saintbletch

That's as maybe Whitely Grandad, but GenevaSaint's advice is on the money for me. The urban myth around not mixing drinking and antibiotics was apparently spread by pox (STD) doctors who felt that if they told their infected patients not to drink whilst they "had a few passengers aboard" it would mean that they were less likely to go out and get pished and infect someone else. As with all drugs (well not ALL drugs) read the instructions. As for the OP - I'd look into an allergy too. A couple of years back I had a cough that lasted 6 weeks. Went to the doc and it turned out I had developed "late onset asthma". I had been planing down a set of wooden table and chairs in my garden without a mask and the dust from the wood shavings had set off a reaction. I was still playing football at the time and I couldn't run more than 10 feet without coughing my guts up. He gave me an asthma puffer and it's all under control now. Thedelldays, are you coughing 'stuff' up - phlegmy-type stuff? If not then it could be an allergy.

Not being judgemental but please tell me that they have female scouts at Pompey.

onion

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bandit

My bet is that he's either a radical catholic terrorist, a Tory party blogger or his real name is Guy. I've got 6 replica shirts with the user names of different forum members on them. I go to games and pretend to be a real **** to make the real forum posters look bad. I'm also sponsored by two stay-away posters on here to wear replica shirts with their name on it to convince others that they do actually attend matches.

If it's a condition that stops you working and it wasn't your fault, you may be entitled to compensation.

A really useful amount of what?

He was everywhere. At the same time.

Well I was going to suggest that you were a) being paranoid or b) on a complete wind-up. But now I've seen that this thread has been moved, I'm coming round to your way of thinking Deppo. The question now though is whether the forum owners are in the employ of the Director General of the BBC. No smoke without fire.

Imagine you're alone and very much enjoying own company - if you see what I mean. Then, just as you reach the moment of dishonourable discharge, imagine how similar your tightly closed eyes are to those of a Japanese person. That is what the song is supposedly about.

drummer

husbandry

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army

BTF, I would never dream of commenting on the parenting skills of someone else. It's none of my business. I also feel a little uncomfortable that you're happy to talk about your family's situation in this way. So assuming I'm commenting generically about modern parenting and not specifically about your daughters' situations, the one thing you didn't comment on in your defence above is the quality of the mother-child relationship for kids that don't see their mothers for 4 days a week. And we're not really able to gauge that until adulthood and then it's too late to go back and fix it. Each time a child in a nursery experiences new things; each time they experience joy, concern or fear; each time they hurt themselves and each time they look around for assurance from the one person that should always be there for them; what happens when they see a stranger? Even a kind and professional stranger that has been paid to become moderately familiar to the child? I guess that over time others assume that role for the child and they learn to live without that closeness, they learn that it's OK to not always be there. They compensate and become hardier, more self-sufficient. Traits we commend in adults. Not traits that IMO we should wish to see in the very young. I couldn't agree more that modern life puts pressures on parents such that they can't easily stay at home and raise their children themselves. But to not acknowledge the potentially negative effect of choosing to have children and choosing to continue to work, is not being true to the argument. What would be better? A child that can recite the alphabet at a young age and live in a house that isn't rented or an unbreakable bond forged by receiving unconditional love and attention over the first 5-6 years of life in poorer rented accomodation? I recognise that for some parents this isn't mutually exclusive, but the evidence I've seen suggests that there is a real choice with real consequences. I also acknowledge that the idea of staying home and immersing themselves in raising a family is some women's (and men's) idea of hell and therefore it suits them to devolve that responsibility to others. But let's not pretend that that aren't consequences of such a decision. I'm not sitting in judgement here. If parents are able to make their situation work for them and have no regrets then more power to them. But as a society we have to recognise that our future citizens and the society they will shape are both forged in the early life of our youngsters and the values we try to ensure they have.

Opal [sic]

Cavalier

Oliver

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menace

anxiety

I'm not sure of the Totton area - was it private land or a private company enforcing parking regulations on council land? If it was private land then I think the advice in this thread is probably correct. If it was council land then I think the process is different. I looked into this a year or so ago as I was fined for parking in Windsor in a council owned car park but operated by a private parking company. I actually had to pay a fee to get my car out of the clamp and went to appeal - which is a joke. My ticket was valid and on the dash but had turned upside down, presumably from a draft when I closed the door. The private company considered the appeal and told me that the sign clearly stated that a ticket must be displayed. Technically correct but it doesn't half make your blood boil that you tried to follow the rules and still get stung. But either way as you mother hasn't parted with any cash at the moment then, as others have said, the onus is on them to chase her and they may not have the stomach for it.

invasion

Does your contract of employment with the job board contain anything that might stop you from doing this? If it's in a similar field I wouldn't be surprised if your employer insisted that you at least inform them of any such 'competitive' interests. Have you been upfront with the investment brokerage? In that you are not a legal entity and are not VAT registered. If I understand company law correctly (and I'm no expert) you would be a sole trader operating under a trading name and would not be VAT registered. The brokerage may have company procedures that stipulate that they can't trade with someone that they can't sue so you should certainly explain the who legal entity is that they would be doing business with. Their accounts team would query an invoice that doesn't have a VAT element. There's nothing wrong with an ivoice that doesn't have VAT but they would routinely expect to be dealing with companies that charge VAT. There's no need for you to be VAT registered if your turnover is less than a certain amount (I think it's about £65K). You must NOT charge VAT unless you're VAT registered (or have a desire to go to prison). I'd be inclined to explain your circumstances before you send over the invoice so there are no surprises. Perhaps suggest that you're in the process of setting up the company/VAT. Does the brokerage company also do business with the job board you work for? If so then I think you may be in a tricky situation. They may also expect you to have published terms and conditions for the 'sale' and having used recruiters myself there are a lot of clauses to do with fees, payment schedules and especially fees under probationary periods so I would expect them to want to see those outlined. But I guess you know more about that than most. Good luck.