On The Bus Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 2 hours ago, dilligaf said: Sheeint. Bless you! Sounds like a nasty cough. Maybe give 111 a call? Just to be safe! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 15 hours ago, Destinymoon said: Do we need a dept of Ed music service?? Time perhaps to reduce the costs? They spend lots of...dough, it's dear, it's really dear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 1 hour ago, ecobob said: Don’t tell me you finally mastered the guitar. (Neighbours permitting) I'm gonna be Hendrix by the time this is all over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 1 minute ago, gettafa said: (Neighbours permitting) I'm gonna be Hendrix by the time this is all over Let's hope not. He's dead dantya know? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bankerboy Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Boo Gay'n said: There are plenty of roles around - in education as much as any other department - that are hangovers from the days of plenty. We've all seen adverts for things like 'national netball coordinator' (I made that up, but it's probably a real one) etc. Never forget that when the Central Government Office first opened, there weren't enough civil servants to fill it! I didn't feel under-served by the government in those days, so what has changed? Netball Development Officer, actually - surprisingly only one of 15 in the sports development officers team (there would be 16 if they fill the currently vacant golf role!) https://msr.gov.im/sports-development-unit/sports-development-unit/sports-development-officers/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manximus Aururaneus Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 1 minute ago, bankerboy said: Netball Development Officer, actually - surprisingly only one of 15 in the sports development officers team (there would be 16 if they fill the currently vacant golf role!) https://msr.gov.im/sports-development-unit/sports-development-unit/sports-development-officers/ Hundreds of applicants but they all dropped out when they saw the hoops you had to jump through. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecobob Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 1 hour ago, gettafa said: (Neighbours permitting) I'm gonna be Hendrix by the time this is all over Well, dippity doo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Having just had my Rates Demand flutter onto the doormat I can think of some cutting that I'd like to start doing. It involves some flab and their mates in the local authority. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 6 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Having just had my Rates Demand flutter onto the doormat I can think of some cutting that I'd like to start doing. It involves some flab and their mates in the local authority. Yep, just over £2000 ( DBC and Treasury combined ) for a 4 bed detached on a small estate just in Douglas boundaries. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 You should cancel your DD's and pay it by cheque. Weekly. Piss them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: You should cancel your DD's and pay it by cheque. Weekly. Piss them off. Pennies at the counter every Monday. Stand there while they count them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushen Spy Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 20 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Having just had my Rates Demand flutter onto the doormat I can think of some cutting that I'd like to start doing. It involves some flab and their mates in the local authority. Funny you should mention rates. That explains why some chap was on Facebook praising Douglas Corporation for being the only "authority" to contact him to see if he was okay. I knew there would be a catch and they were after something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Why not scrap most if not all teaching? The class of 2020 will have been largely home-schooled and will all receive mainly A** (no change there anyway). Sack all the teachers. Who needs them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Uhtred said: I honestly don’t know how you pull back from it...I’m all for government transparency, particularly when you look at some of the clowns involved, but the machinery of the state seems to be drowned in process and paper, which have overtaken output and delivery as the purpose. I remember when business computers came in with promise of paper less work places. I said at the time that there would still be paper records and so it has proved, more and more paper to support the computer societies. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 3 hours ago, woolley said: Pennies at the counter every Monday. Stand there while they count them. Funny, but as a businessman you know full well that there is a limit to the amount Of coins in any denomination can be offered in any payment. Imagine if the shoe was on the other foot ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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