Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under This & That
Public sector pensions: affordable and sustainable
The pensions of public sector workers have come under intense scrutiny in recent months, with ministers and the media describing them as ‘gold-plated’ and ‘unaffordable’. Currently public sector workers are being told they must pay more and work longer for a lower pension – but is this necessary?
Last year [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 27th 2011
Filed under This & That
A booklet entitled ‘Fair Pensions for All‘ has been produced by PCS, the general union Unite, the National Union of Teachers (NUT), the University and College Union (UCU) and the National Pensioners’ Convention (NPC). It looks at both private and public sector pensions and reveals a different point of view than the one [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Nov 26th 2011
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, York 2011
By this statue of Constantine, which is outside York Minster, a temporary hand-written plaque replaces the missing original one of bronze. I found it interesting to note that the replacement is dated the day before I took these photos…
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 25th 2011
Filed under Anecdotes
Whilst going about my daily business at work I was drawn to look at the dictionary that is stood up next to my in/out/pending trays. I immediately forgot about it.
When it was lunch time I rustled in my bag and got my lunch time eats out and placed them on the table. As I did [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 25th 2011
This train is an incredible size, the second picture gives and idea of exactly how big it is.
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2011
