I've had a shit weekend
The Fosse Way is a plethora of fucking potholes and one really fucking nasty one has fucked my alloy.

So one alloy + new tyre means I get to pay Audi £580 *cries* Yeah yeah I could get one cheaper off ebay but the only ones they have on have been kerbed to fuck and they still want £100 for that.

People keep asking if I am going to sue the council but does that ever actually work? Yes I did see that bloke on Fifth Gear do that thing about them but I can't really jump out my car on the fosse and take pictures of it.

I only want doom and gloom here, cheerful people will be shot
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:46, 141 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I'm old and will probably die alone and unloved.

( girlinthehole, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:48, Reply)

I had a really ace dream
and woke up at the very best bit
(it made me feel alone and unloved)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:53, Reply)

I've had dreams like that.
It makes me feel like shit for the rest of the day too.
( girlinthehole, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:59, Reply)

I'm in a good mood, I don't care what you say.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:49, Reply)

Although I am increasingly confused by women generally.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:50, Reply)

I spoke to someone who lives in Milton Keynes at the weekend and he gave a very good description of what it's like to live there.
And whilest it wouldn't be my cup of tea, my attitude has changed somewhat.

I apologize for any upset I may have caused by dissing your dear little town.
( girlinthehole, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:53, Reply)

It's ok I forgive you.
By the way milton keynes is as big as some countries.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:55, Reply)

Luxembourg, Belgium and other excitement hot-spots.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:02, Reply)

St Lucia,
Malta as well if you don't count the second island.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:04, Reply)

do you work for the MK Tourist Board?
Your knowledge of MK-based facts is so great as to be faintly suspicious.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:12, Reply)

It's the duty of every loyal MK resident to counter the ignorance of the nation.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:19, Reply)

Size isn't everything.

( girlinthehole, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:13, Reply)

It's most things though.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:14, Reply)

I'll clear up any
We all hate you. Not men in general... just you
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:54, Reply)

It's quite the opposite actually,
It's raining bitches at the moment.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:55, Reply)

You have such a way with words

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:56, Reply)

Nah, it's because you women are like buses.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:57, Reply)

Big, smelly and full of chavs?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:00, Reply)

Expensive, unreliable and dirty.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:02, Reply)

Pfft!
Men like dirty girls.
( girlinthehole, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:03, Reply)

There's what you'd fuck and what you'd marry though...

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:05, Reply)

You can be dirty without being a slllaaaaaaaaaaagggggg

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:06, Reply)

True!
It can often be a very fine line though.
( girlinthehole, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:08, Reply)

I was actually going to put "It's a thin line between slag and ace"
a la Chrissie Hynde
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:09, Reply)

Some men have not yet realised this
They are doomed to take home a sour-pussed mare of whom Mother will approve and then cheat on her for the rest of their lives together.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:08, Reply)

I've never cheated on anyone ever.
Aren't I great?
(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:19, Reply)

Anal does count you know.

( girlinthehole, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:22, Reply)

I know, apparently blow jobs don't count in your "how many people you've slept with" though.
Which makes my number less impressive.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:24, Reply)

Yassssssssssssss
My total just reduced by one!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:25, Reply)

Still 6 figures though isn't it.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:26, Reply)

I say!

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:30, Reply)

hahaha

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:30, Reply)

each time I count I get a different figure.
But it's around 12
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:32, Reply)

SSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!
;-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:33, Reply)

is that dreadful?
I'm 32! (almost)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:34, Reply)

It's fine as long as you didn't enjoy any of it.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:35, Reply)

I enjoyed four

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:40, Reply)

+ at once.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:42, Reply)

OI!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:44, Reply)

*high fives*

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:51, Reply)

no, not really
I was a late starter, and got caught up in long term things, so my total is very low.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:35, Reply)

I was a very late starter.
And I have omitted two people from that list because they were girls.
I'm doomed.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:38, Reply)

long term relationships tend to get in the way of shagging lots of different people I find
which is why you don't need a full complement of fingers on one hand to count my conquests up.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:41, Reply)

I might erase some and make my total look better

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:44, Reply)

it's too late now
we all know
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:45, Reply)

None of you lot are potential new beaus
And I'll kill you if you grass me up
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:46, Reply)

I don't believe you
;-P
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:50, Reply)

With ma bare hands

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:54, Reply)

saucy

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:55, Reply)

Shattap

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:58, Reply)

my total is repulsively high.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:36, Reply)

those two words could be used to describe more than just that about you

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:41, Reply)

haha

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:50, Reply)

Is it.....
134?
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:43, Reply)

at a guess it might be 30

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:50, Reply)

You are old though
so you're allowed a higher tally
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:52, Reply)

You meant
'mature, and irresistible to HOT CHICKS', didn't you?


I know you did.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:56, Reply)

only in the sense of high-temperature poultry

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 12:01, Reply)

I feel incredibly sick.
If I even think about spirits I get the dry heaves.

How about THAT?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:56, Reply)

You may well need some sustenance
All that bile in your belly, is not a good think. I think I may get involved in some sort of buffet style interface at dinner time. I am famished.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:08, Reply)

I''ve gone past hungry now.
I'm focussing strictly on nausea.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:17, Reply)

I feel very weak and tired and shakey
And I didn't even have a drop of booze last ngiht.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:57, Reply)

That's why

your alcohol level is now dangerously low
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:59, Reply)

Please don't say that
You don't think I've got the frigging DTs do you???
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:01, Reply)

Scientists have shown
introducing blood to the alcohol stream can have severe side effects
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:05, Reply)

I'll rectify this tonight then...

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:06, Reply)

I am overjoyed to see that talk has once again turned
to the inimitable Shaky. My love for that Welsh wizard borders on the homoerotic.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:01, Reply)

Woah-oh Julie
If you love me truly
Do you want me, Julie
To be, to be, your very own?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:04, Reply)

*dances on post box*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:05, Reply)

*gurns like a twat*

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:06, Reply)

Depends
If the pothole that killed your wheel has been reported to the council prior to your hitting it then they will be liable for damage as it is their legal responsibility to repair it in good time. (although it often takes a threat of small claims court to get them to pay up)

If the hole is marked with a ring of yellow spray paint, thats normally an indicator that the council is aware of it (and therefore liable). If it is not marked it does not necessarily mean it has not been reported, you need to fight your way through the council phone system to get to the right department and check.

You will need a report from a garage to confirm the damage was caused by a pothole as well, most places will do this for free if they are also replacing the wheel for you.

They will do their best to make it as awkward and difficult as possible for you to claim if they are liable.

Good Luck
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:58, Reply)

Or you could just piss through their letter box

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:59, Reply)

Thanks
Sounds like a lot of effort for probably no return and I can't remember exactly where the hole was although I could just point to the entire fosse between Leamington and Morton in the Marsh
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:01, Reply)

But...
"in good time" leaves a lot of room for interpretation. There've been hundreds of potholes open up over the last fortnight due to the weather. No council on Earth could have repaired them all. So the test would be one of whether it's reasonable not to have; and on this matter, a comparison with other calls for the council's attention, and consideration of the budget available, would be relevant.

It's unlikely that you'd have any case at all.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:06, Reply)

Well they
shouldn't have such shonky roads in the first place. Sweeden and Canada are cold all the time and their roads are excellent*

*made up fact I hope is true
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:09, Reply)

But that's because they're cold all the time.
So it's worth spending the extra on the resistant road surfaces. It possibly wouldn't be cost-effective here; and councils don't have the cash (or the political incentive) to plan for the long term, when funding is worked out annually and all council seats are up for election every three years. Why would any council put up taxes for a year to pay for a more lasting road surface, when voters would immediately chuck 'em out for being (allegedly) spendthrift?
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:12, Reply)

I don't like your logic
Get out of my thread
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:23, Reply)

The roads in Sweden are tarmac too.
Perhaps they're constructed differently since the materials appear to be the same?
The roads in Ukraine and Russia are also tarmac and have potholes the size of cars. In fact, they are essentially potholes laced together by tiny bits of tarmac.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:30, Reply)

Rural Romania
has some of the most decrepit roads I have ever seen - truly epic.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:39, Reply)

Different construction, different mixture &c
And probably better - and more expensively - built to begin with, since they have a sensible approach to public spending over there.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:58, Reply)

Can you not write "etc." like a normal person
instead of being a pretentious twat?
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 12:04, Reply)

I like "&c".
So get to fuck.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 12:34, Reply)

Cool, fucking is not a problem for me.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 12:40, Reply)

To make roads more frost resistant
requires approximately 50% deeper foundation concrete and a thicker layer of asphalt that requires more frequent replacement which togther increase the cost of a road by about 20% per year to keep it within regulations. These factors combined make it uneconomical to keep any but the busiest and most inportant motorways "Cold Treated" in a country like this where snow and serious frost are a relatively uncommon phonenomena.

It's amazing the random stuff you learn when you're friends with a civil engineer. ;-)
(bill, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 17:06, Reply)

I love it when councils suggest leaving potholes as a traffic calming measure

Seriously I think that could be the stupidist idea to ever come from local govenment
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:58, Reply)

I wanted to go swimming this morning because it's now free for me.
But the pool's closed today cos it's full of mongs.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:59, Reply)

Because you are and OAP?
Did they take the water out first before they filled it with mongs?

I ask a lot of questions.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:03, Reply)

Because I am up the duff.
I think the water is still in it, just all splashy and flaily, like some kind of special needs soup.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:07, Reply)

I may start charging you a pound everytime you
mention you are pregnant. I reckon I'll have enough for my alloy by Friday ;)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:10, Reply)

He asked this time. It was prompted.
Besides, knowing my luck I'll get to the midwives on Thursday and I'll find out I'm not anymore.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:14, Reply)

Five pounds if that happens
But I want a kittenface so I'll keep my fingers crossed
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:19, Reply)

This one isn't called kittenface, though.
It's currently called babyface.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:22, Reply)

Can we call it
Crackface?
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:24, Reply)

Definitely :)

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:26, Reply)

Ooo! can I have one too.
Hopefully it's a large litter.
( girlinthehole, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:23, Reply)

'Special needs soup'
this will be the name of my second album.
My first album is to be called Special Needs Disco.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:10, Reply)

D.I.S.C.O
They are D, drooling
They are I, incontinent
They are S, spakarific
They are C, chewing lego
They are O, oh, oh, oh
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:16, Reply)

Would you like to join my band?
We're called The Lord's Taverners
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:19, Reply)

ok I have nothing better to do

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:32, Reply)

www.lordstaverners.org/
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:36, Reply)

30% mong piss

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:17, Reply)

In her previous job
the missus had to help out on the special needs kids swimming sessions at the local pool. They had to drain the whole thing when one of the kids decided to have a shit in the water.

Took 48 hours to empty, clean and refill.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 25 Jan 2010, 13:03, Reply)

Mmmm Special needs soup
Full of vegetables.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:20, Reply)

I had a dream that featured Jonathan King.
This worries me somewhat.

Maybe I should gaz him: www.b3ta.com/users/profile.php?id=51853
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:00, Reply)

Oh dear, was it a 'real sex-dream'? (c) Bryan Adams

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:04, Reply)

Thankfully, no.
He was on stage singing. I can't remember what, or why, or anything else. But I do remember that it was King.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:06, Reply)

Hmmm.
I am undecided as to which is actually worse, being bummed by the freaky-lipped old bender, or hearing him sing.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:14, Reply)

Ev'ry one's gone...
to the moooooon
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:16, Reply)

"Vile Pervert: The Musical,"
He actually released this, it contains 21 characters, all played by himself. THEN, there is the YouTube video, which my mind has blanked...something to do with buggering boys, can't really remember, but it is a real life, what the fuck moment.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:20, Reply)

Yeah - I watched that when he put it on /links
and - sadly - I have a good memory for a tune. Which means it's now going around my head.


Thanks.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:22, Reply)

He used to drive around picking up boys in a brown Rolls Royce
...as my brother quipped at the time, shame it wasn't a BENTley....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:26, Reply)

The former.
That wasn't difficult.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:21, Reply)

From his profile it looks like he's too busy kiddyfiddling to get on B3ta much.

( girlinthehole, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:05, Reply)

He used to post, and maybe still does
on a Chris Morris forum, they ended up accepting him to a degree, but he was mercilessly taunted and had the piss ripped out of him on a daily basis, as you would expect.

I think he enjoyed the attention regardless.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:12, Reply)

I'm going to be cheerful too
can't be helped. just sent out a proposal which I was rushing my arse off to finish this morning.

Delightfully it has taken up almost the whole morning!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:31, Reply)

I hope you
get your beard stuck in an electric pencil sharpener
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:36, Reply)

I kind of hope so too

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:36, Reply)

Remember to get someone to film it
That's got to be worth 250 of YBF's cash
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:38, Reply)

I need to find out if we have an electric pencil sharpener here

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:39, Reply)

Or an electric shreder

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:44, Reply)

wouldn't be quite as funny

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 12:02, Reply)

unlike her spelling of 'shredder'...

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 12:50, Reply)

Meh.
I've been trying to get a proposal for a book accepted for a couple of months now, and trying to put together a proposal for a second. The first keeps getting knocked back with "Nice idea, well done; but we don't think there's a big enough market."

As for the second... gah. How the hell do I know what's going to be in it on a chapter-by-chapter basis until I've written the fucker?


God: the things I'll do to get a paid year off.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:37, Reply)

since when has "not a big enough market" stopped a book from being put out?
those fools
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:39, Reply)

Since the end of the Net Book Agreement, I fear.

( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:56, Reply)

Put something really controvercial in it,
then you've just doubled your market.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:42, Reply)

Make references to the illuminati

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:44, Reply)

Tricky.
The good but unsellable one is a textbook, so I need to convince publishers that there's a large and growing PG market. Which there is - but it's hard to prove.

As for the monograph - that'll be dealing with potentially controversial stuff... hmmmmm...
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:45, Reply)

Could you in some way call the pope a cunt?

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:48, Reply)

I think that goes without saying.
The problem is, it's hard to out-controversial my current Head of Department.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:50, Reply)

Careful now!
You don't want to alienate one or two of the three people that might buy your book.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Pah...
In the last couple of years I've published three papers pointing out in great detail where his most recent book is wrong, wrong, wrong. He just smiles.

He likes the attention.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:55, Reply)

Oh, you have a lot in common then!

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:57, Reply)

Worryingly,
this is probably true.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:59, Reply)

You work for Jonathan King, don't you?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:52, Reply)

With the Higher Education system the way it is?
And the fact that you've only just got a permanent post?
Don't fancy your chances. In fact, I'm surprised your department hasn't been dramatically cut (to take out all the non-essentials like non-medics and non-lawyers).
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:44, Reply)

There oughtn't to be a problem.
I'm entitled to six months, and if I can get the AHRC (EDIT: or Wellcome, or someone like that) to match fund, the official policy is to encourage people on sabbaticals to extend it to a year.

EDIT: My bunch is pretty essential to the Law School at the moment; we pull in MUCH more funding per head than the lawyers. Actually, even on a non-per-head basis, we pull in much more. They need us.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:47, Reply)

Well, AHRC is subject to funding cuts
but as a percentage cut that probably doesn't affect them much since they've got fuck all money as it is.

Also, everyone knows that "sabbatical" is another word for "DIY house projects".
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:49, Reply)

Oh, absolutely.
I plan to spend 45 weeks of the 52 weeks shambling around in an increasingly filthy and wine-stained dressing-gown.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 11:51, Reply)

what do you want a brnad new one off Audi for?
Do a search on ebay, standard alloys come up all the time. You'll be out of action car-wse for a bit, but you'll save four hundred notes in the doing of it.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 13:00, Reply)

Your £500 for an alloy
is a remarkable bargain compared to my £8000 for new teeth. How's that for gloom?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 15:10, Reply)