TWINKLE Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I'm going to smack your wrist Tresco[:O] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Well I like Tom Jones but what has happened to his face? Has he had the pixie operation too because he dosn't look like he did a few years ago. My sister saw him live and said it was electric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 [quote user="Val_2"]...what has happened to his face? ... My sister saw him live and said it was electric.[/quote]Perhaps the batteries need changing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 He's morphed with 'Torchy the Battery Boy'[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmto Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 [quote user="Teamedup"]if you think 25 years is OK before one approaches full salary[/quote]No, the full salary is the one you start up with when you join the company, and ancienneté means you can get it increased the longer you work. You seem to be complaining about something which has enabled your husband to double his salary over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Does merit play any part of this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmto Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Yes, if you get a promotion your pay goes up accordingly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 No merit etc has nothing to do with this. This is just he way of keeping folks on lower wages. If one is promoted then one starts a new dance with the new salary scale for that grade. It is the same for teachers and nurses and social workers and the list is endless. And if one looks at job offers these amounts are indicated, just like they are in the UK. Only the bottom to the top amount takes 25 odd years in France, whereas in the UK it will take from maybe a year to five. It really has nothing what so ever to do with having the proper salary to start with. It is a nasty game the employers play with employees. Here is an example of a nurses pay: 8ème 1er568 322- 1 an Total 21 ansFin de carrière : 2105.15 € Début de carrière : 1363.32 € (2) That takes 21 years to get to the max salary. And here is the UK nurses pay Grade D Newly Qualified NursesFrom £17,610 to £19,437 Now if anyone thinks that a UK nurse will not get that max salary within say a maximum of five years, I would be very surprised. And that is how it is. Start salary to max salary in France and the UK, just the time scales that are different in getting the max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Posted March 30, 2006 Author Share Posted March 30, 2006 Tresco I adore your avatar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Yeah but wots the rabbit holding. And the squirrel come to think of it[*-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Why thank you squirrel, I love it myself. I chose it in case I ever got booted over to the fluffy side. The wabbit is holding a broken magic wand. I think it's ironic, or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Hello Katie,You didn't last long did you? The squirrel is holding a rose and the rabbit is hanging on a washing line (I think) and YOU should be holding your breath and posts for at least another 3 weeks! Well, if you're back then at least get with the thread and tell us what is great about France (apart from me being here[;-)]!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Trying to speak french and making everybody laugh. eg telling the locals there is butter in the cake I made and really I told them it contains hashish. Saying see you in the summer and really I was talking about breast feeding. Telling them my son has a kind heart when really I was talking about the size of his anatomy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 [quote user="KatieKopyKat"]Trying to speak french and making everybody laugh. eg telling the locals there is butter in the cake I made and really I told them it contains hashish. Saying see you in the summer and really I was talking about breast feeding. Telling them my son has a kind heart when really I was talking about the size of his anatomy.[/quote]What? You mean the way you speak english? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Non quand je parle francais. Example a l'ete (C'ete) and all that stuff that I say in french which means something completely different to french people. A bit like that translation mimi posted on the american thread.Anyway, I could not hold out for another three weeks and escaped last night. Hubby is away on business so when he comes back I will probably be back in the Betty Ford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 "Non quand je parle francais. Example a l'ete (C'ete) and all that stuff that I say in french which means something completely different to french people. A bit like that translation mimi posted on the american thread."Yeah, like when you speak english[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 [quote user="Tresco"]Why thank you squirrel, I love it myself. I chose it in case I ever got booted over to the fluffy side. The wabbit is holding a broken magic wand. I think it's ironic, or something.[/quote]Cripes Tresco, and there was me thinking it was a bunny biting through an electric cable, and lighting up like... like..., well like an electrified wabbit.Hey, who's stolen the guerners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Cat, now you mention it spot on!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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