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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Enough of that Vagabond person. If you were to volunteer for a charity which would you chose and what would you do for them?
Alt: spit or swallow?
Alt2: red or white with fish?
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:12,
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Alt2: I'm more than happy to drink red with fish.Something like Beaujolais is fine even with white fish, and if you're on the tuna steaks or swordfish etc they can easily cope with something more robust. Similarly there are plenty of whites which are fine with, say, pork.
I volunteer for a charity every month, when I get paid. Fuck 'em.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:14,
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I've not tried it but I would imagine it'd be OK. In truth, I struggle to give a shit about almost all white or rose wines. I'll drink them, of course, but they don't animate me in the way that, say, a whopping great Barolo does.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:16,
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I am considering having a month off the booze. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:17,
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The month may end up being in 2052. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:19,
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Surely you'll have been dead much more than a month by then?(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:40,
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I'm considering having of month of nothing but booze(
Two Hats I saw someone eating M&M's with a spoon, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:33,
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Good luck with staying employed if you do. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:36,
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This is why you and are are friends.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:36,
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you'll never find that much advocaat(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:42,
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i read that as red or white fishi like salmon, but otherwise white fish only, please. seafood can go fist itself right in its tentacley ass.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:20,
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Other than smoked or hot-smoked, I think salmon is foul.The prospect of a salmon fillet poached in a foil parcel with white wine, soggy dill and a flabby slice of lemon fills makes me heart sink. Yeuch.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:24,
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it's not my first choice, everbut it's quite nice baked with a bit of butter and lots of cajun spices, then flaked over tagliatelle with chilli flecks or something.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:25,
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Roasted in foil with pepper and butter?(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:39,
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white with bits in it(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:21,
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I honestly thought we were talking about sauces(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:23,
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no, I want some tartar sauceI wish I could have a fish finger sandwich for lunch
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glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:24,
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Cancer Research, or Broadgreen Hospital for meWell, I'd say I would do a parachute jump to raise money for them, but Al had such a problem with that idea that I won't bother.
AltAlt: White, I'd say.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:25,
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I did a tandem skydive for my 30th. It was ace. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:26,
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did your friends pay for you to have a good time?(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:26,
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AA wants his friends to pay for him to have a good timenot doing anything that would possibly exert him like the kendal walk or some marathon
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:29,
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I have completed the great north run a couple of times to raise money for charity. Fuck doing that again, I'll just write them a cheque and stay in bed. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:31,
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when you say run, you walked didn't you(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:32,
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He had a fit at the starting line and flopped and jerked around the next 13.2 miles(, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:33, Reply)
Yes. It took 2 hours and 28 minutes to do that. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:34,
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I like that you gave it in seconds to make it sound better.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:43,
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I thought it would make Battered feel better if I made a small thing seem larger than it was.(, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:46, Reply)
Something about banjoleles.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:51,
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I've had a very nice cod in red wine sauce before.So, yeah red wine with fish is perfectly acceptable.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:25,
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Charity can go fuck itself, needy do-goodersthe take on admin in the pound is truly appalling
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:26,
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What about small local charities?(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:26,
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I am single handedly trying to remove all drugs from the streets of East London.It's hard work and I have serious funding issues but I'm trying my best.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:34,
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like some cunt asking for 20p to make a phone call?fuck him and all
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:28,
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^^^this last pointthe salaries of top charity managers are questionably high.
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that's quite an interesting questionsay you've got a big property, that owns a lot of properties or shares. and the best way to maximise that income for the charity is to appoint professionals like accountants or lawyers to run it. but those people are likely not to come cheap (some of them do; my dad does it for free, for example). so is it justifiable to pay them a higher salary if they raise more money for the charity than someone less experienced/qualified could do? kind of flies in the face of being a charity, but then the charity is there to make money for a cause. hmm.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:34,
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See above, I am considering having a month of no booze. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:38,
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You do seem to drink alot, it'll take several weeks before you notice that your brain works half properly again(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:51,
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Isn't that edging towards the usual"We need to keep managers salaries high to attract the best talent "
but also
"We need to keep workers wages low to cut costs"?
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There must be a balancing point though?You have to get someone good enough to make money, but obviously not paying the very highest wage. Everything in between is a matter of opinion on whether you feel they have got the balance right.
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i don't think it's quite the same thingeg a lawyer would earn less if they went in-house at a charity, but still more than it would seem fair for a charity to pay, at first glance. but if that lawyer then made the charity £1M by reading a break clause correctly, would that justify it.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:42,
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It might do,but that wouldn't be the kind of thing that happened every day.
A relative of mine was a charity shop manager, she left for another charity after seeing how corporate and big business the top end of the place was. Bear in mind only the shop managers get paid, everyone else in there is an unpaid volunteer.
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the problem is that a lot of charities are in fact businesses, which i guess was kind of your original pointyou should see some of the ones we get on the other side. i've seen charities make individuals bankrupt.
and as for the church...
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:54,
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yup, that's the problemthey become too much like a business and not enough like a charity.
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So you don't think thatan accountant, for example, might choose to work for a charity for other reasons than money?
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some of them do, definitelyeg retired bankers/accountants, like my dad.
but lots of people can't afford to do that, if they have mortgages or other commitments.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:43,
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In a way this is why the country is going worsesuccessive politicians have convinced people that work is only worth doing for money, not helping others, public service, or anything like that.
Wait till they sell the police to G4S......
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see my post at the bottom.short version: pay peanuts, get monkeys x spend money to make money.
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I'd become a masked hero. That's sort of like charity workAlt: Probably swallow. I mean, what the hell right?
Alt2: You can drink what you want with whatever you're eating. Have a coke float with your fois gras. Who cares.
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Two Hats I saw someone eating M&M's with a spoon, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:29,
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I saw a large chunk of frozen fois gras the other day for £20 (3kg, at least)I have no idea whether or not that's good value
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:31,
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Couldn't tell youDoes freezing affect the flavour I wonder?
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Two Hats I saw someone eating M&M's with a spoon, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:31,
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it's probably the only way to get it to stay on the little wooden stick with the joke on it(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:33,
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I got a bag of skips for 15p(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:32,
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I got some ham, chees and pickle sarnies from the petrol station for 17p a little while agoNo one believed me :(
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Two Hats I saw someone eating M&M's with a spoon, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:33,
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ginsters or inferior brands?(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:34,
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My missus got a bag of mussels from the Tesco's at Holborn for 99p only yesterday.True story yo.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:35,
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A bag of 6 mussels isn't good value at that price. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:37,
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good luck with your galloping shits and projectile vomiting, there.plus, mussels look like fannies. you're welcome.
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janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:47,
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does yours have razor sharp edges and a beard that has to be removed with pliers?(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:50,
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What, tesco?(
SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 11:02,
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I'm fine so far.....hang on, back in a minute(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:51,
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These ones weren't - they were three months out of date!!!!!(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:54,
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Like this guy?www.knightwarrior.co.uk/
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:35,
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OH I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.(
janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:52,
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My contribution to charity is to occasionally scour their shops for records I might like to buy.Alt: Many wine tasters choose to spit it out, but I think that is a waste and prefer to swallow it.
Alt2: I don't eat fish.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:39,
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shelter. i would feed the homeless special brew and half-smoked lambert & butler on the mean streets of london.alt: swallow. otherwise it's just all a bit awkward
alt2: i'll drink what i like, when i like, thank you. DON'T JUDGE ME.
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janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:49,
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I'm looking into working locally to help the olds - meals on wheels, companionship stuff.Alt: swallow if wine, spit if ouzo.
Alt2: white, you fool.
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:51,
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alright droogs?'Edgy' language there, reflecting how 'alternative' I am.
Charity? I fucked a fat lass once. Fish? I don't eat it.
Battered you massive bender- did you get the chance to look at that 'thing' yet?
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you can always go and /talk about the olympics....(
janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 11:15,
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i work for a major charitythe salaries aren't as high as you lot seem to think
they are however, competitive. this is because everyone has to pay bills, and if you pay peanuts, you get fucking monkeys. incompetent fucking monkeys.
you know how hard it is to get money out of joe public for things that don't directly affect them?
seriously, while there are charities out there that are not giving a good impression (chuggers, questionable finance use etc) the vast majority are made up of a lot of people working VERY fucking hard for their below-average salaries, and a lot more people working very hard for nothing at all. the spend in the pound is different from charity to charity. generally, offshore causes, i'm looking at oxfam, water aid, etc, have a higher media spend as they have to do more advertising to get known. this is because whereas there's a lot of us who will know say, someone who's had a macmillan nurse, a relative in a marie curie hospice, seen great romond street on tv etc, others need more of a push to get into the public domain.
it might seem mercenary, and, to a point, it is, the difference being that unlike a business, the 'profits' ie the gap between operating costs and money made, goes into doing somethign positive for the world.
to answer the original question, i generally volunteer my useful skills. already done some video and photography work for some charities, and hopefully next year, will be heading out to remote areas of either india or africa, with a charity called Sightsavers (cataract operations for third world countries) to make a short film, and photograph, blog, tweet and so on their work in those areas. for me, this is more useful longer-term than say, sitting in a bathtub full of beans or jumping out of a plane, but that doesn't mean those things aren't essential and positive for charities.
if you want to point the finger of shame, point it at the people who would rather sit and spout nonsense about not giving to charity because of some perceived financial iniquities, but don't then turn round and try to donate money/time/energy on other ways.
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Why should people have to pay towards a charity or risk the wrath of the finger of shame?Most of them are run as a business, with questionable practices and high admin costs. You really are a dick.
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 11:40,
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