What to spend our money on!

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 08 Oct, 2009 6:46 pm

YEP:Car flips at roundaboutA PENSIONER was taken to hospital and a car flipped on its roof in an accident at 9.10am yesterday at the A6120 ring road and Station Road in Cross Gates, Leeds.A Honda CRV and a Ford Ka collided on the roundabout. The Ka overturned and the driver of the Honda, a 79-year old Colton woman, was taken to hospital with "non-life threatening" injuries.Hope they weren't confused wondering what the brightly coloured civil engineering works in the middle were all about?

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Thu 08 Oct, 2009 8:56 pm

chameleon wrote: YEP:Car flips at roundaboutA PENSIONER was taken to hospital and a car flipped on its roof in an accident at 9.10am yesterday at the A6120 ring road and Station Road in Cross Gates, Leeds.A Honda CRV and a Ford Ka collided on the roundabout. The Ka overturned and the driver of the Honda, a 79-year old Colton woman, was taken to hospital with "non-life threatening" injuries.Hope they weren't confused wondering what the brightly coloured civil engineering works in the middle were all about? They were probably wondering which half-wit painted the damn things red, white and black (on a Sunday afternoon if another story in the YEP is to be believed). Talk about sneaky!

Croggy2 · Post by **Croggy2** » Fri 09 Oct, 2009 7:13 pm

The 'red' looked more red/brown to me - until this evening when I noticed they are now also illuminated!

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 09 Oct, 2009 9:25 pm

Croggy2 wrote: The 'red' looked more red/brown to me - until this evening when I noticed they are now also illuminated! Does the Council have a Green Policy in terms of Carbon Footprint?Perhaps one of the Local Councillors looking in could justify this latest addition in terms of an environmental impact assessment?

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Fri 09 Oct, 2009 9:35 pm

Drove past tonight and noticed that the sheep are back again.

Post by **chameleon** » Mon 12 Oct, 2009 8:27 pm

In the ubiquitous YEP today there is (yet another) piece about 'the gates'. It seems now that the initial figure of £k143 now includes the stone and the lighting (not the sheep though).That said, it looks as though the respray of antoher £k11 or so is on top of this and, wait for it, yes there's another £k46 being put in the piggy-bank for maintenance over the next ten years.I tell, you, if gates cost that much to look after, there's no wonder farmers tell us they're going bankrupt

Si · Post by Si » Tue 13 Oct, 2009 12:32 pm

£11 grand to respray? £11 grand!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????? Jeeeeez...

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 13 Oct, 2009 1:53 pm

Si wrote: £11 grand to respray? £11 grand!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????? Jeeeeez... ....and for some 'minor alterations'. All that and they couldn't get it right first time round?

Si · Post by Si » Tue 13 Oct, 2009 2:06 pm

chameleon wrote: Si wrote: £11 grand to respray? £11 grand!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????? Jeeeeez... ....and for some 'minor alterations'. All that and they couldn't get it right first time round? In Otley, we got a bit of dry-stone wall and a lump of rock with "Otley" carved on it. Don't know what it cost, but I'd guess less than £11,000! Bloody hope so, anyway!

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 13 Oct, 2009 4:24 pm

Talking of things on roundabouts has stirred a small memory - there is a roundabout down the estate at the junction of Farm Road and Pool Road close to the school.In the centre was a single lowley gas lamp, long gone of course and can't have done much other than show the road went round it!Long gone of course but does anyone remember any others in unusual places I wonder?