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    #11
    I knew this thread would cue all the do gooders and "we're so lucky to live in England dunderheads !

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      #12
      Originally posted by Andyw
      I knew this thread would cue all the do gooders and "we're so lucky to live in England dunderheads !
      Hey, don't include me in that!

      I'm off down Tesco's latter. Make sure that the shelves are fully stacked. You've been a bit of a slacker recently.
      Blair, you cannot reach me now,
      No matter how you try,
      Goodbye cruel Labour,
      Your end is nigh.

      International Talk Like a Pirate Day

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        #13
        Originally posted by Andyw
        atw and pondlife have nothing of interest to add to this thread.....code crunchers !

        Code cruncher? I don't think so - I couldn't code my way out of a paper bag.

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          #14
          Originally posted by CaribbeanPirate
          Hey, don't include me in that!

          I'm off down Tesco's latter. Make sure that the shelves are fully stacked. You've been a bit of a slacker recently.

          Later not latter ! I think it's YOU that has the quals to fill shelves...

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            #15
            Originally posted by Andyw
            I knew this thread would cue all the do gooders and "we're so lucky to live in England dunderheads !
            Eh???

            I'm off out of the country as soon as I can convince the wife that Canada is not too cold There is no future in this country any more IMHO. Doesn't change my opinion that you are talking a load of b*ll*cks though.

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              #16
              that is pretty dumb post andyw...

              1. If you got kids then why not pay the CSA
              2. like someone said 38000 is still better net than 34000
              3. 31 in a 30 zone well unlucky but how many times have you done 40 in a 30 zone?

              I am not a troll but really .....
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              SA - Is it like a dragons nostril?

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                #17
                Originally posted by kramer
                that is pretty dumb post andyw...

                1. If you got kids then why not pay the CSA
                .....

                Because, they want over the top payments, like £160 per week for each kid. Only, if its the goverment making the payments then the payments are ten quid a week but if it you then, well, we'll just have as much as you can afford matey. oh BTW my son is 18 so im talking about friends.

                people dont mind paying for their kids, just not silly amounts that leave them skint putting a strain on their current relationship !

                wake up and smell the coffee !

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by Andyw
                  Because, they want over the top payments, like £160 per week for each kid. Only, if its the goverment making the payments then the payments are ten quid a week but if it you then, well, we'll just have as much as you can afford matey. oh BTW my son is 18 so im talking about friends.

                  people dont mind paying for their kids, just not silly amounts that leave them skint putting a strain on their current relationship !

                  wake up and smell the coffee !
                  2 different things: what you should pay for your kids; what the government should pay for your kids.

                  600-odd a month doesn't seem like a lot for an IT contractor to allocate to his or her child. Unless, as I remarked earlier, you don't really expect children to be a significant expense. Most people who have children expect them to be their whole life.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Andyw
                    Because, they want over the top payments, like £160 per week for each kid. Only, if its the goverment making the payments then the payments are ten quid a week but if it you then, well, we'll just have as much as you can afford matey. oh BTW my son is 18 so im talking about friends.

                    people dont mind paying for their kids, just not silly amounts that leave them skint putting a strain on their current relationship !

                    wake up and smell the coffee !
                    I shall defer answering this until after my divorce hearing next month...

                    Older and ...well, just older!!

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by expat
                      3. Why shouldn't the 30mph limit mean what it says on the tin?
                      In principle it should - although your assumption is that car speedometers are 100% accurate ( the reason why police cars have 2 speeds = 1 standard issue & 1 calibrated), when I were a lad there was a 10% margin of error on speedos either way, and plod would only prosecute you if you were 10% over...which seemed a pretty fair & just way of working.

                      Now in this fecked up country we are prosecuted for any transgression, auto fined for any lateness in submitting documentation and seem to spend most of our lives watching over our shoulders.


                      <rant over>
                      How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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