sidcow Posted April 24 VT Supporter Share Posted April 24 4 minutes ago, LondonLax said: I learnt off the best Hurdy Gurdy Bushkey Birdy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted April 29 Popular Post Share Posted April 29 Bit of a shitty day. Work was messy... not busy as such, just couldn't get into a groove. Then found out an ex colleague had passed away over the weekend. Lovely woman, she was 64. Retired a few years back, but is no age really. She used to do my paperwork for me. Then, got to New St station, and all trains to Lichfield cancelled. Took myself to a pub, had a nice pint then jumped in a taxi. **** messing about with buses. Hope tomorrow is better. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 13 minutes ago, Xela said: Bit of a shitty day. Work was messy... not busy as such, just couldn't get into a groove. Then found out an ex colleague had passed away over the weekend. Lovely woman, she was 64. Retired a few years back, but is no age really. She used to do my paperwork for me. Then, got to New St station, and all trains to Lichfield cancelled. Took myself to a pub, had a nice pint then jumped in a taxi. **** messing about with buses. Hope tomorrow is better. I can almost guarantee tomorrow will be better mate, chin up 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dog Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 43 minutes ago, Xela said: Bit of a shitty day. Work was messy... not busy as such, just couldn't get into a groove. Then found out an ex colleague had passed away over the weekend. Lovely woman, she was 64. Retired a few years back, but is no age really. She used to do my paperwork for me. Then, got to New St station, and all trains to Lichfield cancelled. Took myself to a pub, had a nice pint then jumped in a taxi. **** messing about with buses. Hope tomorrow is better. Rise again tomorrow sunshine, bring as much positivity to everyone else as possible can, it'll get paid back 10000 times over the next weeks. You got this Sir. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted Wednesday at 07:53 VT Supporter Share Posted Wednesday at 07:53 (edited) Oh look, an interesting thing has emerged Quote Birmingham city council accused of basing drastic cuts on ‘imagined’ data Whistleblowers fear £760m equal pay liability bill could be hugely overstated, as IT problems leave finances in disarray A £760m equal pay liability bill at Birmingham city council, which led it to effectively declare bankruptcy and make a swathe of drastic budget cuts, could be hugely overstated, councillors, researchers and whistleblowers have said. Sources inside the Labour-led council said the local authority’s finances were in disarray as a result of a faulty IT system rollout and with no accurate accounts for the past two years there was no way of knowing exactly how the council’s budget stacked up. There is growing unease that large budget cuts, asset sales and a 10% council tax increase have been made too hastily, before the council has fully got to grips with the current state of its finances. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/may/01/birmingham-city-council-accused-of-making-cuts-based-on-imagined-data Edited Wednesday at 07:54 by Lichfield Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted Wednesday at 08:46 VT Supporter Share Posted Wednesday at 08:46 50 minutes ago, Lichfield Dean said: Oh look, an interesting thing has emerged https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/may/01/birmingham-city-council-accused-of-making-cuts-based-on-imagined-data Yes, this has been rumbling for a while now. Would be just typical if they ripped the heart out of the city only to find things weren't anywhere near as bad as first thought. Thing is, I don't understand why they need their own records for calculation. Surely they have X number of claimants who have come forwards? Surely those claimants have to provide some kind of evidence of their employment and earning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted Wednesday at 09:02 Share Posted Wednesday at 09:02 Wow, what a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AVFC_Hitz Posted Wednesday at 11:31 Popular Post Share Posted Wednesday at 11:31 'kin wallets again. It was my birthday last week and I got a staff present which was a wallet. Expensive by the looks of it and real leather...but, for the love of McGrath is massive. It's like the Seinfeld props department rejected it for being too big for the George sketch. I have to use it for a few days because I'm in Rome on a conference and the colleague who's with me was obviously the one who bought it. She commented twice about whether I like it. I don't have the heart to say that, when I get back home it's going in the back of the cupboard and I'll be going back to my mini card holder with perfect note section (no coin pouch, I'm not a complete gimp) It actually hurts when I sit down. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Genie Posted Wednesday at 11:33 Popular Post Share Posted Wednesday at 11:33 1 minute ago, AVFC_Hitz said: It actually hurts when I sit down. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted Wednesday at 11:47 Author VT Supporter Share Posted Wednesday at 11:47 14 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said: I'll be going back to my mini card holder with perfect note section (no coin pouch, I'm not a complete gimp) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted Wednesday at 12:07 Share Posted Wednesday at 12:07 Pfff, I just have a goat skin sheath for the finger I’ve had a payment chip embedded in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted Wednesday at 12:14 VT Supporter Share Posted Wednesday at 12:14 43 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said: 'kin wallets again. It was my birthday last week and I got a staff present which was a wallet. Expensive by the looks of it and real leather...but, for the love of McGrath is massive. It's like the Seinfeld props department rejected it for being too big for the George sketch. I have to use it for a few days because I'm in Rome on a conference and the colleague who's with me was obviously the one who bought it. She commented twice about whether I like it. I don't have the heart to say that, when I get back home it's going in the back of the cupboard and I'll be going back to my mini card holder with perfect note section (no coin pouch, I'm not a complete gimp) It actually hurts when I sit down. DHUTWU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted Wednesday at 12:58 Moderator Share Posted Wednesday at 12:58 This is a proper wallet you absolute sockless nonces 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted Wednesday at 13:27 VT Supporter Share Posted Wednesday at 13:27 28 minutes ago, bickster said: This is a proper wallet you absolute sockless nonces Can't be properly closed because of the mothballs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted Wednesday at 13:48 Moderator Share Posted Wednesday at 13:48 21 minutes ago, sidcow said: Can't be properly closed because of the mothballs Petrol Receipts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted Wednesday at 14:00 Share Posted Wednesday at 14:00 Re...ceipts? Like, from a tree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted Wednesday at 14:13 Share Posted Wednesday at 14:13 5 hours ago, sidcow said: Thing is, I don't understand why they need their own records for calculation. Surely they have X number of claimants who have come forwards? Surely those claimants have to provide some kind of evidence of their employment and earning? The £760 million is what they are guessing they might pay out once everyone does come forward. They have no idea how many people that might be, nor how much each person might be entitled to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted Wednesday at 14:15 Share Posted Wednesday at 14:15 (edited) 6 hours ago, Lichfield Dean said: Oh look, an interesting thing has emerged https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/may/01/birmingham-city-council-accused-of-making-cuts-based-on-imagined-data That's not even the worst bit. The worst part is that no-one at BCC can actually say how much money came in last year, how much money was paid out last year, and how much money they currently have in their bank accounts. Not even sure how this is possible, but that's where they currently are at. Quote Tilsley said: “It is so bad that if I was to ask our director of finance: ‘How much money have we got in the bank today?’ nobody would be able to tell me. We’ve lost complete control over the financial management.” Edited Wednesday at 14:45 by ender4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted Wednesday at 14:24 Moderator Share Posted Wednesday at 14:24 9 minutes ago, ender4 said: That's not even the worst bit. The worst bit is that no-one at BCC can actually say how much money came in last year, how much money was paid out last year, and how much money they currently have in bank accounts. Not even sure how this is possible, but that's where they currently are at. Well that sounds like it's going absolutely swimmingly then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted Wednesday at 14:38 Moderator Share Posted Wednesday at 14:38 36 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Re...ceipts? Like, from a tree? No, from a self-service no staff petrol station. It has no staff and it chucks receipts at you when you've finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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