Modern Life Is Rubbish

[Delayed]

Well, this is unwelcome news. 

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11457479/Leisure-centre-chain-Better-Leisure-reveals-reduce-opening-hours.html

[hackey lad]

# PrayforChekhov  

[Anna B]

32 minutes ago, Delayed said:

Well, this is unwelcome news. 

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11457479/Leisure-centre-chain-Better-Leisure-reveals-reduce-opening-hours.html

Oh dear, another public amenity lost. Libraries gone, pubs struggling, shops closing...

I'm willing to bet they won't be coming back... Is there going to be anything left by 2024?

 

[hackey lad]

2 minutes ago, Anna B said:

Oh dear, another public amenity lost. Libraries gone, pubs struggling, shops closing...

I'm willing to bet they won't be coming back... Is there going to be anything left by 2024?

 

Is it lost ? Or just cutting it’s cloth accordingly?  Libraries are still open 

Edited November 22, 2022 by hackey lad

[fools]

libraries were getting cut back in the 90's 

 

everyone is walking around with a smartphone.

[Anna B]

11 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

Is it lost ? Or just cutting it’s cloth accordingly?  Libraries are still open 

It's a downward spiral, the less it opens the less people will use it, revenue will fall, then it won't be able to open at all.

These places deteriorate very quickly if they are closed and unheated for any length of time, and develop mould and structural problems.

My library closed with the Austerity crisis. It now opens 3 afternoons a week for 2 hours, manned by volunteers (I'm grateful for that at least.)  

Bus services are being run down too, and Sheffield city centre is like a ghost town, in spite of Christmas being round the corner, their busiest time. People's habits change. These things take years to recover, if they ever do.

 

It's not looking good

 

 

[fools]

1 minute ago, Anna B said:

It's a downward spiral, the less it opens the less people will use it, revenue will fall, then it won't be able to open at all.

These places deteriorate very quickly if they are closed and unheated for any length of time, and develop mould and structural problems.

My library closed with the Austerity crisis. It now opens 3 afternoons a week for 2 hours, manned by volunteers (I'm grateful for that at least.)  

Bus services are being run down too, and Sheffield city centre is like a ghost town, in spite of Christmas being round the corner, their busiest time. People's habits change. These things take years to recover, if they ever do.

 

It's not looking good

 

 

anti-car socialism

[hackey lad]

1 hour ago, Anna B said:

It's a downward spiral, the less it opens the less people will use it, revenue will fall, then it won't be able to open at all.

These places deteriorate very quickly if they are closed and unheated for any length of time, and develop mould and structural problems.

My library closed with the Austerity crisis. It now opens 3 afternoons a week for 2 hours, manned by volunteers (I'm grateful for that at least.)  

Bus services are being run down too, and Sheffield city centre is like a ghost town, in spite of Christmas being round the corner, their busiest time. People's habits change. These things take years to recover, if they ever do.

 

It's not looking good

 

 

So it’s not lost then ? And your library as is mine , is still open 

Edited November 23, 2022 by hackey lad

[*_ash_*]

1 hour ago, Anna B said:

It's a downward spiral, the less it opens the less people will use it, revenue will fall, then it won't be able to open at all.

These places deteriorate very quickly if they are closed and unheated for any length of time, and develop mould and structural problems.

My library closed with the Austerity crisis. It now opens 3 afternoons a week for 2 hours, manned by volunteers (I'm grateful for that at least.)  

Bus services are being run down too, and Sheffield city centre is like a ghost town, in spite of Christmas being round the corner, their busiest time. People's habits change. These things take years to recover, if they ever do.

 

It's not looking good

 

 

Bold/underlined... Which do you think causes which?

 

People's habits change. 

 

Let me give an example using the underlined.

 

25 years ago+, if I wanted to buy something (not available locally), I would go to town. 

Now I just order it on Amazon. They might be a disgusting thieving virus of a company, however, it saves me time, traffic, parking / or waiting for buses, things not in stock, dealing with all the beggars in town hassling me. The list goes on. 

 

I'd even go as far as saying, even if the bus stopped outside my house, was free, and took me to town... I'd still probably prefer to buy online. 

Of course, I am not everyone, but this is a habit change, slowly over time.

 

[El Cid]

5 hours ago, *_ash_* said:

 

Let me give an example using the underlined.

 

I'd even go as far as saying, even if the bus stopped outside my house, was free, and took me to town... I'd still probably prefer to buy online. 

Of course, I am not everyone, but this is a habit change, slowly over time.

 

It all started with the remote control, where do people get their exercise from?

So with people getting less exercise, the swimming pools would open longer.