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Well, let's hope they are being paid up front - who would take on any work for PFC at the moment without being paid in full in advance? Either that, or let's hope HMRC / The Courts are guaranteeing their payment for when the inevitable bell tolls....

ITK one day, left out of the loop the next. It's a cruel, cruel world out there. Chin up FF, lifelongcherrypipsaint still loves ya.

You're right, you are no lawyer! You're also right that the legal age to purchase alcohol in the UK is 18. What you've overlooked though is the licensee - every Tescos will have a premise licence and a designated premises supervisor - has the right to sell alcohol to who they want, when they want. They can therefore put any stipulation they want on the sale of that alcohol and insist that you wear a grass skirt, and limbo under a pole before they sell wine to you if they want! I guess you should carry I.D around with you in the future Besides, I'm sure you'd be the first to complain if they sold a load of booze to the local hoodies who spent the night in front of your house getting themselves bladdered....

But Lens state that Dindane has now been 'sold' to Pompey - due to him playing more than the requisite number of games in the terms of the loan contract.... Quite how that is possible since 1) the transfer window is shut and 2) Pompey have no money to pay the transfer fee anyway, is beyond me, but since they claim that, I guess technically Dindane can't be counted as a 'loanee'....

So far this season you've had four 'buyers' of PFC, so please point me in the direction of all the good things they've done

I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for a fare in England to speak English - in the same way that BTF thinks it is reasonable for a taxi driver in Greece to speak Greek

Dubai - or is that Dubal - Phil = Marc [lifelongcherrypipsaint] Jackson. True story.

Especially with our bye in the next round

Not sure if that's strictly true BTF - and I think that is why the cabbies are demonstrating in such a manner... I found this for your perusal : No formal qualifications are necessary to become a taxi driver. However, you must obtain a licence to operate from your local licensing authority (there are 387 in England, Wales and Scotland, plus the Public Carriage Office in London and the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland). Every licensing authority has its own conditions of licence. For a hackney carriage (taxi) licence, you must be 21 or over, have held a full EU driving licence for at least 12 months, and be able to drive a taxi competently and safely. You must show you are a fit and proper person, meaning that you are responsible and reliable, without certain types of criminal conviction. A police check is required on your criminal record for any unspent offences. You have to pass a medical test to show you are physically and mentally fit. Applicants have to pass a test on their knowledge of the routes in the local area - in London it can take up to three years to learn all the routes required; you have to learn this in your own time. For a private hire vehicle licence, you must have held a full EU driving licence for 12 months, pass a medical and make a declaration regarding any criminal convictions. In some areas, you have to pass a Knowledge test. If you wish to act as an operator for yourself rather than receive work through an operator, you also have to obtain an operators licence, which has its own requirements. If you are under 25 it may be difficult to obtain the necessary insurance. There is no upper age limit for entry into this line of work, although in some cases medical examinations may be required on a yearly basis. It doesn't state that there is a requirement to speak English - ironically I think that sort of statement in a job advert would technically be classed as racist anyway.... Info from here : http://www.redgoldfish.co.uk/job-roles/125-taxi-driver-job-role.aspx so no idea how reliable it is or isn't :smt102:

LOL. I can't see why people get so worked up over this. It's quite simple, either they have the £7m to pay HMRC on the 10th of Feb or they don't. If they do, then fair play to them for raising the funds and not trading illegally, and if not, then they will cease to exist On another note, does anyone remember the dates of Peter - I live overseas on Hayling Island - Storrie, and Twitchy's court dates??

Pretty sure the ONLY person who is likely to fail that test would be the one and only Marc Jackson / Dubai Phil - they are the same person aren't they?

Lol. Freud would probably be very overworked

Just been on South Today too. The reporter was definitely stifling a laugh when reporting it

Far be it for me to come rushing to the defence of Jilly, but which is it Ponty? Can you only see one - as in your original post - or does Jilly have lots of expired ones?

Could you not have just said you're enjoying the demise of Pompey without the made up references to Ian Poulter and Sky TV. No one is impressed Mr Jackson

Top 10 for English you say? Top ten of what exactly - surely not universities if they allow you to start a sentence with 'and' :smt102

That's a bit drastic! It's only a wallet FFS. Surely you could have gone to counseling first, rather than just get divorced :shock:

Is there any chance that Josef Fritzl could have been round and dug out a little basement? If not, just accuse the Mrs of stealing it. I'll bet she goes out and buys you a new one....

Sadly, as a registered user I cannot edit my own posts, so can neither make it bigger or smaller for you Perhaps you could ask Boj?

To be fair Bungle you sound very.......

Which would also be a nickname - seeing as it isn't their actual name - which would imply a degree of warmth or respect, to which you must surely also object....

What a load of sensationalist ********!! A car jacking usually involves one or two individuals 'hijacking' a car from an individual, usually with the use of a knife or gun to force them out of the car. What we have here is just some opportunist little scumbag stealing a car from an unsuspecting pensioner. I'll bet quite heavily that it has been officially recorded by the police as a car theft rather than a car jacking

I wouldn't worry too much about it, I have it on good authority that this particular clock was made in Birmingham in the 1970s - it replaced the original one they built - and has now in fact stopped working completely. Good news though as it means the end of the world will now come as an almighty surprise to everyone so we can all stop worrying about when or if it might happen and go about enjoying life while we can

Do you have a driving licence? Why not look into becoming a bus driver? Pretty sure they provide full training, the job can't be that hard to do, it's only driving after all, the wages are complimentary - if not more! - than retail wages, and apart from putting up with the pikeys and chavs on the bus, I guess the hours can't be too bad..... You could use it as a stop gap - take a year off from job hunting, earn some money and let the economy begin it's recovery - and if you still want to go back to retail I guess there will be a lot more jobs available in 12-18 months time....

No, no, no, it's an Iphone Having spent the last year converting from the horror that is windo$e, first to a macbook, then an imac and finally an iphone, I have to say I am very happy to be rid of the microsoft disaster - I still have a chuckle when Mrs WSS cusses and shout at her windo$e laptop that crashes most times that she loads up facebook However, I would have one suggestion to make the iphone completely unbeatable, and that would be to give it a feminine side and allow it to multitask! If I'm busy doing something on the phone - sending an email or 'on the net' and receive a text, I would very much like to 'minimise' what I'm doing to send a reply, and then resume once I'm done.... Not a huge ask, and I'm hopeful this will be resolved in the next software update, but for now it is a little annoying.....