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Completely Off-Topic / Vodka

« on: December 30, 2007, 05:26:49 pm »

Hi

V loves vodka, so I was just wondering what brands people favor?

My fav's have to go to Smirnoff and Absolut.

Has anyone tried Russian Standard? I want to try it, but wanna know peoples opinions.

Thanks

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Polls / do you sympathize with the posties?

« on: October 04, 2007, 11:40:04 am »

How do you feel about the current stirke situation, it affects my life alot but I just wondered how everyone felt about it.

Ok so this is mainly for the Brits but if you know about it then tell me what you think.

Quick summary:

The stirke action started in about July with Royal Mail (RM) not wanting to give the postal workers a rise which the Comunication Workers Union (CWU) didnt want to accept, along with this RM wanting to 'modernise' to fit in with increasing competition and lower demand with increasing technology.

The strike action died down for a month or two whilst there were talks between the two parties, which broke down because RM wants to offer a pay increase of 2.5% and CWU wants 4.8% increase and numerous safeguards against job losses.

The CWU wants jobs to be safeguarded but RM needs to cut back money.

The current strike action is 2 48hr strikes which cripple postal services from 12 noon on the 4th until 3am 10th, followed by weekly strike action until it resolves the issues, this is on the back of the recent brakedown.

This cripples small and big business alike and will inevitabley lead to them looking for other postal services and moving away from RM leading to lower RM profits and increased job losses.



My opinion is that they should take 2.5% or ask for more realistic gains, the job is not specialised and requires no vast education or experiance and so the cannot expect amazing pay for it, not that they should be paid badly or anything, I do respect them for doing the job as it's one that I couldn't do.

They need to realise it is a business and businesses have competition and strike action will lead to further problems not solutions.

At the end of the day CPI (Consumer Price Index, the Governments measure of inflation) was 1.9% so 2.5% is good (and what my work was offered, which I am happy with, my job is under threat also due to what you would call modernisation and we are just getting on with our jobs)

They must resolve this quickly and get back to work, pensioners and other people with mobility issues are at risk, and so to is democracy!!!

I say democracy as this will affect postal voting if a 'snap' election is called, so therefore may put Gordon Brown off calling it

If you made it this far thanks

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / H&T on eBay! Already!!

« on: September 29, 2007, 12:10:25 pm »

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Heroes-Thieves-10-9-Vanessa-Carlton-2007-NEW_W0QQitemZ260164308961QQihZ016QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I'm shocked, but can this be a real thing or just selling and shipping when it comes out?

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Introduce Yourself / Hiya

« on: September 03, 2007, 11:20:55 am »

Hey everyone, I know it says I joined ages ago, but I not been on here since I joined really, well until the last couple of days.

The reason I came back was to see the buzz that I am feeling about this new albums

I'm quite a freak when it coomes to VC and am refusing to have any other music on in my car until Heroe's and Thieve's comes out.

I'm British and 20 and can tell you that VC's parents are called Ed and Heidi off the top of my head.

I love Vanessa so much and owe her so much so I try and get everyone I meet to like her too

My fav song is 'Who's to say' but I think that's too obvious so my other fav's are Superhero, Paradise and Wanted.

I hear VC's music each and everyday at the minute, thanx to youtube

anyway, thanx for reading and maybe I'll see you about the place, I tend to have my own opinions about songs, but am VERY interested in hearing all of yours too