On 22/11/2014 11:22, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , alan_m
wrote:

On 19/11/2014 11:04, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

As the saying goes, you hardly need a crystal ball...

Locally the RM have just introduced the D2N service and to partake you
have to fill in a D2N request form.

If you don't know what D2N is then you haven't studied internal RM
jargon and their "text speak".

Deliver To Nobody ?



Spot on!

I had yet another card posted through my letter box this week telling me
that a package was too large for the letter box and I had to collect it
from the sorting office. Yes, the total package I picked up was too
large BUT if I had taken off the elastic band each of the small
individual items would have easily navigated my letter box. I now
getting this on a regular basis.

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mailto: news {at} admac {dot] myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

In article ,
Tim Streater wrote:

In article ],
Another John wrote:

In article ,
Tim Streater wrote:

In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:
Really? Lots of once publicly owned ...

Not sure why you refer to them as "publicly owned". They were wholly
owned by an entity called "the Government" and the public had no say in
the matter.

... now privatised companies ...

You mean "publicly owned", as in by members of the public (with some
exceptions, where that "Government" thingy has bought up all the
shares).

You *are* taking the ****, aren't you Tim?

I'm taking the **** a little, yes, because of these holier-than-thou
twerps who keeping pushing the public=good private=bad mantra (for
their own definitions of public/private). I'm offering some
*alternative* definitions which the ****ees would do well to consider.

This is as twisted a view of British society as I've ever seen (matched
only by your version of "public schools", lower down, which is what made
me decide that you are, in fact, taking the ****).

If you are unaware of the origin of the phrase "public school" (as in
independent fee-paying school) then I suggest you take steps to cure
your ignorance.

No, old chap, I was not unaware of the origin at all, despite my
apparent ignorance.

I was alluding to the fact that the "public schools" were [always] for
the bourgeoisie who could afford to pay school fees (even if it were
nobbut sixpence a week in them days). Lower down the chain than those
who could afford private tutors, but higher -- much higher -- than the
ignorant masses of the peasant class, who could expect no education at
all (and of course did not need, never mind deserve, it) ... a
situation to which you seem to be impatient to return.

Of course, the Public Schools of today -- charities to the last,
naturally -- are still open to any members of the public who care to pay
the fees; and/or have the right connections.

And Huge said:

Is he? "Publically owned" never meant any such thing. Could you sell your
share? Could you vote at an AGM? Could you sack the directors? Did you get
the dividends? The answer to all of these is no, and these organisations
were no more "owned by the public" than I'm Lynford Christie, except in
the minds of deranged lefties.

["publicly", Huge] echoing what Dave[1] had said earlier ...

Not sure why you refer to them as "publicly owned". They were wholly
owned by an entity called "the Government" and the public had no say in
the matter.
You mean "publicly owned", as in by members of the public (with some
exceptions, where that "Government" thingy has bought up all the
shares).

You (plural) seem to be referring to "the Government" as something
entirely independent of, and indeed antagonistic towards, the British
population. Just exactly what sort of society would you people like to
live in? The USA, perhaps? Where everyone is rich, educated, talented,
and utterly free? (Except the lazy ones, of course.) You should go
there -- and join the Very Wonderful Republican Party.

Cheers chaps
John
(not a deranged leftie)
(in fact not any kind of leftie, just a very lucky human being)

[1] I think it was Dave, but it might have been Tim -- I kind of lost
track of the quote marks: apologies all round.

In message ],
Another John writes
Of course, the Public Schools of today -- charities to the last,
naturally -- are still open to any members of the public who care to pay
the fees; and/or have the right connections.
I think you still have to pay the fees regardless of your "connections"
--
bert

In article ,
bert ] wrote:
In message ],
Another John writes
Of course, the Public Schools of today -- charities to the last,
naturally -- are still open to any members of the public who care to pay
the fees; and/or have the right connections.
I think you still have to pay the fees regardless of your "connections"

but, with the right connections, the fees can be significantly reduced.

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On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:57:51 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave
wrote:

We are an equal oppotunity employer and if I wanted to give up my
lunch hour I could attend the athena swan meeting about glass
cieling/cliffs which only women and minority groups are affected by.

if anyone wants to understand glass ceilings or glass cliffs
http://psychology.exeter.ac.uk/research/glasscliff/

I see it says "women and other minority groups"
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Dave W