mikel

That is simply propaganda. There was no shortage of drivers or chemicals to treat sewage before Brexit.

This. 100%.

Probaby depends on the depot it is or was at, and how how much backlog they have.

Agreed. If its not fit for purpose its their problem as the contract is between you and the seller. They should have apologised and replaced it at no cost to you.

It sounds to me like the investment is tax payer money if its given to the water companies, and there is still no excuse for dumping raw sewage in our waterways and beaches.

Just like the water companies. Little investment, high bills, dumping tons or raw sewage into our waterways, while paying millions to investors. Its a sick joke.

Sadly not. If the usual suspects in the gutter press dont report it the majority of the population assume it hasnt happened. It worked with the rest of our services that have been sold off to have "Competition" in the markets, Gas, Water Electricity, public transport, etc, so dont assume they wont do it with the NHS.

They did get elected. Its not a stated mandate, but its well documented and fairly obvious. Run a service into the ground, the public complain about it, so they dont complain when its privatised.

Yep. I have have had phone calls from the NHS over the last month or so regarding apointments for treatment. They are well aware of the situstion. Workers are in a fight for our services, not simply their jobs.

The whole point of a strike is the inconvenience it causes, without that its a waste of time. Contact RM senior management and tell them to stop delivering junk mail. That may have some small effect.

Yep, but RM will make a lot of money from the deal. Dont blame the posties, its not their fault.

Its quite nice, in a roundabout way.

If they didnt pay huge salaries and bonusus to senior management, and give big payouts to investors they may have had an argument. But its not just about pay, they want to change working practices and pensions to workers. The media fails to give the full story.

I think the confusion is "Set list". To me thats simply the order in which you are playing your songs, not how to play a song you havnt learned to your satisfaction.

So they play the songs in the same order every gig?

So you deny energy companies are making record profits, as they themselves have admitted? I was not surprised in the least it was you who jumped in to defend the establishment. I mentioned nothing about politics, but carry on.

The cause is a combination of sky high fuel prices, that impact almost everything that needs transporting, and sky high energy prices. The fact energy companies are making record profits means the price they are charging the public is simply profiteering. Nothing to do with wages. How can any country can claim to be first World when ordinary people have to use "Warm spaces" because they cant afford to heat their homes, and working people have to rely on charity, food banks, to eat. Its a disgrace. A change is needed.

If it doesn't move you emotionally in some way.

I am with the posties, and the rest of the current striking workers. There is plenty of money in the system but most of It is in the hands of a few obscenely wealthy people, and their friends. We have raging inflation but it is caused by corporate greed, not inflationary wages. Most people are worse off in real terms than they were in 2008, and it looks like they have finally decided to fight back.

Not realy, I like songs rather than genres. I am a sucker for a good melody, or a great harmony or lyrics that move me. As a wise person once said "If it doesn't make you want to either.... dance, cry, fight or f**k, its not for you".

True, financially, but spiritually rich beyond belief. I read somewhere recently about a guy complaining to his mentor or mate that he wasn't very good at his hobbies/pastimes. Playing an instrument, art, sport etc. His mate countered "You dont need to be great at something you love, the fact you do these things, and the experiences they have given you, make you rounder as a human and make you more interesting." I will settle for that.

Andy Frazer from Free. His Gibson EB1 and EB3. Along with Jack Bruce they inspired my use of an EB3.

For me music is and always has been about playing live. The buzz from a live gig takes hours for me to process, before I can sleep. I was in a startup band for 8 months, and because it ended up as a Tuesday night social event, with no sign of a gig in the forseeable future, I left.

I would argue Rubber Soul and Revolver are packed with great songs, and a lot of Beatles singles were not on albums as they wrote so many. Also they gave away a number of songs to other artists. But we are getting into semantics. Oh, and Close to the Edge is for me 11 out of 10. So there.

Possibly, but Brian Wilson didnt think so, and its quality and diversity almost drove him to a complete breakdown.