York

[Doomed]

I have just been to the York racecourse. Stupid bloody Poms. They obviously have no idea how much money they could make selling off excess land. They have a hill down the back that would fetch millions, and heaps of land at either end. They could reduce the home straight to about 350m and have nice houses built right up against the running rail most of the way around. 

For those who don't know York, the racecourse is within walking distance of the town centre and must be worth hundreds of millions. All it needs is for one or two of the numerous failed NZ racing administrators to make their way to the UK and they could revolutionise British racing. Interesting when you think about it that none of the many administrators we have churned through have ever made it to the UK, or to anywhere significant really.

Incidentally, York is about half the size of Christchurch and the racecourse has numerous massive grandstands. Quite enlightening when ChCh is desperate to pull down their grandstand and not replace it because there is no need for it. You do wonder whether we have lost our way compared to elsewhere, and why. Perhaps the theory that on course attendance isn't important may not have been correct after all. It wouldn't be the only failed theory of course.

[Joe Bloggs]

2 hours ago, Doomed said:

I have just been to the York racecourse. Stupid bloody Poms. They obviously have no idea how much money they could make selling off excess land. They have a hill down the back that would fetch millions, and heaps of land at either end. They could reduce the home straight to about 350m and have nice houses built right up against the running rail most of the way around. 

For those who don't know York, the racecourse is within walking distance of the town centre and must be worth hundreds of millions. All it needs is for one or two of the numerous failed NZ racing administrators to make their way to the UK and they could revolutionise British racing. Interesting when you think about it that none of the many administrators we have churned through have ever made it to the UK, or to anywhere significant really.

Incidentally, York is about half the size of Christchurch and the racecourse has numerous massive grandstands. Quite enlightening when ChCh is desperate to pull down their grandstand and not replace it because there is no need for it. You do wonder whether we have lost our way compared to elsewhere, and why. Perhaps the theory that on course attendance isn't important may not have been correct after all. It wouldn't be the only failed theory of course.

If you haven't already done it, get yourself out to Epsom Downs, even on a non race day, they could raise squillions if they flogged off the downs, a few hardy souls still train there, move them on, the homeless need housing, whack up a few hundred thousand budget dwellings? simples.......the Greens would love that, sadly, the time will come, thank fuck I wont be here to witness that.

[Doomed]

3 hours ago, Joe Bloggs said:

If you haven't already done it, get yourself out to Epsom Downs, even on a non race day, they could raise squillions if they flogged off the downs, a few hardy souls still train there, move them on, the homeless need housing, whack up a few hundred thousand budget dwellings? simples.......the Greens would love that, sadly, the time will come, thank fuck I wont be here to witness that.

Very good point. They could easily build 4 or 5 thousand social housing units around the York racecourse. The Poms really have no idea. NZ could teach the rest of the world a lot.

[Doomed]

And on the road down to the racecourse a couple of workers with a truck tar-sealing a bit of road. All they did was park the truck on one side of the road and put out two road cones and get to work. In NZ, without a word of a lie, that would have been a 50 road cone job with stop/go men at each end., And further down the road a couple of other workers chopping up old metal light posts with a flash saw on the side of the road with no cones at all. Its a different world. NZ must be world leading with the number of ancillary workers we allocate to any road job. Money no object really. At least we get brilliant roads at the end of it.

[Joe Bloggs]

4 minutes ago, Doomed said:

And on the road down to the racecourse a couple of workers with a truck tar-sealing a bit of road. All they did was park the truck on one side of the road and put out two road cones and get to work. In NZ, without a word of a lie, that would have been a 50 road cone job with stop/go men at each end., And further down the road a couple of other workers chopping up old metal light posts with a flash saw on the side of the road with no cones at all. Its a different world. NZ must be world leading with the number of ancillary workers we allocate to any road job. Money no object really. At least we get brilliant roads at the end of it.

All you have to do now then is teach Kiwi's how to drive! The fucking behaviour I saw on the roads left me gobslmaked and nearly dead once.......tailgated buy a fucking logging truck at 100km per hour.......the A40 in the UK or the M1 here in QLD has nothing on SH1 in NZ....

[nomates]

10 minutes ago, Doomed said:

At least we get brilliant roads at the end of it.

You haven't driven thru Levin recently then , SH1 , give over , certain companies are milking it .