I wish that "Global Warming" wotsits would hurry up and get here. It's just too darn cold to really enjoy a "café culture" in this country. You can have fun walking through a freezing cold Westgate in the months with an R in them observing the oiks sat outside playing on their laptops whilst pretending to be in Barcelona. And aint it funny that all the those in favour of the new religion Eco/Be Nice/LGBTPGTips etc all use the same words and phrases. Talk about running with the pack. There, rant over, just going to have a rub down with a copy of The Sporting Life now.
I started out very skeptical about man made climate change back in the very early 90s, mainly because it seemed to be a pan-govt pushed agenda (even then). My position has hardened considerably since then. We may have a very marginal impact on climate (I doubt it) but man is out competed by the various natural drivers. I truly believe many in the Green movement know this and NZ is being used as a mechanism to completely change society to one driven by collectivism. Any and every opportunity is grabbed to upend our cultural heritage, political and market economy (what's left of it). Street furniture is yet another cancerous example. I nipped into Nottingham town centre yesterday morning and went to John Lewis. Rainbows every-bloody-where. Why? What are they trying to do? I'm utterly fed up with this constant lecturing in the public space. I turned on a bit of mainstream TV yesterday to watch the TdF - first time in a long while I've watched mainstream. The adverts are off the scale now. I reckon I was one of the first to notice this about 5 or so yrs ago in my group but now it's like - 'we know this doesn't represent society but you are getting it both barrels'. Just leave us alone.
Many locals (I'm now one) avoid the centre of Oxford, aside from occasional forays. It's declining badly. I used to think the very heavy traffic wrecked it, but in fact it's worse without this. Only the magnificent High Street is perhaps better - it was absurd to have it like an A-road. But pedestrianisation seems to not suit our cities, and our national character. It makes everything flat and dull.
I have dumped Oxford. It is appalling. Sad to say but my town is destroyed. I now go the much more pleasant towns around it. I go to places where English is the language I hear spoken; I can park my car; I can get what I need; alight bulb for example; no hectoring knobheads ; protestors, activists and the like. I disliked stepping in dog shit, now we have to deal with much more revolting street ‘art’.
I wish that "Global Warming" wotsits would hurry up and get here. It's just too darn cold to really enjoy a "café culture" in this country. You can have fun walking through a freezing cold Westgate in the months with an R in them observing the oiks sat outside playing on their laptops whilst pretending to be in Barcelona. And aint it funny that all the those in favour of the new religion Eco/Be Nice/LGBTPGTips etc all use the same words and phrases. Talk about running with the pack. There, rant over, just going to have a rub down with a copy of The Sporting Life now.
I started out very skeptical about man made climate change back in the very early 90s, mainly because it seemed to be a pan-govt pushed agenda (even then). My position has hardened considerably since then. We may have a very marginal impact on climate (I doubt it) but man is out competed by the various natural drivers. I truly believe many in the Green movement know this and NZ is being used as a mechanism to completely change society to one driven by collectivism. Any and every opportunity is grabbed to upend our cultural heritage, political and market economy (what's left of it). Street furniture is yet another cancerous example. I nipped into Nottingham town centre yesterday morning and went to John Lewis. Rainbows every-bloody-where. Why? What are they trying to do? I'm utterly fed up with this constant lecturing in the public space. I turned on a bit of mainstream TV yesterday to watch the TdF - first time in a long while I've watched mainstream. The adverts are off the scale now. I reckon I was one of the first to notice this about 5 or so yrs ago in my group but now it's like - 'we know this doesn't represent society but you are getting it both barrels'. Just leave us alone.
Many locals (I'm now one) avoid the centre of Oxford, aside from occasional forays. It's declining badly. I used to think the very heavy traffic wrecked it, but in fact it's worse without this. Only the magnificent High Street is perhaps better - it was absurd to have it like an A-road. But pedestrianisation seems to not suit our cities, and our national character. It makes everything flat and dull.
I have dumped Oxford. It is appalling. Sad to say but my town is destroyed. I now go the much more pleasant towns around it. I go to places where English is the language I hear spoken; I can park my car; I can get what I need; alight bulb for example; no hectoring knobheads ; protestors, activists and the like. I disliked stepping in dog shit, now we have to deal with much more revolting street ‘art’.
Oxford is becoming a theme-park for eco-loons and rainbow warriors.