Quote by starlightcouple
maybe i am foreign ??
just for you :lol:

Quote by michaelangela
does anything EVER happen on this site ???? been paying our money for years now and still never had a meet through this site ... had a few no shows ... plenty of pic collectors and loads of timewasters ... never managed an actual meet tho .... had loads off elsewhere but s/h will get no more of our money when renewal is due
edited by admin to remove reference to another site

Quote by jumptoit
this 1 gets wheeled out every year its a tradition id prefer to see the debate on the school summer holiday as the kids no longer help with the harvest lol but i doubt the mail reading teachers would be as keen to loose there long summer break

Quote by bouncy332
i think that reducing the number of days worked just makes the problem worse we all work 24/7 so why not schools then you could put your child on the school shift that suited your work pattern and if you increased the school working week surely all the kids that need more could get more oh and then teachers would have proper jobs and have to earn there great saleries that sounds like value for money to me

Quote by Lizaleanrob
Nah Starlight I think your OK, what some seem to be alluding to is the idea of taking the kids back into the Dickensian are of shoving them up chimneys and having them in cloth caps and rags in front of Lyons tea houses buffing shoes for a "ha'penny please sir". Typically taking the idea to the unfounded extreme. It's more the idea is that the school week should be what it says...a school week.
Most of us realise that teachers do a lot of work, unseen and unappreciated behind the scenes and out of the public eye, which go unrecognised by many not involved in the industry. What is being suggested is that teachers should be fairly treated and work to the same parameters that others do within the workplace. Such as having the same set working hours and holidays etc. This way the teachers needn't do unpaid and unseen work out of hours they can leave work at work. This would also provide an easier and more constructive system for working parents too manage childcare provision in a more sensible way.

Quote by starlightcouple
still most of it.
humor is only good when others can under stand it. a lot of cryptic non sence on here it seems.

Quote by sara2010
sorry not paying for a new account just to play a game lol

Quote by nudepaul
why do naturist get uptight when they say they are not swingers met a couple last night socially and that was the first thing they said i mean you wouldnt walk in to a pub and say to a couple were not swingers is it something to do that you are seen naked and are getting looked at ?

Quote by Aurora_female
Call it what you like, a moan, a rant, a whinge, unfair or tough; The fact of the matter is, whether you dissect parts or not, members are not being made aware to make their so called informed "choice" prior paying up.

Quote by Aurora_female
No disrespect to anyone Freckle, but if one of the owners says what I have quoted, then I tend to believe that and he did say "Free for life", if he means for basic free members with no site access then I will retract that but that is not mine nor some others' understanding. Maybe st3v3 will confirm either way, whether the
"free for life, around 345,000" is full access free members or not.

Quote by Aurora_female
Hi Aurora - Ive only managed to read a coupel of the pages of this thread, but Im startled to read that 28% of the site dont pay. If true thats astounding. I also wonder how Im missing out having been a 'member' of this site for many years.

Quote by Ian
The simple fact is that SH is being funded by only 72% of the members.

Quote by Hooters
Hi Aurora - Ive only managed to read a coupel of the pages of this thread, but Im startled to read that 28% of the site dont pay. If true thats astounding. I also wonder how Im missing out having been a 'member' of this site for many years.

Quote by Missy
Also avoid pepper when you get to a certain age :thumbup:
Un-prepared for mega sneezes, while stood up, are nothing short of dangerous :shock:
Only remembering pelvic floor exercises at point of sneeze, don't help either :shock:
On the bright side - I don't shit myself

Quote by ForestFunsters
Just out of interest, did any of these venues used to have a bar area that served alcohol and allowed smoking before the ban?

Quote by Theladyisaminx
Blame the past governments for allowing the supermarkets to have the monolopy of where we have a choice to buy meat from, and the price they pay farmers.
I have three supermakets within a mile radius from where I live I used to have 4 butchers.

Quote by robbo-bi1
If someone "GREEN" joins the site or is just looking around.
They can plainly see it is a pay site.
They then decide to "join" or not.
Or would you prefer a 500 page introduction when you first log onto the site, and every time afterwards explaining in detail all the changes that have happened since the sites conception.

Quote by Somm
Can you answer my question yes or no ?? Someone green comes to this site to join. Where does it tell them ?? Or is it down to them discovering after payment ?? Or do you really think every or most new members somehow magically know beforehand ??
:mrgreen:
x

Quote by Somm
Like it or not, the point is, you DO NOT have to pay; if you don't want to pay, leave.

Quote by Bluefish2009
Its a funny old place, I have heard people complain about the forums not getting as many threads as they used to, and people not visiting the forums very much, then when some one starts a perfectly acceptable discussion which has attracted much comment, they are told, "shut up or pay up"

Quote by Bluefish2009
I feel that for those of us who love a bacon sandwich, we should step up to the mark and start to buy British pork and support our farmers, maybe from the butcher, rather than supermarkets.... Or maybe you feel it is you right to but cheep pork from supermarkets?

Quote by HnS
Freckle,
sorry a list based on local knowledge would be useful.
However I'm less sure that many of the venues have actually priced themselves out of the market given the current legislation, "under section 79(1)(g) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, local authorities have a duty to take reasonably practicable steps to investigate complaints of 'noise emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance".
Therefore if there were a thousand residents, if one person wants to press a complaint - it needn't be about noise - that would be sufficient to be classed as a nuisance and potentially a venue could be forced to close. This is irrespective as to whether lovers of live music were attending and they were popular & well supported venues.

Quote by Aurora_female
Yes with respect to the new costs but if you read the whole post you will see it was never about scrapping free, I was aware of free members, the complaint was about cost and just some of us paying for that portion of the improvements that we all had put on us, wanted or not...

Quote by gulsonroad30664
So what do you suggest we do?

Quote by gulsonroad30664
So if people stop watching Eastenders and Stictly come Dancing, petrol prices will drop? :dunno: Cool i can cope with that, but i draw the line at Corrie.

Quote by flower411

Free members are here and yes some are aware that they exist, others are not, the site will stand by its agreement but no one can possibly think it is right that we pay for something we did not ask for also. This was never about being a free/paying member, but when it comes down to an "all singing, all dancing" then we should all share that cost.

Quote by HnS
A Scottish council has confirmed it may consider introducing a four-day week in its primary and secondary schools to cope with planned funding cuts.
North Ayrshire Council said it was one of a number of future options being considered
Carol Kirk, the council's education director, said, "The option to deliver the statutory 25 hours of education per week over four rather than five days is also being explored by other local authorities in Scotland."
If implemented it could save the council more than £2m.
The council may also consider starting primary education a year later, when pupils are six-years-old, although no decisions have been taken on the proposals.

Quote by Staggerlee_BB
How can it be racist ?? unless the only people you believe to be british are white .....british people come from all races and religions....see the clue is in the word RACISM this is pertinent to race not nationality.
An idiot short sighted policy it may be but racist?? clearly not

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