[bmstinton93]

Surely a statement like that could be backed up with news sources?

It would be if I could remember where I heard it from but it was a while back and I think it was in the news

[R94N]

I hope you didn't cry. There's no use doing that you know.

I knew that was coming when I wrote my original post!

[Boboff]

A recession is two quarters of contracting GDP. This happened in the last quarter of 2008 and first two quarter of 2009. So technically it was 1st July 2009 when we came out of recession. However with current ONS figures indicating a contraction of spot 5% in Q4 2010, depending on revision, and also depending whether contraction occurs Q1 2011, we could actually now currently be in a recession, which would then qualilfy as a double dip, and with low interest rates, low growth, and a contracting economy, we could also be in a period of stagflation, someting the Japanese have struggled with for over 12 years now.

With the public sector accounting for over 30% of Jobs, and that they are generally looking at 5 to 10% reduction in staffing over the next two years, it really is a balancing act as to whether the Private sector can absorb enough of this slack to prevent a huge increase in unemployment, and the resultant softening of demand led growth.

Personally I blame the growth of internet forums & Facebook Gardening games, for the resultant dip in productivity amoungst the Uk workforce as a whole.

EDIT. Interstingly on BBC news a survey reveals 57% of private employees would not look to recruit someone from the Public sector. Now that does tell a story.

[Nicola_Red]

I'm wearing new boots today and they have rubbed practically all the skin off the back of my heels. They are so painful. And they're not even high heels! I had to stop for plasters on the way to work and pay Tesco Express price for them, when I have about three boxes at home (but of course the boots gave no indication they were gonna rub that badly when I was still in the flat). My heels are in a right state now. If the boots don't loosen up quickly I'm gonna be very upset.

[Nicola_Red]

Boots still agony. Rubbed vaseline on the inside last night to no avail. Not looking forward to the walk home whatsoever. Different shoes tomorrow I think...

also my friend (or someone I think is my friend - not someone from here) just tweeted this to me - apropos of nothing,not following on from any related conversations:

"when people tell me they're vegan, all I hear is 'I'm an asshole, kick me in the face with shoes made of bacon'."

The fact he put quotes round it rather implies he's quoting someone else rather than just sharing his own thoughts, altho he didn't attribute the quote to anyone (possibly cos of lack of room in the tweet). But it's really narked me. I may not like that practically all my friends and family eat meat, but I never,ever give them crap for it. If someone asks me then I'll tell them my beliefs, but if I know they eat and enjoy an entire pig every day then I will politely ignore that fact, cos it's not my business what they put into their body. So why do people wanna make it their business what I put into mine? I'm not in the mood to have the piss taken out of me at all today.

[dimtimjim]

Sorry about the shoes and the dipstick that wants to impress eating habbits on you.

If i'm honest, you stared going on about 'what you put in your body', I may have drifted off imagining the 'other' meaning of that statement.

Sorry, I shall cold shower!

[Nicola_Red]

Hahaha, you made me chortle there, thanks

[dimtimjim]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!

45 minutes to print out one Word doccument from a stupid (PC illiterate)contactor!

[chrysostom]

also my friend (or someone I think is my friend - not someone from here) just tweeted this to me - apropos of nothing,not following on from any related conversations:

"when people tell me they're vegan, all I hear is 'I'm an asshole, kick me in the face with shoes made of bacon'."

The fact he put quotes round it rather implies he's quoting someone else rather than just sharing his own thoughts, altho he didn't attribute the quote to anyone (possibly cos of lack of room in the tweet).

from what i can see it's taken from @slashleen, who's one of these twitterers who spouts 'witty remarks' constantly - and your friend probably saw it and linked it with something he could contribute towards conversation.

[Yudster]

"when people tell me they're vegan, all I hear is 'I'm an asshole, kick me in the face with shoes made of bacon'."

See I don't think a vegan diet is a good idea for a lot of reasons, but that bacon boots comment is just rude. And like you said, other people's dietary choices aren't my business. Although I have a friend who is clearly sliding fast into what I think is probably bulimia, maybe that would be something to try to talk to her out of, but its not easy to know what to say.

I'm not equating a vegan diet with an eating disorder by the way.

[AndyJ]

I've just read on Sky News about someone pulled out alive from the Pyne Gould building in New Zealand following the earth quake, That didn't annoy me of course, that's a very good thing indeed, but the company I work for is tenanted at the Pyne Gould building, and I have just read a statement on our website that some of our colleagues were not so lucky.
Tragic times for them and everyone else affected.

[Nicola_Red]

from what i can see it's taken from @slashleen, who's one of these twitterers who spouts 'witty remarks' constantly

Yeah, it is. He replied to my reply attributing it to her - I've never heard of her.

See I don't think a vegan diet is a good idea for a lot of reasons, but that bacon boots comment is just rude. And like you said, other people's dietary choices aren't my business..

Exactly. There are some veggies that do go round preaching to omnivores about their choices, but I'm not one of them and I never have been. I'm very peaceful and hate confrontation - I'd much rather we all eat what we want to eat and get on! I do realise I'm tired and hormonal today and so probably took it more personally than I might otherwise, but still.

[dimtimjim]

I do realise I'm tired and hormonal today

....and with sore feet!

[Boboff]

If you hear "vegan" and think about something unrelated and agressive, then surely, that is not witty, but just an indication that you have had too much cafiene?

"When I hear someone tell me they are tired, I just hear, I am a lazy * moaning crunt who should have gone to bed earlier, and I want to pull out there testicular tubes one at a time with a twisted rusty nail"

Why? silly people.

[Nicola_Red]

Oh, I know. I'm in a much more rational frame of mind today (change of boots), but I still think it was a stupid and inconsiderate thing to say.

Just to continue the attacks on my personality, today I helped to host a group bookings event at work and one of the 60-something middle-class customers felt the need to look disdainfully at my tattoos and say: "why do you spoil your arms like that?" I managed a polite "I don't think it is spoiling them". If it had been yesterday I'd probably have stabbed her in the eye with my biro.

[catherine]

Do you get people looking distastefully at your tattoos and piercings a lot?

[Nicola_Red]

No, not really, altho people do stare sometimes - especially when I'm back in Preston! Tattoos are fairly mainstream these days, but mine are big and prominent and not typically 'girly', so they do attract attention, but thankfully it's rarely negative. I have been told that they're off-putting to men cos they make me look aggressive, but I'm not sure how true that is. Not that that would worry me (and even if it did, the ship has sailed).

I do totally understand that the way I look is not for everyone, but I wouldn't dream of commenting on the appearance of someone who was serving me in a shop or whatever,it's just bad manners. And to be invited to a fancy-ass event with free cakes and performances and whatever else and still feel it's your place to speak that way to someone who's working hard to help make the event a success - well, I dunno. People of that age are the ones who complain about 'youngsters today', but maybe they should take a look at their own attitudes. Apologies, I seem to be whingeing a lot this week.

[Johnny 1989]

* E4, just when I was really getting into Series 6 of How I Met Your Mother they have just announced that the series will return "later in the year" because "Glory Days" is starting next week, surely the endless * repeats of Friends could have been dropped for a sodding change.

Why * drop a series mid way through because you have another new series to air, surely if you were contractually obliged to show the programme then surely you;d keep the other one back until later in the year? Personally I'd rather they had show this Glory Days back in late December & keeping HIMYM until later in the year when this has finished. I take it this means the repeats of Big Bang Theory have also finished as well.

Absolute Toss, nothing to watch on a Thursday now

[bmstinton93]

That's why i watch them online.

[Johnny 1989]

That's why i watch them online.

See they're trying to stop all this illegal streaming & then they go ahead and do this, I wouldn't mind if it was a repeat (like Big Bang Theory was) but this is a new series and it's at a point where something has changed, to take it off air for 10 weeks & then bring it back mid way through an arc is ridiculous, especially if that's not how a series was developed, bloody Friends is so much now I hate the programme, I used to like it years ago but now can't stand the programme, it's been repeated adnausem since it ended & has been hacked to bits because of pre-watershed gags.

[bmstinton93]

Just download and watch them then. Strictly speaking it shouldn't be illegal as we're not saving any money as such for doing this. I think we're on episode 19 in the US now. So only about 5 episodes ahead

[catherine]

I like the friends reruns.

[bmstinton93]

Oh i didn't realise it was the blitz episode tonigh. That's such a good one.


And i used to love the friends reruns but its about time they stopped now. Besides, I've seen all 10 seasons on DVD for £30

[catherine]

Once again, I like the friends reruns. Tell you what SHOULD be stopped *stirs a big wooden spoon* and that's 6music.

[MK Chris]

Maybe you're pregnant.