bridge too far

There you go then - skates claiming him as a fan when he wasn't! Mr TF relayed this info to me, probably from the P***ey message boards.

P***ey fan allegedly.

You drug your new managers?

Lived at home until I was 19, when I got married. Exchanged one controlling environment for another

Although a white singer, Jessie J, triumphed in four of the five categories for which she was nominated. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/oct/05/mobos-glasgow-jessie-j-wins-four

What would happen to the hospital porter dismissed in order that a benefit claimant could do the job 'for free'? By all means encourage them to work for charity but don't encourage them to displace an employed person. That would be counter-productive. And I'm slightly uncomfortable with the idea that claimants should 'repay a debt to society', although TBF no-one's actually used that phrase but it has been implied. Most claimants are there through no fault of their own. I bet we all now know a number of people who've been made redundant because of the current economic climate. I would suggest that people who have lost their jobs, far from repaying a debt to society, are in fact owed because of circumstances beyond their control. Any of us could be in their shoes tomorrow (well, not me - I'm too old )

Saint Si - rather than quote the very interesting information above - here's a question you, and / or maybe others, might be able to answer. Can the FL revisit the FAPP test? If so could CSI be politely told they can't own the club after all?

This is a superb site with all sorts of information http://www.seat61.com/

There are plenty in any town or city in the UK who claim sickness benefit, not just Liverpool. But you carry on with your stereotyping, eh. Whilst there is some merit in people getting into the 'work ethic', there is another side to those people doing jobs in the community. Some of those jobs (road sweeping, graffiti cleaning) are being done by employed people. Are you suggesting the employed people should lose their jobs so that the workshy (to use a hackneyed phrase) have jobs to do for free? Because that doesn't solve any problems, does it.

And I think this applies to IKEA (in that you have to be in the building)

Aah you're right. Just googled and discovered that you can't be called again if you've been on a jury in the previous two years.

I think, but I'm not absolutely sure, that once you've done a stint you won't ever be called back.

Mr TF was called about a year ago. He went into Oxford, sat there for a morning and was sent home without sitting. Wasn't called back.

You lot are doing wonders for my shares in Kleenex. Sad muppets.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15621888.stm

This is how I approached this particular question too.

I just wish they hadn't used the word 'disgusting'. Totally inappropriate use of the word IMO. (Actually the article on the BBC website that links to this test discusses the use of the word).

Stick with it SM - the subject matter isn't really that important. My son read Philosophy and now works for a large computer hardware company; my daughter read Maths and now works for a Housing Association as a project manager (although she does quite a bit of programming so I guess the Maths was helpful). My SiL read Marketing and then did a PGCE. As others have said, having a degree demonstrates determination and self-discipline as well as the ability to learn. Unless you're doing a 'scientific' degree of course where it might be useful to have a Chemistry degree for example if you're going to be a chemist

You and I ended up with broadly the same result Andy! It will be interesting to see how other esteemed posters fare

This is an interesting experiment https://www.bbc.co.uk/labuk/experiments/morality/

Bloody hell! It must be more than two years ago that I mentioned that little fact! Memory like an elephant eh?

Of course the points you make are absolutely valid VW. I wasn't making judgements, just pointing out to the OP that there is basic advice on the government's website. My SiL is a teacher so obviously he's not allowed time off during term time (cue comments about teachers' holidays).

I 'like' Verbal (in as much as anyone can 'like' anyone they've never met)

If you want to take holiday You must give your employer advance notice that you want to take holiday. This notice should be at least twice as long as the amount of holiday you want to take. For example, you should give two weeks' notice for one week's holiday. Your employer can refuse permission for your holiday as long as they give you notice which is at least as long as the holiday requested. So to refuse a request for a week's leave, they would have to tell you a week in advance. Your contract may set out other rules about when you can take your holiday. This is allowed so long as the rules don't effectively prevent you from taking holiday at all. From: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/Timeoffandholidays/DG_10034711 and: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/Timeoffandholidays/DG_171945

I think you'll find that quite a few journalists are sitting at their desks, tapping their fingers because they're constrained by all the current investigations. I bet the ordure will hit the air-conditioning eventually.m