bridge too far

The Council are meeting today to discuss this. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7567925.stm Oh oops! Geography was never my strong point. This link is, of course, to the development of the VT yard on the EASTERN side of the City. But it's still opposite SMS - sort of

But there's no guarantee that we would be rid of these people. It's already been pointed out earlier in the thread that people like Bates see their clubs go into administration and then buy it back. If we went into admin. what's to stop the gruesome twosome from buying us back again, all debts gone?

The Chinese did the same, picking Liu Xiang for the 110m hurdles when he's been unfit for quite some time. I guess the costs of getting him to the Games were not so high as with PR though

What time is the meeting, Nick?

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It used to be that you got more days after 5 and then 10 years' service. But I left the NHS about 4 years ago, so things may well have changed since then, especially now we have Foundation Trusts

I worked for donkey's years in the NHS but I don't ever recall having 'sick' days incorporated into annual leave. However, once upon a time, hospitals used to give staff 'hospital' days (2 per year). The dates of these used to vary from one hospital to another and these were eventually incorporated into annual leave. My understanding is that the maximum leave in the NHS is 37 days + Bank Holidays. If this has changed, I want to know as my leave now is supposed to match NHS leave!

I do have to count in 3s. My daughter always uses base 9 (so she tells me, I don't know what it means)

I do have to arrange my books in order of author, alphabetically and then by size. The more I think about it, the more I realise just how obsessive I am

Hard for a man to believe, I suppose, but we girlies ALWAYS have clean and tidy kitchen, don't you know

I sort of do the clothes thing too. All jackets together, all trousers together, all shirts together, all skirts together etc. etc. With the shirts, it has to be short-sleeved ones together, and long-sleeved ones together. Oh dear

Nice kitchen, StB!

My daughter-in-law worked part-time for a while for the NHS after my grandson was born. She worked Tues, Weds, Thurs. I'm 99.9% sure that, as bank holidays tended to fall on her 'off' days, she didn't get time off in lieu. There's something to be said for annualised hours maybe?

Oi Jill! That's my job!

Trousers - your wooden spoon must be nearly worn out by now Keep on keeping on with your digs and observations. I love 'em!

No, that's my life's mission. Not the same thing at all.

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Karletta Marx

This is what I so love about this forum. Got a problem? Post it on here - there's bound to be someone who knows the answer. Who needs lawyers, eh? Keep up the good work, guys and gals.

But you still give your staff their 20 days (or pro rata), I hope, as you are obliged to by law?

So what happens to shift workers Jill? Mr TF works 4 days on / 4 days off / 4 nights on / 4 days off i.e. 8 days out of 16. However, this obviously includes weekend working and he has to work Bank Holidays if they fall within his shift. The only BHs he gets off as a 'right' are Christmas, Boxing and New Year's Day as the labs shut down for the whole Christmas period.

Homemade tuna sarnie on seeded wholemeal bread Greek yoghurt with honey OJ

From my office, if I stand on the roof

It froze halfway through but it was enough to make me say 'Wow, OMG, I can't look, I feel sick' all at the same time. And I don't suffer from vertigo! Awesome!

Have a grand day WS xxxxx