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Wallpapering isn't too bad if you take your time either. Plastering is my achilles heel. Tried it a few times and always had to pay someone to fix my fuck up. Never again.

I've got half decent at it over the years. I used to rush to get it done as quickly as possible, and it always looked shit. Preparation and patience are key. Probably spend more time masking and sanding than actually painting nowadays. Also, 1 coat is NEVER enough no matter what background you're covering, even if the paint describes itself as such. Used to dread it, but I've got a freshly plastered bedroom to do this weekend, and I'm actually looking forward to the peace and quiet (with snooker on in the background).

They jumped on a train to Bolton within an hour of arrival, to work in the back of a Kebab shop. Nobody is looking for them as they're simply a tourist until their Visa expires.

Ok then, lets say they get a legitimate flight here on a tourist visa (as per Gonzo's question), then burn all their documents and eat the ashes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0e23r0993o

If you know exactly which bin to look in and the contents haven't already been sent to landfill, yes.

You've had your time mate. Let it go. Let the kids do whatever the fuck they choose to do with their lives.

Maybe you just made up that anecdote to fit your narrative? And even if it's true, it's still an anecdote - from the point of view of someone who has already decided that people who go to University are below them for some reason.

Could they not just dump them in a bin after they've landed, like they throw their documents in the sea when they reach Dover in a dinghy?

I suspect "our days" are decades apart. I also suspect the younger generation don't give a fuck what you think about them "wasting 5 years in further education". Let them crack on and live their lives and make mistakes, like we all did. I'll never understand why older folk want to control what the next generation do with their lives. It just comes across as extreme bitterness. Especially when they want to restrict younger folk from having the same opportunities they had. Very odd.

Who has said we "need 50% of kids getting degrees"? Why did you get a degree? Why are you so against young uns getting the opportunities you got?

I didn't go to Uni - or even college - even though that should have been my natural route, and it would've been free. I got an Apprenticeship straight from school. I wouldn't call anyone a numb fucker unless they're a numb fucker.

Why do you think they don't just do that then?

What's that anecdotal shite got to do with anything? Maybe if they'd had the chance, they would have been even better off now? Maybe they wouldn't have even wanted to go, but at least the option would have been there. I find it very odd that you think today's kids should have less options than you did in your youth.

Literally nobody is "forcing kids into degree courses". What planet are you living on?