Found this by way of one of the referrers. Seems to be a graffiti/art-crimes site. Only the content gets all very strange, like William Burroughs trapped in a local newspaper.
And half way down the page, they start channelling the name of this blog. Why? WHo? How? On other pages they do the same with some rather more well known (and international blogs). Kewel…
Well I haven’t had much time recently (as you might have noticed), but it’s good to see you’ve been keeping the site going amongst yourselves.
I’ve added a comments section so we can keep track of just how much Frazer and Elvis post (more than me I should think).
This blog has the facility for multiple authors, which might be interesting.
The Parish Council is thinking of investing in ilkley.org (to which I won’t link here). Perhaps before doing so, they should have a word about the unethical methods used by the Wharfedale Online Trust (which runs the site) to maintain visit numbers.
Our friends over at ilkley-more have been running a very successful, lively site for a couple of years now. For reasons that escape me, they never picked up the .co.uk version of their name. The WOT have now done so, and pointed it at ilkley.org. A clear case of passing off.
They’ve even set up a forum, in imitation of -more’s best feature. Currently there’s five posts on it, three from more regulars wondering why they’ve squatted someone else’s URL.
Glad to see our beloved leaders are looking at how they can introduce ASBOs, now that parish councils are being given the power to do so.
ASBOs, of course, are given for things that are not criminal actvities. Like putting your feeet up on the station seating, or riding your bicycle on the pavement, or hanging around in groups looking threatening (which, frankly, is done by anyone under the age of sixty in this place). However, the breach of them is a criminal offence, leading to a penalty of up to five years in jail. Thy’re a way of criminalising people without having to prove anything in law.
Private Eye has a recent case of a yout’ who was given an ASBO not to congregate with more than three fellow youts’. He was arrested for breach of it. In a youth club. Attending a session on ‘Curing anti-social behaviour’.
GIven the arrogance of our current council leader ‘Manfred’ Mann (so obviously Tired of Trying, Bored With Lying, Scared of Dying) towards those critical of the junta, one can well imagine him sending them out in huge numbers.
Skaters first, of course, they’ve got that nice new park to skate in, why would they want to grind anywhere else? Then the anti-precept campaigners, Dundas and Schirn. Then Fraser wil be next on his list—an ASBO against writing to the local press.
The countdown has begun. Altogether now…5 4 3 2 1
(I apologise to anyone born after 1980 who might not get the musical jokes)
(Haven’t been on for a while and typepad change the whole formatting thing).
Over-hearing a guard on the train today, Ned/Serco finally take over our local line on 12 December at 2am.
And the question we’ve all been asking–what colour will the new uniforms be? Blue. Hmm…
How quick will they re-paint all the trains, or won’t they bother?
Questions, questions..
