Hooray Hall - Adventures of a Handyman Part 2

[Handyman]

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Just before I turn in, here is a vid of the top garden and the wildlife pond. If I sound a little fed up I shot this on the day before the West Country Floods and the Tunnel collapse.



At least In the last 2 weeks I have started to make headway and the garden is coming back to life. First sunny day after I have battled all 6 1/2 acres of weeds I will show you what it really does look like (if we ever get that far )

Regards, Handy

[cymruambyth]

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Ah how sweet.

[Handyman]

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Just so Folk don't start thinking Handy is getting too serious here we are back to normal.

A couple of evenings ago it was wet and cold. Millie the Cat came in through her window and evicted Cassie the Border Terrier from her bed.

She must have felt cold because before she settled she dragged one of my T shirts off the washing pile to use it as a blanket.


I kid you not. That Cats more than half Human
It wouldn't have been that bad but the Terrier had dragged her bed into the middle of the doorway and we had to keep stepping over her to get into the kitchen.

Regards all, Handy

[Handyman]

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Well I'm turning in for the night now having spent 8 solid hour trawling the web.

My memory isn't as good as it used to be (maybe the scrump has something to do with it).

It's just that this little maggot has got into my brain.

So I started looking for definitive proof that Cargill Plc are connected to Marlin and that the money goes off shore as I have read some articles that say Judgements obtained because they have no registration in the UK may be tainted.

Cargill are not a cheery Farmer Giles Agricultural Company. They are one of the US largest private countries and have a poor reputation. Slavery and Death being the least of the allegations levelled against them.

I doubt that we will ever get a firm connection, save what is already known that a Cargill employee is also the UK rep for Phoenix (UK)sarl (Luxembourg).

My journey has taken me all what I have found is that Marlin are linked to DCA's in the US and Australia, who have the same reputation and tactics as they use here.

I have linked at least 2 employees of Blacktip (part of Marlin) I must researched the current Yorkshire base owners of Marlin to see how they fit in.

I'm not ready to post on anything other than this thread until I can double check everything I have looked at. There are more red herrings, smoke and mirrors than anything. I don't want folk to think I'm turning into David Icke.

At the end of the day I may not find a single thing that can help beat the DCA's and their disregard for consumer law. But at least folk will know how global this is and how seemingly respectable organisations invest in these companies.

I also find it interesting that people who were in charge of Organisations pushing Credit Cards and Sub Prime, now work in organisations collecting on the debt they sold you that you can no linger pay. Seems to me they get it both ways.

My heads on overdrive, I hope you all sleep better than me tonight.

Regards all, Handy

[Handyman]

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OK so I know we will never be able to get to the people at the top of the Debt Industry. But it won't do any harm to keep an eye on them. One thing I have discovered in this last couple of days is that there are a lot of links between seemingly unrelated companies and solicitors. Nothing I have found is new. Others before me a lot smarter and savvy have already looked into this.

So Ok I'm not up on consumer law, on here I don't have to be because we have some of the best experts in the country to call on.

I do know to be careful in what I post because some of these folk can be vicious in protecting there so called good reputation. I ask myself how can they sleep straight in bed at night.

They probably can because they are doing a good job in earning their Investors (Individuals, Hedge Funds, Banks and other assorted organisations) a good return.

The employees at the coal face of this industry are either payment on results led or have no social conscience.

I find it incredible that someone who leaves one organisation under a cloud makes it to the top in another in the same field.

They talk about compliance, but then bend the rules to suit themselves. Clarity? how can an organisation with 8 or more Data licences and 10 or more company names provide you with an accurate SAR.

I don't understand how it all works, but I'm prepared to spend time to learn.


It seems to me that a lot of the profits go off shore?

Confused, you bet I am.

Angry, Flippin Right.

Regards, Handy

[Numpty Monkey]

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Who ever inspected the fall should be well and truly reamed out for missing this.

Regards all, Handy

They'll get a bonus for saving the council money
(In the short run)

[Handyman]

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Can't understand why no one took a proper look at the fall. Like I said Folk have been taking their family's up to the site to rubberneck. The council have said they have surveyed the site and made arrangements to start the repairs?

One Chap I know that saw it on the day it happened, joked that he hoped no one was driving underneath when it happened.

When it came down I was only @ 4 miles away waiting with the driver of the specialist rescue team that were looking for Stepson.

That's what makes it all the more poignant, as all the time Chris was safe if not a little wet. He only got into trouble because he was too cocky to pull over and phone for directions.

Regards, Handy

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

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I regret to say that I hadn't heard of this (haven't watched the news for ages) but what a terrible tragedy. Yes, it was a busy weekend but why wasn't the mudslide thoroughly inspected. You can't just assume that there was no-one trapped

What a terrible way to die.

Quite - in turds, side by side.

[Pixie]

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I regret to say that I hadn't heard of this (haven't watched the news for ages) but what a terrible tragedy. Yes, it was a busy weekend but why wasn't the mudslide thoroughly inspected. You can't just assume that there was no-one trapped

What a terrible way to die.

[Handyman]

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Hi all, I have to report a tragedy. You will probably have seen reports on the National news about the poor couple buried alive in the Beaminster Tunnel. LINK Couple lay dead for up to week in car under 700 tonnes of mud after tunnel landslide - Telegraph

This happened around the time I got the call that stepson Christo-fires car had sunk.

We started hearing rumours about this last evening. At first all the locals thought this was some sort of Hoax. The report says 700 tons of debris had fallen. But it only looks like 200 on all the pictures I have seen. Before I go on this is only 2 villages away from Hooray Hall.

The council said in the local rag they expected to have the road open in about 3 weeks. Not because of the amount of Muck that came down, they said the road surface had lifted? Judging by the pictures I could shift the fall in a couple of hours with a JCB.

Now this says something about Dorset County Council Highways department. 10 days on and apart from placing a few diversion signs, absolutely not one thing had been done about clearing the fall and opening the road which is the main route between Bridport and Yeovil.

Who ever inspected the fall should be well and truly reamed out for missing this.

Not surprised really as at the moment all they are bothered about is the New County Hall (which only the Councillors wanted) and the Olympic sailing venue at Portland which is going to inconvenience and cost the locals a fortune.

Now the conditions that day were atrocious. The Firemen who came out to help rescue Chris risked life and limb to cross the river to get to him. But why the hell the fall wasn't properly inspected? Families have been taking their kids out to rubberneck at the site.

Some things you just can't work out. I just hope for this couple the end came quick. Next County Council election I am going to have a go at our local chap. Banned for drinking and Driving. (Assaulted 3 coppers who arrested him after a Council Junket).

Spends every Saturday in the Local holding council with the Bar Fly's. His remit Road Safety

Regards all, Handy

[Handyman]

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Good Evening all. I just thought I would call in to knock the dust off the adventures thread.

You know even for an old computer illiterate duffer like me, you can still learn something new if you put in the time.

I have some photo's and videos to add but haven't got round to it yet as a fair bit of my time over the last couple of days has been spent trawling the interwobble.

I now know a lot more than I did before about Wealth Management and Investment Banking.

It really is a shark pool out there. I have come to realise I would rather live on the worst council estate than live in a Stock Broker belt.

Even Folks like the Hoorays who use the services of investment companies and wealth managers would sleep less soundly in their beds if they knew some of the ways their profits were being made.

About 85% of this country's tax revenue comes from the likes of you and I. The remaining 15% from the Banks and the Financial sector, and they say they are carrying the rest of us

Everything I have found is already out there in the public domain. Most of it has been looked at and researched by folks a whole lot more intelligent than old Handy.

Besides those that know me, know Handy doesn't do Business or Politics.

I don't want to screw up any existing threads so when I get my thoughts together ( I do think occasionally but it gives me a headache) I will post it on a new thread.

Regards to all, Handy

[Handyman]

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If the stupid buggers don't like paying to have the verges cut, why not put weed-killer on them?

Or you could use weed-killer on the verges.

I have thought about it. I also thought if it were as dry as last year (sadly not a chance) a carelessly dropped pipe dottle may be the cure.

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

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If the stupid buggers don't like paying to have the verges cut, why not put weed-killer on them?

Or you could use weed-killer on the verges.

[Handyman]

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Well I'm well and truly knockered tonight. I have been on the strimmer most of the day.

First job was to cut the verge on the main road as the council only do a narrow strip. The means when the rest of the verge gets knee high unless your in a high vehicle you can't see the traffic speeding round the bend.

Next job was to strim several hundred meters of Hooray lane (both sides) as the rain has collapsed all the nettles, ferns and brambles into the road, which is scratching the hell out of the cars.

Last thing today Lady H said she didn't think she should pay me for doing the lane! Now agreed the council should do it twice a year.

But since the Fod Scrotums put up a misleading sign stating it is a private road, the council don't want to know.

They will only maintain the road when it is of benefit to them.

Lady Hooray said your the only one who cares about your car that's why you did it.

Wrong I said, last year when I told you I wouldn't do it because I'm not insured to do it, you insisted. When you pull out in front of someone it will be classed as your fault for driving carelessly and when you go to trade in your car and find it's a £1,000 less than you hopes because the bodywork is naffed you will be bothered.

It's not for me to chase the council or the Fod Scrotums to get the lane maintained as you are the land owner.

But your right come Friday just pay me 2 hours less. I will stand to the sweat, but you pay for the petrol.

Ooooo That BL@@dy Woman.

Highlight of the day, Stepson Christofire has finally got his courtesy car and left. A visit is nice but I always have a week of clearing up the trail of destruction the arrogant S@D leaves behind.

Regards to all, Handy

[Handyman]

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Just been watching Caroline Spellman the Environment Minister visiting a new development in Devon. She was saying how well the flood defences had worked and how local councils could approach central government for extra cash to repair damaged defences.

I found this on a Peterborough community site.

Unfilled sandbags are probably the best form of emergency flood defence and usually you can get them from the council but when everyone wants them at the same time and they do arrive UNFILLED it's best to make you own arrangements! Click the link above for one of the best suppliers, they work out at about 90 pence each plus the cost of the sand.

The average house will need around 50 for just basic defence filling door frames, covering airvents and lining french windows. The next action is to get some coarse sand from your local builders merchants and start filling. If you have time move all your valuables to upper floors in your house,and lay in supplies. Remember that floodwater is essentially sewage and if the flooding is severe manhole covers will 'pop' and leave gaping holes and deep open drains and drain chambers. So don't even think of wading along where you think the pavement should be.


We also suggest that you don't rely on the Environment Agency for any practical help at all other than advisory help lines and television warnings. The simple fact is that successive governments, have ruthlessly cut back on flood defence measures and following the Environment Agency takeover of the NRA National Rivers Authority, dredging and river works were also cut right back and the fabled man on the sluice gate given his cards.

Now Unfilled Sandbags are as much use as a chocolate fire-guard. Now speaking as an old Army Engineer Sand Bagging is an art in itself.

Filling them is a real pain. Why can't councils supply them ready for use.

Yesterday I watched a Farmer dig a new drainage ditch by the side of his farm. He had lost livestock in the flood. He told me he had been onto the county council for years to sort the drainage. They told him they couldn't do a ditch because if any one put their car in it they could be held responsible. Likewise if he did it he could be sued. So he said I'm doing anyway. If anyone asks the flood washed a groove down the side of the lane.

I told him he should bill the council and the environment agency for the damage to his home.

Likewise if anyone puts their car in the new ditch it's because they were driving unsafely down a single track road. More than likely they were visiting the pub at the end of the lane and relying on the fact that there is only a 1000/1 chance of being pulled by the law in our part of the country.

Regards all Handy.