Re: Prevent The Church Hijacking Our Schools : Wed May 16, 2012 1:32 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

In he quantities firms like Cordia knock out, labour and equipment are a small proportion of their costs, H&S and HACCP a tiny fraction. Food costs are by far the biggest cost to an operation like that.

I agree BG in terms of the proportions you state but ultimately they tend to eat into your profit margin.

Re: Prevent The Church Hijacking Our Schools : Wed May 16, 2012 6:47 pm  

Mintball wrote:

Thinking back, I really don't remember having fried food at school.

What ???!!!

You never had chips at school - and who could forget battered spam, or battered fish that stunk like it was dead a long time before the school got hold of it.

I'm a couple of years older than you my dear so I'm sure you must have had the same...



(Retires inside the coal bunker)

Re: Prevent The Church Hijacking Our Schools : Wed May 16, 2012 8:15 pm  

McLaren_Field wrote:

What ???!!!

You never had chips at school - and who could forget battered spam, or battered fish that stunk like it was dead a long time before the school got hold of it.

I'm a couple of years older than you my dear so I'm sure you must have had the same...



(Retires inside the coal bunker)

At my first primary school the only time we ever had chips was with chips on a Friday. I don't remember anything else other than the fish and chips being fried. Mostly it was "yet another variation of mince with brick hard carrot chunks and badly mixed powedered mash" or pasta with a sauce.

At the school local to us the cook's "profit margin" is so tight the head often battles with her because despite being given the numbers in the morning by the time the last 1 or 2 children arrive for lunch there is nothing left.

The fact that the council give an award to the school cook who makes the most profit kinda says it all really.

Re: Prevent The Church Hijacking Our Schools : Wed May 16, 2012 9:40 pm  

And in other news: the scummy, dirty, conniving bastads in the catholic hierarchy are attempting to absolve themselves of responsibility for paedophile priests So if the church doesn't employ these priests, where do they magically appear from? Who pays them? They cannot expect their priests to have any morals when they refuse to accept moral responsibility themselves. Get it into the court and let even more of the fools see just what a religion they are following.

And in other news: the scummy, dirty, conniving bastads in the catholic hierarchy are attempting to absolve themselves of responsibility for paedophile priests So if the church doesn't employ these priests, where do they magically appear from? Who pays them? They cannot expect their priests to have any morals when they refuse to accept moral responsibility themselves. Get it into the court and let even more of the fools see just what a religion they are following.

Re: Prevent The Church Hijacking Our Schools : Wed May 16, 2012 10:28 pm  

cod'ead wrote: And in other news: the scummy, dirty, conniving bastads in the catholic hierarchy are attempting to absolve themselves of responsibility for paedophile priests So if the church doesn't employ these priests, where do they magically appear from? Who pays them? They cannot expect their priests to have any morals when they refuse to accept moral responsibility themselves. Get it into the court and let even more of the fools see just what a religion they are following. Amazing really, I saw the other day that George W pardoned the Pope from prosecution before he left the white house. When you have friends in high places you can rape who you want. I actually don't blame the church from employing the pedophiles, these evil pieces of poop can infiltrate any areas of society. It's what they allow them to do unchecked whilst in their employment and how they handle the criminal charges.

cod'ead wrote: And in other news: the scummy, dirty, conniving bastads in the catholic hierarchy are attempting to absolve themselves of responsibility for paedophile priests So if the church doesn't employ these priests, where do they magically appear from? Who pays them? They cannot expect their priests to have any morals when they refuse to accept moral responsibility themselves. Get it into the court and let even more of the fools see just what a religion they are following. Amazing really, I saw the other day that George W pardoned the Pope from prosecution before he left the white house. When you have friends in high places you can rape who you want. I actually don't blame the church from employing the pedophiles, these evil pieces of poop can infiltrate any areas of society. It's what they allow them to do unchecked whilst in their employment and how they handle the criminal charges.

Re: Prevent The Church Hijacking Our Schools : Thu May 17, 2012 8:51 am  

God employs them – you should know that, Coddy.

I think Methodist ministers are self-employed, IIRC – even though they get sent to jobs etc by the church organisation.

Re: Prevent The Church Hijacking Our Schools : Thu May 17, 2012 9:35 am  

Mintball wrote:

God employs them – you should know that, Coddy.

I think Methodist ministers are self-employed, IIRC – even though they get sent to jobs etc by the church organisation.

So basically someone comes out of the seminary, complete with his new dog collar and wanders around aimlessly until he lights upon an empty church, roots around until he finds the keys to the vicarage, lets himself in, pops the kettle on and he's in business. Is that how it's done?

Re: Prevent The Church Hijacking Our Schools : Thu May 17, 2012 9:39 am  

cod'ead wrote:

So basically someone comes out of the seminary, complete with his new dog collar and wanders around aimlessly until he lights upon an empty church, roots around until he finds the keys to the vicarage, lets himself in, pops the kettle on and he's in business. Is that how it's done?

Far as I know, they look for the boarding school first.

Re: Prevent The Church Hijacking Our Schools : Thu May 17, 2012 10:05 am  

cod'ead wrote:

So basically someone comes out of the seminary, complete with his new dog collar and wanders around aimlessly until he lights upon an empty church, roots around until he finds the keys to the vicarage, lets himself in, pops the kettle on and he's in business. Is that how it's done?

Well, god gives them a bit of help. Obviously.

IIRC, the revenue wasn't impressed by individual clergy claiming they were not self employed, but employed by god.

Re: Prevent The Church Hijacking Our Schools : Thu May 17, 2012 11:28 am  

McLaren_Field wrote:

What ???!!!

You never had chips at school - and who could forget battered spam, or battered fish that stunk like it was dead a long time before the school got hold of it.

I'm a couple of years older than you my dear so I'm sure you must have had the same...



(Retires inside the coal bunker)

I might be slightly older even than you (is that even possible?).
We got fried food once a year ... chips ... and only on Speech Day, when most kids who could, went home to put on their "best" blazer for the afternoon.

Other kids, like me, who lived too far away for that or whose "best" blazer was also their only blazer stayed to lunch that day as normal ... and had the annual treat of chips.

We didn't have the canteen style dining that they seem to have now ... our choice was simple ... eat it or go hungry.
We ate it.