Effects of recession?

bryanb

vivatifosi wrote: »

I don't understand the outburst bryanb. It has left many regular posters here scratching their heads as to what is behind it. fc123 is one of the most respected posters here with valuable experience (both positive and negative) in the retail business, and while I would be the first to admit I don't always see eye to eye with bo drinker, I don't understand why you have laid into him either, or why disagreeing with someone has to be made so personal.

Please explain.

Thanks for prompting me to read again. The problem began when I read post 43. Perhaps I was misjudging fc123 as his was the post that caused Bo drinker to post. Sorry if that was unjustified. However Generali has now felt he has to join in with a personal insult.(post 58)

bendix

SingleSue wrote: »

And that is just not true either......some people are feeling the pinch because essentials are still going up but their money remaining static.

Not everyone has overextended, not everyone puts everything on the credit card and not everyone has loans and finance for cars.

Low interest rates do not help everyone...not everyone has a mortgage.

Yes, I am feeling the pinch...and no I have NEVER over extended myself nor do I use credit to get by.

This is all very well, SingleSue, and it might be your individual experience, but you can't argue with the facts.

This has been touted as the worst recession since the war. And yet, 90% of the working population of this country (and their dependants) are still working. And they have been doing so against a backdrop of historically low interest rates (which affects the vast majority of the population) and negative inflation rates.

You simply can't argue with that.

It is pretty easy to extrapolate those facts and say that for most people, this has been a pretty easy time, particularly those who have been financially prudent and have historically lived within their means.

If this is a great recession, let's have more of it please.

SingleSue

I was more replying to your assumption that those who are struggling are doing so only because of overextending themselves....which is incorrect.

I was correcting that assumption as I so hate generalisations.

As I have often said on here, in the last recession, I was blindly unaware of what was going on around me, how others were struggling as I was not impacted upon at all at the time (my salary increased hugely, I changed jobs easily etc)...pretty much what would be happening for a lot of others this time around.

fc123

bryanb wrote: »

Thanks for prompting me to read again. The problem began when I read post 43. Perhaps I was misjudging fc123 as his was the post that caused Bo drinker to post. Sorry if that was unjustified. However Generali has now felt he has to join in with a personal insult.(post 58)

Apology accepted ..BTW I am a She.

bryanb

fc123 wrote: »

Apology accepted ..BTW I am a She.

Thanks, but difficult to determine gender from your user name. I'm always unsure how to deal with gender if it's not obvious.

Afriend_2

bryanb wrote: »

Thanks, but difficult to determine gender from your user name. I'm always unsure how to deal with gender if it's not obvious.

Check for an Adams Apple mate. Especially if they're from Brighton.

<In fc123s case a quick check of the sig will suffice>

bo_drinker

bryanb wrote: »

Thanks, but difficult to determine gender from your user name. I'm always unsure how to deal with gender if it's not obvious.

As obvious as the foot note at the bottom of EVERY one of her posts stating the fact she is a female, do try to keep up.

bo_drinker

vivatifosi wrote: »

I don't understand the outburst bryanb. It has left many regular posters here scratching their heads as to what is behind it. fc123 is one of the most respected posters here with valuable experience (both positive and negative) in the retail business, and while I would be the first to admit I don't always see eye to eye with bo drinker, I don't understand why you have laid into him either, or why disagreeing with someone has to be made so personal.

Please explain.

What did I say ??

vivatifosi

bo_drinker wrote: »

What did I say ??

Nothing in particular. You can just be a bit blokey sometimes. You're not the only one!

Edited to add: there are some posters you feel on the same wavelength as, in my case these are often lir, treliac, sue, fc, cleaver. There are others that I just love reading, like Pastures and Gen. Sometimes I read your posts bo and think "you're such a bloke", but you aren't rude to me and hopefully I'm not to you. My point is we can debate and have differences of opinion. That's what makes this board a rich tapestry, and why I hope you didn't mind me stepping in when I thought bryanb was getting a little hot under the collar

Generali

bryanb wrote: »

Thanks for prompting me to read again. The problem began when I read post 43. Perhaps I was misjudging fc123 as his was the post that caused Bo drinker to post. Sorry if that was unjustified. However Generali has now felt he has to join in with a personal insult.(post 58)

I generally do that if someone comes up with a pointless and unwarranted attack on someone else. Just kinda toss one back at them in case the insulted person misses it.

Sorry if I misconstued your comments. My personal attack was nothing personal (IYSWIM).