hi
i see the problem of this Agency staff mean increased costs but also Agency fees meaning money not going on care but on Agency fees ?!?
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hi
i see the problem of this Agency staff mean increased costs but also Agency fees meaning money not going on care but on Agency fees ?!?
for this you can check out The purpose of the physical activity Pyramid is to:
Pyramid Selling Back In The News....
Anyone bought any pyramids lately?
NOW HEAR THIS!...
Living your life hooked up to a machine via stuff stuffed in your ears might be the new normal, but it certainly isn’t natural.
“I’d never thought before about how our incessant use of headphones, or reluctance to hear the outside world, shields us from reality.”
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...with-the-world
‘While headphone users often describe themselves as being freer, he says, “They are dependent on the machine for that to be true; they’re locked into the economic dynamic of the world and the medium they’re using. That’s a big contradiction: you’re being manipulated, but the manipulation creates a sense of freedom.”’
What, with mobile phones, smartphones, iphones, headphones.... maybe folks have all become a bit less human; a bit phoney?...
While I'm not necessarily trivialising the things mentioned in your latest post, surely there were very similar concerns about youngsters having their own record players and portable radio sets in the 60s-70s, their own Walkman cassette players in the 80s, their own TV sets with VHS machines and video game consoles in their own bedrooms in the 90s, etc, almost all of which were feared to corrupt and addle their minds.
And while all of those things mentioned above might seem relatively tame by today's general technological standards, they certainly were much derided by the older generations of the time, especially the more 'conservative' (in the broader sense starting with a small 'C', not necessarily those supporting the political party of the same title starting with a capital 'C') elements.
Some would argue that’s exactly what they did do. Maybe we’re on a spiralling descent which ends in total personal isolation from reality? I mean, in all areas of nowadays life, folks can be seen swaddling themselves in tech to protect against their perceived awfulness of the tangible world... The real world.
I agree with you 100%.
For several years now I've suspected many in society would much rather choose the easiest option; that is brush many issues under the carpet rather than attempt to deal with them (if, when and where possible, of course).
Especially certain folks who seem to incessantly revel in Britain-bashing but at the same time are still refusing point blank to visit their local polling station on 4th July.
You’ve wandered away from the gist again, Lencoboy, but seeing as you’ve mentioned the upcoming election....
Folks are fed up with self-serving politicians who canvass their vote but, once elected, never represent them. So those folks have become disillusioned by the whole deception and no longer bother to vote.
Here’s a rather radical suggestion as an antidote; it’s not new, having been used in ancient Greece. ‘Sortition’ was how the Athenians chose their government by, roughly speaking, putting all the names of the eligible electorate into a hat and then randomly drawing out the required number of names to form the government. No politicking. No canvassing. No election malarkey! If it were to be adopted, it would have to be a similar legal obligation to Jury service, with similar exceptions, but the chosen names would be: signed up for five years, expected to put in a specified number of hours attendance, well-paid, only have to do it once in their lifetime.
Yes I realise that (BIB). I seem to have a rather bad habit of it of late.
It's not just politics that many people seem to have a habit of burying their heads in the sand over these days; they often seem unwilling to deal with many issues in general; e.g, not bothering to get things fixed or complete certain tasks, such as replacing non-working light bulbs, filling in holes in walls, etc, even when and where they do have sufficient time and/or funds to do so.
I’m Sorry, I’ve Forgotten Your Name....
Only kidding!
‘Elephants call out to each other using individual names that they invent for their fellow pachyderms, according to a new study.’
https://www.theguardian.com/science/...names-study-ai
Yes, it’s absolutely true. It’s a well-known fact (well, it’s well-known to me) that the large male in that picture is called Donald Tusk....
‘Names were not always used in the elephant calls. But when names were called out, it was often over a long distance ...’ Obviously trunk calls....
Actually, you can call an elephant anything you like and they won’t take offence... they’re very thick-skinned.
Tartare For Now....
Folks disgusted by bloke’s on track snack don’t mince their words....
‘"Some people never really evolved past cave man. Actually you know what a caveman would probably be better than this."’
https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird...f-london-train
One man’s meat, another man’s poison?...
‘According to the NHS, eating raw meat can result in toxoplasmosis - an infection that can cause confusion, blurred vision, slurred speech, unsteady walking and a variety of less serious symptoms ...’
I admire his restraint. I mean, after hearing his fellow travellers ranting about his eating habits, they might have touched a raw nerve and he could’ve given them a right mouthful....
Once upon a long, long time ago, I was rebuked by a lady (although her language was none too ladylike) for scooping up a roadkilled rabbit which I’d found while out walking and which I intended to cook and eat (waste not, want not – and the dead cony didn’t die in vain). She intimated I was some sort(?) of troglodyte who was probably most at home squatting in his cave, eating with his fingers. To which I replied I always ate with my fingers because they didn’t like eating alone.... She threatened to report me (for what and to whom she didn’t elaborate). Obviously no sense of humour, or adventure!