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lol. if only you could see how ridiculous you appear.

Ah more stufreaky****witonomics. Im not sure how that works since I post three times a day and you post 22. Aside from that, yes dont worry you are on course to become CEO of Saints and the most popular poster on the forum Stu.

It depends. Was he on holiday when he said it?

Get over yourself. You're stalking every thread on this forum.

Fair enough. You do need to have ground rules to make this forum work. Just pointing out that every set of rules will be imperfect. I know that doesnt help much, so Im not sure why I said it!

nope Østenstadt

But that ignores the fact that names given to any groups can become derogatory or negative over time because that group is 'unpopular' with some sections. Spastic, Loony and Queer werent derogatory when they were first used. Neither I suspect weas Paki. Gay men keep changing their favoured moniker everytime the current one gets tarnished in common use. Is disabled really less offensive than handicapped?

You're the letterbox of this forum.

Yep. Usual tabloid trick. They like to rehash the story everytime something happens and convince people its new.

Whats with the fake tan, loads of bad makeup and comedy teeth?

I used to do contracting in both the NHS and local authorities. I may be out of date now, but my experience was that the contracting process was stipulated by central government so that price was pretty much the ONLY thing that counted. Even the introduction of 'Best Value' didnt change that in practice. In Brighton the council officers knew before signing the contracts that the successful tender for the waste management contract (binmen / roadsweepers) was undeliverable at that price but had no power to award it instead to a credible bid. It took three years of constant penalty and default notices (huge amount of staff hours) and appalling public service before the contractor finally agreed to mutually dissolve (ie buy itself out of) the contract. But who got the blame - the local authority for being crap of course.

and its not Stu

The club were looking for a marketing director to head up ticketing (amongst other things). Now he is in place maybe it will be reintroduced next year.

Dune there is nowhere in the world, seriously, that provides the standard of healthcare the UK does for the same proportion of GDP. The NHS is cheap and efficient for whay you get. Could you get a better healthcare system? Yes, but it would cost us more like the 17.8% of GDP the US pays rather than the 9.4% we pay. Our costs are still below the EU average, ie alongside Portugal and Poland rather than Germany and France.

Its does as it happens. Ovaries into testes and cl itoris into something useful.

No, Ofsted.

Kid at my school had an enormous one, at least 10 inches soft. Good looking bloke but apparently found it difficult to get anyone to sleep with him.

isnt 'Gypsies' longer than 'Egypt'

Roasted or raw?

lol. who do you think employs the consultants used by private healthcare most of the time? who trained them? which hospital, NHS or private do you think they would send you if you need anything more than an ingrowing toenail or boob job sorting out?

Im going travelling to Majorca for two weeks in Aug with my kids. At various points we will be moving around from the airport to the hotel, the waterpark and various restaurants. Seriously Joennsu's advice is good. Eastern Europe would also be good for something a bit different, cheap and accesible by train bus, if your on a budget.

Capello and Sven are both top managers. Its not their fault that the England players egos exceed their commitment to playing for their country.

Just read that. Makes you wish one of the other school mums would slap her. At the very least, if shes that busy she might want to think about giving up some easily discarded crap - you like writing for the Daily Mail.

"The commonest complaint from those who work in the organisation is that it is being reformed so often staff are never left to get on with the job they do best – treating patients. The NHS is our most popular national institution – but ministers cannot leave it alone. As each new reform succeeds the last, staff become preoccupied with their jobs and their future prospects, and arguing about structures. There is never a chance, they say, for the existing arrangement to bed down and prove itself before". This quote from the Independent article is the problem in a nutshell. What the NHS needs is stability to run the service, but instead it is restructured or tinkered with on average every three years. Anyone who thinks the regular rounds of massive consultants fees; consultation exercises; redundancy payments / hiring costs for same job different title etc leads to a more efficient service rather than a less effective one is deluded imo.

Now you are a proud dad with a son called Matthew, probably best to get out the habit of referring to him as 'it', eh - or least by secondary school .