very good
Baloney about people being over 70 being entitled to and medical card regardless of income. Come on , does someone with a good pension and assets deserve this ? And don't tell me they don't use it if they have it . I know of millionaires who are using the medical card. People with money are often much meaner than those who never had it. Could we have some rational debate for once!
Generalisations about the public service. I totally agree with reform and feel that lack of it is actually very unfair on diligent people in the public service. I felt that the government of the day missed a great opportunity to tackle absenteeism and ineptitude when benchmarking was proposed. However, I am sick to death of generalisations. Blame the employer for failing to manage it, stop blaming ALL the employees.
The rubbish about the Celtic Tiger, and the boasting that went with it. We alienated half Europe and then we vote No. We're an ungovernable lot!!
RTE.........and their take on Obama, talk about partisan, but they've plenty of practise as they were very good at playing the Irish Republican card.
RTE..............Tell, Kenny, Finucane, Tubridy, Ryan and Duffy that times are hard and we can no longer afford them. Go on take a chance, bet there's no one out there going to offer them those salaries. Negotiate salaries more in keeping with the size of their audience.
End of present rant!!!!
micmlo
The reason I didn't specify it was Dublin was because I said, quite clearly, in the first sentence, that my father had gone into 'town' to join the pensioners' protest. This took place in Dublin and was headlines on all the news. Therefore, it was quite reasonable to assume that people would know I was talking about Dublin.
People who pay motor tax but call it road tax. Any taxes paid can go to maintaining roads. The VAT of my bike could have used for roads. Fair point on the safety issue thoughAnd when I have to pay my road tax so you can ignore the perfectly good footpath beside you I think you are more than deserving of whatever injuries you get from avoiding busy rush hour traffic.
Sure, cycle along 2 abreast on the main carrigeway ignoring the perfectly good hard shoulder and puff yourself up a slight incline at 5 mph holding up traffic....geniuses.
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Actually, you pay motor tax, not road tax. And the odds are that the jogger is paying the same tax too. It's not a tax issue.And when I have to pay my road tax so you can ignore the perfectly good footpath beside you I think you are more than deserving of whatever injuries you get from avoiding busy rush hour traffic.
Meh...tomato tomato. Being pedantic doesn't add anything.People who pay motor tax but call it road tax. Any taxes paid can go to maintaining roads.
See above about being pedantic. And actually it is partially a tax issue. If they pay motor tax, that's to allow them to drive their 'motor' on the road....not to jog along it. Jaywalking is worthy of a fine, so is that. The issue is safety and the person who would be blamed if they were struck by a car....the driver.Actually, you pay motor tax, not road tax. And the odds are that the jogger is paying the same tax too. It's not a tax issue.
exactly, or a jogger. What is a persons registration number? Their dna sequence ?When was the last time you saw a tax disc on a bicycle?
See above about being pedantic. And actually it is partially a tax issue. If they pay motor tax, that's to allow them to drive their 'motor' on the road....not to jog along it. Jaywalking is worthy of a fine, so is that. The issue is safety and the person who would be blamed if they were struck by a car....the driver.
They don't pay motor tax "to allow them to drive their 'motor' along the road".
So cycling clubs encourage members to act in an ignorant selfish way because some drivers behave badly? They should grow up. People have overtaken me in my car in a dangerous manner on more than one occasion but I don't therefore go out to obstruct traffic deliberately because of it.
- If they were single file, drivers would squeeze past them where it wasn't safe. Brushing their sleeve is a term used.
- It's not their job to get out of the way, it's the drivers job to overtake them safetly. This forces drivers to do it and cycling clubs get members to do this when out on spins
Adults and/or kids who judge people by their handouts on Halloween
You were doing well there until you moved onto your expectations. I think you need your own private country estate, where you can make the rules. When you go on public roads, expect to share with cyclists (about 60% of whom also pay motor tax) and others.Ehm, I beg to differ. That's exactly why everyone pays motor tax. If you don't pay it, then you are not allowed to drive on the road. If I pay a licence to enable me to drive my car on the road (regardless of what that money is then spent on by the govt), I expect not to have to avoid lemmings dressed up as joggers or Tour de France wannabees.
So cycling clubs encourage members to act in an ignorant selfish way because some drivers behave badly? They should grow up. People have overtaken me in my car in a dangerous manner on more than one occasion but I don't therefore go out to obstruct traffic deliberately because of it.
Such ignorance causes road rage.
I do cycle also, but I would never be so selfish as to cycle two abreast except where there is a sufficiently wide road to do so.
Come on complainer, that was quite mean spirited in fairness!
Maybe it was. Maybe they just ran out (as happened to me one year). The thought of parents measuring out what goodies came from what house is far more of a concern to me.
How could the parent know what sweets came from what house without measuring these out?You know I doublt the pervious poster was "measuring" as you say, just pointing out that a person who give a kid 2 cola bottle sweets wrapped in toilet paper is a little scabby. I dare say if the person in question said sorry I have run out of sweets the child and parent would not have minded in the slightest. Just seems that 2 swweets wrapped in toilet role smacks of preplanned scabbyness.
Joggers who jog on the road. Currently happening again after a 6 month hiatus. Just waiting for the dark evenings to jog on the road again were ye ? And when I have to pay my road tax so you can ignore the perfectly good footpath beside you I think you are more than deserving of whatever injuries you get from avoiding busy rush hour traffic
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