Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you

ballysmate

Is the congestion charge now a misnomer?

Stevo_666

The ultra low emission zone is quite well named these days.

ballysmate

Stevo_666 said:

The ultra low emission zone is quite well named these days.

VN68 pub and curry nights on hold.

ballysmate

I wonder if Greta Thunburg's family bought up plastic bottles of hand gel?

ballysmate

With higher chance of properties being occupied and fewer people about in which to blend in, are house burglars finding it tough at the moment? Do they have to adapt to burglary from business premises?

Pross

ballysmate said:

With higher chance of properties being occupied and fewer people about in which to blend in, are house burglars finding it tough at the moment? Do they have to adapt to burglary from business premises?

No, my colleague's house got burgled on Wednesday night when he and his family were at home. They stole all the car keys and took his car as well as a laptop and phone.

surrey_commuter

ballysmate said:

With higher chance of properties being occupied and fewer people about in which to blend in, are house burglars finding it tough at the moment? Do they have to adapt to burglary from business premises?

Seems to be more of it about as a number of people fled.

pinno

What's intriguing me, is where is/how is @awavey ?

morstar

I am intrigued by how much press coverage the football re-start (or not) is getting.
I can take or leave football but am not anti.
However, I am intrigued that to read the news, the global priorities now are, 1, Coronavirus, 2, football.
Loads of sport is cancelled and it gets a mention. If football gets cancelled, it affects more people due to its popularity but has no more significance than that.

rick_chasey

morstar said:

I am intrigued by how much press coverage the football re-start (or not) is getting.
I can take or leave football but am not anti.
However, I am intrigued that to read the news, the global priorities now are, 1, Coronavirus, 2, football.
Loads of sport is cancelled and it gets a mention. If football gets cancelled, it affects more people due to its popularity but has no more significance than that.

Working class people with money.

They are the punchbags for everyone. Poshos in government because they're above their station, working class because they're jealous.

Could not believe the temerity of the gov't calling out football players in the crisis conference when not even mentioning any other highly paid people in any other industry.

The f*cking gall of it all. Not least as the party in question is obsessed with protecting inheritances.

focuszing723

To be fair Matt Hancock was asked in the conference a question specifically about football players salaries. No question he should have mentioned other groups too, but I guess if he did he would have been there all night.

Dammed if you do, dammed if you don't.

rick_chasey

focuszing723 said:

To be fair Matt Hancock was asked in the conference a question specifically about football players salaries. No question he should have mentioned other groups too, but I guess if he did he would have been there all night.

Dammed if you do, dammed if you don't.

"High earners in businesses that are laying off staff should all carefully think about whether it is actually in the firm's interests to lay off lower paying staff over giving higher earners pay cuts. The decisions will all be business and industry specific, but I'm glad Mr Reporter used the example of football to illustrate some of the challenges we all face and what we can do to keep as much of the economy in tact as we can during this awful crisis"

It's not that hard.

TheBigBean

Footballers aren't employees though, so the situation is different. And their contracts are usually with clubs that can't pay them without equity investment even at the best of times.

morstar

TBH, the wages thing is interesting but not my original point. I was think more about the season resumption (or otherwise). It’s like it’s of real significance. It is to those employed in the sport but to fans and the press, it is exactly the same level of inconvenience everyone else faces who has had an activity curtailed.

rick_chasey

TheBigBean said:

Footballers aren't employees though, so the situation is different. And their contracts are usually with clubs that can't pay them without equity investment even at the best of times.

Point remains.

pblakeney

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

Footballers aren't employees though, so the situation is different. And their contracts are usually with clubs that can't pay them without equity investment even at the best of times.

Point remains.

Also, contracts are subject to change. Mine has as of yesterday, downwards natch.
I've not much opportunity to jack it and move. Neither do footballers.

TheBigBean

pblakeney said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

Footballers aren't employees though, so the situation is different. And their contracts are usually with clubs that can't pay them without equity investment even at the best of times.

Point remains.

Also, contracts are subject to change. Mine has as of yesterday, downwards natch.
I've not much opportunity to jack it and move. Neither do footballers.

Yours might, but a better drafted one wouldn't. Hence all the football clubs that go bust.

pblakeney

TheBigBean said:

pblakeney said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

Footballers aren't employees though, so the situation is different. And their contracts are usually with clubs that can't pay them without equity investment even at the best of times.

Point remains.

Also, contracts are subject to change. Mine has as of yesterday, downwards natch.
I've not much opportunity to jack it and move. Neither do footballers.

Yours might, but a better drafted one wouldn't. Hence all the football clubs that go bust.

Football clubs should get better lawyers then. Or the players a conscience, refer to Juventus.
My circumstance is simply more proof of stronger partners get the better deal.
Reference the other thread in the future.
You could argue that the players have the strongest position but I'd counter that most could do with getting their egos burst.

surrey_commuter

pblakeney said:

TheBigBean said:

pblakeney said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

Footballers aren't employees though, so the situation is different. And their contracts are usually with clubs that can't pay them without equity investment even at the best of times.

Point remains.

Also, contracts are subject to change. Mine has as of yesterday, downwards natch.
I've not much opportunity to jack it and move. Neither do footballers.

Yours might, but a better drafted one wouldn't. Hence all the football clubs that go bust.

Football clubs should get better lawyers then. Or the players a conscience, refer to Juventus.
My circumstance is simply more proof of stronger partners get the better deal.
Reference the other thread in the future.
You could argue that the players have the strongest position but I'd counter that most could do with getting their egos burst.

They also have a very short window in which they will earn 90% of their lifetime earnings

focuszing723

I just had a kick around in the garden to show solidarity with pro footballers. I were fooking great I tell thee!

pblakeney

surrey_commuter said:

pblakeney said:

TheBigBean said:

pblakeney said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

Footballers aren't employees though, so the situation is different. And their contracts are usually with clubs that can't pay them without equity investment even at the best of times.

Point remains.

Also, contracts are subject to change. Mine has as of yesterday, downwards natch.
I've not much opportunity to jack it and move. Neither do footballers.

Yours might, but a better drafted one wouldn't. Hence all the football clubs that go bust.

Football clubs should get better lawyers then. Or the players a conscience, refer to Juventus.
My circumstance is simply more proof of stronger partners get the better deal.
Reference the other thread in the future.
You could argue that the players have the strongest position but I'd counter that most could do with getting their egos burst.

They also have a very short window in which they will earn 90% of their lifetime earnings

Diddums.
See the other thread and pro cyclists.

rjsterry

surrey_commuter said:

pblakeney said:

TheBigBean said:

pblakeney said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

Footballers aren't employees though, so the situation is different. And their contracts are usually with clubs that can't pay them without equity investment even at the best of times.

Point remains.

Also, contracts are subject to change. Mine has as of yesterday, downwards natch.
I've not much opportunity to jack it and move. Neither do footballers.

Yours might, but a better drafted one wouldn't. Hence all the football clubs that go bust.

Football clubs should get better lawyers then. Or the players a conscience, refer to Juventus.
My circumstance is simply more proof of stronger partners get the better deal.
Reference the other thread in the future.
You could argue that the players have the strongest position but I'd counter that most could do with getting their egos burst.

They also have a very short window in which they will earn 90% of their lifetime earnings

Not like they can't look for some alternative after they retire from football. The same as everyone else who has to retrain.

rick_chasey

How is everyone else keeping themselves cheered up?

The weekends are different than weekdays in the sense I am not working, but with the little one we can't just sit there and binge a fancy netflix series.

What I have found is we are marking the end of the working week and the weekend with different food, and I have definitely found we are (even more) focused on making the food the highlight of the day.

TheBigBean

pblakeney said:

TheBigBean said:

pblakeney said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

Footballers aren't employees though, so the situation is different. And their contracts are usually with clubs that can't pay them without equity investment even at the best of times.

Point remains.

Also, contracts are subject to change. Mine has as of yesterday, downwards natch.
I've not much opportunity to jack it and move. Neither do footballers.

Yours might, but a better drafted one wouldn't. Hence all the football clubs that go bust.

Football clubs should get better lawyers then. Or the players a conscience, refer to Juventus.
My circumstance is simply more proof of stronger partners get the better deal.
Reference the other thread in the future.
You could argue that the players have the strongest position but I'd counter that most could do with getting their egos burst.

It goes without saying that pandemic risk is going to be more thoroughly analysed in all future contracts.

mrfpb

rick_chasey said:

How is everyone else keeping themselves cheered up?

The weekends are different than weekdays in the sense I am not working, but with the little one we can't just sit there and binge a fancy netflix series.

What I have found is we are marking the end of the working week and the weekend with different food, and I have definitely found we are (even more) focused on making the food the highlight of the day.

Im in a different situation and my youngest is 13.

One of my daughters brought a Nintendo Swich back from uni, so that keeps some of them entertained.

There's a lot of baking happening in the house and a lot if tidying.

I'm trying to remember having an infant/toddler in the house. I think there was a bit of gardening happening, watching bees and birds more than actual work. One of my kids really enjoyed making a huge batch of mincemeat with me when he was a year old. Just adding lots of ingredients and mixing in. It was alcoholic and improved with age (The mincemeat, not the child)

surrey_commuter

rjsterry said:

surrey_commuter said:

pblakeney said:

TheBigBean said:

pblakeney said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

Footballers aren't employees though, so the situation is different. And their contracts are usually with clubs that can't pay them without equity investment even at the best of times.

Point remains.

Also, contracts are subject to change. Mine has as of yesterday, downwards natch.
I've not much opportunity to jack it and move. Neither do footballers.

Yours might, but a better drafted one wouldn't. Hence all the football clubs that go bust.

Football clubs should get better lawyers then. Or the players a conscience, refer to Juventus.
My circumstance is simply more proof of stronger partners get the better deal.
Reference the other thread in the future.
You could argue that the players have the strongest position but I'd counter that most could do with getting their egos burst.

They also have a very short window in which they will earn 90% of their lifetime earnings

Not like they can't look for some alternative after they retire from football. The same as everyone else who has to retrain.

That is why I referenced lifetime earnings

surrey_commuter

pblakeney said:

surrey_commuter said:

pblakeney said:

TheBigBean said:

pblakeney said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

Footballers aren't employees though, so the situation is different. And their contracts are usually with clubs that can't pay them without equity investment even at the best of times.

Point remains.

Also, contracts are subject to change. Mine has as of yesterday, downwards natch.
I've not much opportunity to jack it and move. Neither do footballers.

Yours might, but a better drafted one wouldn't. Hence all the football clubs that go bust.

Football clubs should get better lawyers then. Or the players a conscience, refer to Juventus.
My circumstance is simply more proof of stronger partners get the better deal.
Reference the other thread in the future.
You could argue that the players have the strongest position but I'd counter that most could do with getting their egos burst.

They also have a very short window in which they will earn 90% of their lifetime earnings

Diddums.
See the other thread and pro cyclists.

Is nobody capable of rational thought unless it is spelled out for them?

pblakeney

Why should footballers be immune to pay cuts and redundancy?

TheBigBean

pblakeney said:

Why should footballers be immune to pay cuts and redundancy?

They've signed long term contracts. They don't get to quit with three months' notice either.

pblakeney

TheBigBean said:

pblakeney said:

Why should footballers be immune to pay cuts and redundancy?

They've signed long term contracts. They don't get to quit with three months' notice either.

They do down tools though. Same result.