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Kite said:
So the unions are not happy with the law requiring a 50% turnout for any result to stand?

They should be lucky the turnout requirement is that low, should be at least 66% (2/3s)
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Yeah great, let's take more power away from the ordinary working people in a way that can only allow employers to take further advantage of their employees and set them against each other. Maybe while we're at it no-one should be able to form a government without 50% of the vote.

Looking at the reactions to strikes and unions I despair at the people who seem to think "Well my life / work / pay is sh*t so other people should be happy with theirs" rather than thinking "Hang on a minute, maybe if we were ALL in unions things wouldn't be so sh*t for me either?" And if you happen to be better off than the people striking, you really don't have any reason to be complaining. It's not the unionised workers who are getting paid too much - It's the non-union workers who aren't getting paid enough because they can't be bothered (or aren't allowed) to fight for their rights or for some inexplicable reason think it's "bad" to do so even when they're on £12k a year and their CEO is on £1.2m.

Inequality is increasing and yet still low and middle income people want to blame each other instead of the ridiculous excesses of the super-rich who are creaming off all the profit for themselves and get to exploit taxation and pension loopholes less well off people don't have access to. No job anyone can possibly do can justify their rate of pay being a hundred times that of someone else working the same number of hours.

Frankly, I'd rather have a government who rob from the rich to give to the poor than one that robs from the poor to give to the rich, which is what this government is doing.
 
st_owly said:
So says a government which was elected on 24% of the vote...
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And how many parties was there to choose from when picking who to vote for?

Can't compare a simple "Yes-No" vote to a vote with 5+ options, only election you could probably make an indirect comparison with is the American presidential elections which is normally a 2-horse race

Turnout (which is the part I mainly support being required to be 50%) on the other hand was 66.1%.

Sadly some unions are stuck in the past, job roles evolve over-time, jobs are lost (manufacturing), jobs are gained, change comes. Some changes are good, some are bad.
 
So I decided to check my Uni emails and apparently 'according to their records' I'm returning for the Final Year this September. Even though I stated in the form they sent last month that if I don't find a placement I take the year out and return the year after (it was an option in case you ask). Sigh.

There's literally no point in returning now because there's no space for me to live and it's pretty much too late to ask Student Finance for money. Well at least I'll be able to contact them and tell them what I'm doing for this year.
 
How was everyones weekends?

I drank 1500 calories worth of alcohol on Friday (900 of which was 4 pints...horrific!). Ate loads the Saturday too so behaving with my food again now since yesterday.

Looking forward to a quiet weekend after this one coming up. This will be my 3rd weekend with plans. After MCM I aim to do nothing! Mwahahaha.
 
Been fine for me. Sorted out the Uni issue (the person who sent the email seems to be perfectly fine with my decision) and still searching for a work placement.

Ever since I got a chair for my room I finally been playing video games for once. I spent the entire weekend playing some of my recent PS3 pickups (Kingdom Hearts II HD and Nier) and a bit of the classic Guilty Gear via PS1 Classics on PSN.

My plan this week is the usual; keep on using the cross trainer, go through my anime backlog and video game backlog, go to town for lunch and slowly trying to sort out my placement.
 
I'm wondering if the following would be worth me buying...

A shoulder massager. Found one thats an all rounder with different heads for about £40 on Amazon. I have the knottiest, hardest shoulders known to man from all the stress and emotional weight etc I've carried in the past and when compared to my bfs shoulders, I realised how much sofeter they should be.
Do these work though or should I pay £15 for a 30 min massage at work?

A rower. Do they work? What body parts do they exercise? On days when I can't do certain workouts, I want something to fall back on that won't put pressure on my neuroma. If they do naff all to your body or heart rate though, I won't bother as I want tone and calorie burn.
 
It's taken me 3 years, but i'm finally moving back through to Edinburgh full time. It's stupidly overdue. I got myself a job at RBS full time so i can at long last be where i want to be and not running about like a madman working at home, staying in edinburgh and searching for jobs. It's not my dream job, but i'm over the moon i finally got sometihng. It should mean i can finally be on here as i used to be, not every umpteen days.
 
Absolutely pooped from MCM today. This has been the longest I've hacked being out at a Con. Legs are sore and heavy!

Bring on the epitome of a lazy Sunday!
 
Rumour has it there's going to be an MCM held in Liverpool next year. The exhibition centre there has it on their events though there's been no official announcement yet.
 
-Danielle- said:
Rumour has it there's going to be an MCM held in Liverpool next year. The exhibition centre there has it on their events though there's been no official announcement yet.
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I saw a lot of cosplayers heading towards Manchester from the Liverpool direction on Saturday, so one in Liverpool probably would be a good seller
 
st_owly said:
Congrats dude. Come over again sometime.
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Thanks! i really should. i feel bad i've not got in contact since last time but it's been so busy. I think i owe you a beer!

ilmaestro said:
Great stuff, Arbs, congratulations!
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Thanks ilmae, maybe now i can finish that Macross series...7? no...zero? i'll remember it at some point...
 
So I was just looking at anime the other day as I do and I stumbled upon a UK Lucky Star set. I've been interested in it for a while so I put in a bid of £20 but was almost instantly outbid. Fair enough, I thought, I didn't want to pay too much for it, I wasn't in a massive rush to see it. Anyway, I get an email today saying that it's ending soon and I check on it and it's up for £62! Fast forward to the end of the auction and it ended up selling for a whopping £92. I knew the set was OOP and kind of hard to find but I had no idea it was worth so much. Here was me thinking the Eva Platinum Tin was about as expensive as UK OOP sets got. I had no idea...
 
Yeah for some reason Lucky Star always sells for £60+ on ebay, seen it happen a couple times. I'd probably give it a go for around £20 like you but nothing more than that, i was quite surprised when i saw it sell for £92 too as i was watching it as well.
 
I picked up an Anime Legends set of Haruhi Suzumiya season 1 from HMV or Fopp shortly after Bandai went under, knowing that it was probably going OOP. It cost me £20 something. Sometimes I wonder how much I could get for it now...
 
I hope it happens Kite! :)

Is anyone/everyone having a poo week?

Its so awful at work! Haven't had any time/chance to get my energy back since MCM on Saturday.
 
st_owly said:
I picked up an Anime Legends set of Haruhi Suzumiya season 1 from HMV or Fopp shortly after Bandai went under, knowing that it was probably going OOP. It cost me £20 something. Sometimes I wonder how much I could get for it now...
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Standard selling price is £40-£60
 
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