RANT CORNER

[alexmr2]

Not sure what you mean by that.

Simple. The nurse on £35K (for example) has one or more of the following: a disabled husband who can't work, children, huge rent, huge mortgage payments courtesy of Loony Liz and the Kami-Kwasi budget, spends a lot on petrol to get to work, kids to school, etc.

Post the link to the article about train drivers on £65K or more claiming to be "destitute" and I'll comment?

What do you mean by "This"?

I knew you couldn't ignore my post!

"that". Well I would have thought it was obvious ... a government can do anything it wants to until it is disbanded by election, constitution or rebellion. Didn't you know that?

So nurses on £35k have all those overheads but 'not nurses' do not! Good to know.

https://www.cashfloat.co.uk/blog/person ... er-salary/ and if they are not "destitute" why are they wanting others to fund their greed?

"This" being the general strike action of the bullies, again I thought that was obvious.

I notice you were not able to advise how I can get a 19% increase on my pension.

Everyone is in the same boat so it also annoys me that such a big deal is made over certain professions, and some can play the emotional card. Lots of people don't know how to live within their means although some may have unfortunate circumstances which are unavoidable.

What about carers who are doing a similar job to nurses but are on £10-15k less?

As for working conditions, my job as an electrician has had big staff cuts too and we are forced to do overtime on top of the full working week. That sometimes includes 15 hour days and being on-call over Christmas but none of us are striking over it.

If all the wages of the strikers were increased, that would surely mean that everyone else who worked throughout their life would lose out more on their savings/pension to inflation?

At the end of the day it's the fault of the government rather than the workers, but it's simply not fair to increase the wages for some individuals whilst others are forgotten about and left behind

[Derek27]

I've just been given a £5 eVoucher by ASDA for whatever problem there was with my last beer delivery. MInimum spend £40, alcohol not included!!

[Derek27]

It's difficult enough to fry an egg without breaking the yoke, but when you scramble them you can beat the eggs like fuck and one yoke still won't break!

[greenmark]

Just ordered a replacement Senior Railcard (where the original is I have no idea. A result of a senior moment perhaps).
£10 which hurt a bit, but was then offered £20.67 cashback. Yay!! All I had to do was sign up to a £15 month subscription.
Good grief how cynical these people are. And how daft do you have to be to actually agree to that. Sheesh!!!

[Derek27]

Just ordered a replacement Senior Railcard (where the original is I have no idea. A result of a senior moment perhaps).
£10 which hurt a bit, but was then offered £20.67 cashback. Yay!! All I had to do was sign up to a £15 month subscription.
Good grief how cynical these people are. And how daft do you have to be to actually agree to that. Sheesh!!!

I get that offer every time I purchase a train ticket.

[greenmark]

Just ordered a replacement Senior Railcard (where the original is I have no idea. A result of a senior moment perhaps).
£10 which hurt a bit, but was then offered £20.67 cashback. Yay!! All I had to do was sign up to a £15 month subscription.
Good grief how cynical these people are. And how daft do you have to be to actually agree to that. Sheesh!!!

I get that offer every time I purchase a train ticket.

I shouldn't rant really. I will travel from Chesterfield to Edinburgh for £30 (well £40 with my mess-up). So that's pretty good.
But I could rant about how direct trains are now like hen's teeth. And coming back from Edinburgh at Xmas took 10 hours 'cos the bus from Darlington got stuck in an incident on the M1 for 2 hours and I missed my connectio as a result. But hey. C'est la vie. No point ranting at ill fortune.

[Derek27]

Who gives a flipping toss what hat Camilla wears?

All that really matters is that it repels eggs.

[Derek27]

When I get around to it, I'm gonna set up an email address, [email protected], and send people or organizations I don't like ferocious abuse, with the footnote, this email address is unmonitored...

[foxwood]

Be quick - that valuable domain name is currently available

[Derek27]

The number of throwbacks that still measure ingredients in cups and temperature in Fahrenheit!!

[Derek27]

Trading the Thiem match while running a bot in practice mode and my bot's doing better than I am!

[greenmark]

"The Met Office's season for named storms runs from September to September, and the names are given to raise awareness of severe weather."

So all year then you f***ing BBC halfwit. Good grief!!!

[Derek27]

"The Met Office's season for named storms runs from September to September, and the names are given to raise awareness of severe weather."

So all year then you f***ing BBC halfwit. Good grief!!!

The BBC weather forecasters now have to refute the tabloid and media weather forecasts. There's just a slight possibility that the beast from the east will be back due to polar vortices but the tabloids have blown it out of proportion with the usual 30 days of -20 degrees.

[Derek27]

Tiger Woods accused of sexism after handing Justin Thomas a tampon.

[greenmark]

Tiger Woods accused of sexism after handing Justin Thomas a tampon.

Of course it's sexist. But I would have thought with Woods' reputation for infidelity a condom might have been more appropriate.