StuRomseySaint

I was working in the Kent area. And that was the case in some areas, but not in others, as both myself and DullDays experienced.

Yes it is, she isn't as welcoming to Southampton fans as she used to be though. :-(

A soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan is on operations almost daily, and under attack almost daily. 284 Soldiers have so far died in Afghanistan since 2001. On average 9,000 soldiers based there at any one time. 8 firefighters died between 1994 and 2004 ( the closest stats I could get to compare ) out of 35,000 firefighters. So... you are about 140 times more likely to get killed in Afghanistan than you are working for the fire service. Hope this helps. x

I did say it was The Queen Anne in another thread. T'was funny, Denise was a little bit drunk and seemed to oppose to 10 of us coming in... she told us she would " kick our f*cking c*nt in and cut our faces " if we played up. :-( As for the woman situation, we are currently in negotiations, I cannot comment further at this stage.

Correct.

It wasn't just any boozer we left after 30 minutes for... it was The Queen Anne, Vauxhall.

I am giving you a first hand account of the effect of the fire-fighter strikes... which was death of innocent people. Thats is a FACT You can live in your fairy wonderland... I was the one trying to cut out a lady of her car with sub-standard equipment because the Fire Service would not let us use theirs... if they had even just let us use their cutting equipment, that lady would still be alive, let alone being there to do the job themselves. If that was your missus I wonder if you would have been so sympathetic?

I went all the way to Gillingham on Saturday and left after 30 minutes. That's proper dedication. 260 mile round trip for 30 minutes of football. I agree with your sentiments about children though, they should be only lads and kept in the family enclosure... I would say the same about women but I might have a student shirt-wearing lady joining us up the back of the Northam next season so I shall keep my real opinions to myself... although I did tell her she is not allowed to wear her replica shirt next season, and will be taking her to Ben Shermans flagship store to get her clobbered up.

Yes, interest free, so it makes the best economic sense. You can't even afford a season ticket, pikey.

WHAT? How paying the Fire Service double that of a soldier, 50% more than a Police Officer and much more than a Paramedic supposed to help us? The Fire Service was not undermanned so I am not sure how you think paying them £30,000 a year was going to do anything other than put our taxes up? The Firefighter cost lives by going on strike, every fireman/woman who voted for industrial action is directly reponsible for these deaths.

Errr... when I was covering them, as a non-commisioned officer in the Army, I was on less than £20k, the private soldiers were on less than £15k Soldiers are on in Afghan on less than £15k Police basic is about £20k Yes they ALL deserve more pay, but you don't see the police or army kicking off... why should someone in the Fire Service get paid twice as much as a Soldier who does a massively more dangerous job. You are absolutely warped if you condone their strike which cost the lives of lots of people. The BA strike is another kettle of fish, I suppose you could say that the Fire Fighters can't really just up and leave as their job is unique, however if the BA staff don't like their working conditions then there is hundreds of other airlines that they could go and work for. I hope one day you book BA for your holiday and have them go on strike... I wonder if your views will be no supportive of them then. If you don't like your working conditions then fook off and join another company... simple. I liken the BA Cabin Crew to a grumpy old fart who buys a house next door to a pub and withing a week is complaining to the council about the noise.

Anthony Pulis

What are you talking about? The strikes were nothing to do with any planned cuts to the fire service... they were purely because they were demanding an obscene wage in comparison to other Emergency Services and Armed Forces personel.

Exactly, we were not allowed access to their cutting equipment. There was an RTA less a mile down the road, the lady was trapped... it took almost an hour to get her out with our makeshift equipment... the fire service would have got her out in 10 minutes. She died minutes before she was released from the car... the paramedic told me should would have survived if she had been cut free sooner. Meanwhile the firemen from that watch were sat down on their deckchairs standing round the fire outside the station. Hopefully now Duncy will understand why I generalise anyone who strikes as scum.

The Union was demanding 40%. And regardless of the percentage increase... to go on strike simply because you think you warrant more money and to be massively better paid than far more dangerous jobs such as the Police and Armed Forces is absurd and greedy. NOBODY should go on strike simply over wage demands. If you don't think you are getting paid what you are worth, then go and find another job, do not take action which causes the death and serious injury of potentially hundreds of people.

Yep, that's what I have been told. As I said on the other thread, I hope there is a good reason for the delay. It's a bit of a ball-ache not being able to start paying for it until June... paying the first installment in March meant that it would be finished before Xmas. I reckon there may be a 125th anniversary special, or something. :-/

I have been told prices will be released at some point next week. I am expecting there to be a decent reason why they have waited so long.

I am going to get steaming again and hope to watch more than the 30 minutes I watched at Gillingham. WoOoOooOoOoooP!

I lied. No ST prices being released today. :-(

2 deaths on my watch which WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED if the Fire Service didn't go on strike... that was one watch, similar stories from the lads from my battalion posted elsewhere. I wonder if you would have been so sympathetic towards them if one of the two people who died on my watch was your family? How anyone can even try and support the fire service going on strike demanding a ridiculous 40% increase in wages is completely beyond me. All emergency services should be subject to military law when it comes to striking and it should be made illegal.

With regards to the firefighters strike, I know more than 99.9% of the people in this country would know about it and the effect it had, because I covered the strike in sub-standard military Green Goddess's and was on duty for 2 fatalities which could have been prevented if the fire-service did not strike, not only that, but refuse us access to their equipment.... they are as good as murderers. With regards to the BA strike, it's not a matter of life or f*cking death for them, they provide a service to members of the public and are using them as ransom to the bosses. The only people that suffer when BA go on strike is thousands of innocent people. Once again with this strike I have seen how as a DIRECT RESULT of the strike, a completely innocent couple have had the most special day of their lives ruined. The karma will be that nobody will use BA and the people going on strike will lose their jobs anyway, and other airlines won't employ them.... now that's Karma.

They are on a par with Students.

LMFAO I would rather play in League 1 than play for Celtic.

Yes, massively improved the lives of who?! It's 2010 now... People who work in a public service strike because they can use innocent members of the public at ransom. Scum might indeed be a strong work... ... are BA actually treating their staff that bad? I worked in a gym for a while where the working conditions there were absolutely disgusting, no sick benefit, no pension, bonuses promised but never delivered, absolutely no flexability on shifts, figures rigged to stop paying commision... What did I do? Found another job. It's not that hard. I hope the lazy bone-idle f*cks who strike ( in whatever job it is, I am talking generic, not just BA ) can look at my friends in the eye, knowing they ruined what's supposed to be the most special moment in their life, whilst they were sitting at home watching Jeremy Kyle. Then we could move on the the famous firefighters strike who actually cost peoples lives through striking... do you think that is improving the lives of people? When is comes to striking, the firefighters where indeed scum... BA are not far behind them, but at least they are not costing lives of innocent people like the Fire Service did... but they are costing innocent people in some cases their life savings, ruining special days, holidays etc etc...

I think the kit will be 'launched' today and they will play in it tommorow. I also think Season Ticket prices will be announced today. I also also think there will be other news.