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

PasturesNew

carolt wrote: »

Where can I get them?

There's even an MSE sock puppet version: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002BKKHPU

harryhound

harryhound wrote: »

I think export/import is a bit like buying and selling houses. The professionals pretend that they have everything under control when in reality the semi trained workers involved muddle through somehow. Eventually !!!!!! Turpin turns up and demands more money than you were expecting.

I'll leave Sue to explain "General Average".

Looks like I will have to explain "General Average" myself::

http://www.lectlaw.com/def/g005.htm

Remember those BMW motor bikes being "liberated" from Lyme Bay a year or two ago?

Well if your bolts of cloth were still safely aboard the ship, you would have ended up helping to compensate BMW.

mizzbiz

harryhound wrote: »

Looks like I will have to explain "General Average" myself::

http://www.lectlaw.com/def/g005.htm

Remember those BMW motor bikes being "liberated" from Lyme Bay a year or two ago?

Well if your bolts of cloth were still safely aboard the ship, you would have ended up helping to compensate BMW.

Nice link lol. I love these old equity laws.

It's all 'Ex-Works' now though :rolleyes:

My old employer used to sell everything 'ex-works' from Germany, but always 'arranged' the transport for the buyer (at a price).

SingleSue

Oooppss sorry Harry, not around too much at the moment so missed where you wanted me to explain.

fc123

I am gutted at yesterdays news and todays post...I felt it....I didn't know what to say to keep Max upbeat.

On a more trivial note, Liz Jones' style of 'confessional journalism' is now being heralded as A Big New Writing Style. OK, Its' by her ex and he's trying to be nice....but got me thinking.

How much personal angst does one put into a blog?

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23728210-details/Honesty+puts+my+ex-wife+in+a+league+of+her+own/article.do

I now look back on Liz's work and am awed by the phenomenon she created. She turned the genre of confessional journalism almost into an art form — and made a name for herself in the process.
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Others disagree. Last Sunday, one magazine published a disdainful interview describing her as looking “a bit mad”, implying that her writing stemmed from a mental disorder.

When we were married, I sometimes called Liz mad too. I now acknowledge that she is, in fact, a genius, a brilliantly effective writer who can provoke 130,000 comments to a newspaper with a single article about her anorexic relationship with food.

Some dismiss her work because much of it focuses on herself, but the same is true of many journalists, diarists, even novelists. And how many other writers have tapped the public nerve so powerfully and consistently?

carolt

You inspired me to have another look at Max's blog - not yet hooked as you are, fc.

Really enjoyed the last 3 entries; maybe as a girl I find the ones about your love life more interesting than the ones about interviews with car companies - I can identify with the former, but the latter leaves me a bit cold. I laughed at a few bits; can see why you have a number of subscribers, Max.

Why not give up on the boring sales jobs and follow your dream properly? Sounds one hell of a lot more interesting. And girls go for creative men.

That said, I believe there are girls who go for rich men, or at least men with a regular income...but wouldn't you rather be desired for your creativity than your bank balance?

Just a thought....

lostinrates

fc123 wrote: »

On a more trivial note, Liz Jones' style of 'confessional journalism' is now being heralded as A Big New Writing Style. OK,

actually I have a new theory on this, or maybe just a better formed one: but its explained to me why I so vehemently dislike her ''confessional journalism''...

fc123

carolt wrote: »

You inspired me to have another look at Max's blog - not yet hooked as you are, fc.

Really enjoyed the last 3 entries; maybe as a girl I find the ones about your love life more interesting than the ones about interviews with car companies - I can identify with the former, but the latter leaves me a bit cold. I laughed at a few bits; can see why you have a number of subscribers, Max.

Why not give up on the boring sales jobs and follow your dream properly? Sounds one hell of a lot more interesting. And girls go for creative men.

That said, I believe there are girls who go for rich men, or at least men with a regular income...but wouldn't you rather be desired for your creativity than your bank balance?

Just a thought....

I want a happy ending....except this is real life and we all know that it is a zig zag.

fc123

lostinrates wrote: »

actually I have a new theory on this, or maybe just a better formed one: but its explained to me why I so vehemently dislike her ''confessional journalism''...

OH can't stand her...won't read any of it..thinks it's self indulgent ranting of spoilt, fairly priviledged woman.

I can't work out what keeps me reading as she also writes some pretty grim things about mums working etc.

fc123

Todays blog post was a hard read (for me)mbecause it's was real.

As this thread has is a bit of an entrepreneurial streak running through it, I thought I'd post this book up. No idea if it's all US of AY as I only skated through the review quickly...haven't done the page scans yet.

http://www.exploitingchaos.com/bookpreview

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