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Repairing Potholes

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By *ssex_tom OP   Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Rod Stewart has been seen helping to repair potholes near his Essex home. The council is asking all residents not to do this and leave it to the authorities. But then we would wait forever.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Rod Stewart has been seen helping to repair potholes near his Essex home. The council is asking all residents not to do this and leave it to the authorities. But then we would wait forever. "

The Council ? They're only afraid in case someone claims, that's the only reason they're saying this .

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By *obajxMan
over a year ago

Cheshire

Was he singing " the first hole is the deepest"

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By *ssex_tom OP   Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford


"Was he singing " the first hole is the deepest""

He had his hello jacket on. It is all over the Essex News

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rod Stewart makes my skin crawl.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

He did just scatter loose stones and gravel whilst making sure a camera was pointed into his face. Little bit cringey….which isn’t out of character for Rod

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Rod Stewart makes my skin crawl. "

So I take it you won't be buying a ticket to see him in Concert

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Somebody should have told him to keep his smoking jacket on and crawl back into his lair, You can’t repair a pothole with loose stones and whatever he decides to top it with, one good winter and he will be smashing his Bentley wheels again

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If I did that I would have to shut about 40% of Gloucestershire, and stick plants in the holes and trees in the craters....

Mind you there's so many craters I could probably replace the Amazon...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Rod Stewart makes my skin crawl.

So I take it you won't be buying a ticket to see him in Concert "

Not any time soon.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rod Stewart is an enthusiastic hole filler.

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By *immyinreadingMan
over a year ago

henley on thames


"Was he singing " the first hole is the deepest""

Yes. And he got in the paper for filling a pothole … some guys have all the luck

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By *asterR and slut mayaMan
over a year ago

Bradford


"Rod Stewart is an enthusiastic hole filler."

Don't you mean respected hole filler

A pioneer in the field

Holder of the Maggie did award

And went on to fill penny Lancaster

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By *asterR and slut mayaMan
over a year ago

Bradford

For all those that disparage Sir

Rod

He go down in history as a

Fine swordsman and song writer

But as his wife is now a policewoman .or officer for those are picky over names .

Maybe rod thought he help the community instead of playing with

His train set.

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By *ighty_tightyMan
over a year ago

Norfolk/Suffolk


"Rod Stewart has been seen helping to repair potholes near his Essex home. The council is asking all residents not to do this and leave it to the authorities. But then we would wait forever.

The Council ? They're only afraid in case someone claims, that's the only reason they're saying this ."

That and the fact it will take more time and money to repair them now they have to remove the "repair" that's just been done

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By *asterR and slut mayaMan
over a year ago

Bradford


"Was he singing " the first hole is the deepest"

Yes. And he got in the paper for filling a pothole … some guys have all the luck "

At least in not in for the killing of Georgie or murdering some of the American song book clasics

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I get the frustration and if someone qualified was doing the work on a private drive then I’m sure people wouldn’t mind. But Rod Stewart didn’t appear to be doing that With his finances I’m sure he could just pay someone to do it. It is not the point, but if the appropriate people weren’t doing it within fair timescales, then I’d just pay or ask any of the other residents if they fancy chipping in etc.

It is a sad story to make the news though

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

On a general point though, we should all be putting some pressure on councils to do something about potholes. The situation is quite unbearable in some areas. We all appreciate the financial constraints but it's annoying to see the money and effort wasted on inappropriate repairs that don't even last a week. Who is checking the work done? It's atrocious most of the time.

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By *asterR and slut mayaMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Also for those no familiar with the

Great mans other work outside of hole filling .

I'm sure we be sailing through

Many other of his classics in this thread

But I won't bore you by asking the ladies if they think I'm ----

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Given the state of the roads around here I wish I'd bought and moon buggy or tractor as opposed to a car xx

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By *asterR and slut mayaMan
over a year ago

Bradford


"Given the state of the roads around here I wish I'd bought and moon buggy or tractor as opposed to a car xx"

Wouldn't they also create more holes I don't know I don't drive

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central


"On a general point though, we should all be putting some pressure on councils to do something about potholes. The situation is quite unbearable in some areas. We all appreciate the financial constraints but it's annoying to see the money and effort wasted on inappropriate repairs that don't even last a week. Who is checking the work done? It's atrocious most of the time. "

Trouble is, we voted in the people who cut local councils' budgets by £billions, so this is what the public want

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

He's repairing.

He's re-PAIIRRRRiiiing!

All the pot holes....

..In the road...

He's repairing...

Broken tarmac

To be near you

To be free...

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By *asterR and slut mayaMan
over a year ago

Bradford


"He's repairing.

He's re-PAIIRRRRiiiing!

All the pot holes....

..In the road...

He's repairing...

Broken tarmac

To be near you

To be free..."

The rythem of your song is tearing. Me apart

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

Bless him. His smile to the camera at the end of the news report lit up the room like a a 60 watt lightbulb.

He’s cheesy. But he knows it.

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By *ssex_tom OP   Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

This is a bigger story than I thought. It really is all over the news...

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
over a year ago

newport

Pot holes they where more like bomb craters how did the council let that road get in such a state unless it was Rods drive down to his Mansion

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town


"If I did that I would have to shut about 40% of Gloucestershire, and stick plants in the holes and trees in the craters....

Mind you there's so many craters I could probably replace the Amazon..."

Which is ironic as its probably the amazon juggernauts creating them

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Person highlights the shocking and unsafe state of many of our highways and verges and the dreadful job most (not all) local authorities do in maintaining safe high ways... And gets criticised for it.

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By *elpful and caringMan
over a year ago

Scarborough

Yes but if you were a pot hole!

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By *otMe66Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

Why is the tarmac on our roads so easily broken? It has a rough / course texture, unlike the roads I've driven on in France, Spain etc.

Is the UK tarmac different? I'm sure someone one here will know the answer

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town


"Why is the tarmac on our roads so easily broken? It has a rough / course texture, unlike the roads I've driven on in France, Spain etc.

Is the UK tarmac different? I'm sure someone one here will know the answer "

I think a lot of it is to do with how the surfaces are laid and repaired more than the materials used. It's farmed out to the cheapest bidder, rarely if ever checked and pothole repairs in my area last less than a year on the main road. Just spray a pretty colour round it... throw a bit of hot tarmac in and tamp it down for a few minutes... Seems to be what they do here. Highways maintenence around here is next to zero.

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire


"Why is the tarmac on our roads so easily broken? It has a rough / course texture, unlike the roads I've driven on in France, Spain etc.

Is the UK tarmac different? I'm sure someone one here will know the answer

I think a lot of it is to do with how the surfaces are laid and repaired more than the materials used. It's farmed out to the cheapest bidder, rarely if ever checked and pothole repairs in my area last less than a year on the main road. Just spray a pretty colour round it... throw a bit of hot tarmac in and tamp it down for a few minutes... Seems to be what they do here. Highways maintenence around here is next to zero. "

Absolute what they do. Nobody really cares to check anything and pot hole repairs are also pot luck depending where you live. They recently resurfaced a side road here that had hardly any reason to and have left for years the main road in total disrepair apart from the odd hole the filled just the way you described which lasted a few weeks at most.

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By *ssex_tom OP   Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I am seeing whole brand new surfaces crumbling in weeks around here.. the top layer is as thin as the ham in a British Rail sandwich

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town


"I am seeing whole brand new surfaces crumbling in weeks around here.. the top layer is as thin as the ham in a British Rail sandwich"

Wonder why it doesnt last ? What could it possibly be? If only some super intelligent person could find a better way to maintain our highways better

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By *ighty_tightyMan
over a year ago

Norfolk/Suffolk


"Why is the tarmac on our roads so easily broken? It has a rough / course texture, unlike the roads I've driven on in France, Spain etc.

Is the UK tarmac different? I'm sure someone one here will know the answer "

Will be the weather

We are wetter than Spain. As soon as water gets beneath the top layer it becomes an issue in the winter when that water freezes, expands and causes bigger cracks.

Admittedly colder countries might have a better solution.

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