goldfinger
- 09 Jun 2005 12:25
Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).
Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.
cheers GF.
IanT(MoneyAM)
- 04 Dec 2014 14:33
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Exec,
I have changed the post as you suggest - Haystack, I hope you don't mind,
Ian
Shortie
- 04 Dec 2014 14:37
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A shame the Mel Sykes picture wasn't made bigger!!
Fred1new
- 04 Dec 2014 14:45
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Ian,
I don't mind, if he minds!
cynic
- 04 Dec 2014 14:48
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52131 - stigma????? ...... strange place you seem to live
doodlebug4
- 04 Dec 2014 15:00
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Shortie, it's one of the reasons I think children should be encouraged to play team sports at school as it gives them the opportunity to compete as a member of a team as well as learning to develop as an individual.
Stan
- 04 Dec 2014 15:05
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As with just about everything, balance is the key.
Haystack
- 04 Dec 2014 15:06
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I don't see any stigma at all. Maybe a pain in the ass though.
cynic
- 04 Dec 2014 15:08
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when my mother was alive, i occasionally threatened Beloved with having her come to live with us, but decided she would quickly end up on a premeditated murder charge
in fact, both my parents died at home and were fortunate to live in a road where (nearly) everyone knew each other, looked out for each other and regularly socialised together .... i guess that's the advantage of being part of and living in a relatively poor and non-socially-mobile neighbourhood
Shortie
- 04 Dec 2014 15:13
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The point is if mother had of come and have helped out her overheads would have been lost and you'd have received a contribution to the household thus having maybe slightly more time and money.
goldfinger
- 04 Dec 2014 15:14
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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL even you twat HAYSTACKS.
Haystack
- 04 Dec 2014 15:15
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The cost benefits might not outweigh the mental torment!
cynic
- 04 Dec 2014 15:21
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as it's quite quiet .....
my mother was a very independent woman and steadfastly refused much if any help until the very end (at 91)
my father always wanted to die at home (89) - he told my mother on many occasions that that was why he had bought the house - and bless my mother's cotton socks, she shouldered the task of looking after him for the several years after he'd become rather daffy
cynic
- 04 Dec 2014 15:22
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i think the blond girl on the apprentice is pretty tasty
MaxK
- 04 Dec 2014 15:26
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How can they carry this out?
26m ago
14:54
Paul Johnson's presentation - Summary
And here are the key quotes from the opening presentation by Paul Johnson, the IFS director, summarising the main points from the IFS’s analysis.
Johnson said future spending cuts would be
“on a colossal scale” under the government’s plans.
There is no spending dividend on the horizon. Far from it. There are huge cuts to come.
How do we get to this sunlit upland in which we have a budget surplus? Spending cuts on a colossal scale is how,
taking total government spending to its lowest level as a proportion of national income since before the last war.
He said government’s plans implied the need for cuts that would change the role of the state
“beyond recognition”.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2014/dec/04/autumn-statement-2014-reaction-politics-live-blog
goldfinger
- 04 Dec 2014 15:27
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HAYS just think next year.
1. you have the postman and you open your first letter, £300 credit for the Winter Fuel Allowance.
2. Letter 2, £3,000 debit for your MANSION TAX .
Shortie
- 04 Dec 2014 15:29
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"Mel Sykes at 44 is a COUGAR to me", really GF...?? She's older than me but what's not to like..
cynic
- 04 Dec 2014 15:29
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ah, the silly WFA
now if there was ever one allowance that should be taxable, then that's it and surely easy enough to do by HMRC
cynic
- 04 Dec 2014 15:30
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shortie - she says YOU :-)