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I need your help and advice 19th May 2014 3:02 PM

I had to read your post 3 times before i got what it is you are offering. Your website whilst may state what it is you do, i'm guessing that because i wasn't in the buying mood, or needed your service it didn't readily jump off the page

Honestly i don't think there is a need for a site to have 24/7 sales staff. Even in today's impatient world of online sales most reasonable people expect a UK based company to have staff around in the region of 8-6. Outside of these hours an easy to find email us tab, which as long as you state your SLA would normally suffice.

I have used these chat services on many occasions and also not been phased by the fact that i'm surfing a particular website out of office hours, looking at their products and their online chat service is offline.

This then begs the question are you creating a solution to a non-existing problem?

I've heard of healthy eating pushes which certain schools ban sweet items in your lunch box, i'm (not surprisingly) actually against the school telling me what my child can & cant eat. Being divorced i only get a limited amount of input in to what they eat anyway and IMHO the odd treat at lunch isnt going to spoil the nutritious home cooked meal i will be providing for him tonight -( its actually not quite so healthy, but its still balanced, gammon steak, mash with peas & sweetcorn and gravy)

But this caught my attention on Friday, but ran out of time to post about it - BBC News - Swindon school bans fish from lunchboxes over allergy fears

I think its wrong that the allergy of one child , dictates the lunch habits of over 400 other pupils. Of course this is neither the parents nor the childs fault but is it fair on the majority?

On the flip side what would the child do school wise if they had turned around and said we can't/won't impose the ban - i'm guessing that the LEA would step in, but not 100% sure.

As a parent i can honestly say i would not expect the school to have done such a thing for either of my 2.

This makes interesting reading - BBC News - University staff may lose day's pay for two-hour strike

Is it right that they will lose half a days pay for taking 2 hours off to complain about the lack of a payrise? Is it right that they strike at all? Who covers the cost of the fall out - we do!

Said on numerous occasions if you dont like your working conditions then its time to leave, i get limited number of days off, the last thing i need is for teachers to strike, shut schools/colleges and then i'm forced to take time off to cover the kids at home.

Can you imagine Steves reply if i go on strike, well thats assuming he notices i'm not in  (actually may give it a go and see whats said  )

This is such a divisive and emotive topic.......

I believe in euthanasia and the individuals right to die, a final act of kindness for someone or something.................

I could be wrong, I may be branded as a tree hugging, bleeding heart liberal. (For those that do not know me I can assure you I am not), however on this topic I prefer to be cautious, getting it wrong, even once could be fatal.....

 

 

Absolutely spot on Ray, what a cracking post. (and hope you had a glorious weekend) 

Its very easy for me to sit in my chair and pass judgement to the horrors of crime i fortunately have no knowledge of except what i'm fed by the media.

But I was assaulted many years ago, the culprit was found, charged, sentenced, fined and ordered to reimburse the cost of replacing the teeth he knocked out, but nothing for the pain, loss & suffering i went through whilst having the procedures to replace the teeth, for that yes i'm bitter but wouldn't have the guy shot. Public flogging maybe??? 

I too watched my father die, bloody cancer, but he didnt suffer too much as he went from diagnoses to death in 77 days!  I think that one does have the right to "check out" when the pain becomes too much to bear, but could i/should i have made that decision for him? Maybe, but the Law didnt allow that conversation to take place.

Yet i can take my cat to the vets to be put out if its misery for the same condition. BUT if i didnt take the cat in, i'm classed as a monster for not caring!!! The Law has to change to allow people the same dignity as your pet.

I applaud you Ray for doing a job that many of us, couldn't/wouldn't do - to be fair i have no patience in that department, pretty much why i didnt follow the family tradition of teaching, just couldn't do it. I stand by my opinion though, but accept that each and every case needs to be tried on its own merits and only the very worst cases should see the death sentence.

Was down in London middle of last year, jeez how i didnt kill about 5 cyclists i will never know - seems to think they own the road in central London!!

Having lost teeth the last time i cycled, i cant see me jumping for a one of these.

Happy Birthday Steve !! 16th May 2014 11:34 AM

Did you know that he shares his birthday with Italian mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi?

She would have been 296 years old today - now thats a lot of candles!

Just reading up on the facts about her life, she was the oldest of 23 children!!!

Wikipedia page on Maria

Just seen that there is talk of a come back for the firing squad in the USA following the botched execution last month.

Didnt know that it was only 4 years ago, that the last person was executed by this method.

One quote of a local resident - 

"I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions” - does that remind you of anyone 

The full article is here - BBC News - Will firing squads make a comeback in the US?

When is news not news? 16th May 2014 11:13 AM

Must be quiet in the news recently as for about the 3rd or 4th day, reports are still ongoing surrounding the Beyonce ,JayZ & Solange spat in a lift.

How does this news affect me, why are we reporting such drivel ?

Do i really care that some overpaid pop singers sister slapped her husband?

Why is the media so hyped on so called "pop stars"?

Typical - just got my head around all the previous words and what they meant

Looks like i will be studying this weekend to learn the new lingo 

Happy Birthday Steve !! 16th May 2014 8:49 AM

Sure you would all like to join me in wishing our very own Steve a happy birthday 

45 today, but i didn't tell you