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And so do you at times FS.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 11, 2012 at 11:17 AM
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These are interesting economic times indeed...The poem reminds me that you truly do have a way with words...
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on October 11, 2012 at 9:53 AM
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Re: DT
Thank you Sir.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 11, 2012 at 7:45 AM
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Re: you had best stop following her around the supermarket, you may Morph.
The goose well I could do with a bit of goose grease . We have so many immigrants now Kabu, but they will do the work that the majority believes is beneath them. I can't see what will happen.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 11, 2012 at 7:45 AM
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Re:Pat
Thank you Pat it is going to get worse, but I need not tell you that, I don't think we could have afforded a computer when we were young My mum had a fridge instead of a telivision when we could rustle the money together and used to search for bits of wood to light the fire. 
posted by
C_C_T
on October 11, 2012 at 7:41 AM
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Re: CCT
Well Arthur says cockles swim and winkles are a different feeder I think. I suppose it is all there on Google but I might not fancy them if I delve too deeply.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 11, 2012 at 7:36 AM
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WEll that means most of us at the moment Taps you can afford jam on your bread perhaps the old uns will look back in fifty years and say and they used to have cake.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 11, 2012 at 7:32 AM
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No nothing is written in stone adnohr . The silent majority just keeps being taken down the creek without a paddle.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 11, 2012 at 7:29 AM
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Re: CCT
They just put a record on Bill.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 11, 2012 at 7:26 AM
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Re: CCT
Yes two can live as cheaply as one Wiley old chap as long as you eat half portions.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 11, 2012 at 7:25 AM
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Don't be cheeky Shobana I probably work harder than anyone my age unless they are in a stone quarry. I also have to put with -- never mind you will have an answer, were you the gal in the green shift I can't spell your costume, I see you have all been slimming down for the wedding was Jackie there?.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 11, 2012 at 7:23 AM
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Well Jay at least the poor are no worse off than the poor buggers who get the equivalent for paying in all there lives. That's here of course and what is so ridiculous pensioners get free this and that even if they are rolling in money.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 11, 2012 at 7:17 AM
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Well Chuck sadly it could happen. Do the arithmetic .
posted by
C_C_T
on October 11, 2012 at 7:13 AM
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Well try and get something that will appreciate in time Lion. Can you see enough enough money being collected to pay a decent pension in 30 years time. I agree it is a ropey deal, well stupid at the moment.10 years ago the old chap over the road was awarded12%.
Now it hardly beats meagre savings.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 11, 2012 at 7:11 AM
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Having watched pensions devalue I have taken the decision to not get one and to become a burden on the state when I retire. The returns on a pension are so small given how much they demand from us that I see no value in getting one.
posted by
lionreign
on October 11, 2012 at 3:29 AM
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It is scary here in America when they say that by the time we retire the government won't have the funds to pay the social security. Hard to believe.
posted by
Chuck_E_Ibrahim
on October 11, 2012 at 3:07 AM
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I hear what you are saying, being poor now.
posted by
UtahJay
on October 11, 2012 at 12:01 AM
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Hi CC, someday going by your poem - we might have a 3 in 1 ready made concoction for finding someone beautiful or filled with goodness. It made me smile - anyway I posted the poem and had a go at reposting the photo. Been really busy as I was away from work for a few days and then back to work and there was a landslide work to do..lol - well some of us are not so lucky like you CC and have to work for a living! 
posted by
shobana
on October 10, 2012 at 9:37 PM
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CCT
I guess things are tough everywhere Bro,thank goodness Kabu and I can share.
posted by
WileyJohn
on October 10, 2012 at 8:00 PM
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CCT
ZWhat happened to folk and traditional like they sing at Christmas time sir? BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on October 10, 2012 at 6:21 PM
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The pension cut is not funny - especially when we know how many young 'uns are lazing around and living off the taxes the workers are paying into the government, to keep them from revolting or thieving.
I love the poem too - I like the way you play with words!!
posted by
adnohr
on October 10, 2012 at 4:53 PM
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I love the poem.
I think I will go read it again.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 10, 2012 at 3:09 PM
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I really feel sorry for anyone retiring from this time foreward, unless of course they are independently wealthy and have no worries.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 10, 2012 at 3:06 PM
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CCT
At some point the returns may be getting to the point that one might as well devest and just enjoy oneself, LOL...
And I don't know the difference between winkles and cockles either - gotta look it up...And finally, I really got caught up in the intriguing web of your poem, it's rich...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 10, 2012 at 1:20 PM
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Oh, that return on investment seems meager, even insulting..
There's a move afoot here -- proposed constitutional amendment -- that would allow the state to cut pensions on state retirees, including teachers, firemen, policemen, who weren't exactly overpaid in the first place... Loved the web, the metamorphosis in the market, especially the last line. Wow! :)
posted by
Pat_B
on October 10, 2012 at 12:52 PM
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you had best stop following her around the supermarket, you may Morph.
into a Gnome....set in cement and taken to someone's home.
It seems as though the UK is in a really bad state finacially. I didn't know it was all that bad. You take care or you will be having to live off of yesterdays bread with the Goose.
posted by
Kabu
on October 10, 2012 at 12:47 PM
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CCT, Well done.
posted by
dsm_tchr
on October 10, 2012 at 11:20 AM
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