barclaycon 569 Posted April 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Whilst we're on the subject of house buying, here in London there has been a massive expansion in building. All along the skyline there are cranes and high-rise concrete structures going up everywhere. Now you may think that this is a good thing since we need a lot more housing BUT, these are not family homes designed for the people that live here. They are luxury flats. Even in the outlying parts of London we're talking about £450,000 each. They will do nothing to address the problem of a lack of affordable housing, because they are for private investors, people abroad and 'city types'. Not for Londoners - who are being priced out of their own city. We are seeing church halls, libraries, pubs and recreation grounds all being levelled so they can build 'vertical slums'. In the 60's and 70's high-rise developments were eventually recognised as failures and pulled down. Now they are back on the agenda ! And what about the people building these things ? They are mostly Poles, Romanians and Eastern Europeans. English builders and construction workers are few and far between. And all these migrant workers have to be housed and their social needs attended to. I wonder if they are all on Experian's database ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 On the plus side of course, they do employ several thousand local people. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted April 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Experian ? Yes, I believe they are one of the major employers in Notts. I'm sure there a lot of people there with degrees in Media Studies, Golf management, Harry Potter or indeed Mickey Mouse. (Let me know if I'm being too flippant) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 barclaycon you are spot on about "mickey mouse" degrees. A relative of mine works there & his degree is one of those simple ones ! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 #18 Lizzie My wife was in the punchroom ? and there were several departments/rooms, sorry she cannot recall your mother. It seems they were not encouraged to move around too much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Actually worked there for 3 weeks last year............and still none the wiser as to what they did.............miles of computers.........with miles of headings on each row..all jargon speech,........staffed by hundreds of Robots,who never spoke........drove me mad could'nt wait to escape the bleddy place...........only did it cos could'nt get anyone else to do it..............oh how the world as changed from half a pound of butter madam,certainly.,1/11 please.........lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 23 minutes ago, benjamin1945 said: still none the wiser as to what they did.............miles of computers.........with miles of headings on each row..all jargon speech,........staffed by hundreds of Robots,who never spoke........ One of my nieces works there. If I remember, I'll ask her why they exist. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Sorry Cliff-ton............she must have been the only nice one i met...........whilst having a smoke off camera............Camera's that was another thing,millions of em............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 #31 Too right, our Ben. I don't like the 21st century. I want to go home! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 I believe Experian are the people who calculate what your credit score is, as demonstrated in various television adverts which show happy, contented couples behaving in an annoyingly nice way whilst they wonder how much they can afford to borrow. If Experian disappeared off the face of the earth tomorrow, would we notice ? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Experian & other credit reference agencies make a nice living out of collecting & flogging your personal data, simple as that. If you don't like the idea then opt out of full details being published on the Electoral Register only the reduced version would be included. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,418 Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 If you want to see your credit rating just Google 'free credit checks'. use a throw away mail address etc. I remember in the 90's Talbot house needed to upgrade their electrical supply to meet the demand of the computers. We installed two 1200 kVa transformers and cabled them with 1200mm cable, two per phase (the electricians among us will know just how big those monster cables are) and two 11 thousand volt feeds for security. all this just to run a computer system. They needed to shed as much load as possible whilst we did the change over so they fired up their emergency back up generator, an enormous diesel engine that even on minimal load overheated and died within twenty minutes. The guy on site told us that being 'offline' was costing £100,000 an hour as they are one of the major credit card processors in the UK. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 #34..........Me too Jill...........the world of work as certainly changed beyond all recognition.................used to enjoy looking for new business in Security and the Grocery trade.......which meant more often than not,walking into premises introducing yourself and the company then trying to sell them your services........in short meeting people and chatting,...........now its 99% done on line.............just not the same......... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 This just goes to prove (if anyone doubted it) that they are watching you. The sudden burst of activity on an Experian thread has activated all their algorithms, and they want to see what is being said about them. At the top of the Nottstalgia home page, you'll always see this, which is a list of who is visiting. On this occasion I noticed an unusual number of Guests - 94 ! Using a few admin tools, including tracing IP addresses, I discovered that 60 of those 94 'Guests' were on the same IP address.....and that address is somewhere at Experian. It seems everybody in their building had been looking here. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Boosted our visitor numbers up a bit then CT, Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 #39 Is an algorithm a dyslexic's version of a logarithm? Ye gods, did I hate logarithms at the Manning Penitentiary for girls with grey flannel knickers! Not a nice Experian at all! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 #39 There's a heck of a lot of guests around at the moment! Experian watching our every comment? Identify yourselves! Friend or foe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 And a glut of anonymous members recently too. Friday afternoon, there were three bona fide members and three anonymous ones. What have they got to hide I wonder ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 269 of em a few minutes ago! Sign up you lot and stop lurking! Let's know who you are and what you have to say for yourselves! We're all honest, law abiding citizens on here...well I am. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 Gone up to in excess of 300! Is it cos Ben's logged in? Maybe they're all female? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 Crikey, 312 now! Even Ben couldn't deal with that lot. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 #46 Never underestimate the pulling power of a man in a silk shirt and liberty bodice, Lizzie! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 They're hacking us for a ransom...... No, I'm NOT having a loan ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 Don't worry, FLY, Chulla's got millions stuffed in his mattress! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 Or down his meggins lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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