"This time next year, Rodney" Hypno's latest instalment

hypno06

I got my long awaited ipod!!! About time - just 3 months or so after everyone else!!! I also got a bag of sweets.....but no ninja, sadly.

Still, it means that all that reviewing paid off - we now all have a qype ipod (except DS, who didn't do any reviews) so it was well worth the effort!

Karmacat

Hurray for qype goodies finally showing up. I haven't cashed in my Virgin voucher on the wines thing - the challenge that (I think) just Seaxwyn, Panda and I did. Must do that soon.

Shaun - thats a scary budget. It does make me think about them trying stuff out on Ireland, see how much folks don't like it. I hope there are enough loopholes for you to get through.

Nargleblast

Shaun - worrying financial news from Ireland. Looks like that cardboard box is getting nearer to reality? (as in "We used to dream of living in a cardboard box...")
Surely when you're down they can't kick you any further?

ZTD

shaun40400 wrote: »

ireland is the 1st eu country to make any changes in policies,,so
other eu countries watching to see if it works!!
and this banana republic has to bow and scrape to Brussels other wise they and the IMF will drop then even further into the !!!!!!!
apparently whilst in the midst of the Celtic tiger the government dident save any money just borrowed more!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep - there are loads of countries in that situation - at least Ireland are trying to do something. The UK is apparently in denial...

Wonder which is going to be the first country to be bailed out...there's lots of front runners...

Nargleblast

ZTD wrote: »

Yep - there are loads of countries in that situation - at least Ireland are trying to do something. The UK is apparently in denial...



Ah, that river in Egypt, I know it so well.......

shaun40400

Surely when you're down they can't kick you any further?

they dont call it the rip off republic for nothing!!

Wonder which is going to be the first country to be bailed out...there's lots of front runners...

none cos the eu dont have cash either!!

at least Ireland are trying to do something.

by hitting the innocents who dident put us in this mess to begin with!!
"come the glorious day brother " i know who will be 1st against the wall!!

hypno06

Just done a dooyoo review

Re the economy thing - I don't suppose I would mind too much WHAT they announced, as long as I had confidence in it working.....sadly, nothing that our Government have announced so far gives me anything like that confidence.....and I am sure that is the same for most people.

We don't mind the pain if it does the job......

shaun40400

hypno

Re the economy thing - I don't suppose I would mind too much WHAT they announced, as long as I had confidence in it working.....sadly, nothing that our Government have announced so far gives me anything like that confidence.....and I am sure that is the same for most people.
We don't mind the pain if it does the job......

very true point,, but my income is down by 25% and even if i could work everyone's paying minimum wage and no over time,
i guessing here but it wouldn't surprise me if 60% of workers here were on minimum wage,,
cant see where i can claw that sort of money from!!
however on a bright point maybe with no work available more of the migrant workers will go home,leaving a void and forcing employers to pay a little higher wage..
A year before they opened the borders the only work force you could get here was eu citizens on work permits,,min wage at the time was 7-20 and most paying 7-80,,
our local shopping centre couldn't get workers and was offering E11 an hour in sept..
in jan all advertising of jobs stopped waiting for 1st may,,wage advertized 7-20 p hr,,
well its bit them in the bum big time!!
greedy sods!!
rant over i think just really depressed!!

beanielou

Times are hard Shaun:(

hypno06

Morning - two more days until holiday....

50p on the scratchcards today, so that's ok......nothing scary appearing in online banking either, which is good too. Today marks 6 full weeks without chocolate......only a few days to go and I can nosh away to my hearts delight.......I didn't lose a single lb when I was not eating chocolate, and have not lost any weight through running, so I might as well stay the same weight and eat the stuff I like best

I have a funeral to go to at lunchtime, which is not so much fun, but has to be done.....

Hope you all have a good day x