Is the Belt Tightening ?

Deb GP · Post by **Deb GP** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:14 am

I hope not. That's my tax money.

(Mental images of RRuck as a pseudo Milk Tray man....)

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:18 am

Deb GP wrote:I hope not. That's my tax money.

(Mental images of RRuck as a pseudo Milk Tray man....)

I don't have a black jump-suit, and I 'm not sure that climbing through a window of the Counting House would go down all that well!

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:27 am

Richard Ruck wrote:Is this what the extra Â£30 a week gets used for? Keeping Horsham's fast-food outlets in business?

What else would they spend it on?

I think the money is for things that wealthier parents would provide.

At home it would be for clothes, food, phone calls, taxi fares, driving lessons.

You might think that at CH they don't need any of those things, but they need them in the holidays and of course cannot get evening/weekend jobs

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:57 am

Quite true about not being able to get evening/weekend jobs - although most who want work manage to find it at home during the longer than average holidays.

CH , unlike state schools, doesn`t even organise work experience as part of their Year 10/11 programme, which I find quite amazing, given all the other opportunities the school offers.

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Let`s all stop earning so the government will have to pay our offspring to stay on at school.

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:12 am

Mrs C. wrote:Quite true about not being able to get evening/weekend jobs - although most who want work manage to find it at home during the longer than average holidays.

CH , unlike state schools, doesn`t even organise work experience as part of their Year 10/11 programme, which I find quite amazing, given all the other opportunities the school offers. .

Let`s all stop earning so the government will have to pay our offspring to stay on at school.

And what sort of role model would that be?

Get a grip Mrs C

Not sure about the work experience. I don't think mine really learned anything they would not learn in a boarding school.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:15 am

englishangel wrote: What else would they spend it on?

Just trying to think what WE would have spent it on.......

Booze, fags and Vesta curries, probably.

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:23 am

Richard Ruck wrote:
englishangel wrote: What else would they spend it on?
Just trying to think what WE would have spent it on.......

Booze, fags and Vesta curries, probably.

shoes, shoe, shoes, shoes oh and shoes.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:38 pm

englishangel wrote:
Richard Ruck wrote:
englishangel wrote: What else would they spend it on?
Just trying to think what WE would have spent it on.......

Booze, fags and Vesta curries, probably.
shoes, shoe, shoes, shoes oh and shoes.

Emelda Marcos (sp?) is alive and well and living in Amersham !!

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:08 am

J.R. wrote:
englishangel wrote:
Richard Ruck wrote: Just trying to think what WE would have spent it on.......

Booze, fags and Vesta curries, probably.
shoes, shoe, shoes, shoes oh and shoes.
Emelda Marcos (sp?) is alive and well and living in Amersham !!

But I didn't get EMA and nor do my kids, so they get the shoes. Well Doc Martens (and that's for the girl)

Jude · Post by **Jude** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 10:53 pm

OK someone tell me have the dorms in Lamb been changed from the 32 beds with a door in the middle? And what about the pay for the upper house mistress? When I pressed the bell to get Chris' s stuff out from the laundry room - or was it to say I was taking him out - or to hand ver some antibiotics - well - it was sumthing important - I get yelled at in the following Quote

" I hope whoever you are you have a fu*** good reason for ringing that bl*** bell....."

I called up and said "excuse me but this is an adult and a PARENT who you are yelling to"

"oh ****" was her reply - "I'll be down in a moment" - and so she came with her fag almost out!

Perhaps the money has gone on the staffs fags for putting up with the toe rags of parents????

After the C4 drama (which I have to say I loathed, and only managed to watch the first 3, as it felt SO "organised" you would think the place would have bookings up to 3000!)

Bad management and losses due to over stretching seem to be at the crux of the matter - after all - closing Herts down was supposed to have sorted their financials for the next 30+years... and we're not there yet!

oh well - I suppose if every OB put up a penny that might help them, but then so would not changing the girls uniforms on a seemingly yearly basis!

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:46 pm

Jude wrote:OK someone tell me have the dorms in Lamb been changed from the 32 beds with a door in the middle? And what about the pay for the upper house mistress? When I pressed the bell to get Chris' s stuff out from the laundry room - or was it to say I was taking him out - or to hand ver some antibiotics - well - it was sumthing important - I get yelled at in the following Quote

" I hope whoever you are you have a fu*** good reason for ringing that bl*** bell....."

I called up and said "excuse me but this is an adult and a PARENT who you are yelling to"

"****" was her reply - "I'll be down in a moment" - and so she came with her fag almost out!

Perhaps the money has gone on the staffs fags for putting up with the toe rags of parents????

After the C4 drama (which I have to say I loathed, and only managed to watch the first 3, as it felt SO "organised" you would think the place would have bookings up to 3000!

Bad management and losses due to over stretching seem to be at the crux of the matter - after all - closing Herts down was supposed to have sorted their financials for the next 30+years... and we're not there yet!

oh well - I suppose if every OB put up a penny that might help them, but then so would not changing the girls uniforms on a seemingly yearly basis!

Yes, the dorms have been changed - Lamb is one of the revamped houses...

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:47 pm

What's an 'upper house mistress', please?

Never heard of this term....

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:08 pm

Richard Ruck wrote:What's an 'upper house mistress', please?

Never heard of this term....

Leaving your missus at home to pop down the road and have hot steamy s*x with a buxom wench in an attic ?????????????????????

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:11 pm

J.R. wrote:
Richard Ruck wrote:What's an 'upper house mistress', please?

Never heard of this term....
Leaving your missus at home to pop down the road and have hot steamy s*x with a buxom wench in an attic ?????????????????????

And there was me thinking it was something to do with the House of Lords....

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:15 pm

I bet they have then there