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Terror in McDonalds
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lukemg - could you be hired to give lessons of how to post please? You've said in a few lines what I've been rambling for pages on...Originally posted by lukemg View PostFirst - watch Idiocracy for the end game, its extreme but funny.
Second - Bouncing benefits at these people is the price we have to pay to stop them rampaging the streets. If you want to know what it would be like, look at the riots or walled communities in SA or Brazil with people living in fear of the hordes outside. Give 'em enough to pay for tabs, ale and sky and we can get on with our lives.
Third - There just isn't work available for the numbers of people with no/few skills anymore, it's all gone offshore and won't come back.
It's not going to change, earn enough to move somewhere nice and forget about it....Comment
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Although Bradford does feel a bit Grim it is not that bad. Has some decent food, generally nice people and not as bad as the media makes it out to be.....Originally posted by Platypus View PostI felt similarly after a recent trip to Bradford.Comment
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LiarOriginally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostAlthough Bradford does feel a bit Grim it is not that bad. Has some decent food, generally nice people and not as bad as the media makes it out to be.....
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Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostAlthough Bradford does feel a bit Grim it is not that bad. Has some decent food, generally nice people and not as bad as the media makes it out to be.....I like Saltaire. Did a couple of contracts there for "Pace".Originally posted by Diver View PostLiar


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Another Saltaire is exactly what we need IMO. If anyone even knows who he is without wikipedia nowadays.Comment
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You mean Sir Titus Salt?Originally posted by Scoobos View PostAnother Saltaire is exactly what we need IMO. If anyone even knows who he is without wikipedia nowadays.
The Aire is the river...
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Titus knew how to get the best from his workers.Originally posted by Scoobos View Postbad irony I suppose, but I'm warmed by the response
Not sure I agree with his ideas on temperance...
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