcome.John Holyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284672912775316883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-59807236639779758442009-11-22T23:38:27.099+00:002009-11-22T23:38:27.099+00:00To Fred,
My sincere apologies. I misunderstood y...To Fred, <br /><br />My sincere apologies. I misunderstood you.John Holyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284672912775316883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-19604028094737344382009-11-22T23:33:02.284+00:002009-11-22T23:33:02.284+00:00My concern Micheal is your scaremongering. It is ...My concern Micheal is your scaremongering. It is all well and good suggesting problems but what evidence (apart from your Sherlock impressions)do you have. Put out a collection box and get a structural engineers report, then I might take a bit of notice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-53659168129055291882009-11-22T23:30:34.828+00:002009-11-22T23:30:34.828+00:00Michael, if my youngsters had a bulge in their tro...Michael, if my youngsters had a bulge in their trousers at 18 months, as big as the bulging and cracking on this covered chalk face of similar age, I would be seriously worried! <br />Time for TDC to call in their contractors (paid £1,000,000?) to explain why specs of 230mm and foundations were not met?<br /><br />TDC has a problem now and the sooner it realises that your free monitoring and inspection service is potential evidence to be drawn on when the inevitable happens, the better. Unless it does something to address the problem,it seems as if it is only a question of when, not if, a collapse occurs.Bertie Biggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197385124719226254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-52552727307145650472009-11-22T20:06:50.031+00:002009-11-22T20:06:50.031+00:00To JH,
I'm afraid my post was rather ambiguou...To JH,<br /><br />I'm afraid my post was rather ambiguous. My point was that any danger to Michael from ongoing building work (deep holes, dangerous plant etc) hadn't changed significantly since the summer, as there wasn't any work in progress at the moment.<br /><br />Michael's discoveries regarding the state of the cliff face worry me and I wonder how close to the cliff face any new excavation work will be.<br /><br />I tend to consider myself to be a sceptic, when it comes down to having faith in the authorities.frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-89427091315917454592009-11-22T19:46:30.833+00:002009-11-22T19:46:30.833+00:00What has been reassuring is that the once in 1000 ...What has been reassuring is that the once in 1000 year floods that have raged the rest of the country have not had any effect on Ramsgate seafront! Despite Michael Child's concerns!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-22030057845380974732009-11-22T19:36:28.982+00:002009-11-22T19:36:28.982+00:00Perhaps TDC are doing something about it....the in...Perhaps TDC are doing something about it....the inexplicable new hoarding position allows a greater free area into which the chalk /rubble can fall and by deferring any building works for 12 months ensures (almost) that no one will be underneath when it does. <br />Just a cynical thought.<br />PMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com