Are people like me middle class?

thorsoak

Just remember, Eskimo - there's nobbut three generations from clogs to clogs!

Pete111

vaporate wrote: »

lol Yes that's relevant...

Wouldn't be a tower block, drinking cheap wine with odd holidays skiiing for free like the odd big freeze last winter would it?

Happily no. Though I stress there is nothing wrong with cheaper wine should a good chablis be unavailable

Pete111

vaporate wrote: »

You would of course. Boaster for a boaster.

The trick is a psychological one, apart from the given criteria.

Ignore him OP - he's basically one post away from a rant about how he would be sucessful but for all the 'trickery' involved in interviews.

vaporate

Pete111 wrote: »

Ignore him OP - he's basically one post away from a rant about how he would be sucessful but for all the 'trickery' involved in interviews.

lol You assume too much

Out,_Vile_Jelly

vaporate wrote: »

In bold, miles off the mark.

Since you don't understand what I'm saying...

I've seen countless people pass interviews only to be the wrong person for the job. The interview itself is a complete load of twoddle, or 'tosh'.

Passing simple or even complex tests doesn't mean they are right for the job either.

I stand my ground that it is still down to psychology on the employers viewpoint.

All candidates could be ideal for the job or pass the mickey mouse 'tests'. It still comes down to biased psychology my friend with regards to choosing 'one' from the rest.

Believe what you like. Psychology after all.

I'm afraid I don't really understand what you're saying either. What do you mean by "biased psychology"?

MrsE_2

lostinrates wrote: »

We have ''inherited'' a chav tv from my father. Its horrendous. I don't know how big it is, but its too big. It just fits on a singer sewing table, but not all of it is screen And it IS a chuncky old fashioned box, it goes back for miles.. However we will not be replacing it because its just NOT important to us. I had my last tv since a kid, it was ...''normal sized'' like...a microwave. It was MUCH nicer. If we get another tv at some point we will get a small one again.

I don't know what a "chav tv" is.

But my 42" inch (Pioneer - top of the range) is not chunky at all, its only a couple of inches wide, rather like a large mirror.

lostinrates

MrsE wrote: »

I don't know what a "chav tv" is.

But my 42" inch (Pioneer - top of the range) is not chunky at all, its only a couple of inches wide, rather like a large mirror.

I hate the word chav. I only used it in context referred to here. But I been big screen and BIG. I asked dh and he says its the size smaller than 40 inch this one, he thinks. we're too disinterested to measure it.

I've seen a tv concealed behind a mirror. That's not the worst idea.

damanpunk

M-sport is just a trim level, for 12k it wont be a particular high spec model (or it's done intergalactic miles)

Tbh I'd say you're lower middle class, as far as boasts go this one's pretty poor

Eskimo12345 wrote: »

I grew up in a modest house with my two siblings and my folks. My old man worked full time all his life, office based on the same wage as shop floor folks. My old dear took a part time job when I was 16. The telly in the lounge was only replaced by my grandparents hand-me-downs when they got a new one as we couldn't afford to buy one; all our winter coats were presents from my grandfolks, who also worked all their lives. I worked part time to put myself through uni and only relied on the folks to feed & home me during the holidays.

Now, at 29, I have a good job and earned around £37k in the last 12 months. Last year I bought a three year old m sport beemer for 12k in cash. I live on my own in a large apartment in the middle of town, with a massive telly and £5k's worth of home cinema gear in the lounge. My alarm clock was £300, and I'm currently saving £500 a month towards a house. Nothing I've bought was ever on credit as it didn't take my degree in physics to work out that saving up for something is cheaper than buying it on credit.

Personally I reckon that due to my income and resultant lifestyle, I'm middle class. To be honest, compared to what my folks had I feel like I'm loaded beyond my wildest dreams. I buy new suits for fun. However my older mates at work reckon middle class means that mummy & daddy had so much money that you don't have to work, and so I'm still working class.

Whadya reckon, am I middle class? Or if you think I am still plain old working class, do I have a chance of making my (future) kids middle class by continuing to advance my career so I earn enough to buy their education etc so they will be?

MrsE_2

lostinrates wrote: »

I hate the word chav. I only used it in context referred to here. But I been big screen and BIG. I asked dh and he says its the size smaller than 40 inch this one, he thinks. we're too disinterested to measure it.

I've seen a tv concealed behind a mirror. That's not the worst idea.

The size of the tv is best to reflect the size of the room its in.

My living room is fairly big, so a 42" doesn't look overly large in it.

Its funny people referring to them as "chav tvs" when it reality its modern technology.

lostinrates

MrsE wrote: »

The size of the tv is best to reflect the size of the room its in.

My living room is fairly big, so a 42" doesn't look overly large in it.

Its funny people referring to them as "chav tvs" when it reality its modern technology.

just don't want to see it all all TBH, in my sitting room. when our kitchen is done I think we'll move it in there. I don't