@STEINER, I agree that some courses have a lot of contact time,ie; medicine, vetinary,engineering etc.
However Arts,Social Science,Business and law have approx 6 to 14 hours contact time.
Some of those courses last four years...
I know from personal experience that some students only do these hours plus they are off from early May until late Setember.
My point is these courses could easily be reduced by a year,that way savings for both the student and the state would be made.
That is why I wrote in my OP "some "courses.
Hi Lex & RonanC,
I should have re-phrased my point. Of course PS workers pay tax and have been affected by higher taxes, but as numbers in say admin staff have not been cut the result is reduced services to the public. Again, this is off-point so apologies for not keeping it to the current topic and the last thing I was to do is start a PS rant.
Thanks y'all
No problem at all, Firefly. Much more importantly, maybe we could go back to the Beamish Vs Murphy's debate. We need more meaningful debate and discussion down here in The Depths.
It appears that Marion is now a regular and seasoned Beamish drinker. I'm still working on Sue Ellen...... If she converts, you'll be left on your own, drinking inferior porter at around 50c more per pint! Do the maths. In a few years, you'd have saved enough for that house extension or the month long cruise that you've probably secretly been planning for Mrs. Firefly and yourself. And Beamish also makes you more attractive to women. (Well, it works for me anyway).
Any truth in the rumour that, in his next movie, James Bond will forsake his "shaken, not stirred" Martini, for a pint of Beamish? You heard it here first! And if that doesn't sway Sue Ellen, nothing will!
Post of the year Lex! Just what I needed.
Was in the Holy Land today for lunch and took a customary glance at the Beamish tap. It was gleaming...in the way that something new and never used is. Having said that, I'd certainly be on to welcome our jackeen friends to the LV for a few pints of whatever. Maybe a Pepis challenge with Murphs and Beamish.
The name's Bond...Seamus Bond !
Would you two, "get a room"..
Meanwhile back in the Capital of our lovely/Godforsaken country,Guinness ahh now we are talking quality|!!
The real pint of the 'Black Stuff'
Would you two, "get a room"..
Meanwhile back in the Capital of our lovely/Godforsaken country,Guinness ahh now we are talking quality|!!
You, me, Marion and Sue Ellen together in The Long Valley................. Tongues would wag!
Still, that Pepsi Challenge is a great idea. And some of us would still have the price of a batter burger supper in our pocket at the end of the night's embibing.
I have seen threads go off topic before but this is a first!
Would you two, "get a room"..
Meanwhile back in the Capital of our lovely/Godforsaken country,Guinness ahh now we are talking quality|!!
I do prefer drinking Guinness when I'm putting them away as I find it a lot blander. If I'm just out for a few though it's Murphy's all the way.*
* 2 young childers now anyway so it's all in the past/future
Guinness blander than Murphy's? Murphy's tastes like water. How can you get blander than water?
I find Murphys can be a bit sweet after a while, as opposed to that sour muck they brew on The Southside
I find Murphys can be a bit sweet after a while, as opposed to that sour muck they brew on The Southside
That's true I forgot thatBeamish is now brewed in the Murphy/Heineken Brewery in Blackpool.
[/QUOTE]I'm fairly sure that the make Murphy's from the leftovers.......
That's true I forgot that
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