General Chat

Pretty upsetting that this thread and bullying thread have disappeared. It reminds me of when I was a young man - something Latin followed by interruptus. We were all in full flow.

Well blow me down, I missed it all.

I must stop having a life :-(

What was it about?

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it was the employment /benefits one Sue, that you added on

FGS!

Plain daft our Rose :-(

It's most likely a glitch in the system and not an RR.

Merseys book thread 'disappeared' and has been reinstated by Phil.

Threads have been known to vanish without being reported.

Has Phil Moir found it yet? If not, think Rose needs to start a new thread. "Is PM (not Cameron but Moir) reponsible for the current economic woes in USA and UK (two of the six richest countries in the whole wide world) where real wages have fallen for the fourth year in a row. How has the new layout helped to improve the morale of those struggling on very tight budgets? :-S

Reply from GR was not removed on account of my being reported, so it does seem to have been a glitch, OR divine intervention telling me to go to bed and get off my soapbox before I lost my temper ;-)

Never mind our Rose, I'm pretty sure you have more chances to lose your temper ;-)

Most probably Sue :-D

maybe somebody was touchie at the mention of benefit fraud ;-) ;-)

Joy, Spoke to a man about 50 today. Have known him a couple of years, he is quite ill, cannot walk without crutches and is fairly obviously not able to work.

Asked him about ATOS. He passed with flying colours, able to do all sorts of jobs apart from Hussain Bolt's jogging partner. So his benefits will be stopped. Says they are stopping 100% round here. Everyone is really worried about what will happen, many are prepered to lose homes cos they won't be able to pay rent etc. Reckons Govt will review because of the stink. But if not, he will be sleeping under Pandy Bridge. Nice chap, lovely sense of humour, but I can tell very worried indeed.

He did tell me that benefit fraud was a big problem. He is angrier than me about it (I think many on benefits are). But he thinks the clever fraudsters will still be doing well even after these changes. They will only affect the vulnerable like him.

Do you really think the RR'er and/or phantom remover is on benefits and shouldn't be? :-0

i don't have a clue John to be honest
i am able bodied myself
but do feel for the sick and disabled of this country
well the genuine ones that is

Atos should give the money back they have been paid as G4 have done
over their failure to do the job paid for


if so many are winning their appeals they are not doing their jobs right :-(

" But he thinks the clever fraudsters will still be doing well even after these changes. They will only affect the vulnerable like him."

Precisely, the 'clever' ones will, and always have, grabbed whatever 'opportunity' came along, not just benefits, but the dodgy insurance claims. the tax fiddlers, the black economy etc... the trouble is with the benefits slashed it will be the ones who don't play the system that suffer most, the genuine cases. The fraudsters will always find another way.

There will be people who are 'found fit to work' who will die, without the comfort of those extra benefits which make life 'bearable' ( not luxurious or pampered by any means) , and then what will IDS, ( who lost his party an election already) do? Retire and make a fortune as a company director and after dinner speaker ....Spit, retch , vomit.

Oh dear I seem not to be able to be quite calm on this one lol.

On a positive note, spoke to two young brothers today who have not had much work for quite a time.

One of them was bursting to tell me they had both had an interview with Admiral today - now one of largest Welsh private companies. And they both felt they had done really well and had been offered training - which may lead to a job.

Wistfully raising their sights from their present dingy council flat and X Reg Clio and thinking of their luxury flat in the Bay and their Lamborghin like all young men. But it was infectious to see their enthusiasm. And coupled to two men talking about night opportinities in a factory in Bridged last week, there does seem a bit of hope around.

Even in the second poorest county in the whole if the UK in termes of per capita income. :-D :-D

Where there's life there's hope John ;-)

Rose Every time I come on your threads you want to spit, retch, vomit.....

So sorry. But there are a lot of bugs within this new layout, so it might be Genes fault you are so full of ire - not mine after all ;-)

lol John, I am sure the two are not connected...I was politically disinclined towards IDS long before your presence here :-D

Which way were you disinclined? Towards Ian Smith or Duncan Smith. They are twins according to Wikipedia. Ian is the bald, boring one, Duncan takes the biscuit.

Bring back Clem and Nye. Or is that too political? ;-)

John

With respect .......you do seem quote many times on people you have had conversations with each day on all the subjects under discussion ..... just wondering if this because you live in a very small community or that it is part of your work.
Forgive me if you find this intrusive but would really like to know.

Jo

I think it's possibly because the initials IDS are so similar to IBS, just a typo away, but both are inclined to give one a pain in the gut :-D