Today I'm neither Angry nor Happy about....

[Bruce Rioja]

Why on earth do people bother going to the trouble of organising nonsense like this?

If you don't want to eat in McDonalds then don't. It isn't fecking mandatory!

[Dujon]

Spoken by a true believer in free enterprise who is trying to lose a bit of excess mass.

[Bijou Bob]

Some folks will be a bit disappointed, as they still haven't managed to catch the last human race wiping pandemic, Bird Flu, yet...

Must be a bugger, if you blew all your savings on the strength of it.

Sadly, the nhs did. Wards set aside, equipment bought and stored for the pandemic. Cost tens of millions from a system that was creaking at the seams even then. It's true to say that the nhs is praying for a warm winter. A cold one will see several trusts go into financial meltdown.

[thebish]

Some folks will be a bit disappointed, as they still haven't managed to catch the last human race wiping pandemic, Bird Flu, yet...

Must be a bugger, if you blew all your savings on the strength of it.

Sadly, the nhs did. Wards set aside, equipment bought and stored for the pandemic. Cost tens of millions from a system that was creaking at the seams even then. It's true to say that the nhs is praying for a warm winter. A cold one will see several trusts go into financial meltdown.

I refuse to believe it! The NHS is safe in Tory hands and they have massively improved it anhd increased spending year-on-year!

[Harry Genshaw]

Why on earth do people bother going to the trouble of organising nonsense like this?

If you don't want to eat in McDonalds then don't. It isn't fecking mandatory!

It's usually to stop others going in there too!

I don't know much about Maccy Ds and what they do wrong these days, but I was grateful when activists alerted me to some of Coca cola's practices in Africa & the Indian sub continent. I've tried to avoid the stuff ever since

[Bruce Rioja]

Some folks will be a bit disappointed, as they still haven't managed to catch the last human race wiping pandemic, Bird Flu, yet...

Must be a bugger, if you blew all your savings on the strength of it.

Sadly, the nhs did. Wards set aside, equipment bought and stored for the pandemic. Cost tens of millions from a system that was creaking at the seams even then. It's true to say that the nhs is praying for a warm winter. A cold one will see several trusts go into financial meltdown.

I refuse to believe it! The NHS is safe in Tory hands and they have massively improved it anhd increased spending year-on-year!

At a stretch, the bird flu pandemic occurred between 2005 and 2008. So, let's have a little look as to who was in government then, allowing the NHS to blow its stash.

[bobo the clown]

The US company I then worked for decided we needed a crisis plan for when the bird flu hit.

It got stocked with all the usual tosser and money-spenders. Lots of meetings, lots of World travel and expensive hotels. Lots of earnest reports full of trite, off the shelf advice and do's and don'ts.

I well recall the Occy Health doctor I used for my Divisions sniggering at some of the worthy bllx spouted and his one, seriously sage piece of information ".... if it doesn't happen you're going to have spent ludicrous amounts on planning, meetings, advice sheets and what will probably be out of date vaccines and travel packs. If it does happen no amount of this crap will do the faintest good."

[Athers]

Back into the fun world of dealing with estate agents in the last couple of days, already one has used the word 'procedability' and said she can't tell me the top offer made by someone else because of 'data protection reasons' like it's above my paygrade in the Pentagon.

Surely the worst example of the 1%

[TANGODANCER]

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[bobo the clown]

Back into the fun world of dealing with estate agents in the last couple of days, already one has used the word 'procedability' and said she can't tell me the top offer made by someone else because of 'data protection reasons' like it's above my paygrade in the Pentagon.

Surely the worst example of the 1%

Buying or selling ?

First of all just as you should avoid people called Kris you HAVE to refuse to deal with people who use words like "procedability". It's not possible they know what the fck they're doing ... nor that their bosses do either, now is it.

Second of all the number of fckg stupid apparatchiks who throw in the Data Protection Act to cover just about anything at all is truly distressing. It's up there with those numbskulls who hide behind H&S to impose unnecessary rules and restrictions. Try challenging them and they go to pieces (whilst, regrettably, not budging one inch on the matter.

I'm now getting "it's the law! thrown at me by my Opticians.
"You have to have another eye test sir"
... "I only had one 9 months ago, I just want my next 3 months worth of lenses please"
"That would take you over a year and we can't give them you without another eye test".
... "Well I've paid for them (on DD) so I'm entitled to have them"
"It's the law I'm afraid"
... "no it's not".
stunned silence
... "show me the law which says that"
"well, we just can't sir."
... "that's company policy. It may even be good practice. It's not the law".
more stunned silence
... "so, can I have my next supply of lenses please" ..... I am given them .... "thank you so much ... 'have a nice day' ".

[thebish]

you are one constantly grumpy fecker!!! ;0)

[bobo the clown]

you are one constantly grumpy fecker!!! ;0)

I said "thanks" and wished them a nice day ! Feck off.

[Prufrock]

Back into the fun world of dealing with estate agents in the last couple of days, already one has used the word 'procedability' and said she can't tell me the top offer made by someone else because of 'data protection reasons' like it's above my paygrade in the Pentagon.

Surely the worst example of the 1%

Buying or selling ?

First of all just as you should avoid people called Kris you HAVE to refuse to deal with people who use words like "procedability". It's not possible they know what the fck they're doing ... nor that their bosses do either, now is it.

Second of all the number of fckg stupid apparatchiks who throw in the Data Protection Act to cover just about anything at all is truly distressing. It's up there with those numbskulls who hide behind H&S to impose unnecessary rules and restrictions. Try challenging them and they go to pieces (whilst, regrettably, not budging one inch on the matter.

I'm now getting "it's the law! thrown at me by my Opticians.
"You have to have another eye test sir"
... "I only had one 9 months ago, I just want my next 3 months worth of lenses please"
"That would take you over a year and we can't give them you without another eye test".
... "Well I've paid for them (on DD) so I'm entitled to have them"
"It's the law I'm afraid"
... "no it's not".
stunned silence
... "show me the law which says that"
"well, we just can't sir."
... "that's company policy. It may even be good practice. It's not the law".
more stunned silence
... "so, can I have my next supply of lenses please" ..... I am given them .... "thank you so much ... 'have a nice day' ".

Yep, it's one of those phrases people have no idea what it means but throw out.

[malcd1]

you are one constantly grumpy fecker!!! ;0)

I said "thanks" and wished them a nice day ! Feck off.

You should be flogged for saying "Have a nice day". I was sick of hearing it when I went to America.

[thebish]

you are one constantly grumpy fecker!!! ;0)

I said "thanks" and wished them a nice day ! Feck off.

You should be flogged for saying "Have a nice day". I was sick of hearing it when I went to America.

absolutely - the very height of vacuous plastic insincerity!

[Hoboh]

Why on earth do people bother going to the trouble of organising nonsense like this?

If you don't want to eat in McDonalds then don't. It isn't fecking mandatory!

[Hoboh]

Some folks will be a bit disappointed, as they still haven't managed to catch the last human race wiping pandemic, Bird Flu, yet...

Must be a bugger, if you blew all your savings on the strength of it.

Sadly, the nhs did. Wards set aside, equipment bought and stored for the pandemic. Cost tens of millions from a system that was creaking at the seams even then. It's true to say that the nhs is praying for a warm winter. A cold one will see several trusts go into financial meltdown.

I refuse to believe it! The NHS is safe in Tory hands and they have massively improved it anhd increased spending year-on-year!

At a stretch, the bird flu pandemic occurred between 2005 and 2008. So, let's have a little look as to who was in government then, allowing the NHS to blow its stash.

Funny no one came back on that Bruce

[thebish]

Funny no one came back on that Bruce

maybe that's because it was at least 6yrs ago and so isn't all THAT relevant to the possible melt-down being predicted for this coming winter? just a thought...

[Hoboh]

Funny no one came back on that Bruce

maybe that's because it was at least 6yrs ago and so isn't all THAT relevant to the possible melt-down being predicted for this coming winter? just a thought...

[Worthy4England]

Funny no one came back on that Bruce

maybe that's because it was at least 6yrs ago and so isn't all THAT relevant to the possible melt-down being predicted for this coming winter? just a thought...

I can't believe anyone could be critical of Labour having so much foresight, 6 years before the event. Good ole Harriet and team.