watford

I have laryngitis Nothing is coming out of my mouth at all.

So I suppose my husband should be posting in the 'what's pleased my today thread.'

Grease

Right...I'm gonna have a rant.

Trafford Housing Trust have employed a van driver to go around the Council houses picking up the Doors, kitchens and rubbish that the private contractors (such as me) have left in the gardens after completing a job. We have to leave it behind as the council will no longer let us tip at the rubbish sites. Fair enough, but the van driver has turned round and told the council he won't load the van because he might injure himself in the process.

WTF IS GOING ON!!

Who gave this lazy twit the job in the first place? I would have thought that the job description of "rubbish collector" would have given the applicant a clue that he might actually have to collect rubbish at some point during his working day!

We've got to sit on our arses waiting for this winker to condecend to show up so we can load his van for him, presumably he's got someone at the other end to unload it too.

No wonder the country is going to the dogs.

Sun herald
Look but do not touch
Michael Warner
01jun06

THE Bracks Government is refusing to back down on guidelines that ban work experience students from handling animals on farms and at veterinary clinics.

The measures prohibit school kids from having direct contact with household pets or farm animals.
Dogs, cats, horses and cows have been deemed too dangerous to touch.

"These are nanny state regulations approved by the Bracks Government . . . they defy common sense," Nationals leader Peter Ryan said yesterday.

"Can anyone imagine how you could undertake work experience in a vet's surgery and not touch an animal? It's bureaucracy gone mad."

However, Education Minister Lynne Kosky defended the move in a speech to State Parliament on Tuesday.

"Those restrictions are there to ensure that our young people work in safe environments," Ms Kosky said.

"We are committed to education and we are committed to safety."

Mr Ryan said the ban denied youngsters an opportunity to get a "hands on" feel for their chosen profession.

He said that teachers and careers counsellors were frustrated by the guidelines.

The animal ban is part of a set of work experience rules unveiled by the Government last year.

Total bans have been imposed on children working in mines, abattoirs, sex shops, gun shops, and tattoo parlours, and on fishing boats and construction sites.

Door-to-door sales work and flying of planes are also banned under the Department of Education crackdown.

Students must also stay away from tractors, forklifts, ride-on mowers, motorcycles, farm vehicles, chainsaws, and brush-cutters.

According to the measures, students working in beauty salons and hairdressing studios must wear gloves when using shampoo and cannot touch scissors.

Other high-risk industries nominated by the Government include agriculture, hospitality, forestry, manufacturing, and retail and factory work.

Childcare restrictions prevent students from feeding or assisting infants with going to the toilet.

And businesses taking on work experience students in the food and hospitality industries have been told to keep them well away from freezers, cold stores and confined spaces.

"I well understand the need to protect students from injury, but these directions are over the top," Mr Ryan said.

So does that mean re-registration?

No need to come to my place to watch anything . Just saw the play fixture.. Australia verses Japan, Brazil, and then Croatia in the first round. Bye Bye Soccoroos.

anyhoo, my man friend whos only gotta look at me and i wet meself after all, hes trying his damndest to rush the work in Italy to get back for the footie

A lovely little bird committing suicide against the french windows... now I have to bury it. Why don't they use their little eyes FFS....