Evchrgingaccusd Discussion Threads

[zzaxx99] 13/6/2001 14:44

-- prs

Well apart from the Sewage, that sounds like several parts of London.

[little tyke] 13/6/2001 14:43

still proud of my grade 2 cse in english lit.

[muchos wonga] 13/6/2001 14:42

Thats the trouble with people who live in London. They buy these silly little flats for £600K and then when they feel like getting married, they assume that they can move out to the country where they can pick up a 10 bed mansion with 50 acres in Surrey for £200K.

[little tyke] 13/6/2001 14:42

Off to library to look up british standards on tensile testing. Back tomorrow. Top stuff eh?

Only special people got to do CSEs. I got one o-level cos that was all I could do at my school. Rest 16+ and CSE

[zzaxx99] 13/6/2001 14:37

Same with the rural types moaning about the lack of jobs and transport - I don't hear them whinging about how they wish they could pay London house prices

[peterreidsmith] 13/6/2001 14:37

?You checked on the price of country property recently?

And we are probably subsidising you smog breathers: pay rates but deal with own sewage, no street lighting, private roads, no police evident, etc

[peterreidsmith] 13/6/2001 14:17

I think maybe you were looking for the Room 101, Rant thread wonga.

[muchos wonga] 13/6/2001 14:16

You always hear nurses moaning and whineing that they can't afford houses at times like these (it was the same during 1987/88) and how they should get special support to purchase. However, in recessions, you don't hear them moaning that they have a nice safe recession-proof job and houses are cheaper. No, they only ever seem to want them when they are overpriced.

[peterreidsmith] 13/6/2001 14:07

Tyke/market:
Actually they are trying that with my job now, and in the past I spent a year or two with no income during the last recession and 'am starting to feel the effects of this slowdown now. In short, I've experienced my fair share of the gain and pain in market forces, tyke.

So, Yes actually, they should - and are. Some lose; many more gain. You have to use captial efficiently for the greater/greatest good. Not always pleasant for those that would like their incomes protected, but a hell of a relief for those that would like *an* income.
IT and India are good current examples.

It works.

[CSE's were after my time I'm afraid: 'O' Grades and Highers I took. Despite my terrible spelling I didn't do too badly.]

[little tyke] 13/6/2001 13:53

You're a fine one to pick up a typo! You were probably doing a CSE in sweeping generalisations when you should have been in english.

And you are yet to put forward an argument. Surely market forces means we should employ people from the third world and slash all wages by 80%. Someone there for your job too.

[peterreidsmith] 13/6/2001 13:45

They didn't teach you about sweeping statements at school then?

[And what the hell's a docterine? Some sort of small orange?]

[peterreidsmith] 13/6/2001 13:23

zzaaxx...eh..Tony and family are actually pretty well off you know - I think "independantly wealthy type" covers them too. All the more reason to set a good example.

And "reward and remuneration" takes various forms - as I said there is no shortage of people wanting to be MPs or PMs for the very good reason that the rewards and remunerations are more than sufficient. The PM thing in particular is "driven" types - a variety of psychological flaws: in Tony's case it's probably to get at his conservative peer daddy for something and show that even Fettes and oxbridge wouldn't corrupt him. Or some such twaddle.

[Also - to be fair- the pressure came from the likes of Prescott who wanted the money. The reasoning was that Tony had to show solidartity - left to his own devices he probably would not have drawn it, but pressure from the punters who wanted the dosh I'm afraid. FT reported it all some time ago when he first pressured them in to not drawing their full lot - they were very annoyed at him for depriving them of hte money. I find that a little scary personally.]

Tyke: you suffer from self-delusion ..

IMHO.

[muchos wonga] 13/6/2001 13:18

You pay peanuts ...........

It was a silly pointless media focused exercise. Glad they are now drawing a reasonable salary.

[little tyke] 13/6/2001 13:16

Dennis is a multi-millionaire.

[peterreidsmith] 13/6/2001 13:04

tykkkyyyypooooossssss????

Where you gone?

[peterreidsmith] 13/6/2001 12:38

MW: I know - and don't get me started on GPs - not exactly underpaid or overworked from what have been able to gather around my area.

[ashtongray] 13/6/2001 12:36

I can only think of two problems with Ken Clarke for Great Leader:

1) The Europe question.
2) Age: I think he is 60 currently - without being ageist (I can see said number approaching not too far into the future!), I think it likely that he might be viewed as no more than an interim solution, so that speculation about his successor might start within weeks of accession. Wouldn't really solve the problem, would it?