Work hard lads

[cappy]

jim you forgot 40 quid family allowance

[Captain Kong]

Regarding household Bills, Most of the Energy Companies are Foreign owned, by French and German companies.
EDF, EON and so on. same with some of the rail companies, owned by Germans. They bang up the prices to subsidise their Continental customers where the prices are cheaper.
Any public Company , Electric, Gas, Water, Transport, should all be Nationalised properly and the benefit of the profits passed on to the customer in cheaper services. None Profit making.
Cannot see this or a Labour government doing that.
Brian.

[Jim Brady]

jim you forgot 40 quid family allowance

The man would'nt have much left out of his wages,and have you ever tried to rig a coupleof kids out four times a year,out of school clothes,shool uniform and shoes.He does'nt get 40 quid a week anyway but if he did the family allowance would just about cover it unless you expect them to walk around in rags or get dressed from the charity shops.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[cappy]

sounds like your whinging a bit jim i defy anyone who tells me they are not better off than there parents were even tho things could always be better to many people taking out and people 3rd generation now not even trying for work i blame the unions
regards cappy

[Jim Brady]

sounds like your whinging a bit jim i defy anyone who tells me they are not better off than there parents were even tho things could always be better to many people taking out and people 3rd generation now not even trying for work i blame the unions
regards cappy

NEVER been a whinger in my life.So would you like me to go back to the thirty's and be worse off than my parents.Sounds like you would have the kids back up chimney's this is the 21st century not Victorian times.
It amuses me how people make statements without having thought about what they are saying.If it had'nt been for the unions kids would still be up chimney's and working in the mills at age 12.Incidently are the kids who's parents are in reciept of family allowance not allowed birthday and Christmas presents ,where does that money come from!!!!!
Regards.
Jim.B.

[cappy]

to be fair jim chimney brushes have been invented since then and iworked in a mill before i retired in bradford my son works inone he joined me at 15 years of age no unions its a good job regards cappy

[Gulliver]

The man would'nt have much left out of his wages,and have you ever tried to rig a coupleof kids out four times a year,out of school clothes,shool uniform and shoes.He does'nt get 40 quid a week anyway but if he did the family allowance would just about cover it unless you expect them to walk around in rags or get dressed from the charity shops.
Regards.
Jim.B.

Jim,there is nothing wrong with charity shop clothing,in fact some of it is very good indeed.I both donate to,and purchase, some quality stuff at my local cancer hospices charity shops. It's more like an exchange in fact.
The problem again with some (NB) of the needy today would seem to be not so much a question of stigma or shame, but that the mothers and children only want new,new and new-and they're going to have it,even if they can't afford it,or get into debt having it...or then have to visit charity food ships to supplement their children's diets. ,but that is the way things are today.

Nothing to do with charity shops,but some of us were talking about smoking in this thread. I think there is no excuse for anybody ,whether on benefits or not,not stopping smoking ,and thereby instantly saving money . I smoked for 30 years and managed to stop(I had to) despite being under stress jobwise and family-wise..I've saved thousands of pounds,typically (£2,500 per year at today's prices),since I stopped a dozen years ago.

You could buy quite a few school uniforms ,meals and treats for the kids for that amount every year,but still I see them in the supermarket;mothers buying cartons of fags,and cans of lager, their trolleys overflowing with packets of crisps,biscuits ,cola and pizzas,some of their offspring outside stuffing their faces with MacDonalds(other brands are available) before throwing the wrappers on the ground. I know that their husband/partner/boyfriend(s) don't have jobs(it's a small town).They are hard people to love,let alone feel sorry for ,and they certainly give those genuinely in need of help a bad name.

But without risk of sounding like a politician,God forbid,I still say that this recession was going to happen anyway,and we're all paying for it personally after many years of borrowing, living the good life and wanting it now,without a thought of preparing for the outcome financially if things go tits-up like they have.
That can't be undone,but what can is the way we cope with it,learning now and in the future to economise,accept our financial situation,change our lifestyle and our expectations...

For many (I would say the majority in fact) that's never going to happen,and unless we do make changes,however small,then we're doomed to a life of discontent,but then they can (will!) always blame the politicians,Yes, blame them for quite a lot perhaps,but, how about,for reasons I have stated,apportion some of the blame on the society we have become,and shoulder just a bit of the responsibility ourselves.

Best Regards
Gulliver

[cappy]

nail on the head regards cappy

[Kenneth Kenny]

Sailed with some great crew members in the Merchant Navy that you are glad you met.John Griffen,Pat Carrol,Billy Sadler M.V.Tabor.Jack Seddon George Scott.Pizarro.Jimmy Wittaker Albert Wise.Ionion.Frank Morris Andulusian.Owen Divine George Taylor.Binfield.JohnJones.Maltasian.John Griffin.Nat Mathewes.Alf Lees.Devis.Patrick Hughes.Santander.lots more of great crew forgot there names.Ken.R634898

[Louis the Amigo]

Hi Shipmates Hi Captain Kong, I Agree with your post on Hanging for murder if proven without doubt? But why have you left out the Same for treason I.E home growed terrorist and all other terrorist who kill innocent people and our troops abroad, should be hung in public before any major football match and watched on the news. Child poverty I took a walk to a local food bank today to see one in action, not far from me in a church hall, it was very busy all types of people going there to get free food, most came out with a plastic bag full some disable, black, eastern eupoean with push chairs and small children and a few locals old people. I watched from the other side of the road {bus stop} for a short while not a nice way to get food ??? Its open twice a week.