Welcome to The EM Skybar!!

Nottingham
Leicester
Derby

United!

Heres a toast to the future of the EM!! :cheers:

just kidding lol!

:lol:

I kind of agree :jk:

:lol:

I kind of agree :nuts:

tut tut stef... i guess u didnt see the "just kidding" before you posted lol... u cant pull that back now

The smiley at the end of my comment was mean't to mean it wasn't serious. Whoops.

lol stop lyin

:poke: Dan you'll get me in trouble and then I'll have Braunstone Geezer hunting me down. :nuts:

I have a feeling this may drag on for a while...:bash:

I have a feeling this may drag on for a while...:bash:

your absolutely correct lol... so wots the purpose of a skybar? the regional ones?

Why can't we all just get along???

Seriously, the three central East Midlands cities need to work together to create a mass to rival Manchester, Birmingham or Liverpool, or regions with more historic "glue" tying them together like Yorkshire or the North East.

I live in West Bridgford. I can be in Nottingham city in ten minutes, but also Leicester and Derby city centres within three quarters of an hour. We forget that that is the sort of journey time that hardly gets you across a London borough or from one side of Birmingham to the other.

I'm encouraged by stuff like this (http://www.three-thinking.co.uk).

And this (http://www.threecitiescreate.org.uk/?PHPSESSID=f39ec095f0b09633af9347559447a1eb).

Why can't we all just get along???

Seriously, the three central East Midlands cities need to work together to create a mass to rival Manchester, Birmingham or Liverpool, or regions with more historic "glue" tying them together like Yorkshire or the North East.

I live in West Bridgford. I can be in Nottingham city in ten minutes, but also Leicester and Derby city centres within three quarters of an hour. We forget that that is the sort of journey time that hardly gets you across a London borough or from one side of Birmingham to the other.

I'm encouraged by stuff like this (http://www.three-thinking.co.uk).

And this (http://www.threecitiescreate.org.uk/?PHPSESSID=f39ec095f0b09633af9347559447a1eb).

I agree. Not sure why a East Midlands Skybar would be started off with rude comments about Leicester, joking or not?

This thread will always contain those comments now, whenever an outsider strays into the East Midlands forum. Ah well...

Here's to an East Midlands boom of regeneration!

I do apologize.. i was only joking lol.... but yeah....

to the EM boom of regen!! :cheers:

Hip hip!!

I'd rather Leicester wasn't pretty and always saying 'look at me!' thanks all the same! We have our own uniqueness, history and regeneration.

Oh Notts is clearly the best ;)

Nah just kidding I've never been to Derby but I was pleasantly surprised by Leicester. Congratulations on getting your own sub forum, (I only just noticed) and heres to some great regeneration projects in our sister region :cheers:

what's a skybar anyway?

is it like a dime bar?

Its a bar, in the clouds where we can all get bladdered

Im sure after a while everyone will start to get on and work together in harmony (maybe)

Like manchesters Cloud 23 maybe?

Exactly

We've all got a common interest on here so I don't see why we cant all get on

Im watching The Simpsons Movie on the internet because Im too tight to pay to watch it :yes:

its a good film alright, I prefer the cinema experience though to my laptop screen. Its just the price of popcorn and drinks at the cinema that fucks me off...

Yeh too right. You get raped when you go up to the pik 'n' mix counter.

Also is it me or are the graphics different on the film to the TV shows?
It looks to real.

Apparently the Odeon in Kettering (which is the nearest cinema to me) is one of the most expensive outside London. And its not even very good :(

Im watching The Simpsons Movie on the internet because Im too tight to pay to watch it :yes:

I watched this last week... though funny at times... overall i thought it was WACK!!

Yeh I was abit disapointed with it to be honest. The graphics weren't the same as usual and the story was pretty shite.
Im watching Scary Movie 4 now.
If your ever bored on the computer go on www.tv-links.co.uk
You can watch pretty much whatever you want from documentaries to movies.

i watched the whole series of lost on there lol

simpsons is long lost and was only occasionally well funny.

family guy = the way.

Yeh Family Guy is brilliant. I used to hate it but watched a whole series whilst staying at a cottage in Wales when it pissed it down all day and I've loved it since.

what do you guys think of transformers?

It's on the website Im on now. Haven't watched it yet. The effects etc look good but I don't really like science fiction films to be honest.

yeah you lot need to turn off your computers every now and then,

simpsons movie was shit, altho i keep singing spider pig, spider pig at stupid times (like bus stop ques)

hey stef17, do you really not like leicester or were you joking? its ok if u dont, i live there and am sick of the place, thats why im trying to join the army, id rather risk my life in a warzone than waste my time trying to find a decent niteclub.

I was a joke I just didn't realise we had a :jk: smiley until after I'd posted my comment.

seeing as the population of the east midlands is approximately 1.5 million greater than that of wales, does anyone else sometimes feel we don't get the attention we deserve other here?

Its more than 1.5 mill isnt it? The population of Nottinghamshire is over 1 million on its own? Or does the east midlands only cover certain areas of a county?

edit: oops read it wrong 1.5 mill more than wales i see!

seeing as the population of the east midlands is approximately 1.5 million greater than that of wales, does anyone else sometimes feel we don't get the attention we deserve other here?

I strongly agree with that. Look at the facilities that Cardiff has and it isn't a big city compared to say Leicester or Nottingham.

The East Midlands is overlooked really. We need a Regional Assembly with real powers!

I'll stickify this thread. :cheers:

There is some good moderating on this thread. Things just changed before my very eyes...nice work!

so i take it wales didnt get their promised sub forum?

Whos going down to the Riverside Festival tomorrow then for the fireworks display.
Dan if you want to try out your new camera it's well worth it the fireworks are amazing.
Im not taking mine because I don't have a memory card and can only take 3 photos at a time at the moment. :(

Ryanair are doing flights for a tenner at EMA... Including charges and fee's :D ... I think im going on holiday

http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/cheapflights.php?dest=CCF&base=EMA

Just got back from Riverside Festival. The fireworks were brilliant and the general atmosphere with the jazz band and everything was a huge buzz.
Who else went?

i was there! spent all day there pretty much - nice to get out in the sun, some good bands as well. i wasn't really feeling the dadrock stage tho, lol.

The bands were pretty good especially the one before the fireworks.
I heard a really funny comment from the crowd during the fireworks display "With all these fireworks the police won't hear people being shot in the meadows".
Bit of a stupid comment but it was funny at the time.

Just got back from the cinema. Watched Transformers and it was, well err, crap to be honest.
Reminded me of Power Rangers. Got some good shots of L.A in it though.

I was going to create a Northampton thread but couldnt find one project on google down there...what other areas in the EM need to be represented?

I’ve just returned from a 3 week holiday and was expecting to read about 600 posts on the Leicester thread.

Now I find that we have an East Midland Forum. :banana:

It’s going to take me ages to read through!!

Although, I’ve had a quick look and it seems a bit confusing with all the other towns & Cities threads.

Welcome back... I thought Leicester was missing someone as well

Welcome home Kurt. Hopefully the LEICESTER | Full Summary of Projects index will help you find those Leicester threads.

Your FAO Moderators thread worked after all!

I agree. Not sure why a East Midlands Skybar would be started off with rude comments about Leicester, joking or not?

This thread will always contain those comments now, whenever an outsider strays into the East Midlands forum. Ah well...

Here's to an East Midlands boom of regeneration!

I totally agree with Lears City & Bingethink.

Ref the various signatures “notts capital of the east midlands”, if we all do work together, could these please be changed to “Loughborough Capital of the East Midlands”!!

Also, it would be great if the moderators could remove the first few threads, and their negative vibe.

Yes, somebody needs to remove those nasty comments from the beginning of this thread, its a bit childish really.

Also this idea of Nottingham - Capital of East Midlands is a load of crap.

That slogan is to try and get people to visit www.NewNottingham.com

Welcome back Kurt! :)

Also this idea of Nottingham - Capital of East Midlands is a load of crap.

Government... Councils... funding...businesses..... opinions differ from you yours...

I appreciate the moaning about the first few comment...they were nothing but a joke....apologies if i offeneded anyone...

I'll change em today... Cheers to the EM boom! :D

Welcome to The EM Skybar!!

Nottingham
Leicester
Derby

United!

Heres a toast to the future of the EM!! :cheers:

Changed :D

I was going to create a Northampton thread but couldnt find one project on google down there...what other areas in the EM need to be represented?

Well people might be interested in, as sir terry wogan dubbed it, "The Northampton Lighthouse"
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11375&d=1157919928

At 128 metres the Northampton Express Lift Tower it is the tallest building in our region followed by the Cardinal Telephone Exchange building in Liecester at 84 metres. (According to skyscrapernews.com)

As we're in the skybar, should'nt we also talk about the skyvault:


www.skyvault.org

remember, that sculpture which will go over the M1 motorway and let people know they are in the east midlands

Dont know how to paste images (perhaps someone will help me...) but these images on this page show just what the experience will be like, using lifelike annimation:

http://www.skyvault.org/about/experience.html

An amazing idea...

http://www.skyvault.org/images/fastlane.jpg

I forgot all about this... this is definitely what we need in the area.. a real landmark... something to get people saying wow

Wow I didn't even know this things existed. It looks pretty amazing.
Maybe we should set up a toll station there so people have to pay for the priveledge of driving through our beautiful region. :lol:

Wow I didn't even know this things existed. It looks pretty amazing.
Maybe we should set up a toll station there so people have to pay for the priveledge of driving through our beautiful region. :lol:

that would never happen...especially if it was on the m1... i wouldnt wait it to happen either lol

Course it wouldn't happen. Think of the gridlock caused.
People would hate us if we did that.

Sorry to Nott’s Guys if think I’m being controversial, but…

I believe that all our signature on the EMSF should be based on truth.

Thus, the posts which are signed “Nott’s Capital of the East Midlands” should be changed to something more based on fact.

There is no capital of the East midlands!

Nott’s is a great city with many things happening, and in some respects ahead of the other towns and cities that are now trying to catch up.

So until the said signatures are changed I’m going to add the signature “Leicester, Capital of the East Midlands” at the bottom of my post.

I think we should all do the same for our own towns and cities and then the whole statement would become a joke!

Thus, we should either have the one of the following signatures:

Corby, Capital of the East Midlands

Derby, Capital of the East Midlands

Kettering, Capital of the East Midlands

Loughborough, Capital of the East Midlands

Northampton, Capital of the East Midlands…………….

What do you all think?

Come on Nott’s guys, Nott’s has many unique features why not change to a more factual signature?

Government... Councils... funding...businesses..... opinions differ from you yours...

I appreciate the moaning about the first few comment...they were nothing but a joke....apologies if i offeneded anyone...

I'll change em today... Cheers to the EM boom! :D


danz013, Well done mate, thats much better.:)

We could maybe think about an east midlands signature that we could all have?
An East Midlands regeneration blog would be good similar to the leicester and nottingham ones currently underway.

What do you think?

I shouldn't say any of this really as I know it could create another conflict however i'm going to say it anyway....

Nottingham IS the largest city in the east midlands by way of population inurban area
Nottingham IS the largest city in the UK by way of area (actual size)
Nottingham is so large even cities from Derbyshire are considered part of Nottingham
Nottingham is a core city
Nottingham has the best peforming university in the EM (And one of the best in China and Malaysia)
Nottingham has the largest Hospital in the EM
Nottingham has 2 of the largest regeneration projects in the country (Eastside City, ISIS Trent Basin)
Nottingham has the highest number of large business located in the city
Regional business such as the BBC, EMDA, DSA and DVLA choose to locate in Nottingham
National Business like Inland Revenue and Ofsted choose to locate in Nottingham
Multinational business like Capital one, Boots, Siemans, Ericsson, Experian choose to locate in they HQ's in Nottingham,
Nottingham takes in more funds through retail by any other city in the EM (And most cities in the country)
Nottingham will shortly have one of the largest shopping centre in the country
Nottingham has a wider range of restaurants to go to (according to your boys)
Nottingham has an Arena that attracts multinational recognized artist
Nottingham has a Nationally praised Tram system with extensions to come
Nottingham has an award winning Bus Service
The EM Airport was temporarily names Nottingham EMA because of Nottinghams worldwide recognition
Nottingham is the home to world recognized Robin Hood
Nottingham is not the "official" Capital of the EM

Soo... should I change the name to King of the EM? Prime City of the EM? Biggest City in the EM? All of which will be based on the facts above?

We could maybe think about an east midlands signature that we could all have?
An East Midlands regeneration blog would be good similar to the leicester and nottingham ones currently underway.

What do you think?

Stef your way to considerate of these guys feelings lol

I would just like to add.. before RS logs on and reads this... that I did not once in my statement above slate or say that nottingham is better than Leicester..

But yes.. now... I really am tired of arguing about Leicester... From this day onwards... I promise to never intrude into a Leicestermans thread with cheeky or negative comments towards their city.... there shall be nothing but positivity... this shall be the last argument I have :D

I shouldn't say any of this really as I know it could create another conflict however i'm going to say it anyway....

Nottingham IS the largest city in the east midlands by way of population inurban area
Nottingham IS the largest city in the UK by way of area (actual size)
Nottingham is so large even cities from Derbyshire are considered part of Nottingham
Nottingham is a core city
Nottingham has the best peforming university in the EM (And one of the best in China and Malaysia)
Nottingham has the largest Hospital in the EM
Nottingham has 2 of the largest regeneration projects in the country (Eastside City, ISIS Trent Basin)
Nottingham has the highest number of large business located in the city
Regional business such as the BBC, EMDA, DSA and DVLA choose to locate in Nottingham
National Business like Inland Revenue and Ofsted choose to locate in Nottingham
Multinational business like Capital one, Boots, Siemans, Ericsson, Experian choose to locate in they HQ's in Nottingham,
Nottingham takes in more funds through retail by any other city in the EM (And most cities in the country)
Nottingham will shortly have one of the largest shopping centre in the country
Nottingham has a wider range of restaurants to go to (according to your boys)
Nottingham has an Arena that attracts multinational recognized artist
Nottingham has a Nationally praised Tram system with extensions to come
Nottingham has an award winning Bus Service
The EM Airport was temporarily names Nottingham EMA because of Nottinghams worldwide recognition
Nottingham is the home to world recognized Robin Hood
Nottingham is not the "official" Capital of the EM

Soo... should I change the name to King of the EM? Prime City of the EM? Biggest City in the EM? All of which will be based on the facts above?
Um, some big statements, some may be true.

However, it doesn’t make Nott’s the capital of the East Midland.

If that was the criteria, New York would be the capital of the USA, Sydney Australia….................

Soo... should I change the name to King of the EM? Prime City of the EM? Biggest City in the EM? All of which will be based on the facts above?

??

Sorry to Nott’s Guys if think I’m being controversial, but…

I believe that all our signature on the EMSF should be based on truth.

Thus, the posts which are signed “Nott’s Capital of the East Midlands” should be changed to something more based on fact.

There is no capital of the East midlands!

Nott’s is a great city with many things happening, and in some respects ahead of the other towns and cities that are now trying to catch up.

So until the said signatures are changed I’m going to add the signature “Leicester, Capital of the East Midlands” at the bottom of my post.

I think we should all do the same for our own towns and cities and then the whole statement would become a joke!

Thus, we should either have the one of the following signatures:

Corby, Capital of the East Midlands

Derby, Capital of the East Midlands

Kettering, Capital of the East Midlands

Loughborough, Capital of the East Midlands

Northampton, Capital of the East Midlands…………….

What do you all think?

Come on Nott’s guys, Nott’s has many unique features why not change to a more factual signature?
Maybe a good signature would be “Nottingham, a city with good road access routes to Leicester”
:lol:
Only Joking!!

We could maybe think about an east midlands signature that we could all have?
An East Midlands regeneration blog would be good similar to the leicester and nottingham ones currently underway.

What do you think?
Stef17, Great idea.

Sorry to Nott’s Guys if think I’m being controversial, but…

I believe that all our signature on the EMSF should be based on truth.

Thus, the posts which are signed “Nott’s Capital of the East Midlands” should be changed to something more based on fact.

There is no capital of the East midlands!

Nott’s is a great city with many things happening, and in some respects ahead of the other towns and cities that are now trying to catch up.

So until the said signatures are changed I’m going to add the signature “Leicester, Capital of the East Midlands” at the bottom of my post.

I think we should all do the same for our own towns and cities and then the whole statement would become a joke!

Thus, we should either have the one of the following signatures:

Corby, Capital of the East Midlands

Derby, Capital of the East Midlands

Kettering, Capital of the East Midlands

Loughborough, Capital of the East Midlands

Northampton, Capital of the East Midlands…………….

What do you all think?

Come on Nott’s guys, Nott’s has many unique features why not change to a more factual signature?

This really shouldn't bother you, it does seem to me that many of the posters from Leicester have a slight chip on their shoulder. There was never any debate about Leicester on the Notts forum but whenever i had a quick look on the Leicester forum there always used to be a couple of snipes etc about Notts. Don't let it worry you Leicesters moving in the right direction and thats all that matters. But everyone changing their signatures to "we're all as good as each other" isn't going to change anything.

What about:

"Nottingham by far the most beautiful city in the East Midlands (except Lincoln but thats not very big). With a much larger metropolitan area than any other city in the East Midlands (although Leicester has a larger city population) but that is basically a boundary issue. But more trains go through Leciester station if thats any consolation."

Maybe a good signature would be “Nottingham, a city with good access routes to Leicester”
:lol:
Only Joking!!

Lolol... I just think Kirt... I know sometimes I approach Leicester on the negative side with my comments in the threads... which I apologize for... but Nottingham is ahead on Leicester in so many ways, where as Leicester is ahead in so many less ways... I feel my statement of capital of the East Midlands is justified...

I know some of you may feel i'm wrong..but based on the list above...clealy im not...

Additionally... the title brings attention to my post... and encourages people to click on the link and view the website... Its a marketing tool... politically correct... but it does the job... 150 views a day on average for the website... about 60% go on to look at more than one page... :D

What about:

"Nottingham by far the most beautiful city in the East Midlands (except Lincoln but thats not very big). With a much larger metropolitan area than any other city in the East Midlands (although Leicester has a larger city population) but that is basically a boundary issue. But more trains go through Leciester station if thats any consolation."

Lololol.... Are we all changing to this then...i'll go for that?

Has anyone read The Times today?
There was a list of the ugliest new buildings in the UK.

Opal Court in Leicester was in the list. Is it really that bad?
From pictures I saw on the Leicester thread it didn't look to bad but I've never seen it in person.

This is what it said.

Opal Student Accomodation for Leicester University Stephen George & Partners Building student houses has become a huge business, not for the universities themselves - once patrons of the best modern British Architecture - but outsourced to developers. I can think of few visions more depressing for a fresher than clapping your eyes on this shelving system for human beings as you weep your goodbyes to mum and dad. It's another vast bulky box with no concessions to humans, thinly draped with bright colours to disguise it's resemblance to a gulag.

Other buildings in the list were:

201 Broadgate & BIshopgate Tower, Central London
The Crescent, Bristol
Wembley Stadium, Northwest London
Norwich Market refurbishment
GSK House, Brentford, West London
St Georges Wharf, Vauxhall, South London
Drake Circus Shopping Centre, Plymouth
Every Matalan, Lidl, Netto, Toys 'R' Us, drive-through KFC and McDonalds, and retail park in the land
The Orion Building, Birmingham

Has anyone read The Times today?
There was a list of the ugliest new buildings in the UK.

Opal Court in Leicester was in the list. Is it really that bad?
From pictures I saw on the Leicester thread it didn't look to bad but I've never seen it in person.

This is what it said.

Opal Student Accomodation for Leicester University Stephen George & Partners Building student houses has become a huge business, not for the universities themselves - once patrons of the best modern British Architecture - but outsourced to developers. I can think of few visions more depressing for a fresher than clapping your eyes on this shelving system for human beings as you weep your goodbyes to mum and dad. It's another vast bulky box with no concessions to humans, thinly draped with bright colours to disguise it's resemblance to a gulag.

Other buildings in the list were:

201 Broadgate & BIshopgate Tower, Central London
The Crescent, Bristol
Wembley Stadium, Northwest London
Norwich Market refurbishment
GSK House, Brentford, West London
St Georges Wharf, Vauxhall, South London
Drake Circus Shopping Centre, Plymouth
Every Matalan, Lidl, Netto, Toys 'R' Us, drive-through KFC and McDonalds, and retail park in the land
The Orion Building, Birmingham

Isit just me or is their something funny about this list...

I don't know any of the buildings so I searched them in google...

I search Opal Court Leicester and found this...

http://www.aeitw.com/images/share_place/leicester/010.jpg

I though to my self why is this in the list... so i moved on.... types in Nowich Market and found this...

http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/img_hr/Norwich%20Market.jpg

same again.. I thought why is this in the building... so I tried one more and typed in Orion Building in Birmingham... and found this???

http://www.hy-ten.co.uk/pages/images/cei_orionbuilding1.gif

Are you sure this is Not Best Local buildings list or something rather then worst?

Nope, I have the article in front of me. The render of Orion looks pretty good. Have you seen it real life? It looks like a highrise prison.
Type in St Georges Wharf, and Drake Circus shopping centre and you'll see why they made the list

Strange list, Leicester like many other cities has some really ugly buildings, but I don’t think Opal Court is one of them.

Is this list forreal??

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/119StGeorgesWharfTower_pic9.jpg

this looks amazing!!

Agreed, ther list seems like an excuse for a journalist to write pithy comments to make themselves look clever. I went to Wembley Stadium for the League 2 playoff and I thought it was great. Was it worth the money, no probably not, but it was good. Maybe its the same with these other projects, are they all over budget?

Dan it wasn't talking about the tower. It was talking about the low rise horrible shit next to it.
It says Does it ever stop growing? It keeps piling on new floors and growing new heads each more hideous than the last.

Dan it wasn't talking about the tower. It was talking about the low rise horrible shit next to it.
It says Does it ever stop growing? It keeps piling on new floors and growing new heads each more hideous than the last.

Lol...im not on about the tower...im on about the low rise too! I like it!

surely if it keeps growing there demand for the place... i quite like it personally...

It looks like something you would see in Miami not London.

It looks like something you would see in Miami not London.

I guess the new wales development will probably look something like this

Incidentally, I really wish we'd all stop talking about each others cities in negative manners. It does the region no good (seems very provincial) and doesn't bode well for an East Midlands Forum as that suggests discusion of more than one city. I sometimes wish the region had a more historic name like they do in other countries where the regions names often have historical basis. Here we have East Anglia, Yorkshire, and Northumbria which survive but I think it would have stopped all the debates about what to call the airport for example if there was a common name that is better than East Midlands (Mercia if it wern't for the fact that would be all the midlands) which doesnt seem to help people visiting from other countires. Rant over.

Oh dear, I think I killed the Skybar...ooops.

Never mind. I killed the old Nottingham thread on many occasions.

Oh dear, I think I killed the Skybar...ooops.

lolol haaa... u guys are crazy.

We can firmly establish that Nottingham will always think that its this and that of the East Midlands, not matter how well Leicester, Derby, Lincoln, etc are doing.

Apart from being in the same region none of the cities have anything in common and are individual - so we should all be proud of our cities and not only certain people from a certain city. :)

Dan i live in London and pass St Georges development (the one above) all the time. In fact i have been past it today and it really is one of the worst developments of its kind in London. It doesn't look awful in the picture but it really doesn't fit in and is really nasty from some angles. Its a real shame (saying that there isn't much else along the river at vauxhall to write home about). Also this developement has taken years to go up.

I was also going to say there is a thread on the London forum about White City (apparently the team doing this are doing the broadmarsh aswell). Its worth a read.

We can firmly establish that Nottingham will always think that its this and that of the East Midlands, not matter how well Leicester, Derby, Lincoln, etc are doing.

Apart from being in the same region none of the cities have anything in common and are individual - so we should all be proud of our cities and not only certain people from a certain city. :)

Spot on

The repeat of 'Building Britain' Leicester programme with Maxwell Hutchinson is on tonight (Tuesday 7th August): BBC 2, 7pm :)

This one can be seen nationally I think.

Opal Court is not that bad a building and there are far worse, not only in Leicester but in other far 'advanced regeneration' cities. Sometimes I think nly certain cities are picked on by surveys/polls, etc.

Incidentally, I really wish we'd all stop talking about each others cities in negative manners. It does the region no good (seems very provincial) and doesn't bode well for an East Midlands Forum as that suggests discusion of more than one city. I sometimes wish the region had a more historic name like they do in other countries where the regions names often have historical basis. Here we have East Anglia, Yorkshire, and Northumbria which survive but I think it would have stopped all the debates about what to call the airport for example if there was a common name that is better than East Midlands (Mercia if it wern't for the fact that would be all the midlands) which doesnt seem to help people visiting from other countires. Rant over.

Just to annoy everyone- Leicester was actually the capital of Mercia (when the area actually existed). :)

Dan i live in London and pass St Georges development (the one above) all the time. In fact i have been past it today and it really is one of the worst developments of its kind in London. It doesn't look awful in the picture but it really doesn't fit in and is really nasty from some angles. Its a real shame (saying that there isn't much else along the river at vauxhall to write home about). Also this developement has taken years to go up.

I was also going to say there is a thread on the London forum about White City (apparently the team doing this are doing the broadmarsh aswell). Its worth a read.

Yeah I say the thread about White City...dosnt seem like it was a success... that seems like a planning disaster to me...

As far as I know there was no one definate capital of Mercia, but Repton and Tamworth have claims. As far as I know none of the big cities do. Although under Danelaw the five boroughs which formed the confederation which ruled the area were Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Lincoln and Stamford which makes up the heart of the East Midlands. Anyway I'm off to sleep and when I wake up I have my fingers crossed that Check White has a tower approved, the Broadmarsh begins demolitions and cranes go up on the Eastside site...

Dream on son.
It'd be nice to see something start soon though. :)

Anyway I'm off to sleep and when I wake up I have my fingers crossed that Check White has a tower approved, the Broadmarsh begins demolitions and cranes go up on the Eastside site...

lol me too!!

I was going to create a Northampton thread but couldnt find one project on google down there...what other areas in the EM need to be represented?
Well Chesterfields part of east mids, but its nearer to sheffield so which are should it be ?

It never going to get into BIG league of 100m+
The crooked spire is probably the tallest it will get. But several areas are to be redeveloped. The former Dema Glass site being the most prominent, due to have the new football stadium and leisure or retail adjacent to it.

The site is now cleared ready.

So ??? is East midlands or Sheffield.

Well Chesterfields part of east mids, but its nearer to sheffield so which are should it be ?

It never going to get into BIG league of 100m+
The crooked spire is probably the tallest it will get. But several areas are to be redeveloped. The former Dema Glass site being the most prominent, due to have the new football stadium and leisure or retail adjacent to it.

The site is now cleared ready.

So ??? is East midlands or Sheffield.

East Midlands officially...any images of the stuff in chesterfield? It could do with its own thread

Hi guys:)

Didn't realise you had your own forum now.:cheers:

I'm an old Shepshed lad (any towers propsed? :lol: )
moved to Manchester several years ago but miss the place.

I was wondering why there are no threads on Loughborough? It's a big enough place surely? It's certaintly developed a lot since i was living in the area.

East Midlands officially...any images of the stuff in chesterfield? It could do with its own thread

Without wanting to have a battle over Chesvegas, it is surely more closely linked to the Sheffield City Region than anywhere else?

I have many friends in Chesterfield and they ALL work in Sheffield, along with the S postcode, Radio Sheffield being its BBC station, the Sheffield based newspaper that has a circulation in Chezzy, shared local sporting leagues etc.. maybe I'm wrong?

danzo13 you seem like a nice person but ur statistics are all wrong,

leicester is a larger city than notts in population - fact

leicestershire is larger in population than nottinghamshire - fact

stick to the official facts and figures given by census and government sources, dont make up your own

and please, someone give me shit, cos i dont care, big up the east mids all you like, compared to the rest of the country were all shit

..

Leicster is bigger than Manchester - FACT (according to official censor figures)

However it may not be bigger than Manchester,Salford,Trafford (greater Manchester). Ludicrous system where MCC don't even have power over Salford:ohno:

anyway, that's not for here

Hi guys:)

Didn't realise you had your own forum now.:cheers:

I'm an old Shepshed lad (any towers propsed? :lol: )
moved to Manchester several years ago but miss the place.

I was wondering why there are no threads on Loughborough? It's a big enough place surely? It's certaintly developed a lot since i was living in the area.

Not seen any plans for towers in Shepshed yet!

Loughborough is definitely a big enough place to warrant a thread or two. I know they are expanding the Science Park there and large firms have a presence in the town.

There is an almost unbroken urban built-up area between north Leicester and Loughborough. Give or take a few fields. If we don't see a Loughborough thread soon, I might start adding some and incorporating them into the Leicester Projects index?

The presence of Loughborough University is a massive plus for the town and may even get them some heavy involvement in the 2012 Olympics...

Leicster is bigger than Manchester - FACT (according to official censor figures)

However it may not be bigger than Manchester,Salford,Trafford (greater Manchester). Ludicrous system where MCC don't even have power over Salford:ohno:

anyway, that's not for here

Exactly! Nottingham has places JUST OUTSIDE the city centre,...literally... no more than half a mile from the city centre that don't fall under the city council boundaries! ridiculous

Without wanting to have a battle over Chesvegas, it is surely more closely linked to the Sheffield City Region than anywhere else?

I have many friends in Chesterfield and they ALL work in Sheffield, along with the S postcode, Radio Sheffield being its BBC station, the Sheffield based newspaper that has a circulation in Chezzy, shared local sporting leagues etc.. maybe I'm wrong?

Yeah you know what... I agree... everytime I see the Crooked spire I assume in i'm sheffield

Yeah you know what... I agree... everytime I see the Crooked spire I assume in i'm sheffield

I didn't say it was IN Sheffield, I said it was more cloesly LINKED to the Sheffield City Region.

so does leiceseter, roads are cut rite down the middle, i come from braunstone which is a large estate split in two, by a road, one side is part of leicester city and the other is part of blaby district (county) bloody ridiculous.

I didn't say it was IN Sheffield, I said it was more cloesly LINKED to the Sheffield City Region.

I didn't say it was in Sheffield either? I said I always assumed I was in sheffield? Like.. When I pass the spire...im in sheffield within minutes... so I used to think the spire was part of sheffield...or its suburbs

so does leiceseter, roads are cut rite down the middle, i come from braunstone which is a large estate split in two, by a road, one side is part of leicester city and the other is part of blaby district (county) bloody ridiculous.

However...it is nationally known the Newcastle and Nottingham have most tightly drawns boundries in the country...its silly...

who gives a fuck danz013

its widely known that im a f*****g wanker,

ive got the biggest this, ive got the biggest that, f*****g great, shall we create a world recognition day or something

ur over compensating for something danz013, i mean, ive got a fit wife and im going to screw her brains out wen i finish writing this, but i dont keep mentioning it every ten minutes

so does leiceseter, roads are cut rite down the middle, i come from braunstone which is a large estate split in two, by a road, one side is part of leicester city and the other is part of blaby district (county) bloody ridiculous.

I live 200 yards from the Leicester city boundary, in a town with a population of 12,000 and we are not included in the Leicester Urban Area.

I live 200 yards from the Leicester city boundary, in a town with a population of 12,000 and we are not included in the Leicester Urban Area.


So when LCC want to create a masterplan to improve Leicester they have to ignore your town. I guess also that when LCC get their funds from central government they get less than they really should because some of it goes directly to your town. That's ok in some respects but it also means that LCC have less financial clout for the big projects and schemes that can really make a difference.

The thing about Leicester is, it's slap bang in the centre of its county and thus doesn't have many towns close enough by (bar Wigston and Oadby which are literally joined to the city, though have their own local authority).

12,000 is nothing...

We have Broxtower had a population of 92,000 and isnt included...

Rushcliffe has a population of 100,000.... and isnt included

Gedling had 111,800 in 1991.... cant find any more recent stats

12,000 is nothing...

We have Broxtower had a population of 92,000 and isnt included...

Rushcliffe has a population of 100,000.... and isnt included

Gedling had 111,800 in 1991.... cant find any more recent stats

These places are all included within the Greater Nottingham Partnership. Rushcliffe is included even though most of it is farms, once you get away from West Bridgford.

So when LCC want to create a masterplan to improve Leicester they have to ignore your town. I guess also that when LCC get their funds from central government they get less than they really should because some of it goes directly to your town. That's ok in some respects but it also means that LCC have less financial clout for the big projects and schemes that can really make a difference.

skit_uk you talk a lot of sense!

Leicester does miss out massively due to under-representaion of our true urban population. I've done some quick analysis of the towns that surround Leicester, that are not included in the Urban Area. The urban population is easily around the 600,000 mark, despite the official figure of 450,000.

There is less recognition of Leicester as a conurbation due to this inaccuracy.

your right... not all of those live directly in Nottingham... however... 36,000 of those from rushcliffe live in West Bridgeford (Right in the city), not to mention those who live in Wilford and WB's other surrounding areas...

Gedling is predominantly in the city centre.. only burton joyce, calverton and ravenshed are based outside of the city centre... Of the Gedling population only about 25,000 is based outside of the city centre...

Browxtowe is very different... I cant really find stats for how much of the population is based in Notts...

Then theres other places...obviously much smaller places that don't really make sense mentioning but together they make up a large number

as i posted in another thread, would something like this be about right?

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1364/emidsnv9.png

with Corby obviously the capital :)

There is less recognition of Leicester as a conurbation due to this inaccuracy.

But Lears..like I said yesterday... the same could be said about us... Mansfield with a population of about 100,000 is not included in Notts' stats.. these people obviously shop in Nottingham, word in Nottingham etc... theres no where closer for them to go!!

There are other places however mansfield was the first that came to mind... Ashfield... which is a little further out has a population of 41,000. This is also excluded despite Nottingham being the obvious work and retail destination for these guys. They we're even talking of extending the hucknall tram up there!

I think that Mansfield, more of the Peak District, Burton Upon Trent, Ashby de la Zouch and Hinckley all should be included in the East Midlands.

It is a region without clear boundaries really though. Only Leicester, Derby and Nottingham are cities which certainly are in the East Midlands. I'm not sure whether Lincoln, Northampton and Perterborough people feel that they are East Midlanders? Do people in the northern parts of the Peak District associate themselves with Manchester or Sheffield?

You can see from the map why Melton Mowbray was chosen for the East Midlands Regional Assembly.

I know that Peterborough get the 'Look East' local news and not East Midlands Today as much, if that's any good. :)

But Lears..like I said yesterday... the same could be said about us... Mansfield with a population of about 100,000 is not included in Notts' stats.. these people obviously shop in Nottingham, word in Nottingham etc... theres no where closer for them to go!!

There are other places however mansfield was the first that came to mind... Ashfield... which is a little further out has a population of 41,000. This is also excluded despite Nottingham being the obvious work and retail destination for these guys. They we're even talking of extending the hucknall tram up there!

I wouldn't include Mansfield as part of Nottingham, unless we can include Lougborough as part of Leicester? There is an almost unbroken built up area between Leicester and Lougborough. That would give us three universities and a strong Olympic presence in 2012 etc...

Surely Mansfield is big enough to accomodate its workforce and there is a strong retail element with that Designer Outlet too.

Ashfield is included in Nottingham population figures due to the Greater Nottingham Partnership.

It's only after Quorn that there is any real break in settlement between Leicester and Lougborough and that's nearer the Loughbourough end.

Just a couple of fields if you look on Google Earth!

12,000 is nothing...

We have Broxtower had a population of 92,000 and isnt included...

Rushcliffe has a population of 100,000.... and isnt included

Gedling had 111,800 in 1991.... cant find any more recent stats
Aren’t these all borough councils? some urban but the majority rural villages?

If you count all of these then all cities are much larger than their actual urban areas.

Leicester could add Charnwood, Blaby, Harbough……….

What Lears was discussing was a town in Leicester's Urban area but not included in the City population.

as i posted in another thread, would something like this be about right?

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1364/emidsnv9.png

with Corby obviously the capital :)
My vote for EM capital, goes to Oakam in Rutland, Just for its central location!

Off subject but the Football season starts Saturday, what do you guys think your respective teams will achieve this season?

I think that with all the new signings at Leicester we should make the playoffs.

Probably a bit too far from the main urban areas. If you include towns like Burton on Trent, Hinckley and Ashby, then the best central location for me is...Leicester!

Off subject but the Football season starts Saturday, what do you guys think your respective teams will achieve this season?

I think that with all the new signings at Leicester we should make the playoffs.
Regarding the teams in Derby, Leicester & Nott's.

This season, the four teams play in different leagues.

Rams - Prem
Foxes - Championship
Trees - Div One
Magpies - Div two

I don’t think I can remember this happening before

Off subject but the Football season starts Saturday, what do you guys think your respective teams will achieve this season?

I think that with all the new signings at Leicester we should make the playoffs.

Derby relegated
Leicester play-offs
Forest promoted

Must admit to being a bit ignorant about the chances of Lincoln, Northampton, Rushden, Notts County, Mansfield, Chesterfield etc...?

Not had the three major teams in the top flight since 1998/99 season!

1 Manchester United 38 22 13 3 80 37 79
2 Arsenal 38 22 12 4 59 17 78
3 Chelsea 38 20 15 3 57 30 75
4 Leeds United 38 18 13 7 62 34 67
5 West Ham United 38 16 9 13 46 53 57
6 Aston Villa 38 15 10 13 51 46 55
7 Liverpool 38 15 9 14 68 49 54
8 Derby County 38 13 13 12 40 45 52
9 Middlesbrough 38 12 15 11 48 54 51
10 Leicester City 38 12 13 13 40 46 49
11 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 14 13 47 50 47
12 Sheffield Wednesday 38 13 7 18 41 42 46
13 Newcastle United 38 11 13 14 48 54 46
14 Everton 38 11 10 17 42 47 43
15 Coventry City 38 11 9 18 39 51 42
16 Wimbledon 38 10 12 16 40 63 42
17 Southampton 38 11 8 19 37 64 41
18 Charlton Athletic 38 8 12 18 41 56 36
19 Blackburn Rovers 38 7 14 17 38 52 35
20 Nottingham Forest 38 7 9 22 35 69 30

Check out the all-time Premier League table. Poor showing from the East Midlands!!!

Pos. Club Seasons Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Titles won Runners-up Avg. Pts
1 Manchester United 15 582 367 131 84 1140 516 624 1232 9 3 2.12
2 Arsenal 15 582 308 157 117 974 516 458 1081 3 5 1.86
3 Chelsea 15 582 285 158 139 912 580 332 1013 2 2 1.74
4 Liverpool 15 582 285 144 153 925 579 346 999 1 1.72
5 Newcastle United 14 540 229 142 169 799 653 146 829 2 1.53
6 Aston Villa 15 582 214 175 193 711 673 38 817 1 1.40
7 Tottenham Hotspur 15 582 212 152 218 773 786 -13 788 1.35
8 Blackburn Rovers 13 506 205 132 169 702 607 95 747 1 1 1.47
9 Everton 15 582 192 159 231 703 775 -72 735 1.26
10 Leeds United 12 468 189 125 154 641 573 68 692 1.48
11 West Ham United 12 464 160 116 188 549 649 -100 596 1.28
12 Southampton 13 506 150 137 219 598 738 -140 587 1.16
13 Middlesbrough [3] 12 460 143 133 184 550 631 -81 559 1.21
14 Manchester City 10 392 114 110 168 442 526 -84 452 1.15
15 Coventry City 9 354 99 112 143 387 490 -103 409 1.15
16 Sheffield Wednesday 8 316 101 89 126 409 453 -44 392 1.24
17 Wimbledon 8 316 99 94 123 384 472 -88 391 1.24
18 Bolton Wanderers 8 304 97 85 122 358 438 -80 378 1.24
19 Charlton Athletic 8 304 93 82 129 342 442 -100 361 1.18
20 Leicester City 8 308 84 90 134 354 456 -102 342 1.11
21 Fulham 6 228 71 62 95 267 318 -51 275 1.20
22 Derby County 6 228 67 62 99 251 331 -80 263 1.15
23 Nottingham Forest 5 198 60 59 79 229 287 -58 239 1.21

Not a big footie fan, though I hope Leicester City will be promoted to the Premiership - to add to the good feeling of regeneration in the city. :)

I would absolutely love to see forest promoted this year... still not sure it will happen tho...i hope talks of the new stadium give them some inspiration

Going back to population.

Greater Nottingham Partnership include the whole of Rushcliffe,Gedling and Broxtowe and Hucknall wards of Ashfield on top of Nottm City in their Gtr Nottm population (621,000)

On the other hand National Statistics Urban Areas include large areas of Derbyshire in their Gtr Nottm, but not the rural areas of Rushcliffe etc.

If you include Nottm, most of Gedling and Broxtowe(not the villages which aren't connected), the Hucknall wards of Ashfield and the West Bridgford Urban area of Rushcliffe you end up with about 530,000. Long Eaton sort of joins on to Gtr Nottm though doesn't it so that's takes it up to about 567,000.


For Leicester if you include the City + only the immediately adjacent areas not inside the city boundary such as Birstall, Thurmaston, Thurnby, Oadby and Wigston, Glen Parva, Braunstone, LFE and Glenfield you end up with about 410,000 population.

These figures all from the 2001 census. :)

There really needs to be a Derby and Northampton thread. Theres no point having the smaller towns as Sticky's as it would become too cluttered.

^^ ^^
....If your reading this Gothic !

danzo13 you seem like a nice person but ur statistics are all wrong,

leicester is a larger city than notts in population - fact

leicestershire is larger in population than nottinghamshire - fact

stick to the official facts and figures given by census and government sources, dont make up your own

If you're going to write 'fact' after making statements, I'd check the figures first

Nottingham UA (266995) + Notts CC (748503) = 1015498
Leicester UA (279923) + Leices CC (609579) = 889502

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/pop2001/east_midlands.asp

Going back to population.

Greater Nottingham Partnership include the whole of Rushcliffe,Gedling and Broxtowe and Hucknall wards of Ashfield on top of Nottm City in their Gtr Nottm population (621,000)

On the other hand National Statistics Urban Areas include large areas of Derbyshire in their Gtr Nottm, but not the rural areas of Rushcliffe etc.

If you include Nottm, most of Gedling and Broxtowe(not the villages which aren't connected), the Hucknall wards of Ashfield and the West Bridgford Urban area of Rushcliffe you end up with about 530,000. Long Eaton sort of joins on to Gtr Nottm though doesn't it so that's takes it up to about 567,000.


For Leicester if you include the City + only the immediately adjacent areas not inside the city boundary such as Birstall, Thurmaston, Thurnby, Oadby and Wigston, Glen Parva, Braunstone, LFE and Glenfield you end up with about 410,000 population.

These figures all from the 2001 census. :)

Exactly

your talking bollocks, check ur figures again

leicester is bigger in population than nottingham

leicestershire is bigger than nottinghamshire

accept it

people from nottingham are so afraid of leicester, scared that they might lose the crown of east mids capital, news flash guys, ur not the capital, leicester is as it has a bigger population, making leicester the capital, bad luck

something alse for u to chew over nottingham

people from leicester, birmingham, liverpool, glasgow, norwich, london, cardiff, swindon, brighton, plymouth, skegness, blackpool, dublin, belfast and every other town, city, village and hamlet outside of nottingham and notthinghamshire couldnt give a fuck about ur shithole city or any other city apart from there own,

u will not convince anyone that ur city is the biggest or best (cos its far from it) people have an inbuilt loyalty to there own city that no other person will change,

even if u dont like the city u were born in (like me) you will still defend its honour

so wake up and stop being so insecure about ur wank little town with no high rises (what the fuck u doing on a skyscraper website anyway)

leicester is bigger in every way, and its the people that make a city great in my eyes, so u definately lose there

skid, fact,

something alse for u to chew over nottingham

people from leicester, birmingham, liverpool, glasgow, norwich, london, cardiff, swindon, brighton, plymouth, skegness, blackpool, dublin, belfast and every other town, city, village and hamlet outside of nottingham and notthinghamshire couldnt give a fuck about ur shithole city or any other city apart from there own,

Yet again my "massive chip on the shoulder" theory stands up..

Statistics don't always tell the truth. As i have said before City of London population 7185. I don't know if you have ever been to London but it is a bit bigger than that. Just because they use the word "city" and a certain invisible line to mark out a border it doesn't mean that this is how big London is. Nottingham happens to have outgrown its previous City boundaries but currently the population figures only include whats inside the old boundary whereas places like Manchester, Liverpool etc now have population figure based on their Metropolitan area. This is currently being reviewed and ammended in Nottingham and possibly other citys. So when the next population statistics come out stating the Nottingham Metropolitan area has a population of 680000 it won't mean that the City has grown by 400000 in 6 years it will just mean that a new way of measuring a City's population has been used. I would also imagine that soon Leicester will do the same and the Leciester population will be 400000+. But will this then upset you as you won't have any meaningless facts to boost about!!

sorry nob head but i was so bored by reading the first line of your crap reply above that i couldnt be arsed to read the rest,

i assume u put ur hands up and admitted that leicester is bigger and better than nottingham in every possible way,

thats cool, i accept ur defeat, dont worry about it too much, nottingham mite one day catch up wiv leicester, but until that day,

ur still second best

please will every one who wishes to argue wiv me read my messages carefully, especially the bit where i state that no one can convince anybody that there city is the best, it just wont work so dont try

^^ I've put the link up for the Census figures. Are you blind as well as stupid?

As Leicester claiming to be High-Rise capital, yes it is the first to have a proper skyscraper but Nottingham has 61 listed High-Rises (there are also around 10 existing buildings extra need adding) Leicester has 30

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/cities.php

As for people, I don't like to make sweeping statements about one cities being better than another but I've only known one person from Leicester (I used to work with) now he was a right tosser - fact

This is crackers... getting ridulous...

Notts guys... take a look at this... found it on the net...

http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/misrep.pdf

Hey people seems to be getting a bit out of hand here!

Please read post number one of this thread...

None of our cities are better than the other, they each have good and bad points. Bigger, smaller - so what! It is the quality that comes out of regeneration that counts in the end.

Think how we compare to cities in Europe and further afield. Unless we work together, the region will suffer.

sorry nob head but i was so bored by reading the first line of your crap reply above that i couldnt be arsed to read the rest,

i assume u put ur hands up and admitted that leicester is bigger and better than nottingham in every possible way,

thats cool, i accept ur defeat, dont worry about it too much, nottingham mite one day catch up wiv leicester, but until that day,

ur still second best

Sorry i have now learnt my lesson. I've just realised that your about as much benefit to this forum as a kick in the face.

Your either a joker or stupid, Braunstone eh (perhaps both)...

as i posted in another thread, would something like this be about right?

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1364/emidsnv9.png

with Corby obviously the capital :)

Heres the EM...

http://europa.eu/abc/maps/images/regions/uk/eastmids.gif

talking of stupid ben77, isnt notts famous for its queens hospital?

oh and well done on that one by the way, one of only two things ur famous for and its a hospital, good work. ten points if u can guess what the other thing is.

but the main thing queens is used for is when normal people suffer brain injuries they are then admitted to queens where they are treated and turned into retards and, judging by posts from some of you, released into the local community.

skid, am i blind as well as stupid, ha ha, your mam.

ive read ur links and it clearly says leicester is bigger in every way, so i win again.

your clearly another product of the queens spag unit.

in recogognition of the valuable work for retards at the queens medical centre i officially rename nottingham

mongole city

congratulations citizens of mongole

i have just received some info from a citizen of mongole, it says 'mongole city, formely known as nottingham, is the biggest user of kleenex tissues in the whole world'

a spokesman confirmed 'newley named mongole city is indeed the biggest user of kleenex products, we can only assume it is due to the fact that they dribble a lot'

something alse for u to chew over nottingham

people from leicester, birmingham, liverpool, glasgow, norwich, london, cardiff, swindon, brighton, plymouth, skegness, blackpool, dublin, belfast and every other town, city, village and hamlet outside of nottingham and notthinghamshire couldnt give a fuck about ur shithole city or any other city apart from there own,

etc

Nottingham may not be the capital of the East Midlands.

But at least we know what a capital letter is.

:lol:

This thread is pretty shit to read now. Im not going to comment on anything after this until we talk about something INTERESTING!

Fuck the Nottingham Vs Leicester arguments there boring now. Face it both cities are superior to other like Leeds, Birmingham etc that we always try and compare ourselves to.

so what do you guys think of that skyvault thing as an icon for the EM?

I like it. It'd be good to have two of them though. One further down the M1 near Leicester somewhere to say "you are entering the East Midlands" and one near Chesterfield to say "you are leaving the East Midlands"

so what do you guys think of that skyvault thing as an icon for the EM?

I like the Sky Vault, but it isn't amazing. We do need a series of icons really, preferably in the cities and a few items on the M1. The Sky Vault does fit in though as a gateway to the region in the National Forest on the M42.

This covers the approach from the west. What signals your arrival though in the East Midlands, from South, North and East? Where is the centre of the region?

I like it. It'd be good to have two of them though. One further down the M1 near Leicester somewhere to say "you are entering the East Midlands" and one near Chesterfield to say "you are leaving the East Midlands"


Great minds think alike, or something like that anyway...

By the way my thread discusses this for Leicester. I could adapt the thread title to include the EAST MIDLANDS instead and put something in about the Sky Vault?

Landmark Thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=509241)

I like it. It'd be good to have two of them though. One further down the M1 near Leicester somewhere to say "you are entering the East Midlands" and one near Chesterfield to say "you are leaving the East Midlands"

Except if you was coming from leeds it would say you leaving when your actually entering lol

I like the Sky Vault, but it isn't amazing. We do need a series of icons really, preferably in the cities and a few items on the M1. The Sky Vault does fit in though as a gateway to the region in the National Forest on the M42.


I would rather see it on the M1 personally? Simply because the M1s a busier road... probably near junction 23/4 where you'd get off to use the A42, or EMA.

I definitely think we need something like this, it'll help promote the region, and will look amazing. I actually quite like the skyvault design. I prefer it much more than the angel of the north thing.

Lears you probably should change the name of the thread...it would be a better place to discuss this

I think if you edit the original post and go to advanced, you can still change the title...sometimes it works for me... sometimes it dosnt (usually when a moderators already changed the name)

I think if you edit the original post and go to advanced, you can still change the title...sometimes it works for me... sometimes it dosnt (usually when a moderators already changed the name)

Sometimes work for me too. Not on this ocassion though. Changed the title, but it remains the same. Perhaps a modertor may be able to help out?

just send an PM to Mr foxx...i do it all the time..he responds fairly fast.

bothered about capital letters bigethicko

Here we go again.

i think that mongole city should have its own tv show like eastenders, il even develop the charactors and write the script, here goes

stan the retard: der bler bler der reh bler (dribble dribble)

norma pissy knickers: bler der bler der bler (dribble)

At first your posts were quite funny when we didn't have the sub-forum. Now there actually quite boring and pretty offensive.

right thats me done, i will no longer rite nasty things about nottingham, ive had my fun, this mite have seemed childish to a lot of you, i dont care really, i just got fed up with all the one upmanship between people from leicester and notts.

i couldnt give a monkeys if nottingham has more people than leicester or the other way round, if theres problems with the borders then see ur mps or council but stop getting sly digs in, my citys bigger than urs, its a joke, so yeah, i will react as i see fit, meet childishness with childishness

Hurray :banana:

Hopefully that will be the last cock fight we see between people from both cities. :okay:

do u know wot i was going to be really offensive again just then, but ive changed my mind,

steff17 i appologise to you and the people of nottingham for being out of order, it did get very offensive and its a shame cos i have had some great memories of notts that i wouldnt change for the world.

what started out as a point turned into some pretty nasty stuff and all of it from me, i accept that, my sense of humour has shot it, ive had a laugh at the expense of peoples feelings and again im sorry for that, i cant make a point without going over the top, its just a shame that for me it was a laugh, but for some, ive hurt there feelings.

il leave it at this, for the sake of the east mids forum, i ask u to do the same

Apology accepted :yes:

Matlock, Alfreton, Ripley, Belper, Swadlincote, Ashby, Hinckley, Lutterworth and Rugby are definitely part of the East Midlands :)


BG

I like it. It'd be good to have two of them though. One further down the M1 near Leicester somewhere to say "you are entering the East Midlands. Turn back now before it's too late" and one near Chesterfield to say "you are leaving the East Midlands. Run... run as fast as you can"

Fixed that for you ;)

:lol: I love that. Imagine if that actually happened and it got put on the sign. It might make peoples journey a little more interesting.

The East Midlands: World Capital of FEAR:devil:

:lol:
Enter this region at your own risk. Keep an eye out, Midlanders about!

As for the lcoation of the skyvault, it cant be close to J24 as that would confuse the pilots- the landing lights for the airport already straddle the motorway, and having another mass of lights would confuse pilots.

And I dont think the east midlands needs a slogan. Cant stand the things, personally...

Stop upsetting our enforcer "Braunstone Geezer".

This drawing of him was taken before he started to go to the Gym to prepare for the army.

In Leicester were planning to set him on the civic society!!:lol:


http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/9676/a5k29gecattja7kcabzlya3ev0.jpg

Braunstone Geezer, please don’t take offence, you’re a legend on the thread

Maybe the SkyVault can have the slogan of "This way to the East Midlands" With a picture of a Cactus plant and a rolling dustball :)

Off subject but the Football season starts Saturday, what do you guys think your respective teams will achieve this season?

I think that with all the new signings at Leicester we should make the playoffs.

Season ticket at the ready for another roller coaster ride, hopefully more ups than downs!!!!!!!!!!!

Going back to population.

Greater Nottingham Partnership include the whole of Rushcliffe,Gedling and Broxtowe and Hucknall wards of Ashfield on top of Nottm City in their Gtr Nottm population (621,000)

On the other hand National Statistics Urban Areas include large areas of Derbyshire in their Gtr Nottm, but not the rural areas of Rushcliffe etc.

If you include Nottm, most of Gedling and Broxtowe(not the villages which aren't connected), the Hucknall wards of Ashfield and the West Bridgford Urban area of Rushcliffe you end up with about 530,000. Long Eaton sort of joins on to Gtr Nottm though doesn't it so that's takes it up to about 567,000.


For Leicester if you include the City + only the immediately adjacent areas not inside the city boundary such as Birstall, Thurmaston, Thurnby, Oadby and Wigston, Glen Parva, Braunstone, LFE and Glenfield you end up with about 410,000 population.

These figures all from the 2001 census. :)

The problem with statistics you can make them show you anything you want. I live in Scraptoft but this a large urban village adjoining the city boundaries. This debate is fairly fatuous as the 3 cities in East Midlands are all of a similar size. Nottingham is only city though with a truly 'metropolitan' feel. Leicester is trying to change that but it will take a generation.

This debate is fairly fatuous as the 3 cities in East Midlands are all of a similar size.

That's absolutely true.

(Except that Derby is significantly smaller than either Nottingham or Leicester...)

right thats me done, i will no longer rite nasty things about nottingham, ive had my fun, this mite have seemed childish to a lot of you, i dont care really, i just got fed up with all the one upmanship between people from leicester and notts.

i couldnt give a monkeys if nottingham has more people than leicester or the other way round, if theres problems with the borders then see ur mps or council but stop getting sly digs in, my citys bigger than urs, its a joke, so yeah, i will react as i see fit, meet childishness with childishness

Brilliant Braunstone Geezer, just brilliant. I couldn't believe I was reading all this 'my thingy's bigger than your thingy' crap. Your posts may have been close to the bone but it took the focus off the size of people penises sorry I meant populations.

That's absolutely true.

(Except that Derby is significantly smaller than either Nottingham or Leicester...)

Here we go again, I KNOW Leicester and Nottingham are much bigger than Derby but we might hurt their feelings... sensitivity is not your middle name is it :poke:

The problem with statistics you can make them show you anything you want. I live in Scraptoft but this a large urban village adjoining the city boundaries. This debate is fairly fatuous as the 3 cities in East Midlands are all of a similar size. Nottingham is only city though with a truly 'metropolitan' feel. Leicester is trying to change that but it will take a generation.

I agree. I could have included a few more areas around Leicester or a few less around Nottingham etc, you could go on forever. The thing is in the East Midlands there isn't one city that's miles bigger than anywhere else, so I suppose you've got this competition going on. I like both Leicester and Nottingham, but Leicester needs a lot of work on it to really come up to scratch.

but Leicester needs a lot of work on it to really come up to scratch.[/QUOTE]

very true, a generation at least!

hey every one, hey phil keavo, how are u bud,

i know im a bit controversial and offend just about everyone there is to offend, including myself (im a big eared twat, a propa wingnut), sorry, i just like it, it makes me laugh,

i really do like nottingham (read my earlier posts on the leicester thread) and sorry to the nottingham guys i went personal on, i was having a laugh, sorry for any hurt feelins and all that,

now, its upto the two bigger citys (or brothers) to look after the smaller one, (im talking about nottingham and leicetrer as the bigger citys and derby as the smaller one) if we can all big up each others citys we could thrive.

dont mean to belittle you derby people, you got a great city so lets not bicker and work together, we could be better than great.

Congratulations on getting your subforum EM'ers... or whatever you're calling yourselves...

:)

hey every one, hey phil keavo, how are u bud,

i know im a bit controversial and offend just about everyone there is to offend, including myself (im a big eared twat, a propa wingnut), sorry, i just like it, it makes me laugh,

i really do like nottingham (read my earlier posts on the leicester thread) and sorry to the nottingham guys i went personal on, i was having a laugh, sorry for any hurt feelins and all that,

now, its upto the two bigger citys (or brothers) to look after the smaller one, (im talking about nottingham and leicetrer as the bigger citys and derby as the smaller one) if we can all big up each others citys we could thrive.

dont mean to belittle you derby people, you got a great city so lets not bicker and work together, we could be better than great.


BG you are going soft!

I am sure our Nottingham cousins aren't really offended, words can't hurt after all. I remember reading some of your earlier posts where you said you are of Oirish decent, so am I. Me Da is from Leitrim and me Ma is from Cavan, what about yer good self. Nottingham also has a thriving Irish community, not sure about Derby, come on Derby lets here from you guys!!!!

my dads side - my grandad was from sligo and my grand ma was from ros common, they lived on the borders of there county and just a few hundred feet apart, so im told,

my mums side - my grandad was adopted from ireland by an english couple and have no idea from which part of ireland he was from and dont have a clue about my mums mum, i think shes english, im not sure. confusing.

anyway leicester city, new owner, new manager, new team, same old shit.

The EM forum has been absolutely dead!! Whats happening? I guess everyones out enjoying the sun.

my dads side - my grandad was from sligo and my grand ma was from ros common, they lived on the borders of there county and just a few hundred feet apart, so im told,

my mums side - my grandad was adopted from ireland by an english couple and have no idea from which part of ireland he was from and dont have a clue about my mums mum, i think shes english, im not sure. confusing.

anyway leicester city, new owner, new manager, new team, same old shit.

Yeah I know I sit in L1 beside the away fans and it is totally depressing

I sat in the Kop. It was disappointing result, but defiantly a better performance than last season.

We need at least 6 matches to judge how the seasons going pan out.

I was in the cop in G1/G2 cant tell which bit...I couldn't stop laughing for the whole second half. 11 comedians with blue shirts on. best money I spent in a while!

Well I've possibly had one of the shittest nights ever. Firstly I crashed my car whilst apporaching an island, I anticipated the car in front was going to move as there wasn't a car around but it just stayed there so I skiided over the bank thing and into the middle of the island.
I then got pulled over in Clifton by an undercover police car because I was sat waiting for someone (they thought I was buying drugs). I've drawn a diagram on google earth to show you what the crash was like. Ths is an old image and the skid resistant tarmac has since been removed and the grass area made bigger with higher curbs and thicker plants etc. I wasn't even going fast the road was just really greasy and my wheels just locked up. ABS my arse.

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:eek: :pet:

Any damage done to your car?

Balls to your car, just glad you're alright. Simple mistakes can have far reaching consequences, so I'm glad you're alright.

I had a "moment" a while ago on a roundabout. I approached it, and nothing wac coming so I went on the roundabout (actually a junction with the A46), and when I turned the wheel to straighten, the car kept turning. I turned some more, and the car then found some grip and swung the other way, so I ended up "fishtailing" along the road whilst losing speed.

When i finally stopped and got out, I saw I had a puncture, which I must have picked up just before. It really, really scared me.

that reminds me...I need to get a new tire!

I saw a big crash up in Arnold yesterday... police were there before I got to the end of the street.

I was alright just abit shaken up. Im not sure about the car it still runs but the bottom of it is covered in grass and I heard a massive bang as I went over the lane divider thing.

any real damage cosmetically?

You can't really see any damage to the bodywork or anything. The car is just covered in mud now :lol:

i was on the motorway yesterday wiv a mate (he was driving) coming back from brighton, we was behind a lorry approaching a slip road wen at the very last second the lorry changed his mind and decided to swerve to stay on the motorway, he avoiveded the v bit that seperates the slip road and motorway by millimeteres (literally, a milisecond later we wud all have been killed, including the lorry driver), our van got covered in rubble and mud from the lorrys tyres where it had chucked up stuff from the dge of the v bit of road

we was lucky to survive really, but i was a bit pissed off i didnt get to see the lorry sliced in half by the barrier on the v, that would have been great

omg, we nearly lost you Braunstone Geezer

yeah for years now ive been narrowley avoiding death, ive been riding my luck, but hey, id like to try death, only the once tho

Stef im glad you are ok..cant go loosing you..lol! I hate that junction sometimes as well.

There was a really bad crash on the Derby road last monday, and I really dont understand how it happened. It looked as though this fairly old lady had pulled out of the QMC onto Derby Road and must have hit something going really fast as the car had been flipped and she was having to be cut out, the road was a real mess. She seemed ok, still talking and stuff, was horrible as it was right there as we were going past. Hopefully shes recovered now.

well... don't you think we've had the world of sun this summer this year guys? been amazing hasnt it...all the lovely warm weather...

Worst summer ever in my opinion.

lol...thats what I was trying to sarcastically imply lol

I don't know about Nott's, but the sun always shines in Leicester!!!!!!!!

Maybe that slogan could be used as a tourist thing. The sun always shines in Leicester :lol:

lol...its shining today... I went manchester yesterday... weather was poor :(

Heres some pics I took...
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Royal Bank of Scotland...

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Dunno what this is called...it looks great though

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The Hilton is amazing...

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Heres the view from inside...

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Nice pics Dan. I don't really like Beetham. I don't no why it's just abit to plain for me.
The weather really does look horrible there though.

Maybe that slogan could be used as a tourist thing. The sun always shines in Leicester :lol:

I’ve heard far worse!! :lol:

well done nottinghamshire on landing stuart broad, the fast bowler from leicestershire.

i dont really like cricket, its boring, but it just goes to show that young leicester people with promise just dont want to be in leicestershire. he wanted to experiance new things and new experiencies in the cricket world, so he moved 30 miles north, ha ha, wot a twat.

im not knocking you notts, you have a great ground and better facilities, im guessing, it just annoys me that theres no loyalty. his contract was up at leiceseter and to say he wants to move for the experience and then move next door is a bit of a joke,

well done nottinghamshire on landing stuart broad, the fast bowler from leicestershire.

i dont really like cricket, its boring, but it just goes to show that young leicester people with promise just dont want to be in leicestershire. he wanted to experiance new things and new experiencies in the cricket world, so he moved 30 miles north, ha ha, wot a twat.

im not knocking you notts, you have a great ground and better facilities, im guessing, it just annoys me that theres no loyalty. his contract was up at leiceseter and to say he wants to move for the experience and then move next door is a bit of a joke,

Both counties have had reasonable success in recent years. Don't care much about cricket myself either, but it does seem to be a sideways move to me?

ishame really about all the glass etc. dunno why but i prefer the old stuff in manchester. :( shame they don't build those victorian stone monoliths anymore (palace hotel, oxford rd for example)

A nicely emphatic 4-1 win for the mighty Foxes today against the Hornets :banana:

Hopefully this is where our season really starts (to be followed by a resounding victory against our lowly neighbours up the M1 on Tuesday :lol: )

three of the four goals were lucky to say the least, we nead propa strikers who score good goals regularly to get promotion, not just rely on luck, we still got a long way to go yet

martin allens gone then, wots going on?

martin allens gone then, wots going on?

Bloody disgrace BG!

I'm very unhappy about this. 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is not a bad start to the season. But for a last minute equaliser by Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, we would be second in the table.

We were outplayed by Forest in the first half on Tuesday night, before unfortunate circumstances brought the game to a halt. Despite that, why could Mandaric claim that Allen doesn't fit into his vision for Leicester City?

Is it a case of not wanting Mad Dog to become Top dog?

mandaric went thru about seven managers apperantley at portsmouth before settling on redknapp,

i think mandaric wants a manager who will do exactley as mandaric says, i think mandaric is the real manager of leicester city and anyone he employs will just be the face

Just pray you dont get Megson. Seriously..... Pray.

Everyone at Forest is praying they do get Megson.

Went to the Foxes v Trees game on Tuesday. Trees were defiantly the better side for the first 40 min, but the City were showing signs of improvement in the last 5 min (unfortunately that’s all we got)

Anyway what struck me most that evening was the poor state of the city ground. It felt old, and the areas under the away stand were very small and very grubby.

I’ve read that they are looking into building a new ground further outside the city. That would be a terrible waste, as the current ground maybe lower league but the location is superb.

Couldn’t they just relocate for a season, and rebuild on the same site?

Anyway, manager or not, well beat them when the games replayed!!!!

How do you no that? We were 1-0 ahead until the incident occured :tongue:
Shame your players can't cut the mustard really. :jk:

In spite of the replay beginning from scratch, do you not feel that the replay should in fact just begin from the second half, with the 1-0 score still standing? From my point of view this would only be fair because it is not as if the Leicester players were compromised by the incident whilst competing in the first half. It occured at half-time. Forest were winning fair and square.

I hope this does not sound insensitive to Clive Clarke as I wish him all the best, it just seems the only really fair option to me.

i agree, it should be played with forest one nil up but played for the full 90 minutes, as fans from both sides wouldnt make the trip just for 45 minutes.

and clive clarke was the only leicester player who realised that leicester were dying on the pitch, shame he cpouldnt stop there

I think our Chief Executive offered the game to Forest, but they refused and said they would rather have a replay. Not sure if this is true though? I would have no problem with allowing Forest a one goal lead. It would be silly playing only 45 minutes in the replay...

Just thought I'd post this article from another thread about the top 500 cities in Europe with the most company headquarters. Both Nottingham & Liecester are in it.

Pos City No Co.
1 London, Londres (United Kingdom) 3,455
2 Paris (France) 2,485
3 Helsinki, Helsinki (Finland) 2,095
4 Hamburg, Hambourg (Germany) 1,620
5 Oslo (Norway) 1,498
6 Berlin (Germany) 1,338
7 Stockholm (Sweden) 1,272
8 München, Munich (Germany) 1,260
9 Madrid (Spain) 1,130
10 Milano, Milan, Mailand (Italy) 1,032
11 Bruxelles, Brussels, Brüssel (Belgium) 916
12 Moskva, Moscow, Moskau, Moscou (Russia) 914
13 Wien, Vienna, Vienne (Austria) 852
14 Köln, Cologne (Germany) 736
15 Frankfurt am Main, Francfort-sur-le-Main (Germany) 702
16 Espoo (Finland) 684
17 Düsseldorf, Duesseldorf (Germany) 680
18 Vantaa (Finland) 640
19 Budapest (Hungary) 624
20 Stuttgart (Germany) 601
21 Praha, Prague, Prag (Czech Republic) 535
22 Barcelona, Barcelone (Spain) 529
23 Göteborg, Goeteborg, Gothenburg (Sweden) 498
24 Manchester (United Kingdom) 494
25 Warszawa, Warsaw, Warschau (Poland) 466
26 Roma, Rome, Rom (Italy) 437
27 Bremen (Germany) 428
28 Amsterdam (Netherlands) 426
29 Birmingham (United Kingdom) 423
30 Lisboa, Lisbon, Lissabon, Lisbonne (Portugal) 421
31 Tampere (Finland) 421
32 Hannover, Hanover (Germany) 414
33 Istanbul (Turkey) 412
34 Athinai, Athens, Athen, Athènes (Greece) 411
35 Essen (Germany) 399
36 Turku, Aabo (Finland) 393
37 Malmö, Malmoe (Sweden) 391
38 Nürnberg, Nuremberg (Germany) 369
39 Glasgow (United Kingdom) 368
40 Zürich, Zurich (Switzerland) 346
41 Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers (Belgium) 344
42 København, Copenhagen, Kopenhagen (Denmark) 312
43 Leeds (United Kingdom) 309
44 Rotterdam (Netherlands) 288
45 Dortmund (Germany) 284
46 Bristol (United Kingdom) 279
47 Nottingham (United Kingdom) 268
48 Lyon, Lyons (France) 257
49 Aberdeen (United Kingdom) 256
50 Leicester (United Kingdom) 251

I was just about to post this too lol... good to see us all in there..

No Cardiff or Edinburgh?

UK needs to sort itsef out though. Look how much german cities there are in the list! We're too centralised around London.

That's interesting-I didn't realise Leicester had that many HQ's. :)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=15131320#post15131320

lol

Another list from a dodgy german web site. Leicester 251 Aberdeen 256, what kind of headquarters is that kebap shops? I lived in Leicester for 2 years and if it has 251 corporate headquarters I'll chop my balls off and throw them straight to the bin. If a list doesn't include the size and workforce of the so called corporations :lol: then it doesn't even worth reading it

I think our Chief Executive offered the game to Forest, but they refused and said they would rather have a replay. Not sure if this is true though? I would have no problem with allowing Forest a one goal lead. It would be silly playing only 45 minutes in the replay...

I’ve just read in the local paper that this isn’t the first time that a City v Trees match has been abandoned.


The Leicester Mercury

THE DAY IT FROZE AT FOREST
31 August 2007

City and Nottingham Forest, whose Carling Cup tie was cut short on Tuesday evening following Clive Clarke's collapse, were involved in another abandoned match in the 1960s.

According to City club statistician Dave Smith, their top-flight showdown at the City Ground on December 9, 1967, was cut short after 51 minutes because of a frozen pitch with City leading 1-0 through a Frank Large goal.

The match was replayed in March with Joe Baker scoring both Forest goals in a 2-1 win and Alan Tewley replying.

same again? 2-1 to the reds?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=15131320#post15131320

lol

From the same thread

They are companies listed on the stock market so I don't think too many will be kebab shops. :)

Unfortunately for you Trees, I think the players heart attack robbed you of your chance and that Leicester will win the replay.

This sub-forum is for the whole East Midlands, but in the main only people from Leicester & Nott’s post.

Any ideas how we can get more people interested?

What do you mean...from other areas in the EM...or from Leicester and Notts??

I must say... I think the subforums been a success dont you lot? It hasn't been two hard for us to live in the same house... we've started plenty of threads, and we have plenty of discussion... multiple times in the Notts thread we'll get guys form other areas come in and contribute, we've got a few new members its been great I think overall.

The Notts thread has got loaaadddss of views... 4700 already... in just the month or so its been running. Thats nearly 10% of the 50,000 in the hull thread which has been accumulated from last year!

I'm stuck for ideas on how to attract more people...i've tried a few things... i did a post on the Nottingham flickr section... I got one new member (today) through there...

On the Notts Evening post comment section we get a lotta people comment when something is proposed...so i go in there and advertised the forums (however....they've ban me now).

I try to direct traffic from New Nottingham to hear as well which is getting about 150 visitors aday... the problem is... I think all the traffic we're getting on there is coming from here anyway because we don't have any advertising apart from our signatures....

I agree about the sucess of the EM Subforum. At first I thought sharing with Leicester woul pose a problem with all the arguments and bitchiness that was thrown around before, but it's not been a problem. It's also alot easier to discuss single projects now, whilst before everything was in one thread, which got abit tricky at times.

I agree about the sucess of the EM Subforum. At first I thought sharing with Leicester woul pose a problem with all the arguments and bitchiness that was thrown around before, but it's not been a problem. It's also alot easier to discuss single projects now, whilst before everything was in one thread, which got abit tricky at times.

The subforum has worked well. I think it has helped raise awareness of developments in the whole of the East Midlands. I'm viewing the Nottingham, Derby, Corby and Lincoln threads. Before the forum, I wouldn't have looked at these very often, if at all.

Being able to discuss single topics is so much better...

there aint enuff time in the day to read thru all the threads and il be fucked if im going to spend more than an hour a week on line, i aint turning into no computer geek,

im an outdoors man and until they invent outside computers thats how it will stay,

there aint enuff time in the day to read thru all the threads and il be fucked if im going to spend more than an hour a week on line, i aint turning into no computer geek,

im an outdoors man and until they invent outside computers thats how it will stay,

Get a wireless laptop BG!!!

dont start this again lears, i ended up follwing u round on here the other day for ages, replying to things ud onley just posted, then finding ud replyed to the thing id just posted which resulted in me going round and round and round

i aint turning into a computer freak

dont start this again lears, i ended up follwing u round on here the other day for ages, replying to things ud onley just posted, then finding ud replyed to the thing id just posted which resulted in me going round and round and round

i aint turning into a computer freak

:lol: You already are a computer freak...otherwise you wouldn't be here.

Sorry if I made you dizzy mate.

no probs,

and im not a geek as long as im winding people up, thems the rules on geekyness