Is This Man A Prat?

mooghead wrote:

"he's lost sight of how normal people live."

But why should he live his life thinking about how 'normal' people live? He is living his life, not ours. If I won 50 million on the lottery tomorrow I am going to buy an Aston Martin, I might buy 5. I am not going to stop walking into the showroom just because a 'normal' person can't afford one or thinks I'm being a show off. That's just ridiculous. He has worked fucking hard for the life he has. Most of the guff he has come out with in the past 20 years has been shit though to be fair....

If you win that kind of money and buy your car, are you likely to talk with your friends about how much of a drag is to you that your $100,000 car has crappy speakers? Or that you flew first class to a luxury resort and the beer on the plane was not so cold? I dont know you, but probably not.
Now if Brian were to complain about needing medicine for his heart but did not have the money, many of us would have empathy for that.

I feel sorry for Brian. He's clearly unhappy. We all know he suffered from severe depression before. Let's hope things will get better for him soon. I hate to see people unhappy and Brian is a hero of mine.... sobit saddens me to read that he says ge doesn't like himself anymore.
I hope he gets the help he needs!

on my way up wrote:

I feel sorry for Brian. He's clearly unhappy. We all know he suffered from severe depression before. Let's hope things will get better for him soon. I hate to see people unhappy and Brian is a hero of mine.... sobit saddens me to read that he says ge doesn't like himself anymore.
I hope he gets the help he needs!

how about trying to "feel sorry" for the people he's making life difficult for?
all these people are doing is trying to improve their houses/lives...it's London FFS - it's meant to be busy, and space is also at a precedent - why shouldn't these homeowners have a right to improve their homes?

if he doesn't like the noise and hassle of a modern city, then he has plenty f money to go and live in peace and solitude with the badgers
the more we hear from him, the more Brian is starting to sound like the mad old man in the street shouting at and scaring pigeons

brENsKi wrote:

on my way up wrote:

I feel sorry for Brian. He's clearly unhappy. We all know he suffered from severe depression before. Let's hope things will get better for him soon. I hate to see people unhappy and Brian is a hero of mine.... sobit saddens me to read that he says ge doesn't like himself anymore.
I hope he gets the help he needs!

how about trying to "feel sorry" for the people he's making life difficult for?
all these people are doing is trying to improve their houses/lives...it's London FFS - it's meant to be busy, and space is also at a precedent - why shouldn't these homeowners have a right to improve their homes?

if he doesn't like the noise and hassle of a modern city, then he has plenty f money to go and live in peace and solitude with the badgers
the more we hear from him, the more Brian is starting to sound like the mad old man in the street shouting at and scaring pigeons

You are missing the point I was making entirely...

on my way up wrote:

brENsKi wrote:

on my way up wrote:

I feel sorry for Brian. He's clearly unhappy. We all know he suffered from severe depression before. Let's hope things will get better for him soon. I hate to see people unhappy and Brian is a hero of mine.... sobit saddens me to read that he says ge doesn't like himself anymore.
I hope he gets the help he needs!

how about trying to "feel sorry" for the people he's making life difficult for?
all these people are doing is trying to improve their houses/lives...it's London FFS - it's meant to be busy, and space is also at a precedent - why shouldn't these homeowners have a right to improve their homes?

if he doesn't like the noise and hassle of a modern city, then he has plenty f money to go and live in peace and solitude with the badgers
the more we hear from him, the more Brian is starting to sound like the mad old man in the street shouting at and scaring pigeons

You are missing the point I was making entirely...

no i am NOT missing your point. my point being that - if you really do feel sorry for Brian, then you should feel much sorrier for his neighbours. imagine having to live with a one-man-living-breathing-drum-beating-soapbox...it really must be a nightmare

brENsKi wrote:

on my way up wrote:

brENsKi wrote:

on my way up wrote:

I feel sorry for Brian. He's clearly unhappy. We all know he suffered from severe depression before. Let's hope things will get better for him soon. I hate to see people unhappy and Brian is a hero of mine.... sobit saddens me to read that he says ge doesn't like himself anymore.
I hope he gets the help he needs!

how about trying to "feel sorry" for the people he's making life difficult for?
all these people are doing is trying to improve their houses/lives...it's London FFS - it's meant to be busy, and space is also at a precedent - why shouldn't these homeowners have a right to improve their homes?

if he doesn't like the noise and hassle of a modern city, then he has plenty f money to go and live in peace and solitude with the badgers
the more we hear from him, the more Brian is starting to sound like the mad old man in the street shouting at and scaring pigeons

You are missing the point I was making entirely...

no i am NOT missing your point. my point being that - if you really do feel sorry for Brian, then you should feel much sorrier for his neighbours. imagine having to live with a one-man-living-breathing-drum-beating-soapbox...it really must be a nightmare

Nope, you ARE missing the point completely. Brian is in a bad place psychologically/emotionally. It is - whatever the cause may be of this state of mind - a sad situation.

According to people here how dare he have any emotions at all, he is far too rich for that, fuck emotion and just be happy you are so rich. RICH I TELL YOU!!!

on my way up wrote:

brENsKi wrote:

on my way up wrote:

brENsKi wrote:

on my way up wrote:

I feel sorry for Brian. He's clearly unhappy. We all know he suffered from severe depression before. Let's hope things will get better for him soon. I hate to see people unhappy and Brian is a hero of mine.... sobit saddens me to read that he says ge doesn't like himself anymore.
I hope he gets the help he needs!

how about trying to "feel sorry" for the people he's making life difficult for?
all these people are doing is trying to improve their houses/lives...it's London FFS - it's meant to be busy, and space is also at a precedent - why shouldn't these homeowners have a right to improve their homes?

if he doesn't like the noise and hassle of a modern city, then he has plenty f money to go and live in peace and solitude with the badgers
the more we hear from him, the more Brian is starting to sound like the mad old man in the street shouting at and scaring pigeons

You are missing the point I was making entirely...

no i am NOT missing your point. my point being that - if you really do feel sorry for Brian, then you should feel much sorrier for his neighbours. imagine having to live with a one-man-living-breathing-drum-beating-soapbox...it really must be a nightmare

Nope, you ARE missing the point completely. Brian is in a bad place psychologically/emotionally. It is - whatever the cause may be of this state of mind - a sad situation.

no. i'm NOT missing your point - and how insulting of you to imply that i can't follow your thinking. i think YOU miss mine. i understand fully what you're saying. but, his neighbours are bearing the brunt of his current imbalance...

People is criticising Brian? Really?

I hated my neighbours, i wanted to burn their homes with them inside. Of course i never did that, i'm posting annonymously in the internet how i don't like 'em.

Brian is a public figure and is taking action against annoying morons. I'm with him. Go, Brian, go! Make the life of that people a Hell on Earth.

brENsKi wrote:

on my way up wrote:

I feel sorry for Brian. He's clearly unhappy. We all know he suffered from severe depression before. Let's hope things will get better for him soon. I hate to see people unhappy and Brian is a hero of mine.... sobit saddens me to read that he says ge doesn't like himself anymore.
I hope he gets the help he needs!

how about trying to "feel sorry" for the people he's making life difficult for?
all these people are doing is trying to improve their houses/lives...it's London FFS - it's meant to be busy, and space is also at a precedent - why shouldn't these homeowners have a right to improve their homes?

if he doesn't like the noise and hassle of a modern city, then he has plenty f money to go and live in peace and solitude with the badgers
the more we hear from him, the more Brian is starting to sound like the mad old man in the street shouting at and scaring pigeons

So you think the 'right' to improve your home trumps the neighbours 'right' to a peaceful life? no matter how long it takes and how many people it inconvienences?

7 years of drilling is reasonable? he has two elderly neighbours that are in there 80's who are surrounded on four sides by basement building and can't go into there garden during daylight... is that reasonable?

Seems like you just have a beef with Brian rather than a true understanding of what this would be like

Whether you agree with Brian's argument or not, the level of contradiction on allowing these underground developments is baffling....if the extensions had been wanted above ground there is simply no way at all that they would be allowed; I can't even put up a fence in case it blocks a little of my neighbour's natural light!

It cant be good for these buildings all this space being created underneath them...

Haystacks Calhoun II wrote:

Dear Mr. President,

There are too many states these days. Please eliminate three. PS, I am not a crackpot.

Sincerely,
Brian May.

Ha, nicely played. Grampa Simpson for the win.

cmsdrums wrote: Whether you agree with Brian's argument or not, the level of contradiction on allowing these underground developments is baffling....if the extensions had been wanted above ground there is simply no way at all that they would be allowed; I can't even put up a fence in case it blocks a little of my neighbour's natural light!

not exactly. unless you're planning a Great Wall of China
UK rules are:-

Planning Permission

You will need to apply for planning permission if you wish to erect or add to a fence, wall or gate and:

>>it would be over 1 metre high and next to a highway used by vehicles (or the footpath of such a highway);

>>or over 2 metres high elsewhere; or 

>>your house is a listed building or in the curtilage of a listed building.

>> the fence, wall or gate, or any other boundary involved, forms a boundary with a neighbouring listed building or its curtilage.

You will not need to apply for planning permission to take down a fence, wall,or gate, or to alter, maintain or improve an existing fence, wall or gate (no matter how high) if

>> you don't increase its height. In a conservation area, however, you might need planning permission for relevant demolition in a conservation area to take down a fence, wall or gate

.>>You do not need planning permission for hedges as such, though if a planning condition or a covenant restricts planting (for example, on "open plan" estates, or where a driver's sight line could be blocked) you may need planning permission and/or other consent.

What about a bay window? Can Brian May put in a new bay window without seeking planning permission?