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I look at the TV, I look at social media, and all I can think of is this particular sketch.

Sleepwalking through the molasses of a reality too absurd to comprehend.
 
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Lots of coal still there, on Brexit I'm sure we'll be opening the seams up again as we get tarriffed and vatted to fuckery...
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But surely that's the point, if it's cheaper to import coal than you can dig it out of the ground you buy it until theirs runs out then you've still got yours.

I know a guy that worked at parkside in the 80s , he said it was 30 minutes on the train before they got to the coal face , if you've ever hit your head on the roof of your car on the M62 between birchwood and Manchester you can blame him, he said the only thing they had to avoid was motorway bridges

Even closing the shafts and demolishing the winding gear was cost effective because when they want it out they'll sink a shaft where coal is, not where it used to be.
 
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Wack61 said:
But surely that's the point, if it's cheaper to import coal than you can dig it out of the ground you buy it until theirs runs out then you've still got yours.

I know a guy that worked at parkside in the 80s , he said it was 30 minutes on the train before they got to the coal face , if you've ever hit your head on the roof of your car on the M62 between birchwood and Manchester you can blame him, he said the only thing they had to avoid was motorway bridges

Even closing the shafts and demolishing the winding gear was cost effective because when they want it out they'll sink a shaft where coal is, not where it used to be.
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I believe that some of the coal from Selby was under the North Sea. So a bit difficult.
 
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midlifecrisis said:
I believe that some of the coal from Selby was under the North Sea. So a bit difficult.
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Most of Yorkshire is nowhere near the sea , same for Lancashire

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when the mines closed there was uproar , strikes and riots but many industries have suffered, just not in one go like the mines, I was born in Kettering, the shoe industry was easily the biggest employer , they'd built houses for the employees same as mills and mines but the gradual closure of factories and the loss of thousands of jobs attracted no attention, I bet there's not 5% of people still making shoes in Northants today.

My dad worked for Loake as a foreman , they were the days , I used to buy seconds for £27.50 in the late 80s
 
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Just tell the lifeguards they are testing their eyesight and their name is Dominic Cummings... honestly right now who gives a ****?
 
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Not much social distancing going on in Trafalgar Square today with the right on protesters gathering over the riots in the US.... it's like Creseda Dick and chums on Westminster Bridge again, but on a larger scale....:rolleyes:
 
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We went out for a drive/picnic. Went to Grassington and had our picnic in a lovely park. Plenty of space. Loo’s were open too. On hhe way there we went through Bursnall which was absolutely heaving, and there was a pub open. Serving bottled drinks from inside to people outside.
 
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Wanderer said:
Sunak's dad is head honcho at Infosys, one of the offshore facilitators that's killing IT contracting in UK, cheap labour, many cockups, much cheapness.
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Sunak’s Father in Law is actually. Infosys was rated at No.3 in last years Forbes top world’s best regarded companies list. They seem to have a great worldwide reputation along with Tata Consultancy.
 
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Sunak’s Father in Law is actually. Infosys was rated at No.3 in last years Forbes top world’s best regarded companies list. They seem to have a great worldwide reputation along with Tata Consultancy.
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Having worked with Tata extensively does nothing to improve my view of the Forbes lists ;)

Many cockups. Not much cheapness.

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Wanderer said:
It is true mostly but what that woman did to us and our ilk, well....

I live now in the South Yorkshire former coal mining area and it's not a pretty sight now, plus a few of my mates list their lives and more traumatised for her Falklands victory, sorry, vote-winning for next election campaign. Can never forgive that. Some of the stories Ive heard...

Then the Poll Tax..

She was the worst mate, she fuccked up the banking system, the housing market for anyone growing up now, Mother of a Thousand Dead....

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The left wingers will whine about Maggie for the rest of time yet no one else can remember who Scargill was. He thought the Unions could bend the Tories to his will and used the dying coal industry as the anvil on which to do it. He misunderstood who he was dealing with. Also, anyone who thinks we would have been better off giving the Falklands to the Argies is living in cloud cuckoo land, and should ask themselves why the Argies want them so bad.
 
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CatmanV2 said:
Having worked with Tata extensively does nothing to improve my view of the Forbes lists ;)

Many cockups. Not much cheapness.

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TCS the Only Top 10 IT Services Firm Recognized as a Global Top Employer. Surely they must be doing something right. This was 2019.
 
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There is only Accenture and IBM who rank higher than Tata in size. So therefore stands to reason that TCS is doing a pretty sterling job.
 
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TCS the Only Top 10 IT Services Firm Recognized as a Global Top Employer. Surely they must be doing something right. This was 2019.
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Being a great employer does not really equate to providing a great service to their customers.

I'm sure they are doing many things right, particularly if you're an employee. Although a couple of the ones I knew were on the verge (or beyond) nervouce breakdowns due to the behaviour and expectations of their direct management.

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CatmanV2 said:
Being a great employer does not really equate to providing a great service to their customers.

I'm sure they are doing many things right, particularly if you're an employee. Although a couple of the ones I knew were on the verge (or beyond) nervouce breakdowns due to the behaviour and expectations of their direct management.

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I take your point. But I’m sure that must be the same in a few of the other top IT firms too.
 
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