yup, that is one line to take I think

this board's gone very Daily Mail today.

"Fed are printing money! We're all doomed! Buy silver and gold! And now the tube drivers are on strike! Lazy bastards don't want to work Bank Holidays without overtime! They should go and do something else then!"

am sure there are a few other news stories around rothers could Mail-up today?

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on December 19th 2012 at 13:47:36

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bloody typical. Arsenal v West Ham on Boxing Day called off (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 19, 13:30:52
- seething about this TBH. Way too early to call it off. How the fuck are they getting away (Other Football) - Brandonio, Dec 19, 14:14:48
- if the strike gets called off can the game get reputbackonnergain? (Other Football) - Tombs, Dec 19, 13:54:36
- huh, I remember Scarborough being deducted points for not making a fixture (Other Football) - pants, Dec 19, 13:41:23
  - lol (n/m) (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 19, 14:13:01
- Tube strike? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 19, 13:36:34
  - yep (n/m) (Other Football) - DrDublin, Dec 19, 13:38:14
    - What are they striking about? (Other Football) - duke of york, Dec 19, 13:39:45
      - Yeah but they get that because they have always been given in to in past strikes so (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 19, 13:43:13
        
        or they get so fantastically rich they can retire (Other Football) - Tombs, Dec 19, 13:55:40
        
        so am I (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 19, 13:56:31
        
        not saying i'd turn the job down if it was offered though (Other Football) - Tombs, Dec 19, 13:57:43
      - it's about Bank Holiday working, I believe (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 19, 13:42:53
        
        sounds fair enough to me. Good on them. (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Dec 19, 13:45:30
        
        I suppose if you don't want to work Bank Holidays (Other Football) - duke of york, Dec 19, 13:44:15
        
        yup, that is one line to take I think (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 19, 13:47:36
        
        i didnt need to buy some silver and gold then? (Other Football) - Tombs, Dec 19, 14:00:43
        
        I have read up on it (Other Football) - duke of york, Dec 19, 13:53:47
        
        I think there's also an issue around voluntary or not (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 19, 13:56:30
        
        Surely though, if they don't like the arrangements, they could just go and work for (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 19, 13:59:59
        
        the paris metro par example? (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Dec 19, 14:01:51
        
        i was thinking of nearer home. Brighton or Reading or some where (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 19, 14:04:39
        
        glasgow has got one i shink (Other Football) - Tombs, Dec 19, 14:06:55
        
        They should build one in Brighton (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 19, 14:12:09
        
        Clearly they should be paid for it (Other Football) - duke of york, Dec 19, 13:50:34
        
        I'm sure Old Man, Pixelman etc are well informed on the current contractual arrangements (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 19, 13:53:49
        
        dont bring me into this. All i know is there is a button to be pressed. I saw it on that t (Other Football) - Pixelman, Dec 19, 15:02:50
        
        I prefer to work bank holidays, always have, and have a day off when all the other (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 19, 13:46:28
      - Yes, for a job a five year old could do. Low hours, loads of holiday and free travel too. (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Man, Dec 19, 13:42:09
        
        Don't think 5 year olds could reach the pedals, could they (or (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 19, 13:44:49
        
        it is basically pushing a button (n/m) (Other Football) - Pixelman, Dec 19, 13:49:37
        
        Yes but could a 5 year old reach it? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 19, 13:57:41
        
        ?44,500 basic plus o/t, pension, free travel for family etc etc (Other Football) - pab, Dec 19, 13:59:39
        
        5 year olds aren't allowed to work though (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Dec 19, 14:00:58
        
        pretty sure it's a handle on trains (Other Football) - Tombs, Dec 19, 14:07:56
        
        its a button. and a handle they have to hold incase they die of bordem (n/m) (Other Football) - Pixelman, Dec 19, 15:06:27
- why is it called off? I thought Millwall played Brighton last night so that game could be (Other Football) - Brandonio, Dec 19, 13:34:28
  - I dunno. So that their fixtures aren't so compressed? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 19, 13:40:09

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