JohnL

Everyone's poor, except the rich.

Just saw on Twitter (Jim Waterson) "Ken Livingstone is in a toilet and the British news media are camped outside the door asking if he agrees with Hitler"

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is about the fullest account of what he > actually said that I have found > https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/social-affair > s/discrimination/news/74365/ken-livingstone-bbc-ra > dio-london-israel-lobby-tries People saying he was talking about this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haavara_Agreement

peckham_ryu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Don't sweat it too much. The guy's next > employer/client has to make their own judgement > based on interview etc, and if they have a problem > they can get rid. We all know the risks when we > take someone on. > > I read a really bad reference once: someone from > HR had left it on the fax machine. It was about a > freelancer - a kid earning ?27 an hour. It said, > "Unfortunately we would not use X's services > again. We experienced problems with timekeeping?" > (it went on a bit). Apart from being totally > unprofessional by leaving the document in a place > where nosey parkers like me would read it, I > thought it was seriously mean of the company to go > that far, rather than simply declining to give a > reference. > > Anyway, whatever you write, do assume the subject > will read what you have written. That might not > happen - but it can happen, and personally I find > that influences what I write. The old left on the photocopier/printer/fax (we now make people log on to the photocopier to print out as it's so unprofessional) :) Once I worked in a company where somebody 'left' on the photocopier a list of everyone's salaries - except one person had a salary much higher than everybody else. Cue trouble - I'm pretty sure somebody faked it :)

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you agree to do it I guess his prospective new > employer will write to you with a specific set of > questions, one of which might be 'would you employ > him again?'. I doubt he has told them you let him > go, which I gather you did. Kids do a lot of > maturing in their 20's and he may have learned > something positive from his experience of working > with you and the mistakes he may have made. I > don't think you should lie but neither put him > down so he has no chance of getting the job. Thats a horrible question in a reference and I probably wouldn't answer it. There are many reasons you wouldn't employ someone again - maybe because they left you.

Just don't comment on the bad things - people draw their own conclusions. i.e. give a technical reference but no comment on motivation/suitability.

Something happened to signals at Blackfriars this morning - not related I'd think :)

Don't forget he was officially The Artist Formerly Known As Prince (for a while anyway).

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 3 judges quashed the original conviction, that's a > pretty strong statement. The reasons can't be given until the conclusion of the retrial. https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/judgments/r-v-chedwyn-evans/

It's so tempting to screw with them.

New evidence ? Suppose this is sub judice again now :).

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My daughter watches it 'religiously' but even she > had to turn away when that nasty man was wielding > that baseball bat with barbed wire wrapped around > it...horrible flesh-eating zombies she can cope > with because they are not real.. Not nasty enough to use the N word however - point that out :) #Eenymeenyminymoe

A hint of the future http://nypost.com/2016/04/19/cops-break-up-mob-of-hipsters-who-overran-vegan-restaurant/

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When I look at remaining fixtures I am seeing > Spurs as champions. But we've been saying that Leicester will slip up all season :) Both play Chelsea away I think - so maybe that will decide it ?

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > kibris Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > saw myself walking down Lordship Lane > > > How? It was probably like Back to the Future III

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If Leicester win two out their remaining four > games, Spurs will have to win all four of > theirs.It will be close. And Swansea's players are already on the beach (even though they aren't mathematically safe) :( . So missing Vardy shouldn't matter too much.

I popped into Wetherspoons, Forest Hill however and it's a bit like the walking dead :)

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It doesn't just happen at Sainsburys though. I > always check receipts, esp when things are reduced > or multibuy offers. Have seen errors at most > stores we shop at. I always hope it should even itself out however, but you can't take advantage of an offer that hasn't been advertised :)

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I still quite like the EDT. Can't think of any > other pubs in ED I'd bother going to these days > though. Peckham's better for pubs. Bishop was OK when the clocks went forward when they stayed open until 2AM which became 3AM - but definitely quieter these days. New Cross is lively these days (probably Goldsmiths students) :)

I remember the whining/crying our King Charles Cavalier made if left alone. He ate the carpet too and made a dirty protest/ He just got to go anywhere in the end :(

I never check either - they could do it regularly. I suppose they double charged ? Maybe they should give one of those price match tickets saying "Today we overcharged you by ?12" :)

Cassius Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've been away for four years - how wonderful to > see the same people are making the same arguments > - just about other shops. The last thread I > managed to finish was the wonderfully entertaining > Iceland one....... > > Louisa - do you create a new post about daffodils > every spring or did you resurrect the 2011 or 2012 > thread? You might have missed something in your absence :)

TheArtfulDogger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JohnL Wrote > > > > Well its sort of voluntary on the trains - > someone > > with > > a 'baby on board' badge always gets offered a > seat > > (as > > long as people notice). > > I borrowed one of these magic badges once, it > didn't work for me and I got all sorts of tuts as > apparently s bloke can't get pregnant despite the > obvious beer belly... . I thought we were moving > towards equal rights but there you go... I'm sure I'd have been politically correct enough to make way ;) :)

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was on a bus in LL and a family of 2 women and 2 > kids - looked like the grandma, mum and 2 kids > were taking up the 4 priority seats nearest the > door. The mum got up to touch her oyster in and an > older person went to sit in her vacated seat. The > grandma woman said to the older person 'you can't > sit there- that's someones seat'...the older > person shuffled off to the back....I think all > this priority parking places for children and the > like has addled some people's brains Well its sort of voluntary on the trains - someone with a 'baby on board' badge always gets offered a seat (as long as people notice).

Dullywood Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/ > 05/myron-yarde-knife-crime-school > This thread is as cringeworthy as the above > article. Nothing but virtue signalling, and a > witch hunt of Richard. This article seems to relate a non gang related crime to gangs (sorry not that one but the below one). http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/10/tough-streets-myron-yarde We used to have 'trident is investigating' and a large section of the community thought 'not my problem then'