Whaaattt?

Someone buys a house near a church but doesn't realise it has bells despite the obvious bell tower and so complains about the noise. This results in when bells can ring being curtailed or even cancelled.
Having achieved their goal, that person then moves to a house close to a farm A cow in the nearby field happens to peer into their garden whilst they are sunbathing ..........person claims the cow is stalking them and demands the farmer gets rid of it...........that results in cow complaining to local council about anti cattle behaviour by incomers
1st is true and it probably won't be long before the 2nd ( or something similar ) also becomes a common occurence.

 

Just as the last couple of times Trump says negotiations going well, making progress and such like. The morning we wake up to news of US/Israeli raids on Iran and the talks have ended with a bang.
Once his Secretary of War tells him they're ready to go then the talks will again come to an abrupt end.

 

Whilst I wouldn't pretend to know the ins and out of the different types of bus, we do have both single and double deckers thru the village on a regular basis - HPC 2, school and community buses. Narrow road and this house is on a sharp bend, no pavement and with about 6 inches to spare between house and road. I don't envy the bus drivers as they have to negotiate a narrow road which is often full of cars parked either side once the pass our house. Far worse for us are the vroom vroom lot on motor bikes and in cars who regularly speed up and down, back firing and revving away like total idiots. Heaven knows how they pass an MOT ( or even a driving test ). Speed warning signs are becoming popular but no limits on noise. Noise from buses are the least of the problems I think. Give me a Cow any day

 

Can I have your opinion on this situation please. Booked a room in a hotel and were surprised that it turned out to be an attic apartment in a separate barn conversion from the hotel Two apartments on the ground floor. Our attic apartment was accessible only by a wooden open step spiral staircase. No fire escape from the room or a fire extinguisher in the room. Obviously if a fire started in one of the ground floor apartments we would be trapped. Is this legal?

 

It sounds dreadful. Contact the local fire department. I’m sure they would have a view on the matter.

Fire Safety in Hotels and B&Bs - Essential Guide for Accommodation Providers

 

There are already body bags coming home @pete and no doubt more to follow.War is only good for the weapons manufacturers, arms merchants and, long term, medical innovation as medics find new ways to deal with injuries.

Ukraine is still standing because its people are remarkably robust, determined and innovative witha history and culture older, richer and more complex than Russia's. Putin and co thought they could just march in and takeover in a few days.

Similarly, Iranians are robust, well educated and have a rich culture and history that they won't let be wiped out by the orange tantrum monster, a few creeps in Washington and ill advised military personnel breaking the US consitution. I'm afraid this war si going to have very long consequences for the US and Israel even after/if thing ssettle down for the rest of the world.

Meanwhile China's political leaders must be rubbing their hands with glee and possible holding their aching sides after laughing themselves silly that Trump could actually be more stupid than anyone thought.

 

@waterbut If there was an opening from the apartment to the spiral steps and thence to the ground,they may well get away with it. Otherwise, it sounds like an enquiry to the local fire safety office would be worth it. Presume you have already raised any possible safety problems with the owners ?

 

@waterbutt, I would ask the hotel to move you to another room (if you haven't already done so).

The situation doesn't sound remotely safe to me. The hotel should have told you when you booked about the accessibility IMO.

 

Surely hotel rooms have to pass certain standards of all kinds, fire being one.
Although I wouldn't take that too seriously as the residents of places like Grenfell seemed to have been told to shut themselves in and not evacuate.

 

Yeah but mostly from accidents rather than enemy action as far as I can see, a ground operation would be far more risky.
Personally I tell the Israelis to sort it out, they seem to like that kind of thing.

 

Trump may be mellowing his tone because many members of his own party are turning against him, although no all for the same reason. Some think he should harden his stance whilst others are saying he has gone too far and is acting in direct contradiction to what he claimed the original aims were. The US population is also turning on him, somewhat belatedly I think.

 

@Philippa There have been court cases here in France where city folk move to the country and then complain about church bells, cocks crowing, cows mooing and all sorts of smells. Recent verdicts have all been on the side of country life, the cockerels, bells and smells.

@KT53 I see that efforts to stop women and veterans from voting in the mid terms next November are failing and more gerry-mandering initiatives have been thwarted so MAGA representatives in bothe houses are now fearing the consequences of losing to the democrats - trials, fines, imprisonment for all sorts of illegal insider trading, unconstitutional, racist and other behaviours.