Doomsday Denial: Collapse 2 looms as UK calm before storm...

Loughton_Monkey

2010 wrote: »

Have you ever been at home when they come round to empty the wheelie-bins and you hear tremendous crash after crash of empty beer bottles,cans,wine bottles,etc. into the wagon.

Not in my area, and definitely not in my house.

Beer bottles? Where do you come from? Bombay Sapphire, Champagne, plus a few good burgundy bottles is more like it around here. Although I did once notice a screw-top wine bottle about 5 doors away, but a few quiet words about lowering the tone has corrected this situation.

sinbad182

Loughton_Monkey wrote: »

Not in my area, and definitely not in my house.

Beer bottles? Where do you come from? Bombay Sapphire, Champagne, plus a few good burgundy bottles is more like it around here. Although I did once notice a screw-top wine bottle about 5 doors away, but a few quiet words about lowering the tone has corrected this situation.

:rotfl:

Loughton :rotfl:

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

RenovationMan wrote: »

As long as you have job security, recessions are an advantage to further your financial goals. My personal glass is half-full at the moment, but my view of the country at large is half-empty.

Having been through recessions before I'd have to say I agree.
But then we're older people with our house paid for and a private sector final salary pension(already paying out even though my husband has stayed on at work) and we also have no debts and plenty of savings.
In the 80s when we had three daughters,a mortgage and no savings and only my husbands wage we worried ourselves sick,there was plenty of sleepless nights as friends lost their jobs and some even had their homes repossessed.
I have never forgotton that time.
Recessions are dire for some people we should'nt forget that.

2010

Years ago people saw something they wanted,saved for it and then bought it.

These days they buy EVERYTHING,get into debt, and then worry how they`re going to manage.

Buy now

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pay

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who knows?

vigilaire

Never waste a good recession I say, it pays to be resourceful and bide one's time. I saved, invested and paid off debt in the full knowledge that I would be able to use my war chest to improve my lot when things went pear shaped. Well my day has arrived, bargains are there to be snapped up from the indebted so lets now hope for a nice bit of inflation as the cherry on top. Before anyone asks I don't feel guilty, they made an informed decision to borrow and I to save. Simples!

StevieJ

2010 wrote: »

PPS

Have you ever been at home when they come round to empty the wheelie-bins and you hear tremendous crash after crash of empty beer bottles,cans,wine bottles,etc. into the wagon.

Street after street,house after house,millions of bottles and cans every week.

That`s really how hard up everyone is in your "real world".

Not really, I only ever hear mine, quite embarrassing