Barm brack is very wet

[ailbhe]

Also, I wonder what the etymology is? Freckled barm seems obvious. What's a barm?

Now I need to wash and shred the kale. I've also done three loads of laundry so far today; it's good drying weather.

I see from the BBCs Have your say page that there is no gender pay gap.

http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=3755&edition=1&ttl=20071030135957

Well, I guess my blood pressure was already a little low. It's nice to know that I'm doing the moral thing by staying home minding my children, isn't it? Like a real woman or a proper mother ought to, not like all those fake women and lousy mothers who AGH HELP HED XPLOD WITH RAAAGE

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the gap

[liveotherwise.livejournal.com]

is in trying to work out why the work that women do is so undervalued, even if it is of greater complexity than that done by men. There's a useful article over here

http://www.globalwomenstrike.net/English/Nurses%20pay%20equity.htm

Hi Ailbhe - I've been reading for a bit, coming over from Alison and Layla, hope it's OK for me to comment too!

Re: the gap

[grumpyolddog.livejournal.com]

Well, valuation is supposedly a market function. In other words, people who pay for childminding decide whether its worth more or less than getting their car fixed. Also, childminding is an ongoing expense where car-fixing is (hopefully) occassional and emergency based. I don't think this report has a leg to stand on from that point of view.

If you want to pay your childminder more, feel free. Alternatively, as Kylie has shown us, there's nothing to stop a woman from being a mechanic.