Under 45? Oh dear!

[SueEllen]

To clarify I was quoting the silly OAP. (Hence the use of " "). He wound me up with his "It's young people's fault. I managed" attitude.

Loads of old people say that about all sorts of things. They do not have the empathy and comprehension to understand that their experience is out of date.

Try getting a job - any job - without a mobile phone. Even if you walk in to a place and they give you a job they want your mobile phone number to be able to contact you at any time.

[WTFH]

Young people need to lower their expectations a little.

That looks like a pipe dream to me.

[DimPrawn]

That looks like a pipe dream to me.

They are at the end of my garden, I rent them to immigrants for £500 a month each.

[MrMarkyMark]

They are at the end of my garden, I rent them to immigrants for £500 a month each.

Hope you intend to increase that figure, soon, don't forget, houses are going up in value every day

[DimPrawn]

Hope you intend to increase that figure, soon, don't forget, houses are going up in value every day

[WTFH]

Is that some swanky hotel where they charge £500 a night to sleep there? (if so, I'm surprised the Wife(tm) hasn't mentioned it to me yet)

[PurpleGorilla]

This chart says it all:

[ChimpMaster]

This chart says it all:

You and your blinkin charts

[LondonManc]

Last night I was arguing on another forum with a retiree who mocked twenty-somethings for "wasting their money on mobile phones and tech gadgets instead of investing in property. Interest rates are so low that it has never been easier to get a mortgage".

Deposit + mortgage multiplier are a bit more of an issue. How did the silly old coffin-dodger reach his age?

[DimPrawn]

Deposit + mortgage multiplier are a bit more of an issue. How did the silly old coffin-dodger reach his age?

£100k deposit and 15x income it's all possible. Osborne will look after the young and weak.