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10 Nov 2013

Quote by deancannock
GnV.....mrs T did do some things good....There is little doubt the power of the unions was to much.......however she did an awful lot wrong as well....selling off the utilities is just one of many things . Short term gain...long term loss .
getting back on track.....we should simply state to the utilities companies that they can not raise their prices by more than the rate of inflation.

Is the rate of inflation a good indicator/trigger?
Would prices be lower/higher if 'blue rinse maggie' hadn't sold off the lekky?
In France, EDF is still all but state owned but prices - whilst supposedly pegged by the Government (respected by the Sarkozy centre right administration) - have begun to rise above so called inflation under the Hollande socialist administration. So much for Socialism!
In truth, I don't think it matters a jot who holds the controlling interest; State or private or a combination of the two. The plain fact is that the consumer can expect to be shafted but at least there may be some choice as to whose dick you sit on :lol2:

9 Nov 2013

Quote by Lizaleanrob
Moronic labour supporters and the money for nothing generation sadly.

struggling with this one. Money for nothing generation? Hang on a minute here, didn't we, as a nation, own in full railways, electric generating companies, gas companies, water companies, british telecom.......... the list goes on, and yet dear tory blue rinsed bitch maggie 'sold' them companies to 'us' the people that already owned them. Those companies then passed through our hands to the french, german, chinese........... etc until we are stretched beyond belief at the huge profits they generate for private individuals............. sorry, can't go on here. What an idiot.
Hummmm
How quickly you forget!
Hardly the blue rinse bitch you describe. She put an end to the immense power (no pun intended) wielded by the Trades Unions which saw the 3 day week, homes without electric, gas and coal. Rotting bodies stacking up waiting for burial. Huge piles of vermin infested rubbish lining Britain's streets.
You really prefer a return to that kind of scenario rather than the free market economy that exists today where you have the freedom of choice to select a provider rather than have the State owned one foisted on you?
i think the rub is G even after 30 years someone always wants to hold us to ransom over our utilities
or blame poor old Maggie for things long past.

9 Nov 2013

Quote by capricornten
Moronic labour supporters and the money for nothing generation sadly.

struggling with this one. Money for nothing generation? Hang on a minute here, didn't we, as a nation, own in full railways, electric generating companies, gas companies, water companies, british telecom.......... the list goes on, and yet dear tory blue rinsed bitch maggie 'sold' them companies to 'us' the people that already owned them. Those companies then passed through our hands to the french, german, chinese........... etc until we are stretched beyond belief at the huge profits they generate for private individuals............. sorry, can't go on here. What an idiot.
Hummmm
How quickly you forget!
Hardly the blue rinse bitch you describe. She put an end to the immense power (no pun intended) wielded by the Trades Unions which saw the 3 day week, homes without electric, gas and coal. Rotting bodies stacking up waiting for burial. Huge piles of vermin infested rubbish lining Britain's streets.
You really prefer a return to that kind of scenario rather than the free market economy that exists today where you have the freedom of choice to select a provider rather than have the State owned one foisted on you?

23 Oct 2013

Quote by Geordiecpl2001
You can tell it's getting near to election time when...
Politicians start being seen on the street and kissing babies

Ugly ones at that :lol2:
The Politicians or the babies ?
The babies, of course...
Politicians aren't ugly...
Gorgeous George Galloway
Spiff Cameron
Lawd haw haw Mandelson
Two 'eds are better than one Ballsup
All with bright sparkly smiles...

23 Oct 2013

Quote by HnS
You can tell it's getting near to election time when...
Politicians start being seen on the street and kissing babies

Ugly ones at that :lol2:

23 Oct 2013

Quote by Mark_dun
as a newcomer returning to the scene, I have had a lot of attention from younger girls, when what I am looking for is the more mature ladies...is there a filter mechanism, or reject buttons...Help x

A redirect button would be quite helpful....
In the meantime, you could just pass them our details :rascal:

23 Oct 2013

Some bright spark at the Dept for Transport announces that to save motorists money, they are going to put up signs along the motorway advising the fuel prices at the next following service stations.
Doh! They been doing that for years on the Autoroutes in France.
Does it save money?
Doubtful.

23 Oct 2013

Quote by Lost
The NHS in my opinion should be 99.9% operated and funded by the country. There should be no "markets" other than a private company that tenders every few years to have a contract to source the equipment and resources at the most reasonable deal to which the NHS would then purchase from the sources found. This should then be monitored by an internal accounts dept to ensure fair play. My world is a too simple one I guess

Errrr..
IIRC they did do this (maybe still do it) under the guise of the NHS Executive.
It didn't (couldn't) work. The NHS is too big and cumbersome. The main problem is that, politically, the powers that be want the service providers to make (or appear to make) decisions as close as possible to the point of delivery. The medical profession has its own 'favourites' and would soon go on a 'shroud waving' mission if a patient died whilst they were utilising 'cheapskate' centrally purchased medical 'tat'.
It's a nightmare.
As to Rob's comment about medical care in France (or anywhere else in Europe I guess) emergency medical care is provided without question. No checking documents here whilst you're still in the ambulance to be then refused treatment if there is no evidence of an ability to pay.
For non emergency treatment, you have to pay. Simple. You are given a bill and it is up to you to claim it back from whoever provides the cost of your medical care (in the case of a UK citizen carrying an EHIC, Newcastle on Tyne and/or your medical insurer) but generally, you have to pay initially.
A French citizen carrying a Carte Vitale (medical card issued by their 'Mutuel' - there's no central NHS as such) will only be reimbursed a standard fee (set by Government) for each procedure and if you have chosen a particularly expensive medical practitioner, the balance between his bill and what the 'Mutuel' will fund is paid by you. You pay the Médecin's fee before you leave the surgery (whether you have a CV or not). The 'Mutuel' then reimburse you the standard fee leaving you to bear the balance of the cost. The surgery is equipped with a card reader which transmits the information electronically to the 'Mutuel' at the same time checking its validity. The patient need do no more but await the timely arrival of the funds back into his/her bank account. The Médecin is already paid the full cost when banking your cheque for the procedure. Dentists work under the same arrangement as do the pharmacies for prescription drugs. If you have forgotten your card, pas grave. They present you with a form completed and signed by the Médecin in return for your cheque which you then send off to your 'Mutuel' for reimbursement within the same rules. Just takes longer to get your money back. Reimbursements to your bank account generally take less than a week.
The system seems to work well and quite efficiently :thumbup:

22 Oct 2013

Quote by northwest-cpl
It's probably about 'sell by' dates. Although why men who work and cram fridges get off scot free I'm not sure.

Usually bottles or cans of beer with no sell by date...

21 Oct 2013

Quote by Bluefish2009
Sadly an average town centre pub in 21st Century Britain.

Lucky, not the norm here in our town, the main blite here seams to be the groups of smokers that hang around on the pavments outside the pubs, very menacing at times, especially for the older folk trying to get past on the pavement
Let alone trying to get in the pub for a drink...
Nice to see you posting Blue... :thumbup:

21 Oct 2013

The announcement today about the amount of food being thrown away.
Dreadful.
Is this a consequence of our new enlightened age where women work and the fridge is crammed with food at the Friday weekly shop (bound to go off by Tuesday) or a consequence of the supermarket 'super-sell' with two for one deals?
Sorry if the feminists amongst us think this thread sexist, it's not. It's a genuine question about our current lifestyle.

19 Oct 2013

I remember the days of starting smoking...
A packet of 5 Park Drive from the cigarette machine outside the local sweet shop in the high street close to where I lived aged about 14.
I also remember well, honking my guts up in the alleyway after taking too long a drag :uhoh:
Incredibly, this didn't deter me and I continued to smoke until about 30 years ago when I finally gave it up for good.
I remember just as well, the occasion of finally giving up and how I did it.
I'd recommend giving up to everyone. I'm not convinced the financial aspect is good enough incentive to be honest. When I discussed this with someone fairly recently, they said that the savings would be immediately diverted to eating to replace the smoking habit.
The REAL incentive is the health benefit :thumbup:

16 Oct 2013

Quote by limousinguy2012
@limousinguy
There was a thread in another place about an instructor who was looking for students to learn to fly microfrights.
He was going to give his services free towards gaining his instructor ticket but the student would pay the usual costs of hire and fuel etc.
Somewhere here in the limousin IIRC.

Sounds interesting, i'll have a dig around the net and see if I can find any details
Thanks GnV
There you go...

G

16 Oct 2013

@limousinguy
There was a thread in another place about an instructor who was looking for students to learn to fly microfrights.
He was going to give his services free towards gaining his instructor ticket but the student would pay the usual costs of hire and fuel etc.
Somewhere here in the limousin IIRC.

16 Oct 2013

Quote by MidsCouple24
Well I did say that there needed to be privacy in bathroom areas etc, but from the reports it seems that the abuse is more likely to occur in recreational areas not just private areas.
Add a proviso that the residents can choose not to have cameras in their private rooms or ask for them in any specified area they choose ? let the residents decide, those that feel vulnerable or in need of such things can make the choice themselves

Regrettably Jed, some of the vulnerable are not able to make the choice for themselves....

11 Oct 2013

Quote by Too Hot
Ancient Chinese proverb.....
Judging a person does not define them.... It defines you

Another Chinese proverb....
It takes many nails to make a crib but only one screw to fill it...

9 Oct 2013

How about starting a petition to bring back flower and star dunno

dunno

bolt

7 Oct 2013

Quote by Capri
so exactly how many times in the working year do they actually 'firefight'?

You'd like them to have to fight more fires then :confused:
It's a bit like insurance. A bloody waste of money until a chemical factory catches fire. Thing is, if they haven't trained for it and maintained their equipment, a drama could turn into a serious crisis.

6 Oct 2013

Quote by Capri
4 days on then 4 days off,

Forgive me if my memory is a bit slack these days, but don't firefighters work 12 hour continental style shifts?

6 Oct 2013

Quote by Jed
but other nations are just as bad and sometimes far worse in their regulation of standards especially in the likes of dairy product production.

Are you saying then that blitzing milk and cheese in an autoclave (pasteurising) is the healthy alternative?
The gut needs bacteria to function properly.
I'd agree with you though on the use of spices in basic Indian cuisine. Many forget (or didn't know in the first place) that highly spiced curry was designed to disguise rancid meat and to make it palatable.

6 Oct 2013

Quote by Lost
Local booulangers bread in France is fucking awful unless eaten quite seriously within 20 minutes of being baked or dunked in something more edible at a later time. The stuff is course and hard and made out of flour, the like of which we seldom get in this country, being course and unrefined as would not be accepted here in Blighty.

But isn't that the point Lost?
The bread is 'fucking awful' to Brits because they prefer to eat cotton wool slices steeped in E's and preservatives to make it last longer.
French bread, on the other hand, is made with raw products and bugger all preservatives which is why it doesn't stay fresh for long. The classic boulanger will bake many times a day; certainly very early in the morning for the people going to work followed by maybe two further bakes during the day. Left over bread will be used in soup or, as Lost says dunked in next morning's breakfast coffee bowl.
It's just another way of life but, IMHO, there are much nicer things to stuff in your mouth than Warburtons's finest cotton wool.
Oh, and BTW, great that your parents have taken French citizenship and their life in SW France so seriously. We try our best to integrate and there are occasions where we we struggle to remember the English word for some things as we tend to avoid the expat community as much as possible in order to speak as much French as possible.
Good on them :thumbup:

4 Oct 2013

Quote by limousinguy2012
I'm definitely with the French cheese and French bread.

Best served on Limoges porcelaine wink

wink

4 Oct 2013

Quote by Rogue_Trader
French Cheese
French Bread
decent Abbey Beer from either Holland or Belgium
all the while sitting on the beach at La Rochelle...perfection

Heaven :thumbup:

3 Oct 2013

Quote by Lost
Seems to me that Syria has become far less news worthy since the crisis has taken a small step back from the political and military brinkmanship. Well that must really help the displaced and damaged populace.

But may only strengthen the resolve of the opposition forces to use chemical weapons again against civilians whilst at the same time, blaming the Assad regime for the atrocity.

3 Oct 2013

Quote by MidsCouple24
Yes, herts.
Those wilth longer memories will remember the use of chemical weapons by the USA in living memory so it seems a bit rich that they are all for war war with Syria.
The UK doesn't escape such attention either as they have blood on their hands too.

I don't get your point ? The UK has committed atrocities for centuries, my love of Churchill is also in the knowledge that had his tactics of carpet bombing civilian targets and civilians been viewed in the present he would have been tried and convicted of war crimes.
Almost every nation on earth has committed atrocities in their past, even the Swiss Army butchered civilians when they were hired by France to fight the uprising there (the French Revolution).
I think we are meant to learn from what we do, improve, change, make the world a better place and prevent others from making the same mistakes we did.
It can take a while, chemical warfare has been used since the 11th century (perhaps earlier) when diseased cattle were catapulted over city walls during a siege to contaminate the population.
So the fact that we did it not only means that we are right to tell others they shouldn't but also means we are indeed learning.
Yes the US used chemical weapons in Vietnam, we used it in WWI both in living memory, good that in that same living memory we can see us learning from our mistakes.
If we don't learn from our mistakes as a nation what hope is there to learn from our mistakes as individuals.
So Jed, you did get my point after all...

2 Oct 2013

Quote by Gerty
until some of the more mature members start bickering

Sadly, since they have all been 'retired' to swinginghell, there's no one left for me to bicker with :cry:

29 Sep 2013

No knighthood on the cards then.... lol

lol

27 Sep 2013

Hummmm
When I press the button that says "Mark Read" why don't I see the posts that Mark read?

27 Sep 2013

Won't be long before you pay for it....

27 Sep 2013

Dover