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  1. 3 hours ago, dee_62 said:


    Take out the caravan then - how many would move from Glasgow or Edinburgh or other areas of higher unemployment to stay in darkest Perthshire for 8 months a year?

    It’s not really seasonal (in the traditional sense) any more either is it? farmers can’t afford to be changing their workforce every 2-3 weeks and training up new people to cover for summer holidays. From March onwards they need a steady reliable workforce right through to October/ November. We’re speaking about contracts with huge suppliers who demand lowest possible costs.

    There must be plenty of benefit claimants in Perthshire that could pick fruit in return for their benefits. We should do away with the mandatory job searches and send them to the local farms instead and give them an opportunity to feel like they’re actually giving something in return for their benefits and enable them to regain their self respect.

  2. 16 minutes ago, Durnford said:

    Maybe I should point out that a synthetic eye has no impact on the tear gland which can "water" just as well as with a organic eye; but then, bearing in mind the problem understanding the concept of synthetic and natural grass pitches, I suppose I'm wasting my time. 

    Oh; but please try harder on your spelling and punctuation.

    Deary me, criticising spelling and punctuation at the same time as using random capital letters and using “a” instead of “an”.

    Must try harder.

  3. 28 minutes ago, WATTOO said:

    Doesn't surprise me at all. The same thing happens in the finance sector and is probably happening across the board. 21st century capitalism is all about short termism and asset stripping, hence the need for knowledge and experience is of no value to many companies and just a drain on budgets.

    Pathetic, but true............

    Were these things sandwiched in between Facebook posts warning of Romanians stealing children in Asda and others threatening 10 years bad luck of you don’t share a picture of a crying dog?

  4. 2 minutes ago, ThatBoyRonaldo said:

    I think to call it 'divide and rule' is a bit unfair tbh - a similar deal got agreed for the NHS a few months back with no controversy. If the thinking is that the bottom of the band is paid too low but the top of the band is closer to being about right then it's a perfectly sensible thing to do. EIS are just calling it divide and rule because it's a good line and the offer doesn't match their demand.

    Ultimately, fair play to EIS for making a big stand for their members and for trying to make some hay out of the political importance the government are placing on education at the moment, but surely to f**k they're not actually going to get anything close to a 10% rise? There's no way any government can agree to that given what's already been agreed for other public sector staff.

    They’ll have to go on strike to get that. Whether they’ve got the balls for it is a different matter.

  5. 1 minute ago, WATTOO said:

    Whether you're actually just trolling people or you sincerely believe this, I do find this kind of attitude is on the increase which I find extremely worrying............

    In all seriousness I don’t think we should have different taxation rates or thresholds from the rest of the UK. 

  6. 6 minutes ago, BawWatchin said:

    So you're happy for the kids to take advantage of the free education, you're just not happy to be a contributor towards it?

    Spoken like a true a̶s̶s̶h̶o̶l̶e̶  tory......... no, asshole.

    I’m already contributing so not free for me.

    5 minutes ago, Principal Flutie said:

    So basically you're a selfish c**t who doesn't want to help people's futures?

    You'd make a great Tory MP.

    I’d rather not be forced to pay for your kids to go to yooni if it’s all the same.

  7. 34 minutes ago, BawWatchin said:

    Forced?

    You could always move down south to live in your tax haven, high earning tory utopia.

    Not sure who will empty your bins, keep your streets clean or serve you in a restaurant, when they all move up to good old Scotland for a fairer income though. 4U0m6pP.png

    Half a chance and I’d be off like a shot, but I’ll be hanging around long enough that the kids get the benefit of the free education that I’m being robbed from to provide for others.

  8. 58 minutes ago, WATTOO said:

    Yes, the major discomfort of maybe having to downgrade your fillet steak to a sirloin on your weekly visit to Miller & Carter as opposed to choosing between feeding your kids or heating the house.

    Anyway, I thought you Celtic fans were supposed to be socialist leaning as opposed to self centred fascists ??

    Impinging on my lifestyle won’t make a material difference to anybody else’s circumstances.

    At least I’ll have the bragging rights with my southern colleagues when we’re comparing pension pots :lol:

  9. 56 minutes ago, WATTOO said:

    Good to see that Hammond and his cronies are looking after the most vulnerable in society such as the high earners.

    Yes, Austerity is indeed over if you're in the higher tax bracket (that's if you can actually be bothered paying it at all)....................

    Unless you live in Scotland where you’re punished for being a higher earner, although it can almost be completely offset by increasing the AVC on my final salary pension. Every cloud and all that :)

  10. 6 hours ago, Jeff Venom said:

    I'm sure there'll be a few "putting money back into the pockets of hard working families" when they're actually slyly taking it from somewhere else.

    As opposed to the SNP who blatantly tell you that you’re being forced to pay a higher tax rate than the rest of the uk. 

    I wonder how much they’ll rob from us this time when the personal rates are increased in April?

  11. 3 hours ago, Ziggy said:

    Slow down whilst crossing the road in front of an oncoming car.

     

    3 hours ago, supermik said:

    And try to stare you out at the same time.

    I usually find that dipping the clutch and hitting 5000 revs gets the c***s running :lol:

     

    ETA, probably best to ignore this advice if you’re female/old. The prisons are overcrowded enough without an influx of accidental road rage killers.

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