Raja Clavata Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 25 minutes ago, Rewulf said: Expect better of you R. The thing that I find well funny is that in my professional corporate life I'm generally seen as pretty hardline non-PC and corporately speaking anti-woke. Refusing to "play the game" and being true to my principles is openly discussed in my year end reviews as a reason for not reaching my full potential on the career ladder. The only time I've ever been part of a trade union was a brief stint in the railways where it wasn't "safe" to work in that environment if you refused to join. Had the displeasure to meet Bob C and worked on the other shift pattern to one of his "wing-men" at the time, Mick Lynch. I'll just leave it at that for now to allow that first paragraph to sink in for some of you 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 18 minutes ago, Raja Clavata said: Expect better of you R. The was in regards to what was clearly a satirical post from Auntie. The was a thank you for saying my post was good. Dont take things so personally, I certainly dont ! These debates on various subjects arent going to fix the problems in society, I dont think anything is, not voting, not 'taking to the streets'. Change starts within us, by understanding one another better. People get frustrated because they see this path towards the time when Rome will burn, and they realise there isnt a lot we can do to avert it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet11-87 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago ive no horse in the race regarding the riots as i dont have all the facts, but i did enjoy the parts of this thread where people showed their age bracket and demographic by referring to i Phones as a luxury.... just generic "they all have iphones" and that's used as a measure of how good someone is and managing finances. as a baseline you can get the latest iphone on a 24 month contract for £50-£70 a month or about what you'll average pay for a weeks shopping. the same things that about 4 years ago was £40-£50 and take it back to the house you rent at £1200 a month paying a landlord vastly more than you can get a mortgage approved for,Or instead of shopping get a take away as it is a more convenient food option given that both adults in a household MUST work full time now to float the cost of living without getting swamped in debt. but yeah iphones and takeaways thats whats wrong with this generation and the reason were in the state were in. the fact the council housing all got sold off in the late 80s for buttons and are now being used/sold by private firms and landlords to leather the incomes of the working population has nowt to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100milesaway Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago (edited) 23 minutes ago, Sweet11-87 said: ive no horse in the race regarding the riots as i dont have all the facts, but i did enjoy the parts of this thread where people showed their age bracket and demographic by referring to i Phones as a luxury.... just generic "they all have iphones" and that's used as a measure of how good someone is and managing finances. as a baseline you can get the latest iphone on a 24 month contract for £50-£70 a month or about what you'll average pay for a weeks shopping. the same things that about 4 years ago was £40-£50 and take it back to the house you rent at £1200 a month paying a landlord vastly more than you can get a mortgage approved for,Or instead of shopping get a take away as it is a more convenient food option given that both adults in a household MUST work full time now to float the cost of living without getting swamped in debt. but yeah iphones and takeaways thats whats wrong with this generation and the reason were in the state were in. the fact the council housing all got sold off in the late 80s for buttons and are now being used/sold by private firms and landlords to leather the incomes of the working population has nowt to do with it. Secondary schools don't even have kitchens for domestic science anymore but will teach you how to read calorie charts. So kids don't know how to cook,.Judgeing the size of lots of them they must be eating fat balls. From Auntie. Edited 1 hour ago by 100milesaway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushandpull Posted 37 minutes ago Report Share Posted 37 minutes ago It depends on what you mean by a secondary school. Cooking is included in the National Curriculum. However, "academy" schools do not have to follow the N.C. (Which begs various questions.....). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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