Shed 2 (The Gazebo)

I've just heard - we are closing Setember 2011 along with the Croyden, Tunbridge Wells, Peterbourgh,  Portsmouth and Head office is to be sold.

Used underpants probably

the threat of redundancy hangs over all of us, my normally sunny summer break had a black cloud hanging over it at the College this year because of  "the chosen disappeared"....appraisals were reviewed,  departments were closed, angry emails were sent, meetings were arranged, figures were discussed, tempers flared....and it's not over yet

Edited by mystic fred - October 22 2009 at 06:44

Sorry to hear that Vicky. I notice the dreaded phrase "outsourcing plans" lurking in the BBC's report.

Jim Garten wrote: But curiously, not the expression "our government's in loads of debt, let's sell anything which isn't nailed down - if it is nailed down, un-nail it & sell it anyway"

Hmmm - someone in Whitehall obviously thinks, "that's a nice little earner, we'll get a good price for that " conveniently forgetting they then have to find the revenue stream formerly brought in by said asset elsewhere...

(dropping nuclear weapon on Alastair Darling's head type emoticon required here)

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Edited by Jim Garten - October 22 2009 at 09:18

Imagine how many tazers we could buy for this evening with that money!

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1 day's takings from the bridge (cars only) 150,000 x £1.50 =£225,000

Basic Taser $299.99 (£180.80)

£225,000/£180.80 = 1,244 tasers

Oh the fun we could have

Edited by Jim Garten - October 22 2009 at 10:54

Vicky Garten wrote: I've just heard - we are closing Setember 2011 along with the Croyden, Tunbridge Wells, Peterbourgh,  Portsmouth and Head office is to be sold.

Current advice is these are just 'proposals' with the final decision being made in February 2010; speaking to a friend who is fairly high up in the union, the level of anger even in those offices which are not to close is extremely high - the Land Reg management are I think in for an interesting time...

...surrounded by his henchmen and minders, Nasty Nick arrives at the BBC for the big showdown 

Edited by mystic fred - October 22 2009 at 13:07

mystic fred wrote: those B and Q tokens i saved up to spend on exterior paint were out of date, so i had to send them back for new replacements Good excuse, that man   can't quite cut the garden back tidy as there are still plenty of flowers there Been thinking the same thing - trying at least to get the leaves burned before Mr & Mrs Tiggywinkle decide they're a good winter abode i missed my dentist appointment  as i mistook the wrong  date DON'T MENTION DENTISTS! my doctor is busy for the next  2 weeks Do what I do - call them & say you'd like to be ill 3 weeks next Thursday if that's convenient managed to get the car in the garage for some body sill surgery but they are having trouble getting the parts, so no car this week Ever noticed that car mechanics are never too busy or needing appointments? Perhaps due to the fact there is no car NHS expecting some new LP's but nothing coming through the  post LP's? L... P...s ?? - no - sorry, does not compute oh well, all i can do this week is sit around, listen to music and REST !  Back to university then?