alanmoodysdog
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still there on the way to Gate DI liked the Heineken bar at Schiphol. Despite being peak time, and rammed, there was a nice vibe. Mainly people sat on their own drinking. My type of bar ha.
still there on the way to Gate DI liked the Heineken bar at Schiphol. Despite being peak time, and rammed, there was a nice vibe. Mainly people sat on their own drinking. My type of bar ha.
Id rather my taxes go to a usable airport than the cycle path through Linthorpe Road. Ive gone on two family holidays from Teesside and multiple work trips. I really hope it stays open. Why people are so set on wanting it to fail really bugs me.The thing is Norman it is loss-making and always will be. If it were a wholly private venture fair enough but it's tax payers like you and I who are having to shore it up.
No-one wants it to fail, but it's difficult to see how it can ever make money and, in the meantime, we're paying for its losses.Id rather my taxes go to a usable airport than the cycle path through Linthorpe Road. Ive gone on two family holidays from Teesside and multiple work trips. I really hope it stays open. Why people are so set on wanting it to fail really bugs me.
I see the council spaffing plenty of my tax money away on pointless things, at least with the airport its something I can actually use.No-one wants it to fail, but it's difficult to see how it can ever make money and, in the meantime, we're paying for its losses.
Because so few people use it and it's cost tens of millions. And will continue to do so. Everyone else basically subsidising the few that do use it, as they'll have to keep subsidising airlines to bring flights there.Why do people insist on slagging the airport off? The facilities have had a major over haul. Give me Teesside over ANY other UK airport, the experience far outweighs the busier ones. No queue for security, friendly staff and quiet. We got the Rockcliffe lounge for free last year with our package and it was ideal with a young baby to be out of the way. This year we didnt bother as we had an early flight and we still managed to find a seat and chill for a bit before hand. Ive been to Manchester a couple of times and sat in a hall way close to the gate because it was that busy.
Most of us can't and I object to paying for Houchen's folly.I see the council spaffing plenty of my tax money away on pointless things, at least with the airport its something I can actually use.
Hardly any useful flights and a terrible waste of our taxes.It's a fantastic Airport, excellent parking facilities, friendly helpful staff on hand, the Rockcliffe lounge is a great area to have a bite to eat and a beer or two and unwind, why people put our airport down and rubbish it is beyond me.
It's Teesside, everywhere is quiet.Somehow, I think you know this but here goes. A quiet area away from the crowds to chill before your flight and have something to eat and drink.
Yep, that's why.Hardly any useful flights and a terrible waste of our taxes.
Meanwhile Margarete that lives in Pally has to get 3 buses to get to her appointment for James cook hospital, she shouldn't complain as she has bus pass, because she is 86 she has had it for 26 years. Bus from Pally to Morrisons every half hour, Morrisons to the bus station every half hour, and finally a bus to James Cook, 2.3 hours in total if she catches them right and is lucky...Why do people insist on slagging the airport off? The facilities have had a major over haul. Give me Teesside over ANY other UK airport, the experience far outweighs the busier ones. No queue for security, friendly staff and quiet. We got the Rockcliffe lounge for free last year with our package and it was ideal with a young baby to be out of the way. This year we didnt bother as we had an early flight and we still managed to find a seat and chill for a bit before hand. Ive been to Manchester a couple of times and sat in a hall way close to the gate because it was that busy.
Absolute bollox.Meanwhile Margarete that lives in Pally has to get 3 buses to get to her appointment for James cook hospital, she shouldn't complain as she has bus pass, because she is 86 she has had it for 26 years. Bus from Pally to Morrisons every half hour, Morrisons to the bus station every half hour, and finally a bus to James Cook, 2.3 hours in total if she catches them right and is lucky...
Still some rich businessperson, can brag about a possible connection to Teesside thanks to Margarete and her family who are paying for it for them.
Cheers.
I don’t get the correlation here.Meanwhile Margarete that lives in Pally has to get 3 buses to get to her appointment for James cook hospital, she shouldn't complain as she has bus pass, because she is 86 she has had it for 26 years. Bus from Pally to Morrisons every half hour, Morrisons to the bus station every half hour, and finally a bus to James Cook, 2.3 hours in total if she catches them right and is lucky...
Still some rich businessperson, can brag about a possible connection to Teesside thanks to Margarete and her family who are paying for it for them.
Cheers.
We all know the buses in Teesside are a joke but this is nonsense. Where in Pally Park does she live that a bus to Morrisons is the best way to get into town? Which of those buses to Morrisons doesn’t go straight to town from there, forcing her to get off and wait for another one? How long are these journeys and are you suggesting she is waiting a full half hour every time like she has missed every convenient bus by seconds?Meanwhile Margarete that lives in Pally has to get 3 buses to get to her appointment for James cook hospital, she shouldn't complain as she has bus pass, because she is 86 she has had it for 26 years. Bus from Pally to Morrisons every half hour, Morrisons to the bus station every half hour, and finally a bus to James Cook, 2.3 hours in total if she catches them right and is lucky...
Still some rich businessperson, can brag about a possible connection to Teesside thanks to Margarete and her family who are paying for it for them.
Cheers.
Labour councillor for Middlesbrough I see. That's our conversation over with.Meanwhile Margarete that lives in Pally has to get 3 buses to get to her appointment for James cook hospital, she shouldn't complain as she has bus pass, because she is 86 she has had it for 26 years. Bus from Pally to Morrisons every half hour, Morrisons to the bus station every half hour, and finally a bus to James Cook, 2.3 hours in total if she catches them right and is lucky...
Still some rich businessperson, can brag about a possible connection to Teesside thanks to Margarete and her family who are paying for it for them.
Cheers.
I'm just about to set off on my twice weekly walk round my ward, you should follow me on Facebook and you'll see how often I am in Pally- which for your information is almost every day, but I'm happy that the people that live there are aware of it and not you.Absolute bollox.
You have never been seen or heard of in ‘Pally’ since voting day in May, then you have the audacity to mention the place. In your factually incorrect drivel about buses to the hospital.
I'm sorry mate but don't you think you and your colleagues should be fighting tooth and nail to improve the bus services in the area so that the likes of Margaret don't have to get three buses. Let's face it, public transport in the the Teesside area is woeful and a modern tram system should have been introduced or at least planned some years back. The problem with that is it would take joint up thinking by the adults in the room and our local authorities (Middlesbrough Councils, Redcar & Cleveland Council) become suspicious of each other and nothing ever moves forward.Meanwhile Margarete that lives in Pally has to get 3 buses to get to her appointment for James cook hospital, she shouldn't complain as she has bus pass, because she is 86 she has had it for 26 years. Bus from Pally to Morrisons every half hour, Morrisons to the bus station every half hour, and finally a bus to James Cook, 2.3 hours in total if she catches them right and is lucky...
Still some rich businessperson, can brag about a possible connection to Teesside thanks to Margarete and her family who are paying for it for them.
Cheers.
It was of course figuratively speaking- But of course my example is totally possible, Bus from Cranmore Road Or Homerton Road to Morrisons, this lady is old remember, then to the bus station and then to the hospital, my point being that she or indeed anyone in my ward can't take a bus directly to the Hospital, which is one of the largest in Europe, from one of the most deprived wards in Europe, both of which could be changed if Houchen did his job correctly.We all know the buses in Teesside are a joke but this is nonsense. Where in Pally Park does she live that a bus to Morrisons is the best way to get into town? Which of those buses to Morrisons doesn’t go straight to town from there, forcing her to get off and wait for another one? How long are these journeys and are you suggesting she is waiting a full half hour every time like she has missed every convenient bus by seconds?