The recession, benefits, the safety net, and the learning curve

Phirefly

Max_Headroom wrote: »

Aww.. I'm sowwy. It's all real stuff as it happens, trouble is I should have started the blog over two months earlier. I can't turn the clock back and that's why I'm writing the blog daily not weekly (which I will do just as soon as I catch up with myself).

To be honest we're only a week or two behind now, I reckon by the end of this week it'll be "live" as it happens stuff.

So the interviews were two weeks ago? I feel completely at sea with it now. Chop chop and get us up to real time asap please. Some of us have got vicarious lives to lead.

Max_Headroom_3

mummytofour wrote: »

I recently worked out how much my daughter costs, I get something like £270 a month to care for her and dividing houing costs, food, clothing her gym class (the only luxary she gets) and so on. To break even it is a struggle.

Does she not live in your house with you..?

Max_Headroom_3

Phirefly wrote: »

So the interviews were two weeks ago? I feel completely at sea with it now. Chop chop and get us up to real time asap please. Some of us have got vicarious lives to lead.

Sorry miss. Will do miss. Won't happen again miss.

If I'd thought about it I should have posted the BMW interview today and the MINI one tomorrow and then it would have stayed making sense.

I'm not very bright, sorry. :rolleyes:

Generali

Max_Headroom wrote: »

Sorry miss. Will do miss. Won't happen again miss.

If I'd thought about it I should have posted the BMW interview today and the MINI one tomorrow and then it would have stayed making sense.

I'm not very bright, sorry. :rolleyes:

You've got a good writing style. I like it anyway.

You should think about keeping it up.

PasturesNew

mummytofour wrote: »

...each child gets about £60 a week

Out of this a single person has to pay:
- TV license
- Contents insurance
- Water standing charge
- Electricity standing charge, electricity; Gas standing charge, gas
- Telephone line
- Broadband

When it comes to keeping a child these are already covered, so it seems that each child does get more. As single people we don't get our overheads covered AND the £60, we have to pay that out of the £60.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

You should think about keeping it up.

That is what the blonde is for :P

ceridwen

fc123 wrote: »

Me too doh. It's like a soap Max (and I don't do soaps) not like a book where you can read all night AND scoot to the end to find out what happens or skiving off essential tasks to finish it.

skiving off essential tasks to finish reading a book....whatever next;):D ....errrr...isnt that the whole point of having books in....a MUCH better option than "essential tasks"....go Max go...your public awaits you...:D

fc123

Generali wrote: »

You've got a good writing style. I like it anyway.

You should think about keeping it up.

That's what I thought...trying to spread the entrepreneurial sprit around......but he could get sales job and do an add on writing about it on the side.
I am still hoping for a major Sunday paper to pick it up.

I mean...Come on Liz Jones (and yes, I confess to being addicted to her column) just got a book deal on her latest tales from her column.

OK I know she's not an MSE role model (the clothes budget could buy a nice house....even nicer in Oz) but she got a book deal and the book is just self indulgent, me me chit chat really (but quite interesting...to shallow types like moi)..... review here .

lostinrates

fc123 wrote: »

That's what I thought...trying to spread the entrepreneurial sprit around......but he could get sales job and do an add on writing about it on the side.
I am still hoping for a major Sunday paper to pick it up.

I mean...Come on Liz Jones (and yes, I confess to being addicted to her column) just got a book deal on her latest tales from her column.

OK I know she's not an MSE role model (the clothes budget could buy a nice house....even nicer in Oz) but she got a book deal and the book is just self indulgent, me me chit chat really (but quite interesting...to shallow types like moi)..... review here .

Grr, Liz Jones...haven't we been here before. I shoud ike Liz Jones, we have lots of points, interests and places in common and I generally like to like people, but I end up wanting to shout at her. I'd Max over her any day, which is weird because he and I have almost nothing in common!

bluey890

PasturesNew wrote: »

Out of this a single person has to pay:
- TV license
- Contents insurance
- Water standing charge
- Electricity standing charge, electricity; Gas standing charge, gas
- Telephone line
- Broadband

When it comes to keeping a child these are already covered, so it seems that each child does get more. As single people we don't get our overheads covered AND the £60, we have to pay that out of the £60.

I have a solution to your problem PN.

Do you prefer chocolate sauce or whipped cream?