According to my copy of next week's TV times

[MattF]

yea i suppose he does have his uses.

There aren't enough hours in a day to correct your lots punctuation and spelling.

[Woodzie]

There aren't enough hours in a day to correct your lots punctuation and spelling.

Is 'your' being used correctly as it dont read rite to me........
.......No just pick on the worst offenders , in other words ME

[surfenstein]

There aren't enough hours in a day to correct your lots punctuation and spelling.

yea. but you make such a good job of it.

[MattF]

.......No just pick on the worst offenders , in other words ME

Oh, I don't know. You have some pretty stiff competition from the other XXX Men.

[beaufighter]

Some chav with a shoe sized IQ thats been metioned in the Times last week

BTW matt i didnot expect you to bite

Only the Times? Don't read that.

[Woodzie]

Only the Times? Don't read that.

Don't read comics .......Except the XXX men

[beaufighter]

Clever doesn't incorporate common sense into the meaning. The only real difference in meaning between clever and intelligent is the level of knowledge. Both, however, mean understanding and adapting to the situation, whether through thought or manual means. The only people who wish to make intelligent sound better than clever are the ones who like to call themselves intelligent.

Edit: Something like MENSA would be a prime example of what I mean. They will probably refer to themselves as intelligent, I would however refer to them as Savants. Very good in a specific area, but stuck within that realm.

I'm talking about the real world here Matt. A good example are Social Workers, you know the ones fresh out of university with a head full of books and with no experience but they know it all. How many unfortunate people in the community have suffered or died due to their supersilious attitude, total lack of common sense and a feeling that they cannot possibly be wrong?

[MattF]

I'm talking about the real world here Matt. A good example are Social Workers, you know the ones fresh out of university with a head full of books and with no experience but they know it all. How many unfortunate people in the community have suffered or died due to their supersilious attitude, total lack of common sense and a feeling that they cannot possibly be wrong?

So the points you're actually referring to are qualifications and common sense. That's something in every walk of life and work. Simple answer to that one is that unless they bring back an equivalent of the apprenticeship, that scenario will always exist. Some of the cretins you describe above would rarely benefit from even that, though. If they possess no common sense, no amount of practical experience will alter that. It is only the ones who commit mistakes through naivety who will ever change and truly learn, if they are that way disposed.

[beaufighter]

So the points you're actually referring to are qualifications and common sense. That's something in every walk of life and work. Simple answer to that one is that unless they bring back an equivalent of the apprenticeship, that scenario will always exist. Some of the cretins you describe above would rarely benefit from even that, though. If they possess no common sense, no amount of practical experience will alter that. It is only the ones who commit mistakes through naivety who will ever change and truly learn, if they are that way disposed.

Best thing would be to bring back apprenticeships. The Government tried modern apprenticeships but to my knowledge these were no great success. I think that working up through the ranks is always best and accept that someone may be "fast tracked" due to potential but at least they experience what all aspects of the job are like.

[Bunkle]

Best thing would be to bring back apprenticeships. The Government tried modern apprenticeships but to my knowledge these were no great success. I think that working up through the ranks is always best and accept that someone may be "fast tracked" due to potential but at least they experience what all aspects of the job are like.

just got home from the studio (i'm a cameraman on Top Gear) can't wait to show all this to Mr Clarkson next time i see him, he'll find it what it is - hilarious

[MattF]

just got home from the studio (i'm a cameraman on Top Gear) can't wait to show all this to Mr Clarkson next time i see him, he'll find it what it is - hilarious

He can think whatever he likes. That's his prerogative.

[Woodzie]

He can think whatever he likes. That's his prerogative.

Or get him to join ... as he favours toyotas for his mad cap carry ons

[joker??]

This saddens me as although pest control is necessary, to enjoy seeing an animal suffer what does that make you? Inmy book worse than the "vermin" that you were trying to control.

sorry to see that you are saddened by the fact i enjoyed pest control,
to be honest with you i respect your opinion, but what i dont respect is your opinion of that i am worse than the "vermin" i was hunting,
what i did was a legal pastime which i spent a lot of time and money pursuing,
to me a fox is no better or no worse than a rat, rabbit , or squirrrel,
it was not the suffering or anything else that i enjoyed except the running of my dog and the killing of the vermin

[MattF]

what i did was a legal pastime which i spent a lot of time and money pursuing, to me a fox is no better or no worse than a rat, rabbit , or squirrrel, it was not the suffering or anything else that i enjoyed except the running of my dog and the killing of the vermin

Nothing is by nature vermin. It is merely a word created to call mammals that people dislike or can see no reason for. That does not mean they have no use.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Nothing is by nature vermin. It is merely a word created to call mammals that people dislike or can see no reason for. That does not mean they have no use.

People are mammals.