Golddog
- 23 Jan 2003 13:39
jeffmack
- 06 Jan 2004 19:33
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Thanks Socs
This_is_me
- 06 Jan 2004 19:54
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First day of term and the youngest comes home with nits again. It took the most of Dec to get rid of the last lot. This stupid so called 'human rights' act and the equally stupid 'data protection' act mean that the local authority refuse to let the school do anything about it.
The sooner we leave the so called EU and dump its stupid adeas the better.
snoball
- 06 Jan 2004 20:27
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What have the data protection act and human rights got to do with nits, T_i_m?
Sorry I don't see the connection.
snoball
- 06 Jan 2004 20:29
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I seem to remember when our kids were at school (a loooong time ago) they de nitted the whole school when there was an outbreak.
hightone
- 06 Jan 2004 22:02
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ding
HT (-:
Golddog
- 06 Jan 2004 22:55
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8 ball, Man of leisure! only when i'm not doing something? The rest of the time it's hard work thinking of what to do. Im always doing something most of the time which can be hard work in itself so really im very hard working all round when you think of it! Infact, what leisure time?
I need a drink after that.
Golddog
- 06 Jan 2004 22:58
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Hi im Poochy the dog and i feel Hot!
Why don't i just strip off bare in the Cafe lounge!
du de dum
erm........
feeling cold now actually!
snoball
- 06 Jan 2004 23:03
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Made 1000 on the game today! Blimey, I think I just saw a naked dog!
Kayak
- 07 Jan 2004 01:14
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Soho for that sort of money surely, snoball? :-)
snoball
- 07 Jan 2004 09:32
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lol, kayak!
This_is_me
- 07 Jan 2004 12:50
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snoball These Acts prevent any mention of the problem because (a) having nits is a personal matter which schools are not allowed to collect or have data on and (b) telling anyone that there are nits in a school infringes the 'human rights' of all the pupils in the school by affecting their reputations and the 'human rights' of the pupil causing the problem, who could be stagmitised, suffer abuse etc. The local authorities now refuse to do anything about nits because they are scared of being taken to the cleaners by legal aid backed parents on the dole who have nothing better to do with their time and who like to screw the system for whatever they can get.
The net result is that everyone suffers - daft european thinking isn't it.
hilary
- 07 Jan 2004 13:00
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Timbo,
Hear, hear. Namby, pamby nanny state.
My 9 year old daughter has hair half way down her back. You can imagine what it's like trying to keep her free of nits. My husband keeps threatening to put his No 2 depth gauge through her locks.
snoball
- 07 Jan 2004 13:05
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Blimey, This_is_me, life IS complicated now isn't it?
No wonder parents all want their children to go to private schools these days.
I hadn't realized how far political correctness had permeated our society.
I live a sheltered life.
I have to admit to voting for us to go into Europe because I liked the idea of travelling and working without hindrance as at the time we had really stupid border controls, work permits, etc. I don't suppose that those who voted in favour realized what beaurocracy would end up doing to our lives.
Kayak
- 07 Jan 2004 13:11
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This is one of the many cases where legislation or "Europe" is used as a scapegoat for money saving measures. Denitting costs money and to stop it you need to think of a reason. The Data Protection Act is a common scapegoat since most people don't understand it. It only covers records on computer and it certainly doesn't stop denitting a whole school. It is nothing to do with Europe anyway. As for the Human Rights Act, being sued is I suppose a theoretical risk but it would obviously be very unlikely for such a claim to succeed.
snoball
- 07 Jan 2004 15:07
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Kayak, I suspect you are right. The problem is more likely to be that the Headmisstress/master is worried about getting beaten up if they ask the guilty parents to de-nit their kids.
jeffmack
- 07 Jan 2004 16:04
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Little Woman
The GSK chart is a good indication of an impending news item. The news came out this morning about the $2.7bn tax claim but the chart reacted from monday.
zarif
- 07 Jan 2004 16:26
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all this talk of nits -has got me itching already.
ps:hope gd has sanitised the cafe
nice cuppa of short greek cofee and halva.
zarif
- 07 Jan 2004 16:26
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all this talk of nits -has got me itching already.
ps:hope gd has sanitised the cafe
nice cuppa of short greek cofee and halva.