Anybody watched Scandal? Thoughts.

It's decent to start with then it just gets too mad. 

Pires looks massive, I never realised he was so big. 

I shout at most, they piss me off!

The one that really tilts me is that "bad betty"  arrrrgh.   Gambling is always painful apart from when we win, it doesn't mean its out of control you w*nkers!!

Maybe they revealed it for potential safety reasons.

Maybe, but if they are justified why are they apologising?

As I understand it, it was not justified, but the employee made a mistake.

An apology is right & proper. 

And compensation. 

You don't get many jobs in the job centre paying 22k a year. 

Fair play taking a reduction in wage Arb for a job you thought you'd prefer but getting 22k for doing that is still pretty decent money, even moreso back in 2001. 

The vast majority of jobs in this country are service jobs, its certainly the case in Glasgow were we have many skilled people involved in service centres earning not much above NMW for working shit hours, in jobs that offer very litle progression.  I bet this is the same across many cities in the UK.   

Now lets say for example you work in one of these jobs that pay £14k a year you are likely to take home about £1k a month.  From that you have your travel say £20 a week, lunches lets say another £20 a week.  Rent/Mortgage lets say £350 - £550 a month, council tax, grocery shopping, insurances, etc before you even lookat running a car, gas and electric.  Out of that 1k your not left with a great deal if anthing at all.  You don't have much left for socialising/hobbies. 

Now if your on JSA/DLA you can get your rent/council tax paid for, and your running your house with what cash you get, the incentive to go to 1k a month isn't great.   But your more inclined to do a shift on the side if you can not paying any tax/NI.  Employer doesn't pay this either so the country doesn't benefit in any way. 

I also find it reprehensible that there are people on here not paying any contrubutions to the system and they feel they can give it out to people far less fortunate than themselves.   

Is that another thinly veiled dig at me? It is not my fault that my income is exempt from income tax and ni under British law.  Do you expect me to pay the equivalent amount of income tax on my income even though I legally don't have to?

Ignore the champagne socialist banker 

Correction, I work for a mutual. Banks can go fuck themselves!

You don't get many jobs in the job centre paying 22k a year. 

Fair play taking a reduction in wage Arb for a job you thought you'd prefer but getting 22k for doing that is still pretty decent money, even moreso back in 2001. 

The vast majority of jobs in this country are service jobs, its certainly the case in Glasgow were we have many skilled people involved in service centres earning not much above NMW for working shit hours, in jobs that offer very litle progression.  I bet this is the same across many cities in the UK.   

Now lets say for example you work in one of these jobs that pay £14k a year you are likely to take home about £1k a month.  From that you have your travel say £20 a week, lunches lets say another £20 a week.  Rent/Mortgage lets say £350 - £550 a month, council tax, grocery shopping, insurances, etc before you even lookat running a car, gas and electric.  Out of that 1k your not left with a great deal if anthing at all.  You don't have much left for socialising/hobbies. 

Now if your on JSA/DLA you can get your rent/council tax paid for, and your running your house with what cash you get, the incentive to go to 1k a month isn't great.   But your more inclined to do a shift on the side if you can not paying any tax/NI.  Employer doesn't pay this either so the country doesn't benefit in any way. 

I also find it reprehensible that there are people on here not paying any contrubutions to the system and they feel they can give it out to people far less fortunate than themselves.   

When i was training 15 years ago there was a lot of discussion about proteins not all being the same regarding their muscle building qualities.  Not sure if this is true as i don't follow the scene at all now but veggie proteins were right at the bottom in terms of their grade for muscle development.

I'm far from an expert on this myself, but it is true that different sources of protein have different amino acid profiles. Somebody that gets all their protein from chicken is going to be consuming a larger amino acid spectrum than somebody thats gets all their protein from peanuts, for example. Different foods within a specific food group will obviously be more/less complete than others, but on the PDCAAS (Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score) scale of 0 - 1, "vegetables" as a food group is rated at 0.73. To put this in perspective, "cereal" is a 0.59, "red meat" scores 0.92, and "eggs" - in a shocking turn of events - hit a home run with a score of 1.00.

Some great sources of protein that are consistent with a vegan diet, for those interested, are: quinoa, edamame beans, tofu, soy milk and soy protein powders, and nuts and nut butters. Cram your shopping cart full of those and get ready to build as much muscle as one can without eggs

Pretty sure one of the UK's foremost minds in all things protein and gym posts on here.  Think I spoke to him before, I will try and direct him here if he isn't already, but sure he is. 

Yes, I very rarley watch BBC or listen to BBC Radio I probably watch maybe 2/3 hrs per week of the beeb.  

Also the bias at BBC on a number of issues is shocking.  

Just because it doesn't fit in your view of the world doesn't mean it's biased.

I imagine just as many Tories and non Tories will claim its biased.

Look at a broadcast like Putin's mouthpiece Russia Today and then claim that the BBC is some heavily  government influenced organisation.

Why would I ciompare it against Russian State Media?  That is just stupid. 

I don't want it to subscribe to my views I want t to be impartial.  There are many times I could site BBC bias. 

Why would anyone take a job that left them worse off?

I can understand betterment and improving your own life but at what cost?

People are disenchanted.  Employers should pay a fair wage, if you can't pay that cut the volume of work you try and go through.   I'd do away with tax credits/working tax credits force employers into paying a living wage and allow for tax breaks to the companies. 

I don't want to punish wealth creators, even although I am a "lefty" I am all for advancement, but not at any cost.   

I'd introduce a salary cap as well and look at the swiss model were the chief exec can't earn X more than the guy at the bottom.   

What we have just now doesn't work so why not try something differently.  Heck I wouldn't mind paying more tax/NI if it was to the betterment of the many and not the few.  I also expect decent services for what I pay in.   

Yes, I very rarley watch BBC or listen to BBC Radio I probably watch maybe 2/3 hrs per week of the beeb.  

Also the bias at BBC on a number of issues is shocking.  

12th May - 3.3 kg loss.  Weighed in at 156kg, so that't just simply over a stone in 4 weeks.  I am pretty surprised by that tbh, generally wasn't expecting it and must say it gave me a bit of a boost. 

@Matt, I'm not ignoring the advice at all bud, the last piece of advice I was given my the Orphopaedic Surgeons top physio was keep active go back to the gym do swimming, don't lift heavy weights until you have a sustained period of no pain.  They seemed to think losing weight would help as well, but that's the answer to everything in the NHS.   

I weigh in tomorrow and not looking forward to it.  I have only managed 2 sessions at gym/swimming in last week due to a number of different things going on and then on Thursday the diet slipped a little and pretty much set the tone for weekend as I was up the whole night for election results.   

My back has been in agony today so never got a chance to hit the gym tonight, I was going to just go for a swim and a sauna but felt right drowsey on the bus due to the painkillers. 

I'll be happy if I have maintained same weight. 

I am booked in with an osteopath for Wednesday, I have done everything the docs/physio have suggested and my back doesn't appear to be much better.  I was prety sore last Tuesday when I went to the gym  but I done a good 20 minute warm up and stretch and felt brilliant, but yesterday evening when out for dinner I was in mortal agony. 

Anyway, wish me luck for tomorrow.  Will update when I am in from work. 

Which part of your back hurts? I'm taking a wild guess here that you're a stubborn f**ker like me and you're trying to train through the pain hoping that it'll just get stronger again.

What did your physio and doctor tell you to do? Did it involve lots of rest by any chance? Did you rest it for a week or so and then decide that it wasn't working so you best try something else? If so this all sounds very familiar and if you're anything like I was you're heading for an almighty pop so please take it easy!!

If you're already on Naproxen then it's obviously bad. If it's lower back then maybe I can offer a little bit of advice to possibly save you from going through the shit I've had for the last year or so.

Lower back, I have a pro-lapsed disc and 2 bulging discs. 

I was told to keep moving, rest is bad for back pain these days.  I have quite a rigorous stretch/warm up the physio gave me.  Hence why I have been taking it very light at the gym, just working on speed/technique and keeping weight to a minimum.   

Should also add, as I feel it helps me but might not be for everyone keeping a diary of everthing you eat/drink and any activity you do is great because when you look back on it you start to see patterns that develop and you can start making slight adjustments. 

A few things I have noted:

1) When I don't have a healthy snack before  bed I invariable wake up hungry and eat something that's no good.  Due to convenience.
2) I have much less routine to my day both for eating and exercise at weekends. 
3) There are some days when I am clearly not eating enough. 
4) I tend to eat worse when my routine is interrupted. 

So from this weekend I am going to try and get up at a reasonable time but still make sure I feel as if I have had a lie-in.  Also going to go for a good 25 - 30 minute walk after breakfast at the weekend. 

I weigh in tomorrow and not looking forward to it.  I have only managed 2 sessions at gym/swimming in last week due to a number of different things going on and then on Thursday the diet slipped a little and pretty much set the tone for weekend as I was up the whole night for election results.   

My back has been in agony today so never got a chance to hit the gym tonight, I was going to just go for a swim and a sauna but felt right drowsey on the bus due to the painkillers. 

I'll be happy if I have maintained same weight. 

I am booked in with an osteopath for Wednesday, I have done everything the docs/physio have suggested and my back doesn't appear to be much better.  I was prety sore last Tuesday when I went to the gym  but I done a good 20 minute warm up and stretch and felt brilliant, but yesterday evening when out for dinner I was in mortal agony. 

Anyway, wish me luck for tomorrow.  Will update when I am in from work. 

So Michael Gove is to be the new Justice Secretary . . . . .