I want to buy a mate at work a bottle of Rum , he has helped me recently . He says he likes " Rough " Rum . Has anyone any idea what he means ? He knows his stuff , so I imagine he may not mean Cheap ?
My understanding of the term is something like rhum agricole, or cachaça. I think its made from raw sugar cane juice rather than molasses. Like this http://www.amathusdrinks.com/10000093-ruca/products/spirits/rum-and-cachaça/clement-rhum-ambre-40
Soton General? A disgrace in my opinion, as Chilco says, these private operators take most of the money and it doesn’t go back to the NHS. We’ve been paying a fortune to visit various relatives over the last couple of years and it makes my blood boil. There should be a way to get your ticket stamped if you’re genuinely visiting someone or having treatment and you shouldn’t have to pay.
Oh, and I really REALLY hope things go well with your wife and the treatment is successful. Thinking of you and praying for a full recovery mate.
I think the car parking money goes towards the upkeep of the car park and then to the trust. There was an article a while back about how much money the hospital was making from parking. Not defending it I've been stung too often but I don't think its private. There should be a £2 flat rate (maybe waived for some), irrespective of time, to cover the costs of the car park. I don't think they should come out of the normal NHS budget. EDIT: here's the article http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/115...osses_rake_in_millions_from_hospital_parking/
Where does it say the Car park is run by the Hospital ? I maybe missing some thing . Chilco did say MOST . I think the money being talked about here is the money thr car park company give to the NHS . I may be wrong though .
Well the first line is: 'HEALTH bosses are making more than £3m per year from parking charges at Southampton hospitals - and almost a third comes from their own staff.' Further down: 'University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, which runs both hospitals, made £3.5m in parking charges last year.' Plus even further down there are calls for the hospital to reduce the rate.
I'm not disputing any of that , and if SGH is one of the ones in charge of the car parks , then it is wrong . If however the SGH has no control over the car parking , then people criticizing them are barking up the wrong tree . If they don't run the car parks & they made £3.5 million , how much did the car park owners make ......
Just to be clear, I wasn’t talking about Southampton hospitals, but about my own experience of other areas, particularly Bath. I guess different Trusts do different things, but I know that many services like laundry and car parking were widely farmed out to private operators back in the 1980’s. I doubt whether many Trusts have brought car parking back in-house completely, but I would guess they have a degree of control over charges.
Oh my. Yes it’s gripping. Tried it last night and watched 4 episodes. Gripped me, although I did shut my eyes a couple of times.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42621425 Virgin drop sale of Daily Mail on their trains....I do find this another worrying sign of attack on freedom of speech and thought. I don't agree or am not interested in the views of other papers, but (to paraphrase) I would defend to the death people's right to read them. Did remind me of a recent incident. A chap was reading the cover of the Mail in a newsagent when I wanted to buy one, so I politely excused myself as I reached for a copy. 'I wouldn't read that paper'. he said in a sneering way. 'Oh, words too long,' I replied as I took a copy.
