gilmour Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 What has the council been doing today. Had to tipetoe all the way to firpark. Pavements outside and the park and surrounding streets untreated. Whatever happened to fan safty? Mon da well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Diggle Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 It's called winter. The council's job isn't to turn it to summer. Streets all over Scotland are the same. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 sssshh or the games will be cancelled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilmour Posted December 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 It's called winter. The council's job isn't to turn it to summer. Streets all over Scotland are the same. No shit Sherlock. It may not be there job to turn it into summer but it bloody well is their job to make sure they are safe when over 4000 people are going to have to walk on them. As Del said games have been canceled before for this very reason not that i wanted it called off i just didn't have ice skates with me for the pavements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Diggle Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Don't be soft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Perhaps a point you might want to take up with NLC then Gilmour. They've a punter who tweets about 50 times a day about their winter operations on their twitter account and regularly points out who to contact to look at roads and pavements for gritting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilmour Posted December 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Perhaps a point you might want to take up with NLC then Gilmour. They've a punter who tweets about 50 times a day about their winter operations on their twitter account and regularly points out who to contact to look at roads and pavements for gritting. Right i should take it up with nlc that the game was fit to go ahead despite games at FP being called off Very recently on the grounds of Health and Safety. Wheres the Match co nordiantor when you need him? I take it you didnt have to tipie toe to the game today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Saw a guy last week slip on the top step into Airbles station and go down the lot of them. Guess he wasn't hard enough. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Right i should take it up with nlc that the game was fit to go ahead despite games at FP being called off Very recently on the grounds of Health and Safety. Wheres the Match co nordiantor when you need him? I take it you didnt have to tipie toe to the game today? Don't be so patronising. I was trying to help you! You complained about streets being untreated. I pointed you in the direction of someone who might be able to remedy that for you. Clearly nothing they can do about today but it might put your mind at rest when its frosty or snowy at any other home games in the winter. NLC Winter Twitter Alternatively NLC Winter Services And no I didn't tip-toe to the game. I chose to wear appropriate footwear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONeils40yarder Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 This thread is a fucking topper . I was delighted the game was on today and me and my 7 year old managed to negotiate our way from the Health Centre Car Park and traverse all the way back, without either of us decking it, and neither of us were "tippy toeing'. NLC canae possibly grit every single street and every single path on their patch due to logistics and timeframes. I'd rather take my chances with a few icy streets than see the game postponed because the H&S brigade fear a claim coming from some miserable fucker who slipped while 'tippy toeing' to Fir Park in his fucking hush puppies . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Diggle Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Nail heid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilmour Posted December 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 It's called winter. The council's job isn't to turn it to summer. Streets all over Scotland are the same. So this is you pointing me in the right direction im so very sorry i misinterpreted it as sarcasm from someone who was no where near the ground today, so therefor knows the sod route of fuk all. As for being soft this i may be but my bones are not when they break due to untreated pavements? Oneil i don't want them to grit every path just the ones that will get 4000 people walking on them ffs its no brainer and i had boots on not hush puppies did you go to the game either??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madscot Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Nail heid. Nail heid ,ice. fell. broken the hip. so WTF are you talking about ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilmour Posted December 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Nail heid ,ice. fell. broken the hip. so WTF ? Get well soon and its no ones fault so tough as its winter?, Ps did you go near the fp club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Diggle Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 So this is you pointing me in the right direction im so very sorry i misinterpreted it as sarcasm from someone who was no where near the ground today, so therefor knows the sod route of fuk all. As for being soft this i may be but my bones are not when they break due to untreated pavements? Oneil i don't want them to grit every path just the ones that will get 4000 people walking on them ffs its no brainer and i had boots on not hush puppies did you go to the game either??? It was Andy P that was pointing you in the right direction - I was most definitely trying to be sarcastic. I was definitely at the game. Travelling in from a neighbouring county. I can assure you that pavements freeze, are treated and re-freeze in that county too. It's a common phenomenon in the winter. You've sometimes gotta change out of your Converse. When folk slip in the winter its sometimes down to the nasty weather - no the council. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 When folk slip in the winter its sometimes down to the nasty weather - no the council. Exactly. Sometimes you just have to take personal responsibility. If it's slippy, invest in some grippy boots and be careful. If it's too slippy for you and you're making a non-essential journey (like a football match), turn around and go home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONeils40yarder Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Oneil i don't want them to grit every path just the ones that will get 4000 people walking on them ffs its no brainer and i had boots on not hush puppies did you go to the game either??? Nope, the council dont have to give MFC any special treatment unfortunately, therefore if they dont manage to unfreeze the streets around Fir Park because they have higher priorities then it is up the relevant authorities (ie the polis) to decide whether or not the conditions around the stadium are deemed unfit for 4000 people to attend a match at the stadium. If you have a gripe its with the polis not NLC. Thankfully (on this occasion) the polis, trusted us to negotiate the many hazards associated with winter walking and allowed the match to go ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONeils40yarder Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Exactly. Sometimes you just have to take personal responsibility. If it's slippy, invest in some grippy boots and be careful. If it's too slippy for you and you're making a non-essential journey (like a football match), turn around and go home. Fuck that, when there's a potential claim to be had or a moan to be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 To be honest I have seen it much worse than that at Fir Park and at quite a few away games at this time of year (Gordon Young's game in charge at Tynecastle at the end of 2009 springs to mind). I'd say the worst of the weather is still to come................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnstone Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Gilmour stop being a total fanny. If you have an issue with the pavements then call the council and complain. Dont bitch about it on a motherwell message board. I walked all the way home and almost fell twice but I didnt get in and vent spleen with my local councillor. Why? Cos it's winter and roads and pavements get icy. People moan about fuck all these days. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 I think folk are being a touch harsh on the OP, who IMO has a legitimate grievance. I don't think it's that unreasonable to expect the Council to make a special effort and grit the streets/pavements around Fir Park. Surely the volume of traffic/potential for some nasty falls would make them a priority? I'd at the very least expect the Club to be out salting the pavements in the immediate vicinity of the ground, that to me is just common sense. Winter/snow/ice is nothing new right enough, so why is it that we are so poor are coping with it in this day and age? I think part of it is you used to be able to say, yeah the Council will have been out and salted X, Y & Z by this time but now it seems to be pot luck. Best thing to do is get a pair of those grippers that slip over your shoes, then you're not relying on anyone else to make places safe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Diggle Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 The place was fuckin fine today. The streets were like how they always are at this time of year and as Finlay says things have been a lot worse. It's winter But There were no issues today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 The roads around the ground were absolutely fine, just walked from Muirhouse down to Airbles about an hour ago and the pavements are still fine, when it has began to freeze over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilmour Posted December 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 The place was fuckin fine today. The streets were like how they always are at this time of year and as Finlay says things have been a lot worse. It's winter But There were no issues today there was for me walking up Glencairn street and outside the Firpark club so how can you say there were no issues when im saying there was? Im not moaning for no reaseon IT WAS AN ISSUE TO ME and others walking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Diggle Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Fair enuff ya big wummin Hope your currently safe wrapped up in your cotton wool away from the big bad world. How would you cope if you lived in somewhere like Shotts where its icy 12 months of the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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