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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
2015 Exit checks abandoned Another IT disaster. When will these muppets wake up & realise that Government Contracts are just a free-for-all & needs tightening up! |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
As regards the selling off of the basic Utilities of Gas, Water, Telecoms, Electricity, Public Transport & Infrastructure. Here Chris the government should have retained a percentage holding in each utility. Hence bringing in revenue for the exchequer year on year. Who fooled them into not doing this I'd love to know.... The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Damn, another excellent post. Need a new supply of pills! :) Sorry Chris, should've stated that this was a continuation. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Well we've had some really funny excuses over the years with regards to transport problems.... ...for example, wrong type of snow on tracks making trains late..... ....but this one beats them all..... Romans blamed for potholes |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Yep, & to get home, one has to go through Kent..... ....oops, mind that pothole. |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
Bosses at Kent County Council's Highways Services department - which filled in nearly 15,000 potholes around the county last year - say that potholes keep popping up because it has been using French asphalt. But, rather than putting the blame squarely on the French, roads chiefs also blamed the Roman Empire for not laying the roads on strong enough foundations 2,000 years ago. LOL. Im sure the Romans had a great road foundation for the Ox carts and horse drawn wagons and the thousands of foot soldiers who had to walk the roads. Was this clown an elected official? [/quote] Old James |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51478 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Bosses at Kent County Council's Highways Services department - which filled in nearly 15,000 potholes around the county last year - say that potholes keep popping up because it has been using French asphalt. But, rather than putting the blame squarely on the French, roads chiefs also blamed the Roman Empire for not laying the roads on strong enough foundations 2,000 years ago. Not quite sure, but I think OUR class clown was an almost elected official. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51478 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
The quote was.... I think we are allergic to barbed wire, dogs, and German gossip. Hogan's Heros. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Britain can rise again The Rats are starting to leave the sinking ship.... |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
[quote]Britain can rise again The Rats are starting to leave the sinking ship....[/quote ...and if Osborne knows what he should know about that outfit called the IMF he will tell her and the rest of that bunch to, "Take a running jump". It's those cronies financially backing the IMF who are feeling the pinch in their pockets due to all these austerity measures being applied in Europe at the moment. They don't care a dam if a country inflates it's economy to the extent of going broke just as long as what is being spent finds it's way into their pockets at some stage. The IMF has now lost what little credibility it did have over this latest scam statement. Telling the UK it was doing the correct thing by applying austerity measures, but now to change it's stance even though the UK hasn't actually started cutting back save for a bit on the social budget. The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
In plain English, the IMF thinks it’s time for Osborne to ease off on the cuts and go for growth – clearly believing that the two cannot go together. Not quite. What they are saying is return to the EEC not the EU. Even a blind man can see that! |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Chris the French have nukes mate mite not be a good idea to upset them I should lecture you on your lecture to me about things we can and can't post lol hehehe |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
Chris the French have nukes mate mite not be a good idea to upset them I should lecture you on your lecture to me about things we can and can't post lol hehehe We actually only upset the French politicians but not their general populous. So when us Brits have a downer on the French we only mean their politicians. The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
I think and hope he knows Chris I was only steering him I thought it was funny thou |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Chris I understand remember I was born in London even if we did come to ozzie land when I was 9 I still remember the banter between pom's and frogs lollollol |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
Glenn, I have been very very careful, as I do not want to be modded. +1. The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
I say now France? Nice people shame about the country. I see no reason to change my views in the forseeable future. What can you expect from people who eat.... Escargots & cuisses de grenouilles. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Oh boy, this is surely going to set the "cat amongst the pigeons"..... British workers "worst idlers" Personally, even though most of us probably know some work shy couch potatoes, what these MP's should be doing is spending time on is providing better infrastructure & more jobs. The main problem is the EU's Working Time Directive. Before that came into force I was normally working 60/70 hours a week on average (2 man crew so no health & safety issues regarding driving), now we're down to a maximum of 48 (some weeks can do more but total must not exceed 48 p/w over each 17 week period). To maintain the same wage, employers would have to pay me just over £20 per hour & there is no way I can see that happening. Fortunately by holding a FLT license & opting out of the WTD (Wonder how long that will be available before that is stopped?) I can add to current hours. Idle? Think those muppets ought to come out with me for a week..... I'll lay odds they'll be glad to getting back to being a "lazy" MP! |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Sirius b you a trucker ? Over here mate no more than 6hrs at wheel in 1 stint and max of 12hrs in 24 hr . The working week is 38hrs man 48 to much 60-70 way to much . How about less hrs more jobs and a little less money so employer can hire more people .ops your gona say COMMIE !!!! We call it job shareing |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
Sirius b you a trucker ? Over here mate no more than 6hrs at wheel in 1 stint and max of 12hrs in 24 hr . The working week is 38hrs man 48 to much 60-70 way to much . How about less hrs more jobs and a little less money so employer can hire more people .ops your gona say COMMIE !!!! In the UK for instance, it's cheaper for an employer to employ one man doing a 38 hour week than it would be to employ two men each working 19 hours a week. The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
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