bgoefc Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 oh fuck! What does it matter? no matter what is said on this thread, its either cheek of the same arse......and it will be???????? as you are! Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) Why do people always cite owning a big fook off TV as a sign of 'luxury'? I saw a big fooky off one in Sainsburys, a proper make, not Olivetti or Alpine Stereo or some other firm who used to make other electrical stuff and sold their good name to some fly-by-night chinese shitbox telly peddlers, anyway, it was £379 to buy there and then and probably £10 to get it home in a mini-bus...A couple on the pokey could probably afford one of them if they saved for a month or two. Anyhow, point being, Scrubber-dubbers have big tellies - fact. If you think you're it and have one, here's a newsflash, you can't join the riche if you have a big telly, you'll always be nouveau riche... Edited April 23, 2015 by Youri McAnespie Quote
Smiffs Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 It's about priorities though. Add in sky thexbox mobiles etc etc. These are not essential items they are luxuries bought with spare cash left over once the basics have been paid for. At least they are in my house. The same people will be sending their kids to school with a bag of space raiders complaining they can't afford to feed them properly. Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) Oh aye, expecting big business to be 'moral' is like expecting a Great White shark to go vegetarian, we can, however, name and shame big businesses who act the c*nt and take our custom elsewhere... This, however, is also flawed, as most folk couldn't give a fuck and can't be arsed taking their custom elsewhere, well they couldn't give a fuck until their employer starts acting the c*nt with them, and by then it's usually too late to do owt. Edited April 23, 2015 by Youri McAnespie Quote
Smiffs Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 To be truthful I'm not arsed how much they make or lose. It's job stability for the most vulnerable which matters most. More people in work equals less strain on the country. It's fairly simple. Upping wages of the low paid might seem good but also leads to job cuts which affects the very people it's meant to help. Sonner have minimum wage and security than no wage at all if my boss was told he had to up all our wages but nigh on 20%. Quote
Guest Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) Mr and Mrs average both on minimum wage equals around 32k a year or £2666 a month. Rent or mortgage 600pcm Food 400 Council tax 100 Gas and elec 150 Water 30 Phone 40 We're at about 1300 pcm. Fed watered and homed. That's half of their income left for travel to work ale fags and sky tv Piss easy. If you want it to be. If you can't afford kids don't have them. If you can't afford a fortnight in benidorm don't go. If you can't afford fags and ale go without. What the fuck happened to people being responsible for themselves? Take home pay for someone on minimum wage working the average of 37.5 hours a week, which is the hours these calculations are based on is under £1000 a month....... Edited April 23, 2015 by bwfcfan5 Quote
Guest Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 It's about priorities though. Add in sky thexbox mobiles etc etc. These are not essential items they are luxuries bought with spare cash left over once the basics have been paid for. At least they are in my house. The same people will be sending their kids to school with a bag of space raiders complaining they can't afford to feed them properly. Easy to make generalisations. People aren't using food banks for a giggle, and there are working people having to use them. I'm not talking about making a living wage mandatory but do think that companies large enough and making large profits should be encouraged to do so. Quote
Guest Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 Easy to make generalisations. People aren't using food banks for a giggle, and there are working people having to use them. I'm not talking about making a living wage mandatory but do think that companies large enough and making large profits should be encouraged to do so. And this people having to use food banks is the biggest fuckin socialist bag of crap lie Read about it Quote
bgoefc Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) I like you Smiffs, but like me in my past ( affluent ) life i had a certain view like yours. Now you will (hopefully) will never have to experience the side of "come down" from that status you have gained by your own graft. But mate, some do. When you experience it from the other side, it is somewhat different. I keep seeing you say there are loads of jobs. From your perspective that is from a builder. When it comes to " hey lads hey" would you work as a supermarket checkout guy when nowt else was available?, I said the same in the 1990's then when it came to it i could not. You intimate that anyone out of a job should take owt... just fuck off....been there done it! You speak like some king of a castle telling their serfs what to do. This is where your tory values fail, cause i've gone through it. BTW labour is shit as well. Thats one of the reasons i will vote the way i have said, cause its a change. Sorry about being so personal but I am fucking fed up about you saying loads of jobs for everyone out there.. tis not true.. apart from those having conversations in Fannys! Edited April 23, 2015 by bgoefc Quote
kent_white Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 You might want to change effluent to affluent! ;-) Quote
Guest Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 And this people having to use food banks is the biggest fuckin socialist bag of crap lie Read about it How many food banks have you been to? How many people using them have you talked to? Quote
bgoefc Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) You might want to change effluent to affluent! ;-) done! Edited April 23, 2015 by bgoefc Quote
frank_spencer Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 How many food banks have you been to? How many people using them have you talked to?We give food to a food bank type of charity called Porch Boxes who send a box of food to a family struggling to last a couple of days whilst benefits etc get sorted out. Talking with young people I've met through Streetwise 2000 some of them really struggle to get by. Some take the piss but they're out numbered. Quote
Carlos Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 As I've said before, my old neighbours used a foodbank, the week before they fucked off to their villa. This is why working people are using foodbanks. Down Morrissons at 8.30pm you can fill a trolley for under a quid. Quote
Whites man Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 Food banks are a piece of propaganda in the main. Just like "Austerity"' when government spend has increased year on year under the coalition government. Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 Do they have a big fook off telly and Sky at this villa? Quote
no balls Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 I think the definition of poverty in this country is getting blurred. Can people really not afford to feed themselves or is it that people are running short of money using a food bank helps? When I was a kid (yes, I've made it to that age where I've started saying this phrase) we had broth and other low cost means when the money pot was on the low side and we were definitely not living in poverty. Do people still do this or has the food bank become another safety net? Quote
only1swanny Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 Guy who runs a foodbank charity running his mouth about DC causing problems.. Quick search reveals that he earns twice as much as the prime minister.. Course he is going to be marketing foodbanks.. the more they make the more he can justify his pay. Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 Bog standard cost of living... Per week. Anyone else help fill them in. Rent £75 (Council or HA or cheapest private) Council Tax £12? Water Rates £? TV Licence £? Bus Wanker Day Ticket for travel to and from work £5 per day so £25? Gas and Leccy (use upper winter cost) £35? Fuck knows, I can't be arsed anymore, I'm alreet jack, and, even if times got tougher I like porridge and broth so I'm doubly not arsed. The peasants are revolting. Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 I'd have used lumpenproles instead of peasants, with the emphasis on the 'lumpen' bit, but I got accused of being a nob last time. Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 Rising to the bait, I ain't a skinflint, I simply believe in using my money more wisely than the average joe, I don't think it's my remit to keep the economy ticking over by buying wanky consumer shite to momentarily give me a sense of satisfaction and self-worth before giving into worry over how it's going to be paid for or it being robbed by a baghead while I'm out earning yet more money to replace said shite when it becomes obsolete or 'broke' within about two seconds and/or gets nicked by a baghead... Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 Anyway, I'm off to make my tea, dog bone broth with skipped packs of pre-cut vegetables and Asda Smartprice Swiss Roll all swilled down with a beaker of White Lightning Frosty Jack. Quote
stevieb Posted April 23, 2015 Author Posted April 23, 2015 Youri, never buy the Asda pre packed chopped onion on a whoopsee. Two reasons: 1 - there isn't enough nitrogen in the world to pump into the packaging to make it retain its freshness 2 - it's possibly the laziest product ever sold by Associate Dairies. Quote
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