Life Spugs because...

[Peter Wolf]

utter tosh.

They are going to have to produce more as they have no choice.

Producing more would be illegal - so no they won't.

Why not wait until the entire maintenance program is 100 percent complete before ceasing to manufacture the paint ?

a) Because making it in 2011 will be illegal, as everybody apparently knew well ahead of time.
b) so why not start the painting earlier, so there'd be time to buy more if it ran out; or buy enough paint to allow a good margin of error for any shortfalls? Answer: because then people would be bitching about wasting taxpayers money.

I'm not sure if you're also complaining about the directive itself - If so I'm surprised - I know you hate the EU, but for someone who often complains about "chemical laced GM food" and "poisoned water supply", I'd expect you to welcome directives that seek to protect us from toxic shit.

Seems like everybody's just making a fuss over over nothing - just use another fecking colour, it's not important!

You have to paint the houses in one color and one color only.There is no choice involved.

While a couple of your points were fair not all of them where and the fact remains you have a directive that is clashing with an ongoing unfinished maintenance contract with a deficit or non-availabilty of materials needed to complete the program.

Another fact is that there clearly was not enough paint manufactured to complete the program or that some bought too much and if others buy too much then again that will result in a shortfall of paint.The only solution to that would have been to allocate a specific amount of paint per property.Also iwas not given a specific date as to when the directive came into effect plus it should have been in stock until the day it was illegal rather than just letting remaining stocks dwindle until nothing is left.


Answer: the paint manufacturer should have manufactured a surplus to be carried over into the new year or provided an alternative which again i will reiterate my previous point that the manufacturer was contracted to supply paint to every property which they havent done and now cant do because there are a percentage of properties that for one reason and another have not being painted so something is going to have to give.

You Ass-ume that everyone knew but there are a percentage of properties that are owned by neglectful non compliant disorganised property owners and absentee landlords etc etc.This is a 5 yearly maintenance contract enforced by an act of parliament that dates back to the construction of the estate in the 1st quarter of the 19th cent.

I should also point out that wasting taxpayers money is irrelevent here as this is private sector housing that is not subsidised in any way by taxpayers.None of it concerns taxpayers.

If i go through the right channels since i have some useful contacts i can find a solution.

[Dandontdare]

You have to paint the houses in one color and one color only.There is no choice involved.

Is that a law or just a statute? 

You don't explain WHY all the houses have to be the same. Sounds awful to me. Anyway it can't be hard to find a non-toxic similar colour. The world's not going to end if it's a shade darker. Who's going to riot? who's going to sue?

PS We're not Americans - it's COLOUR dammit! 

[Peter Wolf]

You have to paint the houses in one color and one color only.There is no choice involved.

Is that a law or just a statute?  

You don't explain WHY all the houses have to be the same. Sounds awful to me. Anyway it can't be hard to find a non-toxic similar colour. The world's not going to end if it's a shade darker. Who's going to riot? who's going to sue?

PS We're not Americans - it's COLOUR dammit!  

Its a conservation area.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LlsPX_M43aAJ:www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm%3Frequest%3Dc1135761+brunswick+repainting+year&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-a

I am going to have to :

A:See if any other contractors have any to spare

B:Match the color with another paint from another company.

C:Contact the curator of the Regency Town House which is a museum within the square who i know very well and go from there and contact English Heritage,the council,the paint manufacturer and Patrick Baty [Papers and Paints] who is a paint color specialist and work something out.

I have to redecorate and repair the museum house in the spring and if there isnt paint for that then there is a problem.

Apologies for multiple posting.

[Noisybast]

Can you not just get B&Q to mix some up for you?

[TordelBack]

Can you not just get B&Q to mix some up for you?

Certainly someone is doing some stirring....


I do feel Peter's pain here.  I was once involved in a heritage project with a different but equally irritating situation, where the contractor had had a particular type of slate approved by the State heritage client for a huge restoration job, and then halfway through announced that the only quarry that produced that slate had closed.  After many long and boring meetings where the State representatives insisted that they could only use the original stone, it emerged that the contractor might just know where were stockpiles of said slate could be acquired... but for a vastly inflated price, and entirely additional to the contract price.  It wasn't hard to form the impression that one hand was washing the other and that more than stone was at stake.

[Noisybast]

Can you not just get B&Q to mix some up for you?

Certainly someone is doing some stirring....

Busted

Sorry Peter - I'm in work, bored and ill. Idle hands and all that...

[Peter Wolf]

Can you not just get B&Q to mix some up for you?

Certainly someone is doing some stirring....

Busted

Sorry Peter - I'm in work, bored and ill. Idle hands and all that...

B+Q do the Dulux color range so if i can find a color match within the colorchart then i could do that.

Can you not just get B&Q to mix some up for you?

Certainly someone is doing some stirring....


I do feel Peter's pain here.  I was once involved in a heritage project with a different but equally irritating situation, where the contractor had had a particular type of slate approved by the State heritage client for a huge restoration job, and then halfway through announced that the only quarry that produced that slate had closed.  After many long and boring meetings where the State representatives insisted that they could only use the original stone, it emerged that the contractor might just know where were stockpiles of said slate could be acquired... but for a vastly inflated price, and entirely additional to the contract price.  It wasn't hard to form the impression that one hand was washing the other and that more than stone was at stake.

It would have been interesting to follow the contractor and to see where the slate was being quarried from i mean where the stockpile of slate was stored 

You should have offered to go and inspect the stockpile of slate with the contractor

I worked on a heritage project where the roof had to be slated with a very specific type of Devonian slate so a disused quarry had to be drained of water and reopened just for that project.

You have to paint the houses in one color and one color only.There is no choice involved.

Is that a law or just a statute? 

Right now elsewhere online i am explaining that the US Patriot act is legislature and not law and how law and legislature are two opposing realities.A lot of people dont understand the difference and constantly wrongly refer to things being illegal/legal instead of lawful/unlawful etc etc etc.

[M.I.K.]

So, how long can I expect this flu thing to last for, roughly?

[Roger Godpleton]

Until we work out what your monthly instalment plan is going to look like. And when I say "we", I mean just me. You wanted that boat so bad, now you have absolutely no say in what I charge you.

[staticgirl]

Well mine has lasted about a month part so far..... I had a little bit of a respite one week just before xmas when I got all my shopping done and saw a band. Then it was back to the feeling like death...

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

So, how long can I expect this flu thing to last for, roughly?

About 2 weeks! I was in bed for 8 days so don't worry. It's the not being able to sleep properly that tired me out.

Make sure you clean your teeth as last time I had it this bad I got secondary inflammation along the gum line at the back of my teeth where the molars are and had to have a lovely dose of anti biotics that made me feel zombified.

Drink lots of hot fluid, keep warm and don't go back to work till you feel better.

[Old Tankie]

Or, alternatively, invest in the 'flu jab next year, money well spent!!

[Peter Wolf]

Drink some multivitamin drinks to catch up on depleted vitamins especially vitamin D as you will recover much quicker that way.I have only had Flu once but i was over the worst of it in 4 days and completely over it in a week this way.

Vitamin drinks are good if you are not that good at eating your greens and all type of thing which is what i am like.Also vitamin C A and E and zinc are important.



Also get a minimum of 1 hours exposure to sunlight per day by going and even if the sun is not visible it makes no difference.

Finally vitamins especially D are far more effective in fighting and preventing flu than flu shots which are only ever partially effective depending on the strain of flu that you have caught.

Garlic is the best thing to eat as it has strong antiviral and antibiotic properties and it also destroys bacteria and viruses with no side effects unless you dont like the smell of raw garlic and whats more viruses and bacteria dont ever become immune to the antiviral/antibiotic ingredients of garlic.If you dont like eating it raw then chop it up finely and knock it back with water without chewing it.

Dont eat too much sugar either if you have the flu as it depresses and inhibits the immune system.

[klute]

For nearly a week I've had heartburn th
at got so bad  i thought i was having a heart attack
Its not so bad at the moment  but i dare not fat anything

[Mardroid]

For nearly a week I've had heartburn th
at got so bad  i thought i was having a heart attack
Its not so bad at the moment  but i dare not fat anything

Have you gone to a doctor? If it's that bad, I'd suggest it. Not to be a Neggy-Eddie, just to be sure, like.