At the risk of sounding like the old git that I am, wasn’t the same thing being pushed about automation 20 odd years ago except with the pay off at that time being increased leisure time and shorter working weeks. The opposite seems to have happened.One of the second in command at the BoE was on Newsnight last night, reckons that's what we're all going to be doing in the future with automation .
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Yep, but thank god we now do indeed have the paperless office.At the risk of sounding like the old git that I am, wasn’t the same thing being pushed about automation 20 odd years ago except with the pay off at that time being increased leisure time and shorter working weeks. The opposite seems to have happened.
I’m sure you’re being ironic. I work in a school and where as we used to drown in paper, we now drown in computers and even more paper.Yep, but thank god we now do indeed have the paperless office.
Robot or Slade? I’d have the robot every time!I was listening on the radio the other day to an item about robots in the US being used to cook burgers in fast food restaurants. The reason for there introduction, as always, was the huge saving in costs on labour. There was someone on from a British bakery saying how they are increasing using robots to cook items in their ovens. It does make you think where the jobs in the future will be (robot manufacture and maintenance?) and who will be able to buy the products robots produce if unemployment is rife. Just to get the thread back on track, I don’t think Carl Baker will be replaced by a robot. How about a robot manager though?
Yeh, you’re right, improved technology was going to give us all a 3 day week, and improved leisure time, for the same money. By the time I finished work, I was working all God’s hours, and was always too knackered to enjoy any leisure time I did have. The closest we ever got to a regular 3 day week was when the miners knackered the electricity supply and the Heath government in ‘74. And that shows that I’m an even older git than you, ISB!At the risk of sounding like the old git that I am, wasn’t the same thing being pushed about automation 20 odd years ago except with the pay off at that time being increased leisure time and shorter working weeks. The opposite seems to have happened.
The reality is with automation is that it reduces the number of jobs and the overall amount of money in the real economy, meaning that people have to work harder for less. It's a con.
The reality we all face in a globalising world is that most of us will be working longer, harder, for less. Politicians try to pretend this isn't the case by unsustainable fiscal policies e.g. borrowing like there is no tomorrow.
Maybe not! I had started work at the Alvis in 1973. Remember the three day week very well. That included electricity cuts at certain times, no TV after 10:30 at night and also early kick offs and no evening kick offs so the floodlights wouldn’t have to be used. I remember our league cup quarter final against Man City being an afternoon kick off and so I had an urgent dental appointment in order to leave my day release course at Henley College and so attend the game. The replay was on an afternoon too.Yeh, you’re right, improved technology was going to give us all a 3 day week, and improved leisure time, for the same money. By the time I finished work, I was working all God’s hours, and was always too knackered to enjoy any leisure time I did have. The closest we ever got to a regular 3 day week was when the miners knackered the electricity supply and the Heath government in ‘74. And that shows that I’m an even older git than you, ISB!
Graham RodgerAs I;m a bit bored with this thread, can we make a CCFC team out of tradesmen ?
I'll start with Baker and (Ian)Painter. Off we go - sorry if it's been done before!
By then, my parents had dragged me to live in deepest, darkest, rural Norfolk, and I’d started working in a Bank. We were working with oil lamps and closing early. As a young kid, I thought it was great! Did we win that Man City game?Maybe not! I had started work at the Alvin in 1973. Remember the three day week very well. That included electricity cuts at certain times, no TV after 10:30 at night and also early kick offs and no evening kick offs so the floodlights wouldn’t have to be used. I remember our league cup quarter final against Man City being an afternoon kick off and so I had an urgent dental appointment in order to leave my day release course at Henley College and so attend the game. The replay was on an afternoon too.
I could afford to do it, then again I have had well paid jobs and invested wisely most however can't.One of the second in command at the BoE was on Newsnight last night, reckons that's what we're all going to be doing in the future with automation .
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Graham Rodger
As I;m a bit bored with this thread, can we make a CCFC team out of tradesmen ?
I'll start with Baker and (Ian)Painter. Off we go - sorry if it's been done before!
Just found a few highlights of the game on Youtube. I had forgotten that they were playing in the green and black away kit, our best away kit I think. I would like to say that Willie Carr got the ball and that Colin Bell went down too easily for the penalty, but in reality looked a pen.By then, my parents had dragged me to live in deepest, darkest, rural Norfolk, and I’d started working in a Bank. We were working with oil lamps and closing early. As a young kid, I thought it was great! Did we win that Man City game?
Just rejoice at that news.The good news is I won’t be
Meanwhile, news from Pompey...
Pompey title hero: I played through the pain in every match
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I couldn’t be arsed to read the whole article.
Really? That's a bit off.States Coventry had his contract written out and everything had been agreed then got call from Inda and he decided to go there. It finishes with him saying he wants to get fit and hopefully get an offer to go back to India next season.
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