Jerseygirl

She does have a valid point...your comment to Schnooks in post 215 was not called for.

Yorkiechef

The only thing that is missing, apart from the cars that have been nicked is the sign, the ultimate insult, NO BALL GAMES. Yes children, go inside, take drugs and condemn your life to PS4 and xbox! When the elecy has run out - smash the bus stop up.

not2old

I get its a wind-up & folks are having a poke at me, but that's OK

With the exception of the dogs, some, if not most of those things go on in the middle class neighbourhood around where I live now, more homicides here than the place than I grew up in the UK, even today.

My sister lives in the bought council house that I was raised in, its a nice quiet street & surrounding area, 50% council tenants all looking out for one another

are you a non-council estate posh expat that moved here from the better end of town?

not2old

shirtback quoted my post #226

Partially discharged

I think you and have similar experiences of these communities which are a double oxymoron....housing estate.

Others may have lived in or known people in more disneyfied versions. I'm familiar with a number of these types of communities in the Greater Manchester area and I've yet to find one with many positives.

Yorkiechef

Originally I was brought up on a pit estate, but have worked hard for what I have and have no intention of returning to that life. I have plenty of friends that still do though, the pit estates were taken over by the local housing associations, they changed dramatically overnight, when everyone worked and kept each other alive down the pit, leaving your back door open was never a problem, strangers were spotted from a country mile away, some wifies worked but not many, so plenty of eyes on the estate. It was a safe environment. Only those that worked down the pit lived on the estate, everyone working, quite a rich environment to live. Fall out of line, lose your job, lose your lifestyle, house, friends.................long fall that.

Jerseygirl

And I quoted your post 215...

caretaker

I'm guessing more like Saturday Night And Sunday Morning than Heartbeat.

Shirtback

Even if that someone has zero experience/is a total beginner in the job? Even if the pay scale for some jobs - which require little to no skills- never gets much higher than minimum wage, however experienced one might be?

I "kind of" get what you're saying, I think; however, I also think (from experience), that you might have over-optimistic expectations/ideas about unionized job take-home pay v non-unionized th pay...

BristolUK

Another difference for different parts of Canada then. Colliers, Snowdonia and others of the type (not the full selection on their website) are regularly available in Sobeys and Superstore here.

The offer price is sometimes worth it but not the regular price.

I still swear by Cracker Barrel Reserve. It really is stronger than the ordinary slabs and there's a reason it's not displayed with the run of the mill cheeses.


These are good too.

scrubbedexpat091

Just proves I am an idiot, unskilled moron with no future. Apparently I was more skilled at 16 with 0 experience in anything considering I made more then min wage.

If 20 years work experience in a variety of fields means nothing to employers, then I stand 0 chance in this life.

FYI I have over 15 years of customer service experience, so I am not inexperienced for the job.

beckiwoo

+1 - best selection of cheese and good prices as I discussed previously about Colliers price in Tesco in the UK - Safeway selection is a pile of poo compared to Cost Cpo

caretaker

That's a valuable skill, but doesn't automatically mean a good wage. It's like finding a good deal on a house for rent, it can take years. If applying and being rejected is getting you down try all the temporary slots you might fit, part time too. I know people who've taken temp jobs and then gotten on full time in decent positions when they proved out. There's a wildlife rescue worker job that looks like it could be interesting.

Shirtback

JS, I'm not quite sure how you extrapolated 'idiot unskilled moron with no future' from my (& others') previous posts. If you're applying for CS agent type jobs, in retail/hospitality, it's highly unlikely you'll be offered much over the minimum (for your neck of the woods) salary, unless you're applying for supervisory & above positions, where you might have a *little* bit of leeway to negotiate according to your experience.

It's not *you*, it's the jobs/industries.

scrubbedexpat091

I do try temp agencies but I have not had any luck with one yet, but I do try them. Been sending resumes to and calling temp agencies for about a decade now. Time to time I get called to come in and take a test for some positions, but I never seem to get an actual job out of it all...lol

I have no confidence or self esteem, never have and likely never will, so each rejection kills what little I have left and sends me into a mental health crises.

But gotta have a good income to afford mental health treatment, at least for borderline, 1,000 or so per month, and while we have extended medical, they cap mental health at 500/yr.