Generation Whine

StevieJ

Percy1983 wrote: »

Well my mum at least admits I have got it tougher than she did, but she can't do anything to help me out... I will just keep saving I suppose.

If she has done so well why can't she help you out?

ruggedtoast

LilacPixie wrote: »

Hamish how old are you?

Apparently, Hamish_McTavish:

• is in his mid forties.
• Has 2 flats / houses in Aberdeen.
• Is married to a woman who works in the same industry as him
• has no children
• considers he has no need to acquire any more property

I hope this is helpful Lilac. Feel free to ask me for any more Hamish McTavish related trivia.

StevieJ

ninky wrote: »

interesting article in today's telegraph suggests they have plenty to whine about. those born after 1979 have had things far harder than the baby boomers who fail to see the struggle simply because they don't have to live through it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/7974527/The-Boomers-bonanza-has-left-precious-little-for-the-rest-of-us.html


Via demographic accident and bloody-minded selfishness, the Baby Boomers have come to monopolise the country's wealth, politics and culture.
They had the decent pensions, the nice houses, the free education and left their children with nothing but debt.

I will refer you to a post by Pastures New.

Originally Posted by PasturesNew
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The lyrics are grim reading, but of course, back then things were tougher/grimmer. Benefits weren't as generous to families, homes weren't as nice as today (little central heating, little double glazing, fewer people had cars or posh holidays or stuff). I knew people who were still using tin baths and outside loos.

As you said.

who fail to see the struggle simply because they [STRIKE]don't[/STRIKE] didn't have to live through it

And from one of the younger generation.

Personally I wouldn't feel even vaguely guilty. Do you honestly think for even one second that younger generations would have preferred to be your generation? To have grown up without the internet, when travelling abroad was a huge luxury and things like computer games were an unimaginable pleasure? As a member of a younger generation I always feel a little guilty when I consider the older ones. How galling must it be to be headed on my way out of life's door during such a period of technological revolution?

What are you talking about when you talk about the 'burden of debts from previous generations' anyway? The majority of UK debt was accrued from around 2000. The generation being burdened with this debt is still in school. Lucky little !!!!!!s - think of how awesome the world will be by the time they grow up!

http://boards.fool.co.uk/Message.asp?mid=12017970&sort=whole#12019168

Percy1983

StevieJ wrote: »

If she has done so well why can't she help you out?

Because my parents have spent every penny available to them, credit cards, remortgages etc. Basically bled the country dry, there is nothing left to help me out of the problems caused by the generations before me.

ninky_2

i think the thing with the baby boom generation is they had it better than their parents and fell into the trap of assuming that things would only get better for successive generations. many think of saving pennies for their own rainy day but few consider saving them for the rainy days of future generations.

i've heard many a tale of people from the baby boom generation with few or no qualifications telling of how they could walk out of one job in the morning and walk into a new one in the afternoon.

of course technology was not as advanced as today...but it's not as if those having to live with outside toilets had ever had them in the first place.

i'm of the opinion now that you should consider the future financial health of your offspring if you decide to have them. personally i'm choosing not to - one reason being that i can barely see myself being able to provide for myself in my old age. and i certainly don't want to pass down poverty to a future generation.

StevieJ

Percy1983 wrote: »

Because my parents have spent every penny available to them, credit cards, remortgages etc. Basically bled the country dry, there is nothing left to help me out of the problems caused by the generations before me.

They didn't spend any of that on you by any chance

StevieJ

ninky wrote: »

i've heard many a tale of people from the baby boom generation with few or no qualifications telling of how they could walk out of one job in the morning and walk into a new one in the afternoon.

Strange I have heard many Polish workers say that

The_White_Horse

house prices are too high. no doubt about it.

i can't afford to buy the house my father bought that we grew up in, even though I earn more (adjusted for inflation). that says it all.

it is madness.

the_flying_pig

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Apparently, Hamish_McTavish:

• is in his mid forties.
• Has 2 flats / houses in Aberdeen.
• Is married to a woman who works in the same industry as him
• has no children
• considers he has no need to acquire any more property

I hope this is helpful Lilac. Feel free to ask me for any more Hamish McTavish related trivia.

Is he quite that old? If so his occasional attempts at using juvenile webspeak such as 'epic fail' are even sillier than I'd imagined. I'd imagine him being born kind of, er, roundabout the time England were last good at football so 1966-1970 pretty much. More early than mid 40s. Very much a baby boomer in the British rather than international sense.

Anyway, his incredibly one-eyed ranting and unscrupulously selective citing of external articles and stats do a board that's supposed to be for people helping each other to save [or make or whatever] money a terrible disservice IMO.

ninky_2

the_flying_pig wrote: »

More early than mid 40s. .

i always assumed he was born in the early to mid 40s.