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    Will you give up your public holidays?

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    Scotland Male Posts : 59106
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Mon 9 Apr 2012 - 17:52

    Each bank holiday costs the country £2.3billion, scrapping them would boost the economy by £19billion...

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    Post by Gypsy Mon 9 Apr 2012 - 18:09

    The Lone Ranger wrote:Each bank holiday costs the country £2.3billion, scrapping them would boost the economy by £19billion...

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    A really worthwhile amount to have in the coffers, but what would they fritter it on?
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    Post by Perfectspecimen Mon 9 Apr 2012 - 19:54

    Drop in the ocean, nowt compared to what them bankers get, and the unemployable. I work everyday including Xmas day in the past, called self employed innit. No work no dosh. Sergei doesn't get paid when hes ill either, old git. Should put him out to grass.
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Mon 9 Apr 2012 - 20:00

    Perfectspecimen wrote:Drop in the ocean, nowt compared to what them bankers get, and the unemployable. I work everyday including Xmas day in the past, called self employed innit. No work no dosh. Sergei doesn't get paid when hes ill either, old git. Should put him out to grass.

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    Post by Perfectspecimen Mon 9 Apr 2012 - 20:02

    He is my slave, Meerkat innit.
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Mon 9 Apr 2012 - 20:07

    Perfectspecimen wrote:He is my slave, Meerkat innit.

    Oh! Shit! I forgot about him! Will you give up your public holidays? 3025408739 Will you give up your public holidays? 3025408739
    Here he is typing your posts out for you!
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    Post by Perfectspecimen Mon 9 Apr 2012 - 20:10

    Hes quicker than me. Uses two hands he does.
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    Post by innit Mon 9 Apr 2012 - 21:40

    I suppose if they do away with the weekends that must help production as well.
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Mon 9 Apr 2012 - 21:42

    innit wrote:I suppose if they do away with the weekends that must help production as well.
    Yeah, and if we only slept for 4 hours that's bound to help as well...
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    Post by 3rdforum Mon 9 Apr 2012 - 22:10

    Sleep??? You modern kids don't know the meaning of the word. During the war, I had to stay awake for weeks on end in the Russian convoys. I only blinked cos the Captain ordered me to.
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    Post by Mcqueen Mon 9 Apr 2012 - 22:12

    You were lucky Will you give up your public holidays? 3025408739
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    Post by Blyth Spirit Tue 10 Apr 2012 - 18:50

    Give us workers the holidays those robbing politicians get and then you'll see a real fuss about bank holidays !
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    Post by Mcqueen Tue 10 Apr 2012 - 19:10

    That wont happen because they make the rules as they go along, Just take the piss that lot, Come the revolution tho Will you give up your public holidays? 577704309
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    Post by Mischief Maker Tue 10 Apr 2012 - 21:49

    i have never ever had 30 november as a holiday so scotland only has 8
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    Post by Perfectspecimen Tue 10 Apr 2012 - 22:14

    Because you like cats MM you can have 30th of Feb instead.
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    Post by Mischief Maker Wed 11 Apr 2012 - 13:22

    thanks Will you give up your public holidays? 4226408756
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Wed 11 Apr 2012 - 16:52

    I'm 57 and I've never had it either! (St. Andrew's Day holiday...) Will you give up your public holidays? 3913804730
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    Post by Perfectspecimen Thu 12 Apr 2012 - 0:58

    Guessed it may have been that Cam, I will try to avoid work on the 24th April then, Blox.
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    Post by Perfectspecimen Thu 12 Apr 2012 - 1:00

    Or 23rd is it? Feck, we could care less...........
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Thu 12 Apr 2012 - 15:49

    Perfectspecimen wrote:Or 23rd is it? Feck, we could care less...........

    This one's right... Will you give up your public holidays? 3711883763
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