Growing financial crisis in Europe???
Feb 25th 2010, 8:47 pm
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Famous Grouce and VAT69.
Long may they reign.
Enjoy the curry.
Feb 27th 2010, 8:50 am
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Some perspective on the unemployment figures we all see and just how small a change it needs to influence things
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8538751.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8538751.stm
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Feb 27th 2010, 9:34 am
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Some perspective on the unemployment figures we all see and just how small a change it needs to influence things
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8538751.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8538751.stm
But, yes, things are easily changed.
Feb 28th 2010, 11:38 am
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/e...onditions.html
It seems Germany and France have had to bite the bullet. Germany’s state-owned KfW bank France’s state-owned Caisse des Depots are to buy as much as €30bn (£26.7bn) of Greek debt to help the country avoid a calamitous sovereign default – but only if Athens commits to slashing public spending.
In return for the support the Greek government has agreed to implement €4bn of new austerity measures to reach its target of cutting the budget deficit by four percentage points this year.
FAT CHANCE! $20 says they are on the steets rioting if anyone suggests cutting wages, increasing (or even paying) taxes, and lifting the retiring age of 61!!!!!
It seems Germany and France have had to bite the bullet. Germany’s state-owned KfW bank France’s state-owned Caisse des Depots are to buy as much as €30bn (£26.7bn) of Greek debt to help the country avoid a calamitous sovereign default – but only if Athens commits to slashing public spending.
In return for the support the Greek government has agreed to implement €4bn of new austerity measures to reach its target of cutting the budget deficit by four percentage points this year.
FAT CHANCE! $20 says they are on the steets rioting if anyone suggests cutting wages, increasing (or even paying) taxes, and lifting the retiring age of 61!!!!!
Feb 28th 2010, 11:56 am
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They should be rioting in France & Germany at the thought of bailing out a bunch of lazy Greeks. The only reason they joined the Euro in the first place was because their economy was shot.
Feb 28th 2010, 12:00 pm
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I wonder if they STFU about the Elgin Marbles now.
Feb 28th 2010, 12:56 pm
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You know, one of the nicer things about Australia is a lack of this class crap.
No wonder Kev is back in the UK. I can see him now, riding to hounds, shooting on his estate, JP on the local bench, children at the local PNEU, or more likely some minor public school. Member of some club – a minor one, Henley, Ascot. 6th June bang bang a brace.
Get out of my way Slapphead, cant you see a wealthy English gentleman passing. And doff your cap damn you.
No wonder Kev is back in the UK. I can see him now, riding to hounds, shooting on his estate, JP on the local bench, children at the local PNEU, or more likely some minor public school. Member of some club – a minor one, Henley, Ascot. 6th June bang bang a brace.
Get out of my way Slapphead, cant you see a wealthy English gentleman passing. And doff your cap damn you.
I can't help but get the impression but most of the people who make an institution out of 'Australia was not good enough for me' tend to be the lower-middle class/run of the mill middle class people who hide behind their job descriptions/degrees/appearances/choices they make in supermarkets (and I respect academia as a profession).
Doesn't make them particularly interesting in my books, nor wrong.
Give me a true working class bloke, or a man of means, even a man like Slappy any day. Someone once said - the only roles in life worth fulfilling are womenhood and soldiering - everything else is temporary...food for thought - don't necessarily agree with it.
Thanks for the milatary history lesson. I've never been in any of the armed forces-nor would I ever want to be. I like to be my own man to much.
Sadly the forces are just fodder for politicians.
I don't find hunting a particularly atttractive pastime either.
The supposed meritocracy that Australia offers serves I believe to bring people to the centre rather than encourage the best and brightest. That is why I prefer the British class system with all its faults to the false equality that Australia boasts.
Sadly the forces are just fodder for politicians.
I don't find hunting a particularly atttractive pastime either.
The supposed meritocracy that Australia offers serves I believe to bring people to the centre rather than encourage the best and brightest. That is why I prefer the British class system with all its faults to the false equality that Australia boasts.
Infact, I find people in the workplace, even at the semi-professional/professional level far more comformist than I found many professional soldiers to be. Still makes me chuckle on occasion! The most conformist are often the lower-middle classes.
Last edited by BadgeIsBack; Feb 28th 2010 at 12:59 pm. Reason: I typed soldering....which is different to soldiering....most of the time...
Feb 28th 2010, 1:02 pm
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Kev strikes me as just another middle-class bloke.
I can't help but get the impression but most of the people who make an institution out of 'Australia was not good enough for me' tend to be the lower-middle class/run of the mill middle class people who hide behind their job descriptions/degrees/appearances/choices they make in supermarkets (and I respect academia as a profession).
Doesn't make them particularly interesting in my books, nor wrong.
Give me a true working class bloke, or a man of means, even a man like Slappy any day. Someone once said - the only roles in life worth fulfilling are womenhood and soldiering - everything else is temporary...food for thought - don't necessarily agree with it.
There are plenty of people who find that the Armed Forces allows them to be their own men too - and it encourages it in some places (in some units more than others infact).
Infact, I find people in the workplace, even at the semi-professional/professional level far more comformist than I found many professional soldiers to be. Still makes me chuckle on occasion! The most conformist are often the lower-middle classes.
I can't help but get the impression but most of the people who make an institution out of 'Australia was not good enough for me' tend to be the lower-middle class/run of the mill middle class people who hide behind their job descriptions/degrees/appearances/choices they make in supermarkets (and I respect academia as a profession).
Doesn't make them particularly interesting in my books, nor wrong.
Give me a true working class bloke, or a man of means, even a man like Slappy any day. Someone once said - the only roles in life worth fulfilling are womenhood and soldiering - everything else is temporary...food for thought - don't necessarily agree with it.
There are plenty of people who find that the Armed Forces allows them to be their own men too - and it encourages it in some places (in some units more than others infact).
Infact, I find people in the workplace, even at the semi-professional/professional level far more comformist than I found many professional soldiers to be. Still makes me chuckle on occasion! The most conformist are often the lower-middle classes.
Feb 28th 2010, 1:05 pm
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Kev strikes me as just another middle-class bloke.
I can't help but get the impression but most of the people who make an institution out of 'Australia was not good enough for me' tend to be the lower-middle class/run of the mill middle class people who hide behind their job descriptions/degrees/appearances/choices they make in supermarkets (and I respect academia as a profession).
Doesn't make them particularly interesting in my books, nor wrong.
Give me a true working class bloke, or a man of means, even a man like Slappy any day. Someone once said - the only roles in life worth fulfilling are womenhood and soldiering - everything else is temporary...food for thought - don't necessarily agree with it.
There are plenty of people who find that the Armed Forces allows them to be their own men too - and it encourages it in some places (in some units more than others infact).
Infact, I find people in the workplace, even at the semi-professional/professional level far more comformist than I found many professional soldiers to be. Still makes me chuckle on occasion! The most conformist are often the lower-middle classes.
I can't help but get the impression but most of the people who make an institution out of 'Australia was not good enough for me' tend to be the lower-middle class/run of the mill middle class people who hide behind their job descriptions/degrees/appearances/choices they make in supermarkets (and I respect academia as a profession).
Doesn't make them particularly interesting in my books, nor wrong.
Give me a true working class bloke, or a man of means, even a man like Slappy any day. Someone once said - the only roles in life worth fulfilling are womenhood and soldiering - everything else is temporary...food for thought - don't necessarily agree with it.
There are plenty of people who find that the Armed Forces allows them to be their own men too - and it encourages it in some places (in some units more than others infact).
Infact, I find people in the workplace, even at the semi-professional/professional level far more comformist than I found many professional soldiers to be. Still makes me chuckle on occasion! The most conformist are often the lower-middle classes.
EVEN a man like Slappy???
I agree about the armed forces . most people don’t understand what it really means.
Feb 28th 2010, 1:14 pm
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Feb 28th 2010, 1:18 pm
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Feb 28th 2010, 4:33 pm
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It never ceases to amaze me how much the public claim to know about the forces. Actually in some cases, there is even a mild envy..When it comes to my wife and the peculiarities and method of dance training and execution I have never claimed to know any detail of it. I defer to her on the subject.
