You seem to have a real issue with sarcasm. And sorry if I've overdone it. I'm struggling with the other stuff levelled at me. I suppose I struggle with right wing perception. Have you seen Fox News! 😉
binners - MemberHave you seen Fox News!
I don't own a television. 😀
You deserve to earn below the average wage because you have below average intelligence.
Get yourself on the rock'n'roll fella! They've all got massive ones!!! With a full Sky package!!! 😆
This thread's a train wreck isn't it. Time for science!
There are x people in the country
There are x-y jobs in the country
Unemployment is y.
If y>number of unemployable people, then anyone calling unemployed people lazy purely because they are unemployed, = a div.
working long hours for low wages can make you very twisted and bitter, binners is right , you need to step back, ave a year out and look at the wood through the trees ....cycle when you want, get up when you like, go out when you like, stay up all night if you like, whats not to like ?
sorry, i forgot you have to get up very early tommorrow , the 8 hour day was fought to get people a life worth living, and you just want to work 20 hours a day......tis sad...
monkeycmonkeydo - MemberYou deserve to earn below the average wage because you have below average intelligence.
Ad hominem strikes again! (Google it)
Got a job yet?
What's your excuse?
Is it Thatcher?
rudebwoy - Memberworking long hours for low wages can make you very twisted and bitter, binners is right , you need to step back, ave a year out and look at the wood through the trees ....cycle when you want, get up when you like, go out when you like, stay up all night if you like, whats not to like ?
sorry, i forgot you have to get up very early tommorrow , the 8 hour day was fought to get people a life worth living, and you just want to work 20 hours a day......tis sad...
I imagine you're having great fun under the impression that you're winding me up.
Except you're not.
My original point was that people can do more to help themselves, so not only have you been massively wrong, you've also unwittingly proved me right.
I actually have to get out of bed around noon tomorrow, after which I will spend my time making some disadvantaged people very happy, for which I get enormous satisfaction (don't make that dirty).
In less than three weeks time I will be on another continent, enjoying the sun, sea and sand of a beautiful country, with my beautiful partner.
If we like it, we're going to move there, and will be able to afford a lifestyle the likes of which fuels the jealousy of people like monkey.
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So I've really got nothing to be bitter about. 🙂
And Northwind nails it. The only addition is most people making up the unemployment stats are back in work within 6 to 12 months, it's the hardcore 904,000 that are the real problem, those that are unemployable due to ability or attitude (or at least people that employers would rather leave a position unfilled than employ). The trouble is those that eventually get back into work in less than 12 months often get little real support unlike those that are long term unemployed that get a lot more support with pretty poor results. I don't know what the solution to these people is but paying their living costs indefinitely on the back of everyone else doesn't seem right or likely to be a long term option.
sbob-- you may well be happy, some of the happiest people i know are also the simplest, but your attitudes give away your petty concerns at others lives. I travelled far and wide in my earlier years, part of my job at the time, and whilst sunshine and beaches are great to visit, i will always want to be with the people i love and respect, and that happens to be where i live now.
The trick is to make the place good for all,not just a few !
