Tongs ya bas
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24 minutes ago, Futtocks said:
My sister went to one of Jay's live shows, and said he was very good at that too. However, I really love the reviews when he went somewhere wildly expensive and hated it, like Le Cinq or Beast.
He's a pretty decent jazz pianist, too.
Give some of the early teething troubles at Bang Bang Oriental, I was looking forward to his review of it, while also hoping he didn't go there too early. Looks like he got it right.
The place is only a few miles from Wembley, so anyone interested could make a visit part of their Cup Final weekend.
He paints a neat little portrait of the gaff's environs. As for those reviews, he did a classic take down of one of the places you describe not so long ago.
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Futtocks' bang bang Chinese place gets a good write up by Jay Rayner in today's Observer. I'm a bit of a Rayner groupie
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The vinyl boxed set.
Ever been had?
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14 hours ago, Mark S said:
People with perfectly good drives but insist on parking on the road. It seems to be a thing in Doncaster.
Do they have the right to do this?
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I wish that bloody Emma would hurry up and get her come uppance
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40 minutes ago, Mark S said:
And when the jobsworths refuse to take it it ends up at the side of the road.
They aren't jobsworths
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Man in an orange shirt. Brilliantly acted thought provoking drama
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Top Of The Lake China Girl. Seen the first episode. Hell's teeth there's plenty to chew on there.
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2 hours ago, ckn said:
None. I refused to join the NHS unions after they made a decision to support only a 1% pay rise for those up to a certain pay band. Those in my pay band and above were effectively told by the unions we had to just suck it up that we were getting 0% pay rise. Why should I pay the best part of £300 a year for membership of a union that openly does not represent me?
Also, the union have zero power in things like this. They agreed many of these policies and just won't fight them because they know they can't change them. NHS unions are virtually powerless in a situation where the government will take any consequence on patients and staff to not lose to a union.
My professional organisations won't step in to these things either, they're not primarily healthcare related and they know that the NHS is a quagmire they'd never escape from if they got involved over one person.
Modern Britain eh.
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2 minutes ago, ckn said:
It's almost impossible to get redress from the NHS as their standard defence is "everyone gets treated the same way". In fact, I know for absolute certainty that I'm being treated better than others because I was a senior manager and had a few favours to call in to make it work a bit faster. It's an abysmal state of affairs in a process that's there simply for process's sake.
Here's how processes work in the NHS: Someone creates a policy based on something they read as "best practice" despite them having never seen it in action or something has annoyed them and they create a sledgehammer policy to crack the nut. It gets reviewed by others who have no clue what it means. It gets approved for mandatory use. Senior managers demand that it's done exactly to the letter as that's what any auditors will check. Managers then create a zero exemption policy because they're judged on it. Employees then have the soulless job of implementing a policy they know doesn't work, is inequitable and overly bureaucratic.
An example: The NHS had difficulty getting redundancy pay back from fewer than five employees who gained another NHS job within the 28 day period post redundancy, this caused a bit of a fuss in one meeting. NHS England then mandated that no-one gets their money for at least 28 days to ensure that that situation never happened again. The consequence is that redundant staff no longer get any money on redundancy and have to claim it with a pretty extravagant claim form, job-search record that has to be reviewed and indemnities from the redundant person that they know they're committing fraud if they've not looked hard enough for a job. Seriously.
Also, under the new rules, the NHS can give you a new job within 28 days of being made redundant and you lose all qualification for your redundancy pay. You either take the job or get no redundancy money. Also, if you do go back then you lose every bit of your continuous service going back to new recruit status. Seriously. You can lose your redundancy pay and also your seniority and there's nothing you can do about it as the unions agreed that it was a "fair" policy when drafting changes to employee terms & conditions.
Finally, Hunt has announced a change to the policy again and it's out for consultation now. It'd have been in but for the election. The original proposal was that any employee on over £80,000 would see that 28 day period extended to a year where a redundant person would have to sign an indemnity that they'd repay the entire redundancy payment if they came back to the NHS within a year. Hunt has changed this to that £80,000 lower limit being "optional" only meaning it'll really be implemented at all levels.
What union/professional organisation are you a member of?
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2 hours ago, ckn said:
Absolutely, there is no need at all. You'd think I'd been dismissed for gross misconduct and was trying to get something out of them that I didn't deserve. Redundancy pay is a legal right, a contractual right and a moral right to reflect that a company is dismissing an employee for no fault of the employee.
I genuinely don't know how they could have made me redundant in a more stressful way, I know it's not personal but it really does feel that way.
I'm rapidly losing all remaining goodwill towards the NHS's administration. A mixture of blind adherence to bureaucracy created for no reason and a genuine lack of empathy in decision making. One of my golden rules for my managers was that if you mess with someone's pay and there was no excuse for it then you're heading for negative performance management measures from me.
The thing is that they knew they were going to make you redundant, since it was their decision. You should have some form of redress.
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5 minutes ago, ckn said:
One whole month since I was made redundant and there's still no confirmation that I'm going to get my redundancy pay anytime soon.
there's just no need for it. IT was their decision to make you redundant. They have a duty of care towards you.
I wasn't made redundant, but retired early on health grounds. My pay out and my pensions from the NHS and from teaching were efficiently and sensitively dealt with.
There's just no need for you to have that kind of experience. Shame on them
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art deco chippie roundhay leeds
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been singing gilly gilly ossenfeffer catsanella bogun by the sea to our Angus.
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8 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:
Western Samoa has become "Samwa"
Robbie Hunter Paul you are guilty as charged.
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6 hours ago, Phil said:
Yeah mate ?
Simply awful man
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30 minutes ago, Phil said:
A good set of lads Vic the big guy 4th from left is dead ?
Chuch on the far right is president of the Ukrainian Wrestling federation, I still see the others around now and again. I can honestly say these were the best days ever.
Is that the lad who was murdered Phil?
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On 7/27/2017 at 6:14 PM, Phil said:
My old gang from back in the day
The band that dexys midnight runners could have been. Great photo.
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6 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:
Ah those were the days.... when Andy n Ted were both genuine twin guitars.... not the vehicle for Andy Powell that the band became.....
Wisefield was no slouch mindst.....
I was at the city hall gig 77 when they recorded bad weather blues..... Andy Powell stated at the time it was the best gig they'd ever done and did mention the audience were everything.... it was lively!! ? and this right in the punk era....
wise field became the guitarist in tina turners band. i saw him play in a band called 'Home' very good too
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Rant thread
in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
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They are not as bad as the people who bag their dog muck up and leave it at the side of the path, Chuck it up a tree or into a field. But yes ignorant, ill mannered, and I'd Chuck idle into the mix as well.