Off Topic And Now for Something Completely Different

QatarTiger should film it on his mobile.

 

I would if I was still there ... I am now living and working in Jordan (the country) ... I moved here over two years ago. If I was him I would get a sneaky flight out of there. They take this sort of thing very seriously. As for the workers rights, don't get me started. Deaths while working is still high with heat exhaustion exit visas needed and keeping passports, living conditions etc.

These are mostly agency workers and that is the problem (Agency) Many unscrupulous. When I worked there I looked after my guys gave then extra from my own pocket and made a great team, many times I visited where they lived and sat and had food with them, not by any means perfect but better than most. I have many friends who worked there as agency workers they told me many horror stories about how people where treated. I still get really pissed off the the world cup is still going ahead.


Don't get me wrong I loved working out there. I remember my first day on site and I have a picture somewhere on a thermometer and it read 56c I thought what the **** have I done. 50c is not rare... 40c is very normal.

Sorry for the rant.


Last years article from the BBC.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33019838

 

he is a British citizen.
the most he could get is deported?

 

There's Brits out there that have received lashes.
Apparently the wife is now saying she accepts his protestation that there was no affair.

 

yeah, I suppose if you live out there, you have to respect their laws.
does the same apply if youre on a tourist visa?

 

It does if you are on a business visa. I have on friend and his then girlfriend who worked with me. They had to live in separate houses. I certainly wouldn't like to test the system.

 

yeah, its best to air on the side of caution. dont wanna be wanting the Consulate when youre buried up to your neck, about to get stoned.

 

Whilst the majority of this post should make any normal person angry, the bit about "I am now living and working in Jordan (the country)" made me chuckle.

 

Id like to run my finger down Katie Prices spine.... from the inside.

 

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An album that makes me feel old this time.

Kid A by Radiohead came out 16 years ago today.

 

Warnock has taken over at Cardiff
http://talksport.com/football/confi...rnock-new-manager-after-sacking-paul-trollope

 

Quadrophenia by The Who came out 43 years ago today.

 

Jimi Hendix, one of your favourites, got paid the most of the acts which appeared at Woodstock. Without googling, any idea who got paid the least?

 

Had no idea, so googled it.

I love that

 

Who?

 

No, not the Who.

Artist earningsEdit

• Jimi Hendrix – $30,000 for two sets plus $2,000 for expenses. Note- There was a cap of $15,000 per artist at Woodstock so a deal was made for Hendrix to play two sets, an acoustic set and a set with his band.[41]
• Blood, Sweat & Tears – $15,000
• Joan Baez – $10,000
• Creedence Clearwater Revival – $10,000
• The Band – $7,500
• Janis Joplin – $7,500
• Jefferson Airplane – $7,500
• Sly and the Family Stone – $7,000
• Canned Heat – $6,500
• The Who – $6,250 (also reported at $11,200 but Variety claimed that number was inaccurate)
• Richie Havens – $6,000
• Arlo Guthrie – $5,000
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – $5,000
• Ravi Shankar – $4,500
• Johnny Winter – $3,750
• Ten Years After – $3,250
• Country Joe and the Fish – $2,500
• Grateful Dead – $2,500
• The Incredible String Band – $2,250
• Mountain – $2,000
• Tim Hardin – $2,000
• Joe Cocker – $1,375
• Sweetwater – $1,250
• John B. Sebastian – $1,000
• Melanie – $750
• Santana – $750
• Sha Na Na – $700
• Keef Hartley – $500
• Quill – $375

 

Some cracking bands on that list, must have been some festival to have been at. I know there are some on this board old enough to have been there but did anyone go?

First one I went to was Bath 1970.