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If more jobs are coming back over here (esp. low-skill manual jobs), and we have an "open doors" immigration policy, isn't that going to bring even more immigrants into the country?

Hehe - I would suggest that there should probably be a testosterone comparison too, but in today's tennis, I wouldn't be surprised if the women gave the men a good run for their money on that!

Yeah - I kind of assumed they meant "per hour", otherwise it made no sense at all. But it could still be the case (and usually is!) that a part-time worker working 50% of full-time is probably worth less than 50% the value of a full-time employee. My partner is on job share since having Adam. She's working 60% of her previous hours and someone else now does the other 40%. However, the inefficiencies introduced as a result of having to co-ordinate between two workers and keep everything synchronised means the actual efficiency of their combined work is well below what she used to achieve single-handedly. Because of "equality" they had to give her a job at the same pay rate after the birth even though their overall costs increased. Great for us, of course, but I have genuine sympathy for her employers. Personally, I would have packed her stuff into a box as soon as she got up the duff, but I guess I'm not allowed to say that sort of thing! Spot on!!! I would go further and also say that if there is a genuine reason why Betty being female (that's an assumption I've made there) makes her more valuable to my employer (maybe she can use her feminine wiles to make more sales or something?), then that's acceptable too. In some areas of work, what sex you are, what race you are, what age you are, etc. can make a genuine difference to your value as an employee. If, for example, your religion demands that you spend 5% of your day praying (just an example here - no offence intended) instead of working. If you make up for this by being 5% better than everyone else or working 5% longer than everyone else, fine. If not, it's not arbitrary discrimination when you are the one that is out the door first - it's not because of your religion, it's becuase you're doing 5% less work than the others! Exactly - and it's not just the 3 sets vs. 5 sets thing - Womens' tennis and Mens' tennis are completely different sports. If the women think they deserve to earn the same money, they should all (men AND women) play in one big mixed tournament for the combined winnings. Somehow I don't think the women players would go for that one though, eh?

They may well not be 40% less intelligent, qualified, etc. but that does not necessarily mean they are not 40% (or more!) less valuable! Personally, I think that employers should be able to discriminate and salary in any way they see fit. They are the employer, after all. If you don't like it, don't work for them!

Most accidents are "avoidable". You can't watch EVERYTHING, ALL of the time - especially when you have multiple children (the article states the mother and another child were there). It sounds like this was probably a one-in-a-million freak occurence - mother turns her back for a split second because older child plays up or something. But with a million kids in the country, a one-in-a-million occurrence is going to happen to someone..... ....bet that doesn't stop the mother blaming herself for the rest of her life, though.

I have the 650 alarm and am extremely happy with it. Mine was installed by Inti down in Portsmouth (Dragon here on the forum) - top bloke and a great job!

Always fancied trying kitesurfing. It can't be that dangerous, can it?

Mind me asking how much you got fined for the speeding offense?

Only don't actually expect a reply, H - I got the same suggestion and my PMs just got ignored.

Is there an afterlife for animals? What about plants? I killed an apple this afternoon. I wonder if it went to heaven.......

Running costs will be a bit of a step up from the 6 too, I think.

Providing it's mechanically sound, I wouldn't worry too much about a Cat D on a ~5k car - it really won't affect the value THAT much, especially if it's only a paintwork problem. However, I would suggest that you can probably get a similar spec'd car without the Cat D for a similar price......

Well, Adrian Flux should be okay - they know the real difference between an N/A and a UK TT (and the value!). Mind me asking how much you're paying?

This is the thing that makes it unrealistic for me. I can't see it - their little paws wouldn't be able to operate the controls and they'd never reach the rudder pedals.

Have the Cornish air force bought up some firepower in preparation for declaring independence and sealing the border, maybe?

Assuming similar acoustic exhausts, a turbo'd car is always going to be quieter than an N/A, isn't it?

Yeah - cheers for that - check the other Ned's thread that RedM posted the link to - I missed that bl**dy gig too! Never mind - Ned's AND Carter this December.....

Skyscanner is a good site. kayak.co.uk is another similar one. There's lots of overlap in what they search, but worth checking both.

As mentioned - was a different line-up. Thanks, mate - was trying to forget missing that one! Saw that same line-up the year before and it was a great gig, though. But if Adam (now 2yrs old!) is going to play sick again - he'd better be bl**dy dying if he's going to stop me going this time!!

Any Neds Atomic Dustbin fans out there? In case you weren't aware, the original Neds line-up have reformed for the first time since 1995 (they have done odd gigs since, but without Mat and Rat), and have announced a one-off gig at London Astoria on 6th December.

Why is it that when I read this, in my head it's being said in a comedy Japanese voice?

Shhhhhh! I'm trying to help you stop the vigilantes here!

I think you should report it to the police. The police will then turn up and arrest the culprits, the courts will extract appropriate compensation for you and will then punish them appropriately and the police will subsequently maintain a good watch on them to ensure that they do not re-offend. I'm sure that's what will happen.

Nice - my sister left a job in the city to go and live in CR for a year - got a job on an orchid farm to start with then worked at a sloth sanctuary..... and loved every single day of it!