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Yes sure it is. Just because us Brits automatically associate it with house parties and slabs of beer doesn't mean it can't be done with just a couple of people or the family. I have relatives who live abroad and they barbecue all the time when making their usual midweek dinner. It is just a method of cooking.

Quite right. Very sensible advice given how stocks and shares normally work. I am very sure there will be lots of people, when the time comes, who will be "disgracefully" and "shamelessly" taking advantage of the low price property market that will be readily available to them or the massively discounted holidays and flights that will be on sale as the airlines and travel companies desperately try to build up their business again or the the bargain basement prices in the retail sector as the High Street chains and department stores desperately try to entice us back through the doors.... To me it smacks of a typical guardian "outrage" piece. I have all too often wondered what it would be like to live in the fantasy land that is planet Guardian.

I can't think of any better context to raise it. The NHS has been front and centre of all the headlines for weeks. We have had all the sob stories and the "inside sources" and the sad face photo opportunities and the finger pointing and vile abusive commentry about the government's failures and the celebrity endorsements and of course now the silly Thursday night Instagram get together and trendy Twitter hashtag ritual. Its a completely valid point to raise the topic of efficiencies within the organisation too. We see and hear all the screams that the organisation is underfunded, undersupplied and can't cope. We get at least annually the dramatic headline that it's on the brink of collapse all at the hands of this Tory government..... Oh how we've heard that so many times..... But god forbid any media outlet who dares to look a bit closer to home and brings up the issue that it's own operational approaches are far from perfect. Strangely, thats always a story that gets shouted down. Well quite frankly it shouldn't be. Is the NHS is on the brink as we keep hearing? Or is it bad management, bad allocation of resources and wasteful actions? These are genuine questions which should quite rightly be asked - even more so when there's a crisis like this - so if inefficiencies are found that can be nipped in the bud right now.

I sort of half agree and certaly do think there is a lack of basic cooking knowledge - despite a seemingly endless parade of shows on the TV. However, to me, the panic buying hasn't been ready meals or prepared food - its been bizarre things like toilet roll, tinned beans and pasta. There must be a hell of a lot of people having very boring dinners over the past few weeks.

Loads of places are struggling with capacity because it's unprecedented for most organisations to have so many staff on at one time. I work for a massive law firm whose whole remit is about agile working and flexibility - we have had the kit for years. But even we are still having to restrict access to some of our less vital systems and encourage people to use their mobiles/webmail rather than VPN where possible. Add on the fact that most domestic broadband systems are not designed for high capacity VPN, accessing huge business servers containing various shared drives and trying to run multi-party conference call operations for long periods. This is strained even more when they also have to simultaneous cope with the rest of the household trying to stream or download films or browse the internet. This is certainly not an issue limited to the council and I reckon it's just people using it as an excuse for more SCC bashing

MBB is broadcasting once a week and its a new series never before shown. Miranda, whilst it is a repeat, is broadcast once a week on a Friday evening. Hardly "endless" is it. If you dont like it, change the channel.

^^^^^ what they said. Yes it is possible to do it yourself but only if you know exactly what you want and what it will be used for. Getting it wrong can be messy to deal with. If you really are not sure leaving it to a professional is money well spent.

That seems very strange considering nearly all hospital referrals, treatment updates and certainly discharge notices are corresponded through the GP surgery. That's normally how people get hospital referrals in the first place. Hospitals will then usually correspond with GPs to advise of the outcome and next steps after treatment with the GP. I find it hard to believe there is not something in your records. I would have a discussion with either the treating physicians office or the surgery if its something you need to request.

I'm sure you will be missed. The hole in the road was never an amazing centerpiece and was removed for the far better introduction of a brand new tram system. This very thread sums up the problem with lots of people in the city. The second any idea of major improvements to infrastructure like the Sheaf Square development is suggested everybody starts with their nostalgia nonsense, don't like change, all better back in the old days moronic mentality. Half the time they our morning about stuff that didn't even exist in the way their exaggerated and rose tinted vision describes. How on earth is a city ever supposed to evolve and develop to suit the needs and tastes of the new generation if it's constantly shouted down by dinosaurs of the past.

What....you honestly think that a company can just employ people at the drop of a hat without consideration of how they will actually be paid and where the money in the budget is going to come from to cover the costs of that increased payroll or how they are supposed to sort out their tax and national insurance and statutory rights and employment legislation. It doesn't just happen by wave of a magic wand you know. Do you think it's that easy to just "hire" all these extra vehicles or that such numbers of vehicles just happen to be sitting around available anyway. Have you stopped to think for a second about the levels of planning, coordination, administration and contractual legalities involved in managing a massive supply chain from hundreds of different manufacturers and distribution to hundreds or thousands of store branches. You are talking nonsense. The impact of this virus is changing everyday and yes of course companies have contingency but nobody would ever expect to have to plan for this level of scale nor in such a short time frame. The reality is that if it wasn't for the moronic behaviour of the heard mentaility public there wouldn't be such a crisis in the first place. Every time I saw some scumbag with a trolley piled high with 97 toilet rolls 57 varieties of tins of beans it almost made me wish they did get a dose of the Tommies. We all just need to stop buying into the media horse crap and calm the hell down. If we just eat what we normally eat and buy things like we normally buy things there will be no bloody issue. The majority of us in this country we are not starving Africans. In fact according to the NHS there are vast numbers who are clinically obese. If we run out of packets of monster munch or custard creams I'm sure we can survive perfectly well a few extra days until the restock comes in. Notwithstanding any of that, even if the absolute worst case scenario happens. If the proverbial hits the fan and there is no andrex left to clean it up then we in this privileged country have this wonderful thing called running water. As some of our Eastern neighbours would testify there is more than one way to clean a backside. If there was ever an opportunity to give the OTT panicking masses of this country a hypothetical slap I will gladly do it.

Ah right... So that must be why his role before his TV break was as a professional singer on the holiday circuit and obviously that is why he shot to fame after becoming a finalist on the X factor, you know, that singing competition. Oh, how stupid am I, that of course must the reason why he has successfully auditioned and gained cameo acting roles in various sitcoms or how took over a role from an established actor in a West End Musical. It all makes sense now 🙄. Goodness sake why dont you just say the words "...I personally dont like him" Job done. Stop trying to submit opinion as if its a fact. Someone who has been actively in the business and keeps getting high profile gigs 10 years later cannot be dismissed as "flavour of the month"

See my earlier posts. 'Talentless Wannabes' dont get six figure contracts and front flagship shows on national broadcasters. Despite YOUR opinion he is not, as the dictionary definition says, "trying" to be a presenter he is one. Clearly a successful and well paid one too. As for Netflix, you do realise that a large amount of thier content is stuff which has been made for TV by other broadcasters and production companies. Been there done that Sonny. A handful of "original" content shows does not make a platform. Like most of the streaming services - they are made up of vast amounts of previously broadcast archive television and movies purchased from other broadcasters at vast expense. All these people bragging about their streaming services being so much cheaper and better than the BBC etc... just see how much they would be prepared to pay each month if these suppliers had to suddenly start making 100% their own stuff and pay for the costs of all the public service remit with it. Have you actually stopped for a second to engage your brain and think why on earth that might be?

Normally?? Never in my life have I done that when staying in a hotel. Even where a hotel has its own parking it will be park first and then go check in. If I was staying in a city centre hotel like Mercure it would be ludicrous to think that they would be a place to "temporarily park" while checking in. As I said before, the majority of in city hotels barely have vehicle access at all. The Mercure doesn't own the road so it can't simply put cones out for their use nor are they of sufficient price point to be having a permanent doorman. By the nature of their location the vast majority of their guests will be coming by train or other forms of transport. For those who drive most will have the common sense to park in whichever public car park is nearby and walk to the hotel to check in. This is what the majority of people will do all the time in all cities. Your expectations are wildly inaccurate. As for the rest of your whining - that's called being in a city. Ah diddums there was nowhere to park, Ah diddums you have to wait around for people to move, oh shock horror you have to make an awkward u-turn. So? It's what all cities are like. I would have thought with your knowledge of driving in London you would be more than used to that. Perhaps city centres really aren't for you.

So? It's easily done in a car. The hotel itself has no parking but one assumes you checked that when you booked it. There is on street parking next to it and a place to pull in and quickly unload right outside. Really don't see what your problem was. Think you really need a better sat Nav.

Good. No more being taken around the long way. No more awkward conversations about which route. No more constantly having to give prompts about turn left turn right. No more lies from the phone operators about ...just round the corner love... All tracked from point to point. More drivers, more vehicles, more companies and better competition. The black cab mafia was well ready for disruption and it's been a long time coming.

Absolute nonsense. Sheffield road systems are nothing compared to driving in central London and especially New York. Yes there is some construction blocking some routes but if you could see your hotel why didn't you simply find the nearest alternative place to park and unload just like everyone else does in a busy city centre. The road system and planners are no different to any other major city. Think yourself lucky you could actually drive into the centre at all. That will soon be completely from some places.

I'm sure the igloo staff have got over it but the debate is about the bigger principle. Allowing the personal opinion and moral judgement of a Director to dictate a company wide policy affecting all staff is an extremely dangerous precedent. Even more so if such policies may cause conflict with widely accepted employment regulations or industry wide standard. It's a slippery slope. Igloo are clearly lucky as they can get away with it being a small firm with a particular type of image. I bet such a circumstance wouldn't go down so well with a huge national corporation particularly one that was heavily unionised. That is the real point to this.

For goodness sake - go back and read my post again. Where the hell have I said I like him. I was actually agreeing with you. All I was trying to demonstrate is that a personal dislike does not automatically equal talentless. Talentless people dont have a career like his. They fade away into obscurity as soon as they start. Of course he is "fake". All TV presenters are - that's their job. They present and when the lights switch off they are human again. Do you honestly think that Bradley Walsh or Bruce Forsyth or Bob Monkhouse actually gave a flying fig whether or not the conestants won the prize? Do you actually think that Oprah Winfrey, Holly & Phil, Jeremy Kyle or Terry Wogan actaully care about the people involved in whatever human interest story they were blabbing on about. Hell, do you even think that Doris on the tills at Tesco really cares if you "have a good day". Taste is personal. He is not liked by everyone and neither is he supposed to be. Fact is that whether you like it or not, he is popular enough (at the moment) to keep being on screen. Yes of course he will have a good agent - as would any of us in that business - but Agent alone does not override the fact that Mr Clark-Neal has something which the producers want. Your obviously robust dislike and dismissal of him is quite reactionary given you have admitted you're only exposure was 5 minutes of a TV show from nearly 8 years ago.

Just putting aside personal opinion and dislike for a moment (something which I would fully agree with you on). I have to counter that you cannot call a presenter who has been repeatedly hired for numerous television shows for over 10 years, hosts a flagship BBC national radio show each week and whose book was a Sunday Times No1 bestseller a "wannabe" and having "no talent". That is clearly not accurate. Yes - We clearly dont get it. He is certainly not my favourite either. But there is a simple solution, we change the channel. Clearly enough of the masses do get it. The 'talent' he has in this circumstance is his ability to fit the requirements for the non-offensive, slightly camp, fluffy pensioner favourite style presenter needed for a daytime turkey like Ready Steady Cook. He is (just about) still hip enough to host and attract enought 'yoof' viewers to gaudy ITV2 reality shows when required and certainly ticks enough Dale Winton boxes to hit the right level of cheese for game show presentation. For all we may not deem it worthy - that IS a talent. Another thing is that regardless of whether we like his style and persona, there is no doubt that hosting live television and radio whilst maintaining enough personality is a skill. For anyone who has had to do even minor forms of public speaking, just think about dealing with that whilst following direction, reading scripted autocue, moving and interacting with set and props, having multiple voices in your earpiece shouting at you and the crew and having to finish what you're are doing and saying absolutely bang on to the second so the next item/segment/video can begin transmisison. Its a job I couldn't do and plenty of real "wannabes" fail to get it each year. Some of them have the right criteria and he is obviously one of them.

Oh goody. Here we go again same old tired arguments year in year out.... Whether we like it or not MPs are entitled to be considered for a percentage salary increase every year just like the rest of the working population. Yes of course they get paid much higher than many other people but their job is far more complex than a lot of people's too. £82,000 might seem a lot to us northerners but when you think about a London wage and the level of job we are discussing it isn't really that high in the big scheme of things. There are certainly a significant number of senior-level lawyers, judges, teachers, doctors, technicians, engineers, consultants, accountants, auditors, civil servants and other forms of management roles who are on at least equivalent if not significantly more than that each year. If people actually looked into the work that's an MP has to do and their responsibilities it might not actually seem that much. Add on the blindingly obvious fact that there is no guarantee of career longevity and the fact that someone's role can disappear ear at the tick of a ballot form every election and it doesn't seem all that does it. Everybody always goes on about the handful of high-profile MPs who yes may have a lot of connections and may find a nice gravy train to to jump on once they leave office but what about the 500 + other MPs who nobody has heard of... Despite what many people think and what many so-called journalist report they don't all come from wealth and privilege and don't all have such luxury to fall back on. As with a lot of things it's all too easy to criticise but who's prepared to actually get out there and do it themselves. Who is prepared, despite the higher than average pay, to have their entire life personal and professional scrutinised by members of the public and bloodthirsty media. Prepare to face a daily barrage of verbal, written and in some cases physical attack from those who have a different point of view. Prepare to deal with the endless travel, meetings, committees, debates, surgeries, interviews, paperwork.... From my limited knowledge of the workings of the House being an MP is not a switch off the computer at 5 p.m. job. Sometimes it's about seeing the bigger picture.

I have to say I am rather surprised and will take a lot of convincing to be tuning in. It was a series that more than out ran its course and certainly not dated well at all. The thought of a new outing trying to resurrect it from the dead being written by a man whose own "outrageous" comedy characters have failed to date well is going to be a tough challenge. To be fair, these days reality is far more of a comedy than anything that fictional outrageous characters can dream up. The only resurrection I'm looking forward to is Spitting Image because at least that matches the grotesque state of life.

Valley Centertainment is immune from that then? Based on your nonsense posts - Your logic is that a cinema in the city centre (apparently the wrong place) is certain to die because of coronavirus but everything about Valley and Meadowhall (apparently the right place) will perform fine and survive.... Riiiight 🙄. You do realise people are still going to work every day in big room filled with people. They are still travelling, they are still shopping they are still undergoing leisure activities. Despite the Daily Mail hysteria the country isn't on lockdown yet. The high street is evolving not dying. Two very different things. Its purpose is changing. The habits of the populous living and working around it are changing. People have tried to explain to you but you seemingly completely ignore it. Yes - I think you clearly have said enough. You have no idea what you're talking about and have no rational argument.

What part about people living in the city centre are you not getting. Not everybody is driving out to attercliffe to go to some glorified industrial estate. I'm not even going to waste my time on the whole free parking nonsense as it's moronic to even suggest it. We are comparing the middle of a city centre vs a purpose-built complex miles out from anything. It's not even remotely the same circumstance. Now as for people who want to make a night of it as you so say.... Well then they can choose from one of several restaurants that have been built in the same complex as the Light Cinema or if they feel inclined they can take a short walk and choose from dozens and dozens of other restaurants, bars and fast food outlets which are located a few minutes away. The more I read your last few posts, the more I'm convinced you have not stepped foot on the Moor in recent times. You clearly haven't got a clue what is going on around there if you have been down you're blind to it. Pray tell what actual location you think it would survive in since you are so full of it.

I think this is the bit you are not taking on..... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/04/climate-change-population-crisis-paris-summit https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/10/david-attenborough-warns-planet-cant-cope-with-overpopulation/ https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/overpopulation-is-main-threat-to-planet-521925.html Burgrers arn't killing the planet. Babies are.

I don't think it's like that now. Ever since Trinity dragged trade away from The Headrow it's gone downhill. The Headrow Centre or as they pretentiously call it "The Core" is virtually empty. Matalan took over Schofields. TK Maxx took over Allders. Even Primark moved out into the new shiny bit leaving Sports Direct to move in. What is happening in Sheffield happens to all cities when they redevelop. When one half gets improved the other half declines until something else comes along to improve it. Most sensible people realise that. It's all part of the evolution of a city landscape. It's exactly the same in the retail business. Times change, consumer demands change, competition increases and businesses have to adapt or die. When one business closes another one comes along and takes over. It's just forums like this where everyone seems to desperately cling on to the days of the past and blindly reject anything new.