Thank you to all who have sponsored us for the Nottingham Race for Life…unfortunately due to the amount of rain we've been having the event has been postponed until 2nd September. We are all hoping to take part in it then...in the meantime; we’ll keep training and hope for better weather!
Thanks again for your support
The Gemini Girls
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
Friday, 20 July 2007
Naughty BBC
After ITV's very hard slap on the wrists, it's the BBC who is now in trouble.
The recent revelations that the BBC has also been faking competitions and phone-ins has led to a number of staff suspensions and an inquiry.
If I'm honest, I don't really care whether Gordon Ramsey actually caught all those fish on the 'F Word' and when shows such as ITV's 'Play' were taken off the air I scoffed "I'd never ring them anyway, I'd always presumed they were fixed." I even had a bit of chuckle that the BBC had to apologise to the Queen for making out that she had a bit of a strop.
But the latest scandal with Children in Need and Comic Relief is a bit nearer to the bone. I do, after all, pay my licence fee each year - as do millions of other people. I rarely watch the BBC channels but I do tune in to the charity shows and I give my money because they're worthy causes. So it seems a shame that when viewers are supporting the BBC in more ways than just the licence fee, that we are let down and, frankly, taken for fools by some of the staff.
It's certainly not the best way to gain trust from the public, and when you're public funded I would have thought that having this is vital.
I suspect that a major PR offensive and lots of apologies are going to be needed to pull the BBC through this one and stop the people who pay their wages from turning against them.
Helen
The recent revelations that the BBC has also been faking competitions and phone-ins has led to a number of staff suspensions and an inquiry.
If I'm honest, I don't really care whether Gordon Ramsey actually caught all those fish on the 'F Word' and when shows such as ITV's 'Play' were taken off the air I scoffed "I'd never ring them anyway, I'd always presumed they were fixed." I even had a bit of chuckle that the BBC had to apologise to the Queen for making out that she had a bit of a strop.
But the latest scandal with Children in Need and Comic Relief is a bit nearer to the bone. I do, after all, pay my licence fee each year - as do millions of other people. I rarely watch the BBC channels but I do tune in to the charity shows and I give my money because they're worthy causes. So it seems a shame that when viewers are supporting the BBC in more ways than just the licence fee, that we are let down and, frankly, taken for fools by some of the staff.
It's certainly not the best way to gain trust from the public, and when you're public funded I would have thought that having this is vital.
I suspect that a major PR offensive and lots of apologies are going to be needed to pull the BBC through this one and stop the people who pay their wages from turning against them.
Helen
Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Brand Beckham
I’m not normally one for reality TV shows, I detest big brother, the celebrity jungle one, these fly on the wall documentaries following around ‘celebrities’ which I’ve usually never heard of…but even I couldn’t resist watching Brand Beckham hitting the states.
More than a little intrigued by her next big PR stunt, I also saw some similarities between her situation and mine…We’re both in the process of moving-okay so I’m moving from Basford to Gamston, she’s going from Madrid to LA, but my boyfriend works away four days a week, and often travels abroad for rafting and kayaking competitions, which leaves me to deal with estate agents, mortgage advisors etc and worrying about things alone. It’s fair to say, that’s where the similarities end. To relieve her stress of moving, she went out and spent an absolute fortune shopping…I go for a run, because it’s free because the solicitors are about to claim ALL of my savings,
I think she came across really really badly last night. I don’t know if she was trying to be ironic and exaggerating all the so called ‘traits’ she tries so hard to deny, but she failed miserably. She came across as the self-centred, egotistical, dense failed pop-star-not the down to earth, mother and wife she says she is. I’m sure it was a bit of a stunt with her taking in the mickey out her ‘image’…but Vicky, it didn’t work love, stick to designing denims. If it wasn’t a stunt, then if I was her ‘fat friend’ PA I would have thrown that pie in her face!
And honestly VB, sunbathing with high heels on? Rather die than wear flat shoes? My feet are comfortably ensconced in ballet pumps-and I am really looking forward to going for an all you can eat carvery lunch today, which I’ll eat with a smile on my face!!
Ruth
More than a little intrigued by her next big PR stunt, I also saw some similarities between her situation and mine…We’re both in the process of moving-okay so I’m moving from Basford to Gamston, she’s going from Madrid to LA, but my boyfriend works away four days a week, and often travels abroad for rafting and kayaking competitions, which leaves me to deal with estate agents, mortgage advisors etc and worrying about things alone. It’s fair to say, that’s where the similarities end. To relieve her stress of moving, she went out and spent an absolute fortune shopping…I go for a run, because it’s free because the solicitors are about to claim ALL of my savings,
I think she came across really really badly last night. I don’t know if she was trying to be ironic and exaggerating all the so called ‘traits’ she tries so hard to deny, but she failed miserably. She came across as the self-centred, egotistical, dense failed pop-star-not the down to earth, mother and wife she says she is. I’m sure it was a bit of a stunt with her taking in the mickey out her ‘image’…but Vicky, it didn’t work love, stick to designing denims. If it wasn’t a stunt, then if I was her ‘fat friend’ PA I would have thrown that pie in her face!
And honestly VB, sunbathing with high heels on? Rather die than wear flat shoes? My feet are comfortably ensconced in ballet pumps-and I am really looking forward to going for an all you can eat carvery lunch today, which I’ll eat with a smile on my face!!
Ruth
Monday, 16 July 2007
Congratulations!!
A while ago we had a staff outing to the National Water Sports Centre down at Holme Pierrepont. We went rafting with the GB raft teams to help raise money for their trip to South Korea for the World Championships…
Well, we are delighted to report that the women’s team finished 5th and the men’s team 8th!! Both teams exceeded their expectations-and from everyone at Gemini we’d like to say a big well done to all the rafters for their excellent result!!
If you’d like to have a go at white water rafting & see what it’s all about take a look at www.currenttrends.co.uk
Cheers to Dave Leathborough @ focusedonadventure.com for the piccy
Ruth
Well, we are delighted to report that the women’s team finished 5th and the men’s team 8th!! Both teams exceeded their expectations-and from everyone at Gemini we’d like to say a big well done to all the rafters for their excellent result!!
If you’d like to have a go at white water rafting & see what it’s all about take a look at www.currenttrends.co.uk
Cheers to Dave Leathborough @ focusedonadventure.com for the piccy
Ruth
Thursday, 5 July 2007
Brits And Bad Weather.
England is notorious for its bad weather conditions so how is it that on the rare occasion that extreme weather visits our shores that we are totally unprepared?
Take the recent flooding for example. Apparently we ignored the signs that a liberal soaking was on its way. And so, when the flood waters began to rise, we were wholly unprepared.
Millions upon millions of pounds worth of damage has been caused, yet it could have been avoided if we, as an island nation, (supposedly used to extreme weather conditions) had just pulled our fingers out and sorted out some flood defences. We would then have been fine and dandy.
Again earlier this year when we were struck by some severe snow storms we were completely flummoxed.
People stranded in their cars on the motorways and roads impassable because no-one had thought it might have been a good idea to grit the roads.
Surely it’s time we put some serious thought into how we handle extreme weather conditions here in ol’ Blighty!
Because if the scientists predictions come true, we’re in for some more extreme climate conditions in the not so distant future!
Ben Scruton
Take the recent flooding for example. Apparently we ignored the signs that a liberal soaking was on its way. And so, when the flood waters began to rise, we were wholly unprepared.
Millions upon millions of pounds worth of damage has been caused, yet it could have been avoided if we, as an island nation, (supposedly used to extreme weather conditions) had just pulled our fingers out and sorted out some flood defences. We would then have been fine and dandy.
Again earlier this year when we were struck by some severe snow storms we were completely flummoxed.
People stranded in their cars on the motorways and roads impassable because no-one had thought it might have been a good idea to grit the roads.
Surely it’s time we put some serious thought into how we handle extreme weather conditions here in ol’ Blighty!
Because if the scientists predictions come true, we’re in for some more extreme climate conditions in the not so distant future!
Ben Scruton
Wednesday, 4 July 2007
Hooray for the smoking ban!
I am so happy that the smoking ban has finally come into force! I went into my local pub on Sunday night and it really did make a difference. Which ever way you look at this, it is definitely a positive thing and people who argue differently, I think are absolutely crazy!
It makes me so angry when I hear comments such as, ‘If people don’t want to smoke then they can choose not to go in a pub’. Pubs are more than just a smoking hole, the local pub is a national institution and an important meeting point of many a community, so why should the non-smoker be excluded from that?
I hate the old classic line, ‘It is my human right to choose if I smoke’. Quite frankly this statement is absolutely ridiculous. You can smoke you silly people, no one has ever said you can’t! Just go outside and poison yourself and leave everyone else who has chosen not to smoke out of it! I used to work in a pub which I did enjoy. However the customers seemed to think, that as they were in a pub they could blow their smoke wherever they liked including in my face which didn’t really give me the right to choose if I smoked.
We are all well aware of the harmful effects that smoke can cause, so for people to moan that it is unfair to be made to go outside I think is completely selfish and just plain ignorant.
Emma
It makes me so angry when I hear comments such as, ‘If people don’t want to smoke then they can choose not to go in a pub’. Pubs are more than just a smoking hole, the local pub is a national institution and an important meeting point of many a community, so why should the non-smoker be excluded from that?
I hate the old classic line, ‘It is my human right to choose if I smoke’. Quite frankly this statement is absolutely ridiculous. You can smoke you silly people, no one has ever said you can’t! Just go outside and poison yourself and leave everyone else who has chosen not to smoke out of it! I used to work in a pub which I did enjoy. However the customers seemed to think, that as they were in a pub they could blow their smoke wherever they liked including in my face which didn’t really give me the right to choose if I smoked.
We are all well aware of the harmful effects that smoke can cause, so for people to moan that it is unfair to be made to go outside I think is completely selfish and just plain ignorant.
Emma
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