Carl Cort's Hamstring
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4 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said:
Why is that Roos continuing to get a game ahead of Lewis who even when he was going through his utter shite spell, still looks infinitely superior to this joker?
How close am I to needing to get the next manager thread up lads?
Everything Roos does just looks so awkward, even when he does things competently.
I get the sense that when Goodwin has decided you're not wanted, it's impossible to change his mind.
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Kill everyone involved.
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5 hours ago, Suspect Device said:
Fairly depressing reading our stats against the bigot brothers since 2016.
We're slightly better against Rangers but of course they're slightly worse than Celtic.
I can also think of quite a few games against Rangers where we've been quite unlucky to lose/draw whereas I feel like we're just often awful against Celtic.
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45 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:
But I was replying directly to them.
You'll note they haven't responded, despite reading it.
I'm a teacher and it's a weekday morning!
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2 hours ago, hk blues said:
I wonder why you chose to use the higher rate tax bracket as your yardstick? We could just use the average wage and see where that leaves us?
I guess we are just confirming what I said in my initial post - what does "well paid" actually mean?
I am not disputing that you role is experiencing a "more for less" dynamic but, to be honest, this is nothing new for many of us. I'm not saying you should give a f*** about that and not instead focus on your own issues but by the same token there may not be all that much sympathy out there. At least no more than for any other group in the current climate.
It's as good a way as any as defining "very well paid." If we want to use average salaries as a reference that will quickly get bogged down in semantics. When does 'above average ' become 'very well paid'? Top 40%, 30%, 25% etc?
I'm not particularly looking for sympathy and at no point have I argued teachers are poorly paid. But the degradation in funding and conditions does have an impact on the students. There are 6 children in my class of 30 who previously would have received extra funding and resources from the local authority because if their additional needs. Now only 2 of them get it because the assessment process takes so much longer due to cuts. That has a huge impact on both my workload and the education that those children receive.
Similarly, the job of a subject leader in primary schools in England has completely changed in the last 2 years. Primary subject leaders are now treated much more like secondary heads of department by Ofsted while, generally, not being paid at all for the extra responsibility (typically, schools only tend to pay the Maths and English leaders and many don't even do that). The role has gone from one that can be done well alongside being a full-time class teacher to one that is impossible to do within contracted hours. That's not really an acceptable situation.
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23 hours ago, hk blues said:
Just one comment from me on the use of "very well paid". You've said you disagree with that due to the demands and requirements of the job. I would say the term it is not relative and instead absolute, you seem to think it is relative. By your definition a pilot on 70k a year wouldn't be well paid, nor a surgeon on 85k. It all comes down to how "well paid" is defined and this is subjective.
If we're talking in absolutes, an easy (if arbitrary) definition of very well paid to would be anyone who is in the higher rate tax bracket. Which would exclude anyone on main teacher pay scales anywhere in the UK.
I wasn't trying to argue that teachers are badly paid, I think, broadly, our pay is alright and I voted against striking. My point about pay not matching the responsibilities was more about how my role has continuously expanded(due to cuts to other services and changing Ofsted requirements) but my pay hasn't changed to match this.
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I know this chat is focused on the issues in Scotland, but I thought I'd through in my tuppence worth from the perspective of a teacher in England.
@Monkey Tennis post above echoes a lot of my thoughts. I disagree with the idea that teachers are "very well paid." The job is highly skilled, demanding and requires a degree (and often a post-grad). Put in that context, I think the pay is alright. We're not on the breadline, but I also work with quite a few people who could earn ( or have previously earned) a lot more in other professions.
I decided against strike action, and felt that I couldn't in good conscience vote for it, although I will support my union when the ballot inevitably comes out in favour of striking. The UK government's offer of 5% for experienced teachers (slightly more for new staff) is already unfunded and schools will have to make cuts elsewhere to pay for it. An 11% rise would almost certainly lead to redundancies amongst support staff, many of whom are already struggling as it is.
It's fair to say that teachers often exist in a bubble and, as MT mentioned, you'll hear people on £40k+ in the staffroom talk about pay in a way that is frankly insulting to our support staff, who are on not much more than minimum wage. On the other hand, the job is far more demanding than most people realise. I'm a full time class teacher and a core subject leader in a primary school, and it is impossible to do both jobs properly within my working hours to the standard that I need to. The pay I get for that is absolutely not in line with the amount of responsibility and pressure involved.
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The f*ck he do that for
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That was sensational.
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Van Poortvliet playing like he's won a competition to be there.
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20 minutes ago, Detournement said:
Finn getting rock star treatment from the crowd.
Roon ye Toony.
As an outsider, I find it astonishing that he doesn't have about a million caps.
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The all blacks look like they mean business tonight.
Worrying start so far.
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On 08/11/2022 at 08:58, Hedgecutter said:
How are you feeling?
Americans: Awesome!
Mainland Europeans: Good
Scots: Not bad.
Scandinavians: I'm well thank you. Although you seen to have gained weight since we last met and are still with that awful girlfriend.
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On 11/11/2022 at 15:00, ICTChris said:
I get on very well with my family. The older I get the more I realise how lucky I was in terms of my parents and the upbringing they gave me - they were reliable, stable, dependable people and we had a calm household without disruptions or drama. I have friends whose upbringings were full of screaming rows, violence, alcohol abuse, parents playing their chilcren off against each other or using them as pawns etc. I just can't imagine it.
When there was that story a few years ago about the police being called to Boris Johnson's flat because of a row going on, I was pretty shocked that about half the country thought having a screaming match with your partner was perfectly normal behaviour.
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18 hours ago, ICTChris said:
Russia has announced its pulling out of the agreement on grain exports via the Black Sea.
This follows a Ukrainian attack on Russian Naval vessels in Sevastopol, captured on video below. Unmanned naval craft managed to hit at least two Russian ships.
This is a good example of why negotiations with the Russian government would be a waste of time. They've got no interest in honouring their agreements.
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1 hour ago, virginton said:
The mass deindustrialisation and hollowing out of the 1980s affected literally everyone in west-central Scotland and much of northern England. The history books don't show any solidarity whatsoever from Edinburgh and southern England though - who kept voting for the institutions (the Tory party and the Union) that served their narrow interest.
A property crash decimating those regions would be the most effective levelling policy the Tories could achieve, and would also be karmic justice.
All the while, the good people of Inverclyde will be miraculously unaffected by spiralling interest rates. Presumably, no-one in Greenock owns their own home or rents from a private landlord.
I live in London and have been saving for the best part of a decade to buy somewhere. I'm also lucky to be in a profession that has excellent job security, so any downturn won't cost me my job. A huge property crash would directly benefit me but the prospect doesn't excite me because of the huge harm it will do to an enormous number of people.
For someone who is so consistently scathing of the Conservative party, there are few people on here who consistently give off such sociopathic, I'm alright Jack vibes as you.
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24 minutes ago, virginton said:
That would be such a terrible, wee shame for them. Actions finally having consequences after 35 years, for the regions that are responsible for maintaining the Union and Tory rule.
Will we start a GoFundMe for all the BtL speculators who will shortly be getting their baws booted? Get me 12% and all those parasites in a debtors' jail.
Good job that it's only going to affect landlords and not literally everyone. Otherwise I'd be worried.
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41 minutes ago, GiGi said:
When the middle Englanders find the interest rate on their 500k house going up to 6 or 7% the shit will clog the fan.
Many of these people are mortgaged up to the eyeballs with a load of other formerly cheap debt thrown on top. Even the comfortable middle class will feel that unless they're largely debt free.
It's a really frightening prospect for a lot of people. Anyone on an even vaguely normal salary will have had to stretch really themselves to get a mortgage down here. For even a small 2 bed house you won't get any change out of £400k virtually anywhere in greater London. 6% interest rates will completely f*ck an enormous number of people.
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Stamp duty getting cut again.
The entire purpose of the Conservative party seems to be to keep house prices artificially high.
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I'm not a military expert, but a tank regiment leaving all their tanks behind doesn't feel like an orderly, well managed withdrawal.
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Although I find it strange when people get upset when famous people they've never met die, I can kind of understand it on a certain level. A famous athlete, actor or musician will have produced moments or pieces art that will stay with you forever. Significant policiticians will have a profound impact on your life.
The Queen? Abstract nouns: constsistency, stability, duty. I think most people, even the most fervent royalists, would struggle to recall more than half a dozen things she's ever actually said or done.
Mental.
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11 minutes ago, djchapsticks said:
I was sitting talking to my partner who was closing up her shop and she had Clyde 2 on. I said after about 3 songs, 'has this been like this all day?' as it was completely downbeat songs all the way. Soon as i mentioned it the song (some Emilie Sande dirge) dropped out for the announcement.
They did this when Phil the Greek died as well. Kiss from a Rose on repeat.
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1 minute ago, Clown Job said:
They’re raging because he showed them all up when it comes to dealing with politicians
During lockdown, because working from home meant I occasionally watched PMQs out of boredom. It was quite eye-opening to realise that the commentary and analysis of it by journalists on TV and Twitter never bore any relation to what I actually watched.
They demand to be treated with respect and seriousness by the public, while treating the whole thing as a silly game.
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Few people are as precious when someone mocks their profession as journalists. Particularly laughable when it's shining a light on the absurd, emperor-has-no-clothes nature of British political commentary.
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The Famous Aberdeen - Season 2022/23
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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Anything that gives us a bit more steel is fantastic.
The fact that it's Shinnie though...