Christmas Tree

Chinese chicken and sweetcorn soup Loved up and down the nation so why cant anyfucker make it and stick it in a tin. How fucking hard can it be....Chicken, sweet corn, and lumpy water. Just tried Asda's "chosen by you" range tonight and while it was edible, it tastes fuck all like the stuff you get in any chinese restaurant in any town. Surely they can simply employ a chinese person and make the fucking soup!!!!!!

3000 on ebay starting from 99p quite a few even local so you can call and collect.....Dont mention grandad.

Second division champions 1965

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You decorate your penis for derby games? Porvort. Dont know what happened there

Got to have the little chap kitted out for the derby

the biggest financial disaster the world has seen????? Where the fuck do you live?

Not sure if your agreeing or disagreeing. The crash of 2008 effected the majority of the private sector which is 4 or 5 times bigger than the public sector.

The point I was making Alex was I though a simple one. The private sector got hammered in real time as the crash happened The public sector was protected to a large degree by Labour Cant see what problem you have with those generilastions which most analysts agree with? It isn't that simple. Surely you can see the massive reliance on public sector jobs in a region like ours in terms of driving the private sector too. Someone from the N.E. Chamber of Commerce (proper Commie type, y'knaa?) was on the radio recently saying that something like 30% of all private sector income was connected to the public sector. Might have been higher actually, but you take my point. But even if those figures are true it just reaffirms my point. If 30% comes from the public sector, 70% comes from the private sector so when the private sector died in the crash of 2008 the effects were / are alot worse than 5% a year cuts on 30% could possibly be to the private sector now. You're oversimplifying it again. It's 5% cuts across the board but places like the NE will be disproportionately affected where the cuts will be higher in terms of the working population which will have a big knock-on effect on the local private sector. That's his argument, not mine btw. I do understand that, just point out that when it happens, it still wont be as bad as the crash of 2008 You really think the worst is over for the NE? Astounding. Compared to 2008, yes.

Guy walks into a bar with an octopus. He sits the octopus down on a stool and tells everyone in the bar that this is a very talented octopus. He can play any instrument in the world. He will bet £50 on it. A guy walks up with a guitar and sits it beside the octopus. The octopus starts playing better than Jimi Hendrix. So the man pays his £50. Another guy walks up with a trumpet. The octopus plays the trumpet better than Dizzy Gillespie. So the man pays his £50. A third guy walks up with bagpipes. He sits them down and the octopus fumbles with it for a minute and sets it down with a confused look. "Ha!" the man says, "Can't you play it?" The octopus looks up at the man and says, "Play it? I'm going to fuck it as soon as I get those pajamas off."

World cup predicting Paul the Octopus has ceased to be. Hopefully his rise to fame during the summer will have left his dependants squids in.

The point I was making Alex was I though a simple one. The private sector got hammered in real time as the crash happened The public sector was protected to a large degree by Labour Cant see what problem you have with those generilastions which most analysts agree with? It isn't that simple. Surely you can see the massive reliance on public sector jobs in a region like ours in terms of driving the private sector too. Someone from the N.E. Chamber of Commerce (proper Commie type, y'knaa?) was on the radio recently saying that something like 30% of all private sector income was connected to the public sector. Might have been higher actually, but you take my point. But even if those figures are true it just reaffirms my point. If 30% comes from the public sector, 70% comes from the private sector so when the private sector died in the crash of 2008 the effects were / are alot worse than 5% a year cuts on 30% could possibly be to the private sector now. You're oversimplifying it again. It's 5% cuts across the board but places like the NE will be disproportionately affected where the cuts will be higher in terms of the working population which will have a big knock-on effect on the local private sector. That's his argument, not mine btw. I do understand that, just point out that when it happens, it still wont be as bad as the crash of 2008

Or on the countless London estates. All those benefit scroungers will have just had their new sofas and 48 inch TV's delivered in time for xmas and there will old sofas and cardboard boxes all over the place.

Shola, most of his career in front of goal.

The point I was making Alex was I though a simple one. The private sector got hammered in real time as the crash happened The public sector was protected to a large degree by Labour Cant see what problem you have with those generilastions which most analysts agree with? It isn't that simple. Surely you can see the massive reliance on public sector jobs in a region like ours in terms of driving the private sector too. Someone from the N.E. Chamber of Commerce (proper Commie type, y'knaa?) was on the radio recently saying that something like 30% of all private sector income was connected to the public sector. Might have been higher actually, but you take my point. But even if those figures are true it just reaffirms my point. If 30% comes from the public sector, 70% comes from the private sector so when the private sector died in the crash of 2008 the effects were / are alot worse than 5% a year cuts on 30% could possibly be to the private sector now.

Thats shocking Alex. Please find some examples of gloating about people losing their jobs.....

Excellent news. "Experts predicted Newcastle to lose at least 8-0 at Old Trafford - because it was only 3-0 it was an excellent result". The previous quarter was 1.2%

Excellent news. Good news, not excellent. If you read the article rather than the headline you will see there are still real concerns. As you are right in saying, it's two years down the line that's important. Renty Renty Renty......Lets just rejoice in some good news..... The article I was reading also had the following quote from analysts.... I resisted the urge to make simple good news party political

I think your view that only those in the public sector or involved with someone who is should be worried and everyone else is okay is simplistic. If I worked in a service area like say taxi driving in an area which will be affected badly I wouldn't feel that immune to the effects. You see thats just it. Not being in the public sector, I was hammered like most in the private sector in 2008 when it all went tits up. My income virtually dissaapeared overnight. The public sector was protected from the worst of it by Labour and so while it is looking worse for the public sector, for the likes of me and many in the private sector we are coming up the other side of the curve. Not booming, but recovering. I think this is the difference between the two sectors that people sometimes struggle to get their head around. I think what you apparently fail to get your head around is that you work around is that you are working in a service industry. Even if your company doesn't have direct contracts with the council, other public bodies, or private companies dependent on public contracts, you are going to feel the effect when people can't afford to get a taxi to the shops or on a night out any more. Then people might take you up on your advice and start driving taxis of their own in competition, further reducing your income. Not withstanding that, there is a very real possibility of a double dip recession. You seem to be unable to grasp how disastrous this would be. I understand all of that and you examplify the point I am making. All of what you suggest happened in 2008 and happened hard. The construction industry stopped overnight, People stopped getting taxis and laid off bricklayers etc started driving taxis. The public sector kept on pretty much as normal. Since 2008 the private sector has started to recover and continued to grow therefore work has picked up and some taxi drivers have returned to their old jobs. While I agree there may be a dip in this recovery due to the fact the public sector will now feel some pain, and I agree it will effect places like Wales and the North East worse than surrey, it still wont be as bad as the effects of 2008. You have to remember that the private sector is still about 4 times as big as the public sector (I think- dont have exact figures)

The point I was making Alex was I though a simple one. The private sector got hammered in real time as the crash happened The public sector was protected to a large degree by Labour Cant see what problem you have with those generilastions which most analysts agree with?

UK economic Growth rate beats all expectations Excellent news.

No it was their massive over-reliance on short-term wholesale funding. When that dried up, the doors closed. Businesses are complaining about the cost of borrowing- but long-term funds are more expensive than short-term and as banks shift themselves onto far more stable funding platforms, the cost of lending that money increases. I understand what you are saying but small business seems to be complaining about the availability of loans, not the interest rate on those loans?

I think your view that only those in the public sector or involved with someone who is should be worried and everyone else is okay is simplistic. If I worked in a service area like say taxi driving in an area which will be affected badly I wouldn't feel that immune to the effects. You see thats just it. Not being in the public sector, I was hammered like most in the private sector in 2008 when it all went tits up. My income virtually dissaapeared overnight. The public sector was protected from the worst of it by Labour and so while it is looking worse for the public sector, for the likes of me and many in the private sector we are coming up the other side of the curve. Not booming, but recovering. I think this is the difference between the two sectors that people sometimes struggle to get their head around.

An absolutely bizarre belief imo, and based on what, exactly? You seem to think that a 5% annual cut on services for 5 consecutive years is insignificant and will breed confidence. Unlikely imo, I think we will officially be in a double dip by spring. The uncertainty of the summer spending review has gone. Just as business has reacted positively to the unknown being known, the same applies to most people. Not saying the Gardens all rosy for everyone but I think the coalition has played a political blinder by letting this be built upto be an expected massacare of spending cuts since they came to power and then when a lot of people see what has actually happened and got their head round it, it seems a lot less than they were expecting. (I appreciate that there will be a lot of public sector workers still worried about futures) It would be interesting to know from anyone in the public sector how the actual fall out has transpired since the cuts were announced. For example your own NICE seemed to be in doubt at one point but looks to have been sparred? No cuts in the NHS and Education leaves another band of people who will be feeling more secure after the announcement i would have thought.

Xmas possibly - new year with 20% VAT no chance. Sounds bad when you say it like that but as with all taxes they soon become the norm. First of all, most shops will try and boost / keep the sales going with offers like "we'll pay the vat increase" etc. Secondly, an extra 2.5% on the cost of say a new Smartphone is not going to put someone off buying it. If you are going to spend £450 on a new product, suddenly having to pay an extra £11.25p will not be a dealbreaker imo.