TC Move to Swanwick

[BDiONU]

Just been announced as October 2007 and the Military in time for xmas '07.

BD

[Barry Cuda]

Damn you, BDiONU, I thought I had the scoop on this one!

Anyway, only 30 months and counting...!

[pr00ne]

What will that leave at West Drayton?

[Jerricho]

More land for burnt out cars?

[AlanM]

Very good Jer

(Didn't you live in West Drayton.......)

[Jerricho]

West Drayton North thank you very much. A nice 5 minute walk to work.

And there was a reason I would leave my car at the Centre

[Barnaby the Bear]

West Drayton is a lovely place......if you really close your eyes tight and think of somewhere else.

[gumpalump]

can't be any worse than the 'Peg tracon can it?
what was the murder count last year again?

[Jerricho]

can't be any worse than the 'Peg tracon can it?

Never knew we had a Tracon.

And yes, it's much worse (plus I now don't have to put up with bloody Girls Aloud and all that other !!!!e..........give me Shania Twain any day )

[pr00ne]

So,

When TC and the Mil move to Swanwick what will that leave at West Drayton from an ATC point of view?

[Gonzo]

Nothing at all.

[A I]

Well no ATC people but lot's of infrastructure!!

[Minesapint]

NAS is the last major bit of fairly important kit at LTCC. That should move before TC but its all been a little quiet. West Drayton - (logoverland) gone and forgotten!

[A I]

Agree about NAS but also lots of other legacy bits like RTF and ATOTN all route through WD at the moment. The transfer is pretty complicated and the timescale certainly looks aggressive.

A I

[Minesapint]

That's true. Its pretty aggressive for NAS & CCDS let alone all the other kit.

[gumpalump]

erm that was what brits call "irony" Mr J.

how exactly is (at least) 30 murders last year, in a town the size of Southampton, worse than West Drayton?


I'm not saying WD is heaven of course...

[Lock n' Load]

We're a tad off-topic here, for which I'm sure Jerricho will gladly take the blame...
The UK has the second highest rate of assault in the world, and one of the highest burglary rates. I'd rather accept a 0.02% annual risk of being murdered (Alberta has a lower murder rate than Manitoba) than a 3% annual risk of being assaulted!
Incidentally, just as most murders in Manchester, London, Birmigham and Glasgow are drug or other crime related (and the rest due to marital strife), and tend to perpetrated by the desperate on the desperate, I think you'll find the same is true in Winnipeg. Jerricho will have to be there for at least 5 years before he drives people crazy enough to resort to murder.

Note to Mrs Jerricho - put the knife down. You have to make it look like an accident to collect the life insurance.

[Jerricho]

how exactly is (at least) 30 murders last year, in a town the size of Southampton, worse than West Drayton?

We could go into the demographics of it Gump, but here is neither the time nor the place You're not being ironic, you're comparing chalk and cheese (you ever lived in Winnipeg?)

(LnL, why is it always my fault? )

[gumpalump]

I have lived there actually - so am pretty qualified to make comments I reckon (observe the lack of "humorous" smilies in my post?).

Not sure where Alberta comes into it either.

Much prefer London/South East UK myself.

[Jerricho]

I have lived there actually - so am pretty qualified to make comments I reckon

So then you do realise the folly in the comparison with Southampton.

I certainly know where I would rather live.

(This isn't who I think it is........ Mr G?)