Effects of recession?

Just to add.
I changed my avatar to my badger family, who come under my kitchen window every night for scraps, as FF kept making 'cat' jokes.....we'll see what happens with the badger avatar.........:rolleyes:

tommy75 wrote: »

What happens when we go under?

Some of us will have a harder time than now, but, on the whole, I can't see everyone starving to death.

Look at Iceland and how they are coping. You could take a holiday over there and see it for real.

Cleaver wrote: »

Do you mean this forum? I think that when it's closed due to abuse we'll all just spill over in to the House Price and Discussion Time forums. I see myself as more a DT man if I'm honest.

No, I mean the UK.

Cleaver wrote: »

But to answer the original post, I think the recession has given me a certain cynical, untrusting and uncertain outlook which I certainly didn't have before.
On second thoughts, maybe it's this forum that has done that to me?

This forum can be very informative but, sometimes, overly negative and Hamish's positive posts don't really balance it out.

The big stuff that we can do nothing about, but I now believe, it is important to be more aware of what 'they' are all up to, but, day to day life, I sometimes read stuff on here, go out and think !!!!!!? .
It's like a different world albeit micro one.

HPC is worse for doom.
I daren't post on there in case I am ridiculed for being self employed in UK manufacturing in the most deflationary sector there is (after plasma tellys)....and write something positive...like ''sales aren't bad, neither are margins'....I'd be crucified or accused of being an EA in disguise.