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Yep. I'm in.

Pah. Imposter.

There's a post up there somewhere in which there was mention of the work rate which was pretty much my biggest issue with Mara. The least a player can do is put proper effort on while he's on the pitch. Hopefully Archer does that, and contributes as a striker.

And then there's the United fans saying he's lazy. Decent finisher, all round game needing work, and questionable work rate could also describe Mara.

Thanks. This kid: https://www.transfermarkt.com/lesley-ugochukwu/profil/spieler/711999

Yep, far from it. We're weak all over the pitch in truth, but creating opportunities for whoever we have up top is vital.

Which Chelsea lad are we linked with?

I agree that we shouldn't, but with what RM has as his disposal, then Dibling is probably his best AM option. It'll end up being Lallana though, assuming his legs ever work again.

Out of interest, would you ever be willing to 'mask up' to prevent the spread of a contagious illness, even if the evidence was clear that it's properly dangerous to you and others?

You've persuaded me to add AA to my fantasy squad as the cheap striker ahead of Joao Pedro.

Hmm. I'll have a look for what I saw.

That I don't know, but pension cash equivalent values is a changing calculation (gilt yields and all sorts of stuff I don't pretend to know impacts it). It use to be the case that as a crude rule of thumb the accrued benefits under a defined benefit scheme would be multiplied by about 25 to get the cash value, a higher multiplier in professions with a scheme what paid at a younger age, so the earlier NHS schemes, forces, police, fire fighters, etc. So a medic retiring on a £50k pension would comfortably have a scheme which would have costed him/her well over a million.

We shouldn't take advantage, I agree, but new entrants know what they're getting into. Whether we should up the salary to attract and retain talent is a separate issue, and fwiw, I think we massively underpay hospital medics.

And she'll retire with a pension with a transfer value of £1m + in today's money. In the private sector she'd have to be paying in a massive chunk of her salary to even get close to that. Roundabouts and swings to an extent, but I'm with you that the salaries aren't where they should be, but even the diluted pension under the 2015 scheme is excellent.

Train drivers, and everyone working on the railways are paid an eye watering amount for what they do. I read a while ago that the basic pay for the guys on the platform and ticket office is nudging £40k. Not sure which company it was, but high £30's k for flogging train tickets ain't bad. Then there's the tube drivers. Crazy money.

You were complaining on her behalf. Nurses, hospital doctors, teachers, and some other public sector workers, should be paid more, despite the fantastic pension. However, what they cannot do is qualify into that profession and then complain about the terms.

Surely she knew the salary structure when she took the job?

That's slightly better than his finding it amusing that people are eating themselves to ill health and early death.

Tdmicky, what's funny about this? What Turkish says about food is correct. The ultra processes shit that people eat is addictive and detrimental to their health mOr do you disagree? People make money out of the masses eating this shite and coming back for more, and from said people being obese and then unwell. Or do you disagree?

I will, cheers.

Cheers Del, really good watch. That fella knows what he's talking about. I hadn't known about that amazing experiment in the 1920's. The ADHD/food link is something that I'm coming round to /, and the outcome of the experiment will be interesting.

Thanks for posting that. Lots in there, and the views of an Israeli, with family in Israel, and who's been in the IDF, are views that count. Too many take away comments, but this passage tells me what is pretty obvious from the outside - Israel are past the point of interest in any political view, and that Palestinian lives are cheap and dispensable. "The sentiment that now prevails in Israel similarly threatens to make war into its own end. In this view, politics is an obstacle to achieving goals rather than a means to limit destruction. This is a view that can only ultimately lead to self-annihilation. The second reigning sentiment – or rather lack of sentiment – is the flipside of the first. It is the utter inability of Israeli society today to feel any empathy for the population of Gaza. The majority, it seems, do not even want to know what is happening in Gaza, and this desire is reflected in TV coverage. Israeli television news these days usually begins with reports on the funerals of soldiers, invariably described as heroes, fallen in the fighting in Gaza, followed by estimates of how many Hamas fighters were “liquidated”. References to Palestinian civilian deaths are rare and normally presented as part of enemy propaganda or as a cause for unwelcome international pressure. In the face of so much death, this deafening silence now seems like its own form of vengefulness". And another idiot has joined the laughing gang it seems.

They're fine gifts for sure, although an almond magnum is a finer gift still.

Temptation is sent to test us Whelk, and it's a test I fail whenever mash or roasties are an option.

Crisps are the food of the devil, but bloody lovely they are.