The Olympics
Jul 16th 2012, 6:39 am
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Re: The Olympics
First busy day for Heathrow today as athletes and hangers-on arrive.
Let's hope the Border Agency have got their act together.
Let's hope the Border Agency have got their act together.
Jul 16th 2012, 8:58 am
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Re: The Olympics
if there can be a place for those who ski for a few miles then flop down and take potshots with a rifle then surely there can be a place for a discipline carried out underwater, even if it is swimming 5miles then diving to the bottom to pick up a brick
just like getting a GCSE pass at 45%
just like getting a GCSE pass at 45%
Jul 16th 2012, 8:59 am
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Jul 16th 2012, 9:01 am
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Re: The Olympics
no time to faff about with UK channels, they don't do anything for my appalling Spanglish accent
Radio 4 is the closest I get
Jul 16th 2012, 9:05 am
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Jul 16th 2012, 9:09 am
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Re: The Olympics
So now we have to send in troops who have just completed or about to go on a tour of Afghanistan who will shortly be made redundant - but not until after the Olympics are completed.
Jul 16th 2012, 9:40 am
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Re: The Olympics
Shouldn't we have an Olympics thread, not just for the sport but everything that goes with it? Good and not so good.
I can see so great benefits in hosting the Olympics , mainly the regeneration of a pretty run down area.
However I am amazed by what seems to be a lack of forward planning in coping with the increased numbers of visitors expected.
A good friend of mine works for LUL on an agency basis (effectively self employed) and is paid over £400 per day.
Last week LUL asked for "volunteers" to be travel advisors at certain locations and he "volunteered".
For "volunteering" he is getting paid as though he was fulfilling his normal job.
What I do not understand is why LUL have put themselves in this position when with a little bit of forethought it could have employed pensioners or students at a fraction of that cost, and as my friend admits probably could do it better.
I can see so great benefits in hosting the Olympics , mainly the regeneration of a pretty run down area.
However I am amazed by what seems to be a lack of forward planning in coping with the increased numbers of visitors expected.
A good friend of mine works for LUL on an agency basis (effectively self employed) and is paid over £400 per day.
Last week LUL asked for "volunteers" to be travel advisors at certain locations and he "volunteered".
For "volunteering" he is getting paid as though he was fulfilling his normal job.
What I do not understand is why LUL have put themselves in this position when with a little bit of forethought it could have employed pensioners or students at a fraction of that cost, and as my friend admits probably could do it better.
Jul 16th 2012, 11:05 am
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Re: The Olympics
What winds me up is that this ex-pat and a couple of others have experience of organising people, facilities etc etc and all we are seeing is a bloody great fiasco
such as
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ane-opens.html
and
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-cleaners.html
Meanwhile
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-lose-job.html
with a £21million payoff for incompetence ? ?
Jul 16th 2012, 12:10 pm
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Re: The Olympics
Should be some cheap flights out the country then on half empty planes and likewise back home in a few weeks time when all the shenanigans are over.
Jul 16th 2012, 12:22 pm
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Re: The Olympics
Too old, I did the non dumbed down version
Jul 16th 2012, 1:43 pm
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