Mick Mac

Why no dignity?

"How do you work out that teachers work shorter hours? Most teachers are in school by 7.30. They leave around 6pm and will still have a couple of hours planning and marking to do after that? Teachers typically work about a 60 hour week." Well if that is true that does surprise me.

People need to reassess their pension expectations generally. Many years from now we will be encouraged to utilise all available assets to support us in retirement including the value in the family home. We will do this instead of relying on a state funded pension. If we want to keep our savings and our house and expect to pass these down to our offspring om death then we need to fund our own pensions. I'm generally in favour of pensioners being looked after in retirement but they should not be greatly enriched if they have sufficient assets to support themselves. A pension is not a right that van be taken for granted unless you have put your own money down. The currrent penson reductions are the thin end of the wedge.

Coincidentally my father died aged 67, but I don't think that was anything to do with teaching. Are you suggesting teachers die younger, due to stress? How old was Mr Chips?

I could not have put it better than Mamora Man , so I chose to be flippant. However the dispute is not a question of whether the job is easy or not. My father was a teacher all his life, I know from this that it is more challenging and more rewarding than some other jobs. It also has great perks! Teachers cannot have it both ways. I hope both parties come to a reasonable solution. But whilst saying "I'm being asked to pay more in and get less out" may be true under the proposals, its also fair on the rest of the population.

Teachers. Work shorter hours than everyone else. Get more holidays than everyone else. Get paid ffrom start date until death with their pay going down slightly after retirement but increasing again with inflation until death. Then spouse pension takes over ;) . Hoot if you agree.;-)

There is also a dead fox at Denmark Hill station. As you walk down the right hand stairs it is on the left on the other side of the perspex. Is there some sort of London Transport midnight hunting going on. Toot toot.

I don't know much about Beyonce and hoped to find it good. But found it very unimpressive. Like others have said often people dismiss her because of that genre of music - and I think I am one of them - I wanted to like it but couldn't.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > RD about...what's his view? Or ask Mick and do the > other one :) Humph..... I'm looking forward to this race. Don't know much about canford cliffs but if he is fav ahead of frankel he must be special.

I like glasvegas. Especially the song where they swear lots. Which band did they just show singing something called Run Away - that was great.

Canford Cliffs is fav to beat Frankel in Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. Should be a big race.

Actually watching glasvegas on 3 which is good but only showed one song. Shame.

Living in a box.......

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Elbow. > > Are they called that because anyone who likes this > dirgy shite doesn't know theit ar*e from theiry > elbow. With Coldplay on later it looks like poker > for me tonight. Are you for real.....?

Loving Coldplay and Elbow tonight guys. Brill.

Tarot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Guiness and tonic. Guinness.....

I don't see your hotpants. So do you have pictures?

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you didn't do that when I had a break That's because you were texting me after two weeks away saying - I want to come back, but I have to leave it at least a month otherwise my big "goodbye folks" thread is going to look very silly. So I felt comforable you would be back soon.

woop woop. The Red Devil is back after a long absence.

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Let's hope so. Terrible treatment at Newcastle so hope he does well and is well treated.

Plough cafe and tandoori nights. No more posts please. Noone else's opinion is important, its all done - nothing to see here.

srisky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We got the men's 4x100m final (> > We are very very lucky. Not in my book. Its all boring.

LM that was funny. Even before you added your own smiley