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Hi Storky, how much is Bannatynes ? Wonder whether to try there. Not as easy to get to without a car though ! Hi Magbagpuss, I'm not sure. The last time I looked the full membership was comparable to EL if you took the restricted club access (only one club). You are also locked into it for one year...

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Dear Storky, To say the Steam Room is 'not working' is untrue. The Steam Room is working fine, I was myself in there last night, and it was just the trick after a good training session. The Plunge Pool was 'refreshing' :shock: Now, if you have any more comments Storky, please let us know at the cen...

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What is the status of the Turkish Baths, in particular the steam room? I was in on Monday and it was working well: a nice constant gentle steam at a well regulated temperature

Then I was in on Tuesday and it was back to normal - not working

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PORTOBELLOSWIMCENTRE wrote:
The offer officially expires on the 17th of December. This is because this is the last day you will receive full 12 Day usage from the card (We are closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day).

That makes sense as it wasn't clear in the original statement.

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Why would someone take a 12 day pass starting today if it expires on the 17th December? Would it not make sense to extend the expiry date to say the 24th December?

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Portobelloswimcentre you state "if the Steam Room varies from cool to extremely hot, how can it be possible for Steam to be rarely generated?" Simple: the steam piles in for a couple of minutes and makes the temperature almost unbearable. Then the steam turns off for around 30 minutes which means th...

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If the steam is being generated when you enter it is a coincidence and very fortunate as the steam is rarely generated. The steam is generated under the control of the thermal detector (the grey box at the far corner of the room). You regularly see people pour cold water on it to get the steam gener...

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These technical issues have been a bit of a saga. Since the new steam generators were installed in January, the temperature of the steam room has never regulated correctly. I was in the Turkish the other day and it was very cool with absolutely no steam being generated. I don't think the fault has b...

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People should be aware that the temperature in the Steam Room of the Turkish Baths doesn't regulate correctly. The temperature ranges from extremely hot to very cool.

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[quote="portygeoff"]Just to add that as an early morning runner I often see people out walking/toileting their dogs on the beach. In winter it is often too dark for the owners to actually see what their dog is doing. Loads of so could responsible owners actually have only a limited knowledge of what...

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Am I correct in saying the originally proposed Viridor waste site would be located at the back of her house? When Viridor eventually reapply, I'm thinking that perhaps Portobello needs a waste site. No.Wrong side of the crescent. Anyway, alot of good people live in the same street as DC,some even h...

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should we have a poll to establish what most of us think regarding the nutjob ? One thing about the nutjob; I am going to remember her for a long time. In future campaigns she fights for, I will seriously consider opposing everything she stands for. I certainly don't want to support anything that i...

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jamiek wrote:I am surprised to hear people saying because they "left the womb" singing the red flag they can only vote Labour. ....

Agreed! I'm also surprised people vote for their preferred candidate based on being male or female. I personally vote for who I think is the best candidate regardless of sex.

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Can anyone confirm if CEC are definitely pursuing PPAG for the court costs and a bond for the next hearing? They said thy would be but im sure i heard this may not be the case? Financial pressure is the only way they will give up, if CEC aren't pursuing these costs i'll be contacting my Councillor ...

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What I particularly enjoyed was that Ros Sutherland was a spent force after 1.5 hours of grilling. She looked drained and out of it. Perhaps the pressure is getting too much? She avoided question after question and the floor typically didn't accept this and demanded an answer. She was way out her de...

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I have to say that I have seen any meeting ever chaired in such a bombastic, bordering on aggressive manner. If it were not so serious, it might have been funny. It was a bit like a sketch from an old Terry & June programme! On a more serious note, Ros Sutherland's reference to ECHR was disturbing ...

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With a court date being set so soon (getting one in May is pretty astonishing given the pace of things in the Inner House usually) it's very difficult to justify just proceeding because it wouldn't be at no risk, just minimal risk. Exposing themselves to any risk, when the alternative is hopefully ...

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Not sure if anyone else has posted the PHS Report that will be discussed at tomorrows full council meeting. In any case here is the link: http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/35481/item_81_the_new_portobello_high_school I've only had time for a quick scan, but two things stand out: 1. se...

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Desperation is a word that comes to mind when I see your new poster campaign. Nevertheless the school is going to be built. I know for a fact that a number of councilors will be voting for the school build to proceed at the next council meeting (end of this month). Their opinions are that the risk ...

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Do you have list of email addresses and a template people could use Storky? mcdryburn If you want to ensure every councilor gets your message use these addresses: labour.group@edinburgh.gov.uk snp.group@edinburgh.gov.uk conservative.group@edinburgh.gov.uk green.group@edinburgh.gov.uk liberaldemocra...

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I wrote to all our local councilors about 'raising the heat' on PPAG. I truly believe even with the pursual of legal costs etc., they will still attempt to delay things enough to render the current tenders useless, with the hope that retendering will increase costs enough to cancel the whole project...

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Park group’s appeal ‘will delay city school revamps’ To put this whole thing to bed once and for all, I think PPAG should be terminated. NB Batty, I don't mean this literally - no violence is intended. Whilst pursuing legal expense and forcing PPAG to put up a bond may swing it, bear in mind we are...

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wangi wrote:admin: posts related to "Big W" have been split to New Portobello High School - Big W site redux. Posts regarding speculation of a user's identity have been removed - please remember our posting guidelines.

I appreciate that!

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This Big W discussion is becoming boring. It has been discussed on a different thread.
It is also not relevant to this thread.

Admin request; could this subject please be moved to a different thread?

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Porty wrote:Storky- my understanding is PPAG have 14 days to lodge the grounds of their appeal. The council have 28 days to respond. Date for court is indefinite..

Thanks Porty. I'll ping the councillors and discuss 'Plan B'.

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What happens next with respect to the appeal? Is it simply a case of waiting for PPAG to withdraw their appeal? Is there a certain timeline for this? I'd appreciate any answers, otherwise I will ask the council (I may do this anyway). If there is some option for PPAG to delay things substantially, p...

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Despite the council pursuing legal costs, I wonder if PPAG will still maintain their appeal? They have enough lunatics in their group to do this!

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Porty wrote:May sound like a daft question; who are PPAG?

The group had to formailise in order to bring the court action, Does anyone know who how many and who the named indivduals are?

That same thought crossed my mind.

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I'm certainly not impressed with the response of the local councilors to this matter. Almost five working days and only two acknowledgements. The only decent reply was from Kenny Macaskill! I've requested the email addresses of all the Edinburgh Councilors in a soft format. Perhaps the Councilors in...

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The best way of proceeding with the school as soon as possible is to destroy PPAG financially. Pressure has to be applied to our Council to seek legal costs, thus preventing them proceeding with their appeal.

I have requested a FOI on the costs to date. I will post once received.

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With the May elections coming up, it is also worth noting that Councillor Stephen Hawkins (Lib Dems) is a PPAG supporter.

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Would I be correct in assuming the Councils legal expenses incurred thus far could be obtained under the freedom of information act?

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Joeshmoe, these are the email addresses of the Councillors (that I could find) in the two local wards. I would also cc Kenny Macaskill, as he has expressed an interest. michael.bridgman@edinburgh.gov.uk maureen.child@edinburgh.gov.uk stephen.hawkins@edinburgh.gov.uk ewan.aitken@edinburgh.gov.uk gary...

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One local councillor has informed that he is consulting with the councillors solicitors about seeking legal costs from PPAG. I also discussed this matter with Kenny Macaskill as this is within his constituency, plus he is well qualified to comment on legal matters. Kenny's opinion was 'It’s obviousl...

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Surely it would make more sense for PPAG to have a fund raising event to pay for the Council's legal expenses that have been incurred so far? I certainly hope that our Councillors are going to pursue these costs. I have challenged my local Councillors to obtain legal costs from PPAG. I would urge ot...

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