Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

lostinrates

Getting the lagoon empty takes a bout four weeks of good weather, So you see, by the time its empty the spraying window is normally gone!


Non RP is viewing a house in my village tomorrow . far too close.


DH is now interested in the property, it is pretty. I have gone off the idea a bit but maybe we should look at numbers.

tomterm8

silvercar wrote: »

Eek. Poor newts being attacked by grubbing mattocks!

To hit a newt with a grubbing mattock you'd have to get within two foot of the newt. Which wouldn't happen. Generally you don't see them at all, they run away before you're near.

Slow worms, however, are dumber and you have to be careful of them.

Spirit_2

vivatifosi wrote: »

I can appreciate some of the advances that unions have gained on behalf of their members. However for the most part I feel a consultative two way approach to staff is much better than collective bargaining. And I absolutely detest the firebrand type, incapable of either compromise or walking a mile in my shoes, when they would rather develop personal fiefdoms.

It doesn't matter whether it is Crowe now or Scargill 30 years ago, who benefits long term from their actions?

Most trade unions that I have dealt with are mature and positive in their relationships with employers. This has been at individual case level, large employer level, regional and national level.

Consultation on job losses and change is the fine however changes to terms and conditions in my experience requires collective agreement for large scale employers - I have changed ts and c's for '000s of staff on an individual basis and it is usually better when it is collective. Individuals can be acquisitive, are focused on the here and now, often have no interest in equality (so long as it is not them being treated unfairly), may make great barrack room lawyers informed by the internet through the lens of their perspective .

Trade unions who are successful and relevant in a modern employment world take a view about the greatest good for the greatest number of their members , including considering the economy, and views of customers and taxpayers upon which their members immediate and long term employment prospects depend. They will also operate democratically and transparently.

PasturesNew

Just turned telly over. Live on Sky News from Somerset levels - police helicopter overhead announcing:

"Danger is imminent, you need to evacuate to North Petherton"

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Non RP is viewing a house in my village tomorrow . far too close.

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Is it the one with the light/pastel green front door?

That'll be SO handy for her.... she can nip round whenever she wants

ukmaggie45

Just seen a massive chemical/oil tanker going upriver. Princess Naomi, 175 metres long. OH's comment "that's nearly 2 football pitches long!"

lemonjelly

michaels wrote: »

I was about to say that of course that couldn't be the real car as it was destroyd by a train a few years ago when I remembered I'm being stupid and looking at time as an arrow, the real car could always have travelled forward before it was destroyed to now (or the now that was when PN took those photos) and then travelled back again to get destroyed in the last movie.....

Nerd!!!!!!!

lemonjelly

Nikkster wrote: »

I am back on the information superhighway (proper). I am no longer at the mercy of o2 and reaching the limit of unlimited data!

Got a text and email saying that BT had decided they didn't need to come round on Thursday at all, and that the line would work from then. So of course, I've come home and plugged in the modem to see if it will work today... and it does!

The boiler has decided it isn't playing, but you can't have everything, can you?

Excellent news!
I'll await your detailed response to the music I sent you.:D

(We can also mutually chuckle at the fact this thread will now explode given this public acknowledgement we've been PM-ing each other!!!!:D)

lemonjelly

PasturesNew wrote: »

Given the choice, it's better to be cold with the Internet than warm without

tomterm8 wrote: »

Well, from experience I find it quite hard to type if my hands are shivering too much

Nikkster wrote: »

I have fingerless gloves specially for that purpose

I bought a friend the following, as they worked in a nightmare cold place. They have hand problems own to multiple breakages owing to having had a very very very vile nasty partner in the past:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

vivatifosi

lemonjelly wrote: »

Excellent news!
I'll await your detailed response to the music I sent you.:D

(We can also mutually chuckle at the fact this thread will now explode given this public acknowledgement we've been PM-ing each other!!!!:D)

There's many an NP female - and possibly a male or two - who are now excited at the prospect of buying a new hat for your impending nuptials.