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Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People
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That is right up my street. A kitten makes everyone look good.
Ed Milliband needs this kind of PR, and more photo opportunities with little bundles of fluff or danging balls of wool for kittens to play with..
FiR understands the power of this...his proposal to LiR with a kitten rather than a ring (because no on could refuse man with a kitten) was brilliant.
If I was a politician I would definitely use the power of kittens and stuff to win and retain power. Have a photo with me and a kitten on the front of the manifesto; huge sums of taxpayers money being used to save cute animals rather than endangered ones; party political broadcasts from Battersea Dogs Home etc; rather than a daily jog have a daily dog walking session (when World Leaders come to visit have them walk some old dear's dog where the owner is too ill to walk the dog themselves). They'd rename Downing Street after me (because if they didn't I'd have them thrown in gaol).0 -
Without wishing to cause offence I think Downing Street sounds better than Generali Street .. more British..If I was a politician I would definitely use the power of kittens and stuff to win and retain power. Have a photo with me and a kitten on the front of the manifesto; huge sums of taxpayers money being used to save cute animals rather than endangered ones; party political broadcasts from Battersea Dogs Home etc; rather than a daily jog have a daily dog walking session (when World Leaders come to visit have them walk some old dear's dog where the owner is too ill to walk the dog themselves). They'd rename Downing Street after me (because if they didn't I'd have them thrown in gaol).0 -
Does anyone here have any idea of the cost of installing a three storey lift? That is starting from scratch, forming the lift shaft, all the way through to installing the lift equipment. I'm guessing 100k, but that's just a guess. Does anyone have a better idea?No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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Does anyone here have any idea of the cost of installing a three storey lift? That is starting from scratch, forming the lift shaft, all the way through to installing the lift equipment. I'm guessing 100k, but that's just a guess. Does anyone have a better idea?
Is this for GDB Towers?
Can't help with the costs, just nosey!
OH has a friend who has in the past invited him to stay in his palazzo when he has been in Genoa. The guest rooms are reached by a lift. It is the only private house I know of with a lift in.
It is a pretty impressive place (tourists put videos of the outside of it on Youtube so I have seen a bit).
DD was offered an internship ...and home..by this family..she declined:mad:
One day she may just regret that decision.0 -
If I was a politician I would definitely use the power of kittens and stuff to win and retain power. Have a photo with me and a kitten on the front of the manifesto; huge sums of taxpayers money being used to save cute animals rather than endangered ones; party political broadcasts from Battersea Dogs Home etc; rather than a daily jog have a daily dog walking session (when World Leaders come to visit have them walk some old dear's dog where the owner is too ill to walk the dog themselves). They'd rename Downing Street after me (because if they didn't I'd have them thrown in gaol).
Yeah.
A new career beckons for us in this line of work. You will need to wear a sharp suit and smarm your way around the politcos whilst I, Cruella Deville style gather an endless supply of kittens.
A tactic could be to photobomb the opposition to set them up as accompanied by staffordshire or pit bull terriers, German shepherds and English Bull Terriers. Any dog unpopular with the daily mail will do..personally I would chuck in Chinese Crested or any dog that needs a jumper due to lack of fur.0 -
Does anyone here have any idea of the cost of installing a three storey lift? That is starting from scratch, forming the lift shaft, all the way through to installing the lift equipment. I'm guessing 100k, but that's just a guess. Does anyone have a better idea?
The Barbican low rise flats were charged £20,000 a flat for 2 years to have a new lift put into an existing shaft. That worked out at £80,000 a floor for 12 flats on 6 floors but they also had to pay for 2 floors that had no flats on them.
So total cost was £12*80,000/8 per floor = £120,000 per floor so the implied cost for you is £360,000. However, they already had the lift shaft there and perhaps some of the running gear could be re-used.
However, this being The Barbican you can bet the lifts were pretty high spec. They had a key summons only on one floor and also a special security key which was used as the fireman's key. Also, having the City of London Corporation as the freeholder they'd have to use council rules for tendering which tend to result in expensive outcomes. In addition, I would imagine that the longer the lift, the greater the cost per floor.
That's a very long way of saying, "I don't know either".0 -
Is this for GDB Towers?
Can't help with the costs, just nosey!
OH has a friend who has in the past invited him to stay in his palazzo when he has been in Genoa. The guest rooms are reached by a lift. It is the only private house I know of with a lift in.
It is a pretty impressive place (tourists put videos of the outside of it on Youtube so I have seen a bit).
DD was offered an internship ...and home..by this family..she declined:mad:
One day she may just regret that decision.
No, we are content to walk up and down. It's a passenger lift for a small block of flats I'm involved with. It's just an attempt to see whether its feasible to install a lift.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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