Many parents make massive personal sacrifices if they see a child with talent.
There are also many children out there whose parents cannot afford school uniform and food, let alone having cash for extras such as trainers or football boots.
I had a swimming scholarship for five years. Provided by the local council, it meant I could swim for free at the local pool for an hour every day except bank holidays. I still had to find the bus fare and money for costumes, and cadge lifts to events where I could. My dad worked shifts so could not be relied on to ferry me around. At 16 I decided it was too much like hard work just getting there and back, and gave it up.
There must be many children who don't even have the opportunity of basic sport, and the building on school sports fields was shameful and should never have happened. I know many people hate sport, but without provision at school level, sport will become for the well off only. The country as a whole will become poorer as a result of unfit children becoming unfit adults.
That is a whole different problem @Hostafan1. If there wasn't a lottery they'd gamble on something else.
I disagree. The whole Lottery is underpinned by endless messages of " going to good causes" that folk are lured into thinking they're doing a good thing, when the overwhelming majority of those who " play " it , are just chucking their money away.
A couple of lottery tickets a week is about the same as a takeaway costa coffee. Some people buy Mulberry handbags, about the same as a plane ticket to Australia.
Would you sooner have a glass of mediocre wine in a pub or a bottle of good stuff between friends at home? People make decisions all the time about how they spend their money, and so long as it doesn't put them in debt, thats up to them.
There are gambling addicts, alcoholics, and people who just cannot stop themselves gorging on junk food. Some ruin their families, some ruin their lives , and others ruin their health. It's where the drug addicts and alcoholics get into cars and drive and kill or injure someone else that is the problem, not someone having a dream over a £2 lottery ticket on a Friday night.
The various lotteries may be more acceptable if they made the prizes more realisitic. One prize of several millions could easily be reduced to make lots of prizes of a reasonable amount.
I have discovered that I've been pronouncing amelanchier incorrectly. I prefer my version. It doesn't sound like a wrongun: "Keep away from that geezer. He's a bit of an amelanchier."
I have discovered that I've been pronouncing amelanchier incorrectly. I prefer my version. It doesn't sound like a wrongun: "Keep away from that geezer. He's a bit of an amelanchier."
How do you pronounce it B3?
I pronounce it a mi lan shi er ( sh like machine )
Yes that's how I pronounce it Hostafan. I had a right old tongue tied session yesterday with the H gardener at t'garden when I asked how he pronounced Woroniwii. Even he had to say it slowly.
Yes that's how I pronounce it Hostafan. I had a right old tongue tied session yesterday with the H gardener at t'garden when I asked how he pronounced Woroniwii. Even he had to say it slowly.
Yes that's how I say it too, so did he but if I try to say it quickly I get my wee's and ii's confused. Actually, I just blame it on my age and say it's an age thing.
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The whole Lottery is underpinned by endless messages of " going to good causes" that folk are lured into thinking they're doing a good thing, when the overwhelming majority of those who " play " it , are just chucking their money away.
I had a right old tongue tied session yesterday with the H gardener at t'garden when I asked how he pronounced Woroniwii. Even he had to say it slowly.