LIVELINE Thread - (05/10/11 to 14/02/2012)

mickydoomsux

3 people in 2 days who spent 3 months in bed. Interesting.

Also, let's provide state sponsored baby-sitters to open depressed peoples post for them :rolleyes:

Lapin

Really looking forward to Paolo Tullio over on Moncrieff after all this misery today.

He's always good for a laugh.

Better than any Funny Friday shíte.

europa11

See ye Monday, this depressing shlte is bad enough, fcuked if I'm going to put with Doc, Brush, Clint, Balloon Rogers and Muttley coming out with their condescending and ancient "jokes" tomorrow.

Bad enough knowing they're going to be just a few blocks away from me :mad:

AngryBollix

How many suicides are the funny friday crew going to cause tomorrow

dulpit

Oh and the way that Joe goes on about how everything going wrong with medical cards/etc based on the calls their receiving - that might have something to do with the fact that people who don't have problems don't ring liveline, so their numbers are always going to be scewed...

I mean they've said something in the region of 100,000 medical cards are being processed and maybe 10 people have been on liveline, not really a representative bunch, is it?

JonathanAnon

I did a bit of work for the Rehab office on Steamboat Quay... There is no steamboat there, I was disappointed..:(

Big Daddy Cool

wow june rodgers on funny friday with noel v ginnity, now thats a comedy line up. :P

my friend

syklops wrote: »

You had me until here. Any solution involving medicine in Ireland must have massive amounts of bureaucracy attached to it. Its as necessary as the funding. You should know that by now.

Its like the Water Meters

we are going down a crazy path, installing Meters everywhere

there was a less costly solution

€100 for say 100k Litres (random over amount)

then if you feel you are paying too much, pay for a water meter and only pay €50pa for 50k litres...... just an example as to how we dont need to install meters EVERYWHERE

but we don't like simple solutions

RadioRetro

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I did a bit of work for the Rehab office on Steamboat Quay... There is no steamboat there, I was disappointed..:(

Ring Joe, he'll DEMAND that one is provided. Sure, sure... we'll critique your contribution on Monday.

signostic

europa11 wrote: »

See ye Monday, this depressing shlte is bad enough, fcuked if I'm going to put with Doc, Brush, Clint, Balloon Rogers and Muttley coming out with their condescending and ancient "jokes" tomorrow.

Bad enough knowing they're going to be just a few blocks away from me :mad:

Go over to whatever hotel they`re in tonight, and have a pint with Joe - he a man of the people you know

Stripey Cat

What does Joe spend his money on? Lots of holidays? Art?

He's hardly just letting it mount up in his account, is he?

manual_man

mickydoomsux wrote: »

I get the feeling that the people who are experiencing delays with their medical cards are making an absolute balls of their applications.

It's a bit rich to say that. I sent in absolutely everything required (triple checked, confirmed by others.) Twice since with an interval of around 6 weeks each time i was asked to send in two additional documents that were never asked for on the original form. It is the suspicion of many that department workers were told, especially before the budget, to delay peoples applications, but really i don't give a sh1t if that's the reason or not, i'd just like my card. Bar these last few months, I've worked hard and paid my taxes all my adult life, and i hope to be back to work soon, it just would have been nice not to be financially stressed up to the eyeballs in the meantime, when i did the right thing and sought the help

signostic

manual_man wrote: »

It's a bit rich to say that. I sent in absolutely everything required (triple checked, confirmed by others.) Twice since with an interval of around 6 weeks each time i was asked to send in two additional documents that were never asked for on the original form. It is the suspicion of many that department workers were told, especially before the budget, to delay peoples applications, but really i don't give a sh1t if that's the reason or not, i'd just like my card. Bar these last few months, I've worked hard and paid my taxes all my adult life, and i hope to be back to work soon, it just would have been nice not to be financially stressed up to the eyeballs in the meantime, when i did the right thing and sought the help

Perhaps you should post here, better advice maybe on offer.
It looks like you have been kicked about by the HSE

my friend

peep oles

ees like dis

de IMF and the ECB cannot BELIEVE that we dispense top notch drugs for free to so many

the delay is most likely so as they dont notice the jumps on the balance sheet that will kill the golden goose for all

people in Ireland complain about the Nanny State, they complain about lack of access to entitlements BUT alot of these people dont realise how good they have it.

Lapin

Stripey Cat wrote: »

What does Joe spend his money on?

Toy Fire Engines.

Honest.

withless

Sounds like the 'wonderful' service from the salt of the earth postmen might be responsible for 1 or 2 of the missing letters.

JonathanAnon

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

**** you Joe with your fake sighing. You don't give a **** what happened to this man's family, you are just thinking about ratings and advertising. :mad:

that's a bit harsh.... He's not just solely interested in ratings and advertising.. he's also trying to flog his book

tonyheaney

wow :eek: 966 pages on this alone? whats the tread about? i was loking for anglas ashes and i came here

telekon

tonyheaney wrote: »

wow :eek: 966 pages on this alone? whats the tread about? i was loking for anglas ashes and i came here

Erm...its about "Liveline" (aka The Joe Duffy Appreciation Society)



The clue is in the title.

artful_codger

tonyheaney wrote: »

i was loking for anglas ashes

if it's misery you're looking for, you've come to the right place.

Stripey Cat

micropig

artful_codger wrote: »

if it's misery you're looking for, you've come to the right place.

*Dreaming about the luxury of Angla's ashes:D

tonyheaney

my friend wrote: »

I note thats the PC Minstrel ....

do you remember these boyos?

Any more

nosey guy

signostic wrote: »

I feel for this man...he is still in shock and Duffy should not have put him on the radio...

But you see..the devil must be fed.

woodoo

The delays in Medical cards is down to the reducing staff numbers in the PS. Medical cards was centralised to the Finglas office. They have less than half the staff that were working in the local Medical Cards offices. Those staff have been redeployed to other roles filling voids left by retiring staff/leaving staff. Now the finglas staff is understaffed.

The finglas office is snowed under, they are out of their depth. They have also outsourced work to a call centre to handle the complaints (in effect employing more staff). Its ridiculous

That is the reality of the reforms and staff reductions that everyone seems to be calling for.

artful_codger

Skid

neris wrote: »

Ray Darcys just been taking the pi55 out of duffy and his love of fire engines. Reading out some quotes of what makes celebrities happy and really have to say that after joes quote about fire engines and fire engine sirens joe has a sad little life

He is entitled to like Fire Engines or whatever he wants.

It's when he gives four days of Liveline over to finding a home for a Model Train Set that it becomes a problem.

telekon

neris wrote: »

Ray Darcys just been taking the pi55 out of duffy and his love of fire engines. Reading out some quotes of what makes celebrities happy and really have to say that after joes quote about fire engines and fire engine sirens joe has a sad little life

So what if Joe likes fire engines? Different strokes and all that...

Ray D'arcy should take a good long look at himself before proceeding to take the p*ss out of other people's interests. Hasn't he left the country yet? :rolleyes:

IvyTheTerrible

telekon wrote: »

So what if Joe likes fire engines? Different strokes and all that...

Ray D'arcy should take a good long look at himself before proceeding to take the p*ss out of other people's interests. Hasn't he left the country yet? :rolleyes:

Oh he said that promise was just a joke. Ha ha, ray, ha ha.

europa11

Forecast: Dull depression, extremely wet with dark clouds for long periods, definitely overcast with an imminent shower looming and a captive audience.

But that's enough about what it's like inside The Clarion Hotel today, I'm off for a late lunchtime stroll in the winter sunshine before Moncreiff -- and definitely no Lyons Tea with the sangwidges.



May I be among the first to say, I'm off! :rolleyes: