100% correct

I would happily find a cleaning job in walking distance, but that would mean min wage with a mortgage and a divorce to pay for - completely impractical. 2 years ago I found myself applying for jobs, got loads of good interviews and was well qualified for every job. But when you are over 50, you don't get the job - it is as starkly simple as that. I will do what I do for the next 2 years or so, taking ever diminishing returns for work against ever rising prices. Then, with my pensions, I am off to somewhere where I will pay a lot less tax, the weather is better, the people are nicer and there are no local councils checking my wheelie bin... I leave you to guess where that is, but I can assure you that Gordon, Dave and that Liberal bloke will get nowhere near a penny of mine.

Posted By: Cannydc on June 2nd 2008 at 12:14:43

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FAO BaB (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 11:21:33
- One idea would be to offer tax breaks to companies who... (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 2, 11:55:30
  - In the Netherlands, your employer almost always pays travel costs from home to work (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 11:57:32
    - that's hardly a sensible solution (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 2, 11:59:30
      - I'm not sure these increases are necessarily environmental decisions (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 12:02:12
        
        No, they're partly down to supply issues (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Jun 2, 12:07:42
        
        I hope it doesn't happen quite that way. First of all, I don't want (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 12:09:22
        
        Maybe not in Holland (General Chat) - Holden Caulfield, Jun 2, 12:11:33
        
        It is expensive though. I mean, our own public transport system is (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 12:15:08
        
        Oh, and... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 12:05:13
- "is it OK to increase the price of ANYTHING by 40%" (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 2, 11:30:13
  - exactly, tough shit poor chav cunts (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 2, 11:50:18
    - thank fuck for that (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Jun 2, 11:52:33
      - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 11:56:51
      - 'copters (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 2, 11:54:54
      - Two actually Galapogus, Chile and Argentina in January (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 2, 11:54:00
        
        Remember to moan about how everything is run (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 11:58:33
        
        And how everyone incorrectly spells Galapogus (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 12:00:27
        
        Chairman Lmao (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Jun 2, 12:02:10
        
        run by crooks whom you can't get rid of (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 2, 11:59:27
      - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jun 2, 11:53:09
  - I earn enough to get by and I drive a low emmisions car, that is pretty cheap to run. (General Chat) - lurd, Jun 2, 11:47:22
    - Bus services £4 to the city and back for me! (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 2, 11:51:20
    - Quack (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Jun 2, 11:48:11
      - That's got to be a record - a quack that takes over 4 minutes. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jun 2, 11:49:48
        
        i think i broke the TSO server (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Jun 2, 11:59:16
  - I earn enough to get by and I drive a low emmisions car, that is pretty cheap to run. (General Chat) - lurd, Jun 2, 11:47:02
  - I earn enough to get by and I drive a low emmisions car, that is pretty cheap to run. (General Chat) - lurd, Jun 2, 11:43:00
  - It's not just car fuel though, is it. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 2, 11:40:43
  - You're right in principle (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 2, 11:38:30
    - in practice the only price changes i'd prefer would be downwards (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 2, 11:46:09
      - Eat pasta then (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 11:58:21
        
        for us in this country, exactly. (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 2, 12:06:39
  - Driving to/from work isn't exactly a luxury like a holiday... (General Chat) - Dog, Jun 2, 11:37:11
    - I wouldnt want to be a small time Haullier at the moment (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 2, 12:10:53
    - ... (General Chat) - Brom, Jun 2, 11:39:54
    - ... (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 2, 11:39:21
      - I like it... (General Chat) - Dog, Jun 2, 12:21:13
        
        Some people are happy in their cosy world (General Chat) - Cannydc, Jun 2, 12:33:51
        
        or others are ignorant to the fact that i am obviously exaggerating to make a point (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 2, 12:47:33
      - Choose where you work? You might, not all can.... (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 2, 11:52:28
        
        ... (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 2, 11:56:58
        
        untrue, many people are stuck in their current job, (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 2, 12:00:44
        
        100% correct (General Chat) - Cannydc, Jun 2, 12:14:43
      - The only small problem is, this government and the rest of the just won't deal with it (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 11:41:23
        
        The problem with Nuclear is less the safety aspect and more to do with efficieny (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 2, 11:44:14
        
        France has gone big on Nuclear power (General Chat) - shoddy, Jun 2, 11:43:49
        
        Nothing is 100% safe (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Jun 2, 11:43:15
        
        Nuclear would be a disaster on so many levels though (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 11:44:55
        
        Just out of curiosity... (General Chat) - Brom, Jun 2, 11:46:15
        
        Chernobyl fall out (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 11:48:57
        
        Actually, the effects of the Chernobyl fallout have been surprisingly small. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 2, 11:51:18
        
        but it is going to happen. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Jun 2, 11:45:31
        
        I know, a world of nuclear waste (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 11:46:13
        
        Nuclear power stations generate hardly any waste (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 2, 11:48:47
        
        WE WILL SEND IT TO SPACE OBVIOUSLY (General Chat) - shoddy, Jun 2, 11:50:39
        
        Yep. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 2, 11:54:11
        
        Too expensive. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 2, 11:53:13
        
        rest of the *world* (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 11:41:43
        
        how should they 'deal with it'? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 2, 11:42:07
        
        Stop blaming China would be a good start (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 11:44:33
        
        you're right, India is just as much to blame... (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 2, 11:49:41
        
        It's a good point BUT (General Chat) - pieman63, Jun 2, 11:54:36
        
        except that you've missed my point... (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 2, 11:58:21
        
        absolutely, George Bush not ratifying the Kyoto agreement (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 2, 12:03:42
        
        True (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 11:52:16
  - Is that the sound of the nail being it on the head? (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Jun 2, 11:32:44
  - Yeah. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jun 2, 11:32:04

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