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My Grandfather traced his side of the family back about 500 years. I’ve the printout somewhere. Interesting to glance at, that’s about it. The whole family name dies with my Mother since she was an only child.

Ok Eggs I’ll bite. I’ve no idea how you’ve attributed this nonsensical comment to what I’d stereotypically post.

The people who need told this are most likely out buying a pack of crayons right now.

They don’t sleep much anyway and don’t have a job to get up for either. 🤣

Ive sent numerous parcels, packets and letters to Norway, both to private individuals and government agencies and generally they are tracked. They all leave the UK promptly and then enter the 3rd world limbo for days on end when they get to Norway. Its quite baffling really.

But do you really need physical letters delivered more frequently than that?

There is that I guess. Time will tell I guess.

Well not to delve into Moonbat territory but spunking that much on Smartmeters and the almost constant bombardment of advertising/propaganda to have one installed coupled with the slow but sure enforcement to have one installed including only offering the best rates if you get one installed is clearly not for our benefit is it? If you look at how the Energy Companies, Offcom and the Government have held us in utter contempt during the supposed Energy Crisis you’d have to be deluded to believe that installing a Smart Meter is for the Consumers benefit at all. In fact the benefits touted for installing one is the supposed savings that come with their installation is purely from your own personal monitoring of your own personal usage. So only time will tell how the millions upon millions invested is clawed back and how it will be used in their favour.

I doubt they’ve spent millions if not billions upgrading everyone to a Smart Meter so it’s slightly less inconvenient for us to take a reading.

That’s about it just now…..

Most folk have water rates added onto their Council Tax but its not much if I remember correctly. Im band E and £1600 a year. I dont know how much the standing charge for water is as im not on it. But a quick google search says its £270 a year.

Fair enough. I know farms and large users are metered but did not know homeowners where. I'm lucky in that Im not metered nor do I pay for water on my Council Tax as Ive fallen through the cracks. Maybe its to do with my house being an old farm house?

Is there many on a meter in Scotland? I know a water charge is included in your Council Tax but then you can use as much as you want.

Gotta love free prescriptions. We’re so stocked up in our house it’s like we’re waiting on the Zombie Apocalypse.

Covid has been a massive boon for many corporations in that it’s been used as an excuse to set back working conditions hard fought for and won years if not decades. It’s primarily through Unionisation that these corporations have somewhat been held to account. The very generous working conditions and pay that we enjoy in Norway are constantly under attack from the Corps. But thanks to strong union laws, large scale unionisation and general support for the Unions we managed to fight off any degradation of our working conditions and pay. In fact through the threat of strike action and actual strike action we won better working conditions and better pay. Standing on your own two feet only gets you so far. Everyone is stronger when they work together.

I see you’re really struggling with this.

If you’re alone in your views on employment than that’s certainly the most viable option. If you’re unionised and find a significant percentage of the workforce is not happy at the proposals then you have the option to fight to ensure the working conditions you sighted up for are not eroded in the name of even more corporate profits. 🤷‍♂️

Royal Mail posts £726m profit amid pandemic demand for parcels | Royal Mail | The Guardian AMP.THEGUARDIAN.COM Growth in online shopping during Covid outbreak fuels dramatic turnaround for delivery company<br> Quadrupled profits yet they want to slash working conditions for their workers? Strike action is always the last resort and I for one fully support them if they do.

I really don’t agree. I have actually spoken with my local postie and it’s primarily not about pay but an erosion of working conditions. A serious erosion. Why should they put up and shut up or leave? There’s a 🤡 here that keeps spouting about how nurses signed up for their working conditions, well Posties have not signed up to have their contractual working conditions worsened. The RM has been ran into the ground since it’s been privatised. That’s not the fault of the Postie is it? They have every right to strike. Not just to ensure they keep the working conditions they signed up for but also to ensure their wages rise with inflation (at least) so they are not in effect being forced into a pay cut. If the RM cannot survive keeping the Posties in the same (or better) working condition’s they have now or can’t afford to pay their workers a wage that meets inflation (or better) then they deserve to fold and allow other private companies to compete in their monopoly.

Something needs to be done to stop the max exodus from the profession though. And on top of the high inflation cutting into their already meager wages they have an ever increasing number of assholes to deal with day in day out who do not respect them or what they do. Its an irrelevance to say that's what they signed up for. The goal posts have moved and if they are not properly compensated for the job they do they will find another.

He's just voicing what everyone is thinking.....

You’re a bit of a social sponge me old Eggs. I’ve noticed that after another member used a phrase or terminology you’ll do the same for a while til that said member uses a new one and you repeat the process. Gives me a chuckle.

I think the bar accounts for around 50% of the set-up cost so most likely not something for you as Id only be selling as a kit.

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But you are, and you did.