Council workers walk out over pay

[Alf W]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7508717.stm

What do we think?

I think I'm supportive of them on this one (now that my wheely bin has just been emptied - a bit late but at least it's done).

Dave Evans, a Unison area steward, has been on a picket line at a rubbish dump in Castleford, West Yorkshire.

The glamour!

[Troll]

This should stop 'eml

[oracleslave]

This should stop 'eml

I thought this was the problem?

[NotAllThere]

If they're not happy with the pay, they should get a proper job.

[ace00]

What do I think?
"Now is the winter of our discontent......"

[DimPrawn]

What do I think?
"Now is the winter of our discontent......"

Summer

[ace00]

Summer

I 'spose the whole quote is out of context really, being one of optimism and general good times all round (after war), rather than the context of industrial action by the binmen.

"Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths;
Our bruised arms hung up for monuments;
Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings,
Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.
Grim-visaged war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front;
And now, instead of mounting barded steeds
To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,
He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber
To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.
..............
.............."

Any excuse for a bit of Shakespeare. Genius.

[Churchill]

Does anybody else remember the last time there was rubbish left lying in the streets because of the refuse collectors strike?

When was that...?

[TimberWolf]

"Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths;
Our bruised arms hung up for monuments;
Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings,
Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.
Grim-visaged war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front;
And now, instead of mounting barded steeds
To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,
He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber
To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.
..............
.............."
.

Summer loving had me a blast
Summer loving happened so fast
I met a girl crazy for me...

[EternalOptimist]

I 'spose the whole quote is out of context really, being one of optimism and general good times all round (after war), rather than the context of industrial action by the binmen.

"Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths;
Our bruised arms hung up for monuments;
Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings,
Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.
Grim-visaged war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front;
And now, instead of mounting barded steeds
To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,
He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber
To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.
..............
.............."

Any excuse for a bit of Shakespeare. Genius.

To be, or not to be
that is the question
Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous Dim Prawn,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?