womanofdulwich

top tip- take them to a squash court when they are about 5 -you can hit the ball - assuming you are any good so that they have to run around its pretty good at tiring them out- only last until they are about 10 and start beating you.....

doh I have got a password-whats a local address? ( shocking aren't I? )

while we are on the subject i think there is wep and wap and I cant remember which is better and how you up grade form one to the other. can anyone help? thanks

Its Lambeth as well as SOuthwark as far as I know, and maybe other London Boroughs too.

well there you are- yes Spanish employing Spanish. Parochial. As I said the British young people are falling behind and missing out. Maybe they are lazy, but at the end of the day wouldn't we rather they were working and not sitting around ?

This is all true, but if you are 16-22 you may have had little work experience, unless you " know someone" and I just wish there was a better way of directing young people into work. They may not know where to start and what kind of training they need. Once you are a bit older you an make you own way, but its the first step which is so hard for them.

Good point OD. I was just trying to think if we could make employers want to employ British workers, and there be some kind of system, such as when we see " all our foods are from sustainable sources" etc and apply it to employment somehow. ?? Some of the best and worst staff are not British. Perhaps restaurants are not the best example. The percentage staff employed would be across the whole company , head office, payroll, cleaning etc so there might not be a direct correlation with the food at the point of delivery. If you are a parent or work with young children the whole get a job/ get qualifications/ work for free as an intern it very unsettling. I think Dave R can give us some more leads!

I do not want to boycott anyone, but I wondered if we had more statistics then employers might be made more aware that if they employed British workers this would make them look good and so they would do more in terms of training programs etc.Dave R knows a lot more than me and is far more eloquent. I think 14 is too young for vocational courses for many, but at 16 A levels seem inappropriate to many. Is there a lobbying group for this Dave R?

But if British young people don't have the skills where are they going to get them? Won't they become the generation that never worked? If companies thought they could get a better profile/ some co- ordinated training scheme wouldn't that help? A long time ago I cleaned caravans on Saturdays when I was 14, worked my way up to washing up, waitressing, chambermaiding and shop work so that by the time I was 16 I was employable. Now there are loads of young people who can't seem to get started. There is so much red tape to start with. Of course the highly qualified people from Europe that come and work in shops etc here are desperate, whilst we as a country seem to want to bury the problem and palm our youngsters off with small sums of money to stay out of the way. I think we are building up a huge problem for the future. Don't we have to invest in our young people?

There is no right answer, but I would give preference to a company that employed more British workers. If this was how people felt, then maybe companies would try harder. There is a system for energy consumption, organic food etc. Young people, especially those that have just left school and are not going to university, are left with little guidance of where to go. Particularly with the increase in university fees. Secondary schools are not keyed up for this- they just push the university option, which is not suitable/affordable for everyone.

So, when I buy food, I always try and buy British food ( especially meat). When I go to a supermarket I look at the labels, and I usually ask where the meat comes from when I eat out. Would it be possible to run something like this when we ask about a company? would it be too politically incorrect to ask how many of your staff are British? I feel so sorry for our young people, who can't get their foot in the door; especially when there are so many people highly qualified from overseas who will do anything.

My ex-neighbours had their house painted throughout and then the new owners gutted it. I think it's always good to ask as many people you can what they think. Sometimes it is not obvious to us exactly how others would view our homes.

the owl and the pussy cat

We want to go for lunch with a bit more to ponder upon. C'mon AM a bit more Please.!!

I am not sure , but there seems to be a direct correlation between eating a bowl of tiramisu and my percentage fat going over the 25% mark. Still it was Saturday .

This is me and dolly. I am the one on the sink. I have no idea where she is now. I think she was replaced by my baby brother.

Before I get too excited about the new scales I bought which give me a reading of less than 25% fat, has anyone used these type of scales? Are they pretty accurate? of is it no big deal?

try here: http://www.kellingheath.co.uk/

yes great and thank you :)

sorry Foxy no. SO:- The character has a regal sounding name. She is in a book and a 2 part tv serialisation. I love her The book was written this century SHe is English Her surname reminds us of England. SHe is an adult In the tv serialisation her husband was the actor who plays SHerlock.

In the tv series her husband was played by that Sherlock actor bloke............

sorry Foxy.The book was written this century.

Its a female character. She is English.

i think you need to be out at bedtime for a few nights!!

is that why some people insist on standing on buses and block the exits even when there are seats?