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Today the UK Government announced the new regulations regarding the Universal Jobsearch programme. In essence it means that all unemployed people in the UK who are in receipt of benefits will be required to register. They will be sent details of job vacancies that they might be suitable for and if they don't apply for the vacancies then they will have to give a good reason for not applying. Failure to give a good reason may lead to them loosing their benefits. Clearly this is to try to get the shirkers off the backs of the tax paying public. I wonder if a good reason for not applying for any full time vacancies will be that you need the time to take your dog for a walk? Full details of the scheme are here:
Unemployed to be forced to use government job website | Politics | guardian.co.uk

mitchell65 said:

Today the UK Government announced the new regulations regarding the Universal Jobsearch programme.

Bugger! No more oggling the carol-singing Tesco ladies any more for me.............

But......that might actual involve some form of physical exertion, or work, won't it?

that you need the time to take your dog for a walk

Only if it's dry

I think the whole Carl walking his dog thing is getting out of hand now, why anyone would feel the need to come on a forum every single day of the week and tell us he has walked his dog (again) it totally beyond me. Maybe he enjoys the fact that everyone posts about it and he enjoys winding a lot of people up who knows.
But it is getting tiresome for me any way. The thread seems to have almost turned into a Carl thread now. Maybe we could start a new one for him to post in, then this thread can continue with more interesting things than some unemployed person that walks his dog each day.

Of course I could unsubscribe from the thread, but I do like reading what everyone else has been upto.

Any way, rant over from me have a nice day

my eldest lad went with lois last night , lois is a Tolkien fan and was looking forward to seeing it, i always fall asleep in the cinema so i stayed at home with the the other kids.
i'll watch it when it comes out on DVD

I'm not so sure if I'll see it in the theaters. Depends upon a few things. Although I can afford the theater ticket prices, I feel like they're much more costly than they should be. All thanks to 3D pricing. I've had far too many disappointments. For example "Prometheus" was really played up and so many people said you've got to see it in the theater for the "big screen" effect. Well, I decided to wait until it's out on DVD and saw it at a friend's house. Wow, was it such a bomb of a movie! I'm glad I avoided throwing away $14 on a theater screening. Special effects were absolutely amazing, but the story was such a major disappointment. I could see the Damon Lindelof creative signature, but it's a shame he didn't have Carlton Cuse there to rein him in.

paulpicks21 said:

I think the whole Carl walking his dog thing is getting out of hand now, why anyone would feel the need to come on a forum every single day of the week and tell us he has walked his dog (again) it totally beyond me. Maybe he enjoys the fact that everyone posts about it and he enjoys winding a lot of people up who knows.
But it is getting tiresome for me any way. The thread seems to have almost turned into a Carl thread now. Maybe we could start a new one for him to post in, then this thread can continue with more interesting things than some unemployed person that walks his dog each day.

Of course I could unsubscribe from the thread, but I do like reading what everyone else has been upto.

Any way, rant over from me have a nice day

I agree. At times it feels tiresome.