December 14, 20178 yr On that very topic has anyone seen Tommi? I believe he was active and ignoring the rules but I may have missed posts from him recently. Is he locked up? He posted three times on Tuesday, the last at 7.14 pm. Link .
December 14, 20178 yr Fair enough, I have not been keeping an eye on things here because it is a bit depressing knowing what you guys are still up to. Keep safe anyhow and be thankful.
December 14, 20178 yr He posted three times on Tuesday, the last at 7.14 pm. Link . Yes actively posting from his cell .
December 14, 20178 yr Yes actively posting from his cell . No, he's just posted again 6 minutes ago. Link .
December 14, 20178 yr Nothing at all. There's subsidies from £2500 to £4500 on the purchase of hybrid and e-cars, but no help on e-bikes. There are some assisted purchase schemes for any sort of bicycle, buying through an employer, but nothing for the individual. . Flecc, you're normally spot on, so I'm surpised you don't know about this. The Cycle 2 Work scheme is open in individuals and can cover eBIkes and its a very tex efficient way of getting a bike. https://greencommuteinitiative.uk/ There are many other schemes out there like this.
December 14, 20178 yr Flecc, you're normally spot on, so I'm surpised you don't know about this. The Cycle 2 Work scheme is open in individuals and can cover eBIkes and its a very tex efficient way of getting a bike. https://greencommuteinitiative.uk/ There are many other schemes out there like this. Thanks for the information. Since I've never had personal use for these schemes I don't know much about them and thought they were all via employers. .
December 14, 20178 yr Thanks for the information. Since I've never had personal use for these schemes I don't know much about them and thought they were all via employers. . Well yes, they are all via your pay packet as far as I know, because they are supposed to be being used to cycle to work, so if you don't have a job its pretty hard to commute But the individual and the business benefit.
December 14, 20178 yr if you don't have a job its pretty hard to commute Unless the Norman Tebbitt variety, when he said: "My father got on his bike to look for work". .
December 15, 20178 yr Did i read right that the subsidy, tho agreed, would not be available for 3yrs. (2020)? If taking an entire group of nations out of the EU was supposed to be sorted in 2yrs. Why does a bike break take 3? tickled me:D NI, hehe, oh dear: "An MLA is on £49,500 a year after they got a £500 pay rise in April - three months after the Stormont Executive collapsed." BelfastTelegraph
December 15, 20178 yr "An MLA is on £49,500 a year after they got a £500 pay rise in April - three months after the Stormont Executive collapsed." BelfastTelegraph They'd best stay out then, not long now to next April. .
December 15, 20178 yr "You couldn't make it up" is actually a much overused phrase. We, of sound mind here are well used to despair in many situations but this "money for nothing" beggars belief.
December 15, 20178 yr Unfortunately in N.I. the would-be pedelecers do need them to introduce the law exempting pedelecs from motorcycle law. Without that the police say they should treat them as motorcycles in every respect. . You need to open your eyes a bit wider: If we never had a NI parliament, they would have had the same rules as us.
December 15, 20178 yr You need to open your eyes a bit wider: If we never had a NI parliament, they would have had the same rules as us. Agreed, but we are where we are, not twenty years ago. .
December 15, 20178 yr Author Wanted to edit the first post and put this link here, but that doesn't work so here it comes. Just read that the government has stated the final terms (in swedish here): http://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2017/12/regeringens-elfordonspremie-klar/
December 20, 20178 yr "An MLA is on £49,500 a year after they got a £500 pay rise in April - three months after the Stormont Executive collapsed." BelfastTelegraph "You couldn't make it up" is actually a much overused phrase. We, of sound mind here are well used to despair in many situations but this "money for nothing" beggars belief. Now the good news, that extra £500 is to be wiped out by the removal of £13,000 from their salaries while the assembly hasn't been sitting. It's also recommended that future pay increase reviews be delayed and they may not be getting that £500 yet. Wishing all MLA members a very Merry Christmas! Not so sure about their New Year though! . Edited December 20, 20178 yr by flecc
December 22, 20178 yr Not really. It just goes to show that we don't need them. It's a bit like at work when a manager goes off long-term sick. They're rarely missed. I was just about to type the same thing, if we've gone without them for 11 months and we're all still here....the buses are still running, the lights are still working....then that simply proves what a massive waste of money and space they all are!
December 22, 20178 yr Agreed, but in their absence vital issues are going unattended, some of them sadly well down the list but important to us who are grounded.
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