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Post by tiddles on May 1, 2012 15:24:39 GMT 1
www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/greenock/articles/2012/04/27/427994-battle-begins-for-the-recruit-2012/I can't believe my eyes, in order to get some, 'year long job at £14,000 pa' teenagers are required to act like performing monkeys. UTTER, UTTER DESPICABLE SHITE!!!!! Make a f****** clown out of yourself for a shitty minimum wage short term (with NO employment protection) job that you can be fired from for no reason. Your mummy and daddy should take you aside and explain to you that lolloping about in rubber rafts and that sort of thing will NEVER get you a job. These kids need REAL jobs, not some condescending pap. Oh good, that will see you in good stead for a job in a call-centre or Tesco.
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Post by samfregreenock on May 1, 2012 18:22:25 GMT 1
the first year this ran, the winner got a salary of £18000, wonder what happened to that, perhaps no one wanted to participate at that level?
or why pay someone a salary they are never going to get again?
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Post by tiddles on May 1, 2012 18:55:45 GMT 1
and there's no guarantee that they'd keep such a, 'job' for the 12 months. They can and most likely would be fired as and when it suited.
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Post by linda wallace on May 1, 2012 21:11:21 GMT 1
i hear its the pound shop that is looking for staff
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Post by tiddles on May 1, 2012 21:15:12 GMT 1
To be honest Linda, I feel very, very despondent about things here, I simply cannot see it getting any better. I need to get away.
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Post by linda wallace on May 1, 2012 21:18:11 GMT 1
its too late for greenock as the rot has well and truly set in...the town has been destroyed under the name of modernisation and improvement....just look at the water front with that monstrosity that is being built next to that beautiful old building....
the town used to be a lovely place to live...okay it has its problems but that is nothing new...now there is no hope and you can see it in the faces of people as they walk past....
yea if we had a chance i think we would go too
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Post by tiddles on May 1, 2012 21:24:04 GMT 1
My wife who refused to leave the area years ago and forced me to give up the navy and surgery now hates the sight of the place and can't wait to leave. My mother who loved Greenock now detests it and the boys see it as a desert rather like Mad Max (1 & 2).
Shame there are so many lovely, kind and decent people who have been forced into the background by bastard politicians and scum. I truly am weary and these last few weeks have convinced us all that it really is time to move whilst we still can. God help people who don't have that luxury.
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Post by linda wallace on May 1, 2012 21:26:36 GMT 1
when jocky and i were in australia we looked at emigrating to there.....it was so funny, they were looking for hairdressers but not for nurses....i found that really strange....the only bug in it was that we were too old to go on the package......
we cant really go anyway as our daughter is here and we wouldnt leave her.....
i get so frustrated with this town as its so depressing
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Post by tiddles on May 1, 2012 21:28:32 GMT 1
Come to Blairgowrie with us, you can look after Mrs Tiddles hair and Jock can deal with my stoma  and then we can all take tae the drink |
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Post by linda wallace on May 1, 2012 21:31:51 GMT 1
lol.....and our polly who has OCD can do the housework as she is great at it and so fast...
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Post by tiddles on May 1, 2012 21:32:55 GMT 1
Excellent, I can see a plan
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Post by linda wallace on May 1, 2012 21:39:02 GMT 1
well we work cheap....lol as long as i can take my yacht with me
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Post by tiddles on May 1, 2012 21:49:45 GMT 1
These days I wish I still had my motor cruiser. She was 32' and we kept her at Largs Marina but I never had time to play and the boys were too young. My dad loved the boat but never did a hands turn, he just sat in the saloon with a whisky in his hand telling me I was not much of a sailor!!!! Wife loved it, she got to dress like Sophia Loren with sunglasses and headscarf. Poor Commander Mug had to do it all.
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Post by linda wallace on May 1, 2012 21:51:45 GMT 1
well my yachts are lovely and they are my pride and joy...you cant sit in them but you can have a coffee next to them.....you should pop up when i am there and have a go tidds...you would really enjoy it honest....i have given people a go at sailing and they are always smitten as it can be relaxing
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Post by tiddles on May 1, 2012 22:00:21 GMT 1
I might very well do that sometime Linda.
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Post by linda wallace on May 1, 2012 22:56:05 GMT 1
well just let me know and i'll make sure all my batteries are juiced up....i promise you you will enjoy it
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Post by samfregreenock on May 1, 2012 23:20:16 GMT 1
These days I wish I still had my motor cruiser. She was 32' and we kept her at Largs Marina but I never had time to play and the boys were too young. My dad loved the boat but never did a hands turn, he just sat in the saloon with a whisky in his hand telling me I was not much of a sailor!!!! Wife loved it, she got to dress like Sophia Loren with sunglasses and headscarf. Poor Commander Mug had to do it all. whit kinda boat did you huv? Some friends dabble, they have a princess30 and a princess360. Another pal has a birchwood |
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Post by tiddles on May 1, 2012 23:49:51 GMT 1
She was/is a beautiful 1974 Princess 32 with twin Volvo Pentas.
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Post by samfregreenock on May 2, 2012 19:31:01 GMT 1
She was/is a beautiful 1974 Princess 32 with twin Volvo Pentas. excellenti - if and when ah get ra dosh together its a princess I'll be getting The princess 360 mentioned above is for sale but still to much for me |
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Post by tiddles on May 2, 2012 20:54:27 GMT 1
Our boat would be quite primitive by today's standards but in the 80s she was quite the thing. We went all over the west coast in her and once even crossed the North Channel to Carrickfergus. We got a RADAR set and an early Decca and were quite well equipped. I of course, had a nice little drinks area. Great days.
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Post by samfregreenock on May 3, 2012 20:28:38 GMT 1
Our boat would be quite primitive by today's standards but in the 80s she was quite the thing. We went all over the west coast in her and once even crossed the North Channel to Carrickfergus. We got a RADAR set and an early Decca and were quite well equipped. I of course, had a nice little drinks area. Great days. I take it by Decca you mean a Decca navigator and not a record player?  |
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Post by tiddles on May 3, 2012 20:38:44 GMT 1
Oh the navigator! My father used to say that I was a lazy sailor and I should do everything by dead-reckoning. I had a Philips record player!
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and then we can all take tae the drink 