East Lancashire Royal Wedding 'party poopers' (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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East Lancashire Royal Wedding 'party poopers'
8:20am Monday 7th February 2011 in Business
By Chris Hopper, Reporter
BIG DAY Prince William and Kate Middleton
TENS of thousands of East Lancashire workers could be forced to work Royal Wedding day — and for no extra pay.
April 29 has been declared a public holiday, but the wording of employment contracts means up to 70,000 people in the area are set for disappointment.
Most larger firms, councils and health bodies are honouring the move.
But it is thought workers at smaller firms could be told to work and given a standard rate of pay, rather than a typical bank holiday bonus payment, such as double time or a day in lieu.
Unions urged firms not to be spoilsports, while an MP said it would be ‘completely unfair’ to deny people the chance to celebrate Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding.
Ruth Rule-Mullen, an associate solicitor at East Lancashire law firm Forbes, said the key to workers’ fate on April 29 was in the wording of contracts.
For example, if a holiday agreement states ‘25 days plus eight bank holidays’, staff may be legally called into work because the contract does not recognise any additional public holidays.
Mrs Rule-Mullen estimated that 30 per cent of East Lancashire 228,000 workers could have similarly-worded contracts, potentially affecting almost 70,000 people.
Most contracts declare the employee is entitled to an unspecifided number of bank holidays.
Mrs Rule-Mullen said: “We have had quite a few phone calls from concerned employers asking about the way their employees’ contracts are worded.
“For smaller companies in particular this is proving a real headache.
“In the majority of cases employees will be off work, but in some cases it is simply not possible.”
Haslingden flooring company Interfloor is one firm which has told employees that they must work on April 29 without ‘additional working premiums’.
The firm declined to comment but a company notice, seen by the Lancashire Telegraph, says: “We will be treating this day as a normal working day.
“Anyone who wishes to be absent on the day should request to take the day from their holiday entitlement.”
GMB union officer Elana Armstrong said: “I think this is rather bah humbug because the day has been declared a public holiday.
“I would urge the company to offer double pay or a day in lieu as a gesture of goodwill, even if the contracts don’t require it.”
Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson said: “It is completely unfair.
"I would encourage all employers to take a decision to have the day off.
"The wedding is a cause for national celebration and everyone should be able to enjoy celebrations in local pubs or street parties.”
Large firms - including Daisy in Nelson, BAE Systems in Samlesbury, Capita in Blackburn and Darwen, Optare in Blackburn, Promethean in Blackburn and Rolls-Royce in Barnoldswick - said their staff would be given the day off.
Bosses at Thwaites in Blackburn said production would continue but that they anticipated enough volunteer workers to cover shifts.
All councils in East Lancashire are expected to allow the vast majority of their workers to stay at home on April 29.
Bosses at East Lancashire Hospitals, which runs Blackburn and Burnley hospitals, said they had met union leaders over the issue.
Human resources director Ian Brandwood said: “We have provisionally agreed to treat it as a normal working day for all employees, but give staff an extra day off in lieu to be taken at their convenience.”
Dennis Mendoros, managing director of Kelbrook-based Euravia, said he would be giving the aerospace firm’s 100 employees the day off on April 29.
He said: “This is a day that the whole nation should be celebrating.”
East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce chief executive Mike Damms said most office-based companies, both large and small, would probably elect to allow staff the day off.
However, retailers, others in the service sector and some small businesses would be forced to call on employees.
He added: “I am minded to believe that giving people the day off will have no impact on sales or the economy.
“There is a feel-good factor and that makes people work harder when they are in.”
Comments(56)
emertonbrokemyhand
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9:00am Mon 7 Feb 11
Small firms are sinking under the pressure to survive. The banks are not supporting them and the economy is on the brink of collapse.
So what do we do.
We cripple small business for a week and a hlf in April 22 Good Friday, 25 Easte Monday, 29th Wedding Monday 2nd May day. Four Bank Holidays in 1 week and a half.
Many workers are going just take the extra three days and get a Long Holiday
Who is going to listen in May when we can`t pay our Bills becuase of no income during this week. And that my friends is the reality facing many small business`s today, hand to mouth in the order of the day.
It`s not a question of being a Killjoy, I am sure my staff would rather keep their jobs than risk us going under.
Why does this wedding have too on a weekday anyway, Most of the working population would celebrate just as much on the weekend
pinkfairyone
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9:01am Mon 7 Feb 11
Whooopidooo ! Oh the Magic of it all ... Local Pubs ? where ? ... and Street Parties ROFL cut me a break. Would be like scenes from Shameless HaHa... Most will be lucky if they afford a William & Kate, Pencil.
Joseph Yossarian
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9:14am Mon 7 Feb 11
theworkerz
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9:27am Mon 7 Feb 11
AnthonyUK
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9:47am Mon 7 Feb 11
Lifeinthemix
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9:48am Mon 7 Feb 11
happycyclist
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10:04am Mon 7 Feb 11
Lifeinthemix wrote:William, Kate, and AnthonyUK
Who cares about this wedding?
AnthonyUK
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10:07am Mon 7 Feb 11
happycyclist wrote:And you don't!
Lifeinthemix wrote: Who cares about this wedding?William, Kate, and AnthonyUK
AnthonyUK
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10:19am Mon 7 Feb 11
Lifeinthemix wrote:get over it many WILL get the day off so go suck eggs you and happywalker!
Who cares about this wedding?
MJA
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10:19am Mon 7 Feb 11
wing commander bomber harris
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10:59am Mon 7 Feb 11
AnthonyUK wrote:Nevr met 'em, never will, don't care for them neither. The future King? Not of me he's not.
happycyclist wrote:And you don't!Lifeinthemix wrote: Who cares about this wedding?William, Kate, and AnthonyUK
Anthony, will you be buying the Heat magazine photo pullout special?
AnthonyUK
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11:18am Mon 7 Feb 11
wing commander bomber harris wrote:No so forget it! You're a killjoy!
AnthonyUK wrote:Nevr met 'em, never will, don't care for them neither. The future King? Not of me he's not. Anthony, will you be buying the Heat magazine photo pullout special?happycyclist wrote:And you don't!Lifeinthemix wrote: Who cares about this wedding?William, Kate, and AnthonyUK
useyourhead
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11:23am Mon 7 Feb 11
wing commander bomber harris
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11:25am Mon 7 Feb 11
AnthonyUK wrote:so you'll be watching the whole thing live on the telly then? Do you have your Union flag to wave at the screen?
wing commander bomber harris wrote:No so forget it! You're a killjoy!AnthonyUK wrote:Nevr met 'em, never will, don't care for them neither. The future King? Not of me he's not. Anthony, will you be buying the Heat magazine photo pullout special?happycyclist wrote:And you don't!Lifeinthemix wrote: Who cares about this wedding?William, Kate, and AnthonyUK
I'm hoping for nice weather so we can go to Blackpool or St Annes on a day out.
AnthonyUK
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11:27am Mon 7 Feb 11
wing commander bomber harris wrote:No i'll be partying and setting off fireworks in the evening with friends so rack off hw!
AnthonyUK wrote:so you'll be watching the whole thing live on the telly then? Do you have your Union flag to wave at the screen? I'm hoping for nice weather so we can go to Blackpool or St Annes on a day out.wing commander bomber harris wrote:No so forget it! You're a killjoy!AnthonyUK wrote:Nevr met 'em, never will, don't care for them neither. The future King? Not of me he's not. Anthony, will you be buying the Heat magazine photo pullout special?happycyclist wrote:And you don't!Lifeinthemix wrote: Who cares about this wedding?William, Kate, and AnthonyUK
useyourhead
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11:35am Mon 7 Feb 11
Lifeinthemix wrote:branson just saw a cash cow, the message was lost on him.
For the older bunnies out there...remember these lyrics : . ''God save the Queen a fascist regime she made you a moron in England'' . Richard Branson gained his foothold in signing the band responsible for those lyrics, the Sex Pistols. He is now a knight of that fascist regime as his children are big in the William and Katie elite circle...contradicti on of the hubris kind. . Tavistock claim to be responsible for the Sex Pistols as a mind job for the youth of the day in order to further the sub culture they began in the 1950's expanded under LSD in the 1960's. Though I loved the pistols I can see they were indeed yet another programme in the destruction of Great Britain, and Branson the fleecer of train travellers is and was part of this Tavistock plan of destruction....
wing commander bomber harris
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11:41am Mon 7 Feb 11
AnthonyUK wrote:well mind you don't set fire to your bunting and paper plates.
wing commander bomber harris wrote:No i'll be partying and setting off fireworks in the evening with friends so rack off hw!AnthonyUK wrote:so you'll be watching the whole thing live on the telly then? Do you have your Union flag to wave at the screen? I'm hoping for nice weather so we can go to Blackpool or St Annes on a day out.wing commander bomber harris wrote:No so forget it! You're a killjoy!AnthonyUK wrote:Nevr met 'em, never will, don't care for them neither. The future King? Not of me he's not. Anthony, will you be buying the Heat magazine photo pullout special?happycyclist wrote:And you don't!Lifeinthemix wrote: Who cares about this wedding?William, Kate, and AnthonyUK
AnthonyUK
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11:45am Mon 7 Feb 11
wing commander bomber harris wrote:None of your business h&s nut!Don't need your advice-i'm careful with fireworks anyway.
AnthonyUK wrote:well mind you don't set fire to your bunting and paper plates.wing commander bomber harris wrote:No i'll be partying and setting off fireworks in the evening with friends so rack off hw!AnthonyUK wrote:so you'll be watching the whole thing live on the telly then? Do you have your Union flag to wave at the screen? I'm hoping for nice weather so we can go to Blackpool or St Annes on a day out.wing commander bomber harris wrote:No so forget it! You're a killjoy!AnthonyUK wrote:Nevr met 'em, never will, don't care for them neither. The future King? Not of me he's not. Anthony, will you be buying the Heat magazine photo pullout special?happycyclist wrote:And you don't!Lifeinthemix wrote: Who cares about this wedding?William, Kate, and AnthonyUK
HU
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11:57am Mon 7 Feb 11
"Archaea"
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11:57am Mon 7 Feb 11
britguy
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11:58am Mon 7 Feb 11
AnthonyUK
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11:59am Mon 7 Feb 11
bankhall
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12:49pm Mon 7 Feb 11
darrenh
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1:04pm Mon 7 Feb 11
bankhall
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1:09pm Mon 7 Feb 11
makaveli96
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1:40pm Mon 7 Feb 11
cdog
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1:45pm Mon 7 Feb 11
AnthonyUK wrote:if we keep quoting this post there might not be enough room to display more than one word per line!hope you enjoy your special day anthonyuk
wing commander bomber harris wrote:None of your business h&s nut!Don't need your advice-i'm careful with fireworks anyway.
AnthonyUK wrote:well mind you don't set fire to your bunting and paper plates.wing commander bomber harris wrote:No i'll be partying and setting off fireworks in the evening with friends so rack off hw!AnthonyUK wrote:so you'll be watching the whole thing live on the telly then? Do you have your Union flag to wave at the screen? I'm hoping for nice weather so we can go to Blackpool or St Annes on a day out.wing commander bomber harris wrote:No so forget it! You're a killjoy!AnthonyUK wrote:Nevr met 'em, never will, don't care for them neither. The future King? Not of me he's not. Anthony, will you be buying the Heat magazine photo pullout special?happycyclist wrote:And you don't!Lifeinthemix wrote: Who cares about this wedding?William, Kate, and AnthonyUK
wing commander bomber harris
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1:46pm Mon 7 Feb 11
bankhall wrote:afghanistan?
wheres the snipers when you want them
Stone Island
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1:49pm Mon 7 Feb 11
DaveBurnley
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1:53pm Mon 7 Feb 11
blackburn south
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4:27pm Mon 7 Feb 11
William, Kate, and AnthonyUK
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**** Enjoy your special day you three!!!
Lifeinthemix
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4:36pm Mon 7 Feb 11
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A week after her engagement to Charles , Diana’s bulimia began, this is an eating disorder in which you make yourself sick every time you eat food, Diana was throwing up three or four times a day and became desperately thin. This condition is a direct result from the satanic upbringing of children and in this case was triggered when Charles put his hand on her waist and said, “Oh a bit chubby here, aren’t we?” she stated. What we have here is the start of another character assassination of the Queen of Hearts to ensure you all by the time of her murder, saw her as a nutcase; of course this did not work, good on you. Bulimia is a dis-ease of the emotions, as most diseases are, and Diana had been an emotional wreck since the break up of her father and mother’s marriage and the standard upbringing of bloodline offspring.
pinkfairyone
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4:51pm Mon 7 Feb 11
Lifeinthemix wrote:http://www.dailymail
revive the memories : . A week after her engagement to Charles , Diana’s bulimia began, this is an eating disorder in which you make yourself sick every time you eat food, Diana was throwing up three or four times a day and became desperately thin. This condition is a direct result from the satanic upbringing of children and in this case was triggered when Charles put his hand on her waist and said, “Oh a bit chubby here, aren’t we?” she stated. What we have here is the start of another character assassination of the Queen of Hearts to ensure you all by the time of her murder, saw her as a nutcase; of course this did not work, good on you. Bulimia is a dis-ease of the emotions, as most diseases are, and Diana had been an emotional wreck since the break up of her father and mother’s marriage and the standard upbringing of bloodline offspring.
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jessjade
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5:28pm Mon 7 Feb 11
Joseph Yossarian wrote:i am with you on this
Why on earth should extra pay be awarded to people just because a couple of scroungers are getting married? Will the royal family help to pay the cost?
rob19191
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6:52pm Mon 7 Feb 11
Businesses are struggling to survive and the government think its a good idea for employers to award another days holiday slap bang in the middle of the bank holidays! It's okay for the Banks, because when they go under the Government bale them out, I don't think they would be ready and waiting if the same thing happened to me!!
Babbar Divino
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7:06pm Mon 7 Feb 11
Stone Island wrote:How is Mrs Palmer?
My staff won't be getting double time, thats for sure.
Rich Riley
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7:09pm Mon 7 Feb 11
maz;0)
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7:34pm Mon 7 Feb 11
Stone Island
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8:22pm Mon 7 Feb 11
Babbar Divino wrote:Who is Mrs Palmer?
Stone Island wrote: My staff won't be getting double time, thats for sure.How is Mrs Palmer?
bwdbc
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9:57pm Mon 7 Feb 11
AnthonyUK wrote:You wanna shove a rocket up your rear and do us all a favour... BANG and your gone. Its people with your mentality that make this country the way it is...... Get some work done and stop ya moaning.
wing commander bomber harris wrote:None of your business h&s nut!Don't need your advice-i'm careful with fireworks anyway.AnthonyUK wrote:well mind you don't set fire to your bunting and paper plates.wing commander bomber harris wrote:No i'll be partying and setting off fireworks in the evening with friends so rack off hw!AnthonyUK wrote:so you'll be watching the whole thing live on the telly then? Do you have your Union flag to wave at the screen? I'm hoping for nice weather so we can go to Blackpool or St Annes on a day out.wing commander bomber harris wrote:No so forget it! You're a killjoy!AnthonyUK wrote:Nevr met 'em, never will, don't care for them neither. The future King? Not of me he's not. Anthony, will you be buying the Heat magazine photo pullout special?happycyclist wrote:And you don't!Lifeinthemix wrote: Who cares about this wedding?William, Kate, and AnthonyUK
bankhall
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10:19pm Mon 7 Feb 11
useyourhead
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10:27pm Mon 7 Feb 11
AnthonyUK wrote:two words
Employers have to be careful otherwise the refusals to grant a holiday for this could end up with some very frayed relationships between employer and employee.
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job centre
AnthonyUK
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10:43pm Mon 7 Feb 11
AnthonyUK
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10:46pm Mon 7 Feb 11
useyourhead wrote:and you are a dogooding oafcake as well useyourhead!
AnthonyUK wrote:two words
Employers have to be careful otherwise the refusals to grant a holiday for this could end up with some very frayed relationships between employer and employee.
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job centre
useyourhead
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11:27pm Mon 7 Feb 11
AnthonyUK wrote:enjoy your sparklers and your treasured four day weekend, i will be busy ensuring that me and my staff don't face a seven day weekend :)
useyourhead wrote:and you are a dogooding oafcake as well useyourhead!AnthonyUK wrote: Employers have to be careful otherwise the refusals to grant a holiday for this could end up with some very frayed relationships between employer and employee.two words - job centre
AnthonyUK
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11:33pm Mon 7 Feb 11
useyourhead wrote:everyone else who is off that weekend will be enjoying it and celebrating too!
AnthonyUK wrote:enjoy your sparklers and your treasured four day weekend, i will be busy ensuring that me and my staff don't face a seven day weekend :)
useyourhead wrote:and you are a dogooding oafcake as well useyourhead!AnthonyUK wrote: Employers have to be careful otherwise the refusals to grant a holiday for this could end up with some very frayed relationships between employer and employee.two words - job centre
bwdbc
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10:47am Tue 8 Feb 11
AnthonyUK wrote:You total t*t.
tough bwdbc,i'm on holiday from work on friday 29th april like the lucky several who are also getting the extended 4 day weekend,if you want to improve things and do something useful you council dogooder get,then cut your overzealous h&s claptrap and beareaucracy,redtape and excessive regulations on groups and organisations wishing to hold streetparties firework displays and events for this momentous national occasion instead of being killjoys and spoilsports and fuddieduddie fanatics to the cause you bunch of beareaucratic trollops!
I have my own business and employ 6 staff and if my staff want the day off they have been told they can have it off. (as a pd)
No staff have so far booked the day off. What does that tell ya?
Light the rocket quick.
(reply = your tight)
ENGLISH SKINHEAD
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12:43pm Tue 8 Feb 11
bankhall wrote:How can you be so good, and then so bad?
ap arasite marrying a bimbo wannabe jeez bring on the snipers
We'll make a red out of you yet!
AnthonyUK
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6:46pm Tue 8 Feb 11
bwdbc
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8:24pm Tue 8 Feb 11
AnthonyUK wrote:I wish you would go the other way, go on jog on,,,,, and hurry up light that rocket.
well,it just proves you and other companies and retailers are playing scrooge and saying bah humbug to the workforce. If I had a company,I personally WOULD go the other way and let my workforce have the day off,and why shouldnt I?
AnthonyUK
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11:01pm Tue 8 Feb 11
bwdbc wrote:you can get stuffed bwdbc,those like myself who are off that day will enjoy it,you and your idiot workers and all the other bosses who are refusing to honour the holiday are mean ignorant selfish party poopers! Go to hell council worker and blow yourself up.
AnthonyUK wrote:I wish you would go the other way, go on jog on,,,,, and hurry up light that rocket.
well,it just proves you and other companies and retailers are playing scrooge and saying bah humbug to the workforce. If I had a company,I personally WOULD go the other way and let my workforce have the day off,and why shouldnt I?
time.team
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6:28pm Wed 9 Feb 11
But it was a wonderful sunny day back then that started early on my way to Buttermere in the lakes to climb Hay Stacks. The wedding would have been nice to watch I’m sure but the Lakes are there forever that I will remember fondness.
So yes, celebrate the day by doing something to remember!
LWAustrang
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7:51pm Wed 9 Feb 11
Stop being ground under foot and take some time out, after all you all work Bloody Hard for very little money, your all being taken for a ride, most Aussie's are getting 3X as much money as you guys, with the average income at: $40,000, why are they paying you guys an Av of only 10,500. the tax you all around 23% WoW.
Lifeinthemix
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12:02pm Sun 13 Feb 11
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United Kingdom...sanctuary for the insane....
dingle-berry
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7:36pm Sun 13 Feb 11
I'm not buying into all this 'party in the street' nonsense, but i'm sure people will be lighing a bbq with the family, and how often do we do that? So come on life is for living, I understand that without work there is no living but
LIFE GOES PRETTY FAST! IF YOU DON'T STOP AND LOOK AROUND ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU COULD MISS IT!!
Just though i would hit the doom and gloom among us with a few words of wisdon.
wing commander bomber harris says...
8:56am Mon 7 Feb 11