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She was rapping a bit in her last performance but she’s an excellent singer in the true sense of the word, pitch perfect like Christina Aguilera.
After about 30 seconds of changing text I thought ‘conspiracy fantasy’.
Ah, but we’ve had swine flu since then – will that be back this winter?
The banks have basically robbed the nation and got away with it. Gordon Brown was basically ‘conned’ , during a moment of blind panic, into paying off the banks with money he hadn’t got and using us taxpayers as the guarantors.
Begining to think all their mottos should be fek you Jack I’m alright. Coz lets face it none of them have much of struggle in life do they?
An acquaintance works in the public sector. There’s been a jobs freeze for some time now – when someone leaves the post isn’t filled, so there are fewer people to do the same amount of work.
She used to work full-time and sometimes had to do a bit of unpaid overtime to keep up.
Her hours have been cut to half-time but she still has the same workload, which means that she’s doing a lot of unpaid work – or if you look at it another way the unpaid work effectively means she’s had a big overall pay cut. Now the prospect of redundancy looms.Add to this she was encouraged to take on some extra work as part of the job that was involved with the community. A new boss took over and said that she should do this unpaid an not in working time, although the previous boss had backed the initiative.
This reality of the public sector is people on the front line becoming increasingly over-worked and stressed, while the self-serving top management look after their own intersests – just like the private sector really!
They’re even talking about replacing some paid staff with volunteers. That’s fine in jobs where people would enjoy the work. If they brought in volunteer train drivers people would be queuing up for a turn, as would volunteers to present prime-time TV shows – think of the money that could be saved!!!
I worked in the public sector a long time ago. For a few brief years, public sector workers had things a bit cushy. But that hasn’t been the case for a long time now. About the only remaining ‘cushy’ thing for public sector workers are the pensions, and even they are in doubt now.
sumets seriously wrong wen u think of ppl on ere u have pathetic banter with as ur arch enemy , i see a paronoid schitz wot sits on a computor day n night to fill time , whilst smoking pot , get a life , i feel sorry for u , i mean it , ur seriously deluded and no gaz , no nasty reply of urs will affect me , u see i have a nice life and can switch the comp off and forget it for ever if need be
We obviously p1sz you off – so let’s hear it for all of us sad geeks who sit glued to our computers all day – more power to our elbows!
Re: the real subject of the thread – the policeman in question has got 6 months in jail, they said on the local news. I wonder if the warder will hurl him into his cell.
I’m not anti-police, these individual acts of thuggery bring the police into disrepute and this ‘enemy within’ is an enemy to proper policing.
Maybe the policeman in this case didn’t actually intend to cause injury but he certainly acted in way that showed that he cared little whether or not injury resulted. He probably does care now, as he faces the sack and probably criminal prosecution as well – and so he should.
We men are taught lots of things as we grow up too. One thing in particular we’re taught is that if bad stuff happens and you feel like your life is falling apart, if you’re a man, keep it to yourself! We suffer in silence.
I personally do find the internet addictive and I have noticed that over-use has reduced my concentration span. But I don’t think it has any more effect on people than other activities – e.g. watching television or reading a book. I suppose it depends how you use the internet. If you’re using it creatively or as a tool – e.g. 3D modelling, creative writing or selling stuff on Ebay, that’s a bit different from long sessions of gaming, chat or pure websurfing.
It’s occurred to me that one thing that has probably had a bigger effect on the general psychology of the population is driving cars. We take it for granted but even with experienced drivers, there’s always the thought at the back of your mind that you’re actually involved in a pretty dangerous activity. How often, when driving, are our bodies and brains suppressing the ‘fight or flight’ instinct, even at times when we don’t feel stressed?
I don’t see what’s wrong with convenience food – obviously some is better quality than others, but then home cooking of ‘real’ food can be dire if the cook is no good.
On the whole, convenience foods have the same ingredients as home-made food – it’s not like it comes from an ICI chemical works or nuclear power station or something”
I do lot of cooking from scratch and I have grown my own vegetables in the past but it’s much easier to buy the stuff at Sainsbury’s
