Mark74

Bullet, he was play school & play away presenter and voice of Trumpton, camberwick green & chigley to name a few programs

As you get older all your heros from childhood slowly passing away. Brian Cant, how many hours enjoyment did that man give a generation? RIP Sir

Mine wasn't switched on automatically but I decided to switch it on via my account online. Bliss....since I've done that no phone calls from scammers pretending to be from talktalk....which we used to get about 3 times a day. After a few months I'll turn it off and see if the scammers have given up

Fuddster, is the hushpower .410 effective (probably a silly question as you obviously use one), as I've thought of getting either hushpower 20 or .410 and I was concerned the .410 wouldn't be up to job of Pigeon/corvids

Oh I agree that not all Government agencies deserve or should get an automatic pay rise, was merely pointing out that there is less incentive to join NHS now compared to past. Government work has in the main better benefits than working in private sector. However, a nurse (in case of this thread) or indeed Fire fighers, paramedics etc do a job that is a vital life & Death specifically trained job that the majority of society wouldn't want to do & less people are applying for hence all the unfilled vacancies & many leaving the profession. Funding is obviously the cause, but as their role is so vital the Government must do what they can to retain these people & attract new generation into the roles. The point of my previous post (although maybe unclear) was that there must be some kind of incentive to attract young people into these careers (as an alternative to the truck driving 😊) in addition to the vocational calling.

As others have said along with most Government agencies NHS staff have had little pay increase over past 8 years, in fact taking inflation into account it's a cut. Of course staff could leave or go and work for bank agencies to get better pay. But really the Government need to start recognising we need to provide encouragement to get people into Nursing etc because we NEED them. If a nurse or Dr leaves you can't just go hire one from the job centre. Stop all the unnecessary pen pushing jobs & stop the folly of bank staff and just pay the Nurses what they are worth. As has been said in this thread, it's not a job many would want to do. My wife is an HCA and gets punched, kicked, bitten, vomited on a regular basis and has seen her ward staffing halves in 10 years. Obviously she should get at least £10,000 increase!!! But seriously, NHS staff for the most part feel so undervalued, particularly by Government which is such a shame. Its reward is in helping people but financial benefits and morale must be maintained to keep our hospitals staffed

Thanks for taking the time to write such detailed advice Neutron 👍🏻

Thank you all for the input 👍🏻

Stonepark, he is 9 and will be 10 later in year.

Hi guys, looking for a little advice on a starter gun for my son. He's quite small for his age so I'm not sure a 20 bore would be suitable just yet. It's been over 30 years since I started with a single barrel .410, at the time I only shot pigeon with my dad, not clays. I would be looking at decoyed pigeon and sporting clays with my son now so ideally our choice needs to be something with little recoil but still capable of being effective. Although I can remember some success with my own .410 & had great fun with it I have never owned (or shot) a 28g. I wonder if anyone with experience of both could steer us as to whether it's worth "upgrading" to a 28g (given the extra expense) or just stick to a cheaper double barrel .410 until my lad would be capable of a 20g Many thanks for any insight 👍🏻

Alas many nurses are leaving the NHS to work for agencies as money is better. The Government need to cut out the middleman and save money by just paying nurses more

After being mistakenly reported earlier in week it's sad to read that Brian passed away today aged 88. Not sure about you chaps but spent many happy Saturday mornings listen to Sounds Of Sixties whether on way to shooting or whatever. Brian had a such warm voice coming through the radio. Thank you for for reminding me of listening to dads old 45 collection with him when I was a boy. RIP sir

Another 2 in our house hold plus another 4 from parents and another 4 in office at work (no outs at all)

I think Cameron & Osbourne are in trouble regardless of the result. The Tories have a lot of euro sceptics and they are not impressed with Cameron's campaign. Osbourne is also in trouble due to his "threatening" budget forecasts he gave. Wouldn't be surprised to see a leadership contest in the offing....so with a bit of luck we can get rid of the pair of them 😊

Went past our polling station this morning at 0730 (didn't vote - doing that later) and on a normal election there are one or two cars in the car park, today it was full with people parking on the road....so looks like a far bigger turn out than a normal election as people have string feelings and actually think they CAN make a difference this time