Things that make you go What the F**k?

[Declan]

Pretty much and the fact that soul music hasbeen replaced by rap!!!

[Bingo]

What in hell happened this city?

The sharp end of global capitalism allied to greed and corruption

There is a couple of websites that show then and now photos of Detroit and how bad things have got in it. Just generally abandoned buildings very commonplace.

[Denn Forever]

Michael Moore needs to ride to the rescue.

[seafoid]

What in hell happened this city?

The sharp end of global capitalism allied to greed and corruption

Is it that the car industry upped sticks to 'cheaper' horizons - Flint, Michigan part deux?

Flint was much smaller .
All the white middleclass people left Detroit for the suburbs starting late 1970s.
Huge swathes of infrastructure were abandoned. The tax system collapsed.

The Yanks are great for just walking away like that.

[Canalman]

As posted earlier it is the city itself that is in trouble. Detroit metropolitan area has I think 4 million or so people all made up of individual townships etc. Used to be a Corktown in Detroit I believe.

People in Chicago look to Detroit city and thank their lucky stars they had Mayor Daley Snr running the show when Chicago city was teetering on the edge.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

We have a Corktown in Toronto as well

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corktown,_Toronto

[seafoid]

As posted earlier it is the city itself that is in trouble. Detroit metropolitan area has I think 4 million or so people all made up of individual townships etc. Used to be a Corktown in Detroit I believe.

People in Chicago look to Detroit city and thank their lucky stars they had Mayor Daley Snr running the show when Chicago city was teetering on the edge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6PaewtfWVY
Photographer Andrew Moore discusses his powerful images of decaying buildings in a once-booming Detroit during a presentation at the Eastman House on October 21, 2010.

00:09:28

[tyssam5]

What in hell happened this city?

The sharp end of global capitalism allied to greed and corruption

Is it that the car industry upped sticks to 'cheaper' horizons - Flint, Michigan part deux?

Flint was much smaller .
All the white middleclass people left Detroit for the suburbs starting late 1970s.
Huge swathes of infrastructure were abandoned. The tax system collapsed.

The Yanks are great for just walking away like that.

As indeed we are ourselves, hence the diaspora.

[Tony Baloney]

A mate who works on the periphery of the car industry was there a couple of years ago and said it was in a desperate state then.

http://www.foundmichigan.org/wp/2012/04/18/what-the-hell-is-happening-in-detroit/

[Tony Baloney]

Jesus, I think even Laoislad would think twice 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21788238

[Apparently so]

Thats disgusting

[trileacman]

Shredded wheat. Fucks sake it's the worst than chewing through a door, who survives on this shit?

[armaghniac]

Shredded wheat. f**ks sake it's the worst than chewing through a door, who survives on this shit?

,

it ensures that you are not full of shit

[trileacman]

Shredded wheat. f**ks sake it's the worst than chewing through a door, who survives on this shit?

,

it ensures that you are not full of shit

So does a dodgy curry but I wouldn't start the morning with one.

[orangeman]

Cork pothole: workers suspended for fixing road



Three council road workers in County Cork have been suspended after they took an impromptu decision to fill in a pothole they found on the way back to their depot.

It is understood the workers were returning from a job when they spotted a dangerous pothole and decided to repair it.

A Health and Safety Authority officer saw them.

He said they had not put a proper traffic management system in place.

The workers were consequently suspended from their jobs.

The council has declined to comment on the suspensions.

The men's union, the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union, (Siptu), has stepped in on their behalf.

Con Casey, Siptu, said: "These three workers have exemplary service records. There is a meeting arranged for next Tuesday (2 April) to discuss this with management and we will not be commenting further on the matter until that discussion has taken place."

The incident happened on 13 March at Bothar Guidel Road in Carrigaline.

Cork councillors were told about the suspensions at their meeting last Monday. They heard that the issue was about enforcing health and safety regulations.

Councillor John Mulvihill Snr, a former mayor of Cork, said health and safety was of vital importance.

He said that in recent times three road workers had died in accidents. The result was that the council was enforcing legislation rigorously.

"Health and safety is number one and you cannot put people's lives at risk," he said.

"The law says it was not safe. You need three or four people to fill in a pothole including two with 'Stop and Go' signs.

Councillor Noel McCarthy said common sense should have prevailed
"You cannot put a cost on somebody's life. It is unfortunate. These men are very diligent working guys. They have 90 years of experience between them. They are conscientious people. But how far do you go. Do you rule out common sense altogether?

"Is this a case where a warning could have been issued to the workers? You could ask what about the health and safety inspector - was he a hazard when he stopped to talk to them?"

Councillor Noel McCarthy, Labour, said: "The lads showed initiative. We are all for health and safety but sometimes it can be taken too far.

"These are middle-aged men with plenty of experience. I felt that they had the motorists and the general public in mind."

Mr McCarthy said suspending the men was wrong.

"Common sense should have prevailed," he said.

The Labour councillor said he understood that there were just three men working on the pothole when there should have been four in order to meet health and safety rules.