This was ranted at me last week.."Its ok for you, you don't have a mortgage"

The_Fox_3

Generali wrote: »

Union Jack Club or the The Wellington?

There is a Wellington pub across the road?

DervProf

SUFFER_THE_LITTLE_GHOULS wrote: »

You were at no such function.

That's a brave accusation, considering the Fox vs Chucky incident just before christmas.

I think the odds are that Fox was at that function. Although you have no credibility as far as I'm concerned, I suggest you keep quiet on this, otherwise the Fox will destroy you (and that will do us all a favour)..

Generali

The_Fox wrote: »

There is a Wellington pub across the road?

The big place with the red and gold sign on the corner with Waterloo Road. It's next to the side entrance to Waterloo East. The main door is on Waterloo Road but it has a side door on Sandell St. Not the greatest pub in London. I've sat in there more than once and watched the last few overs of the day in the test match.

Don't eat there.

The_Fox_3

Generali wrote: »

The big place with the red and gold sign on the corner with Waterloo Road. It's next to the side entrance to Waterloo East. The main door is on Waterloo Road but it has a side door on Sandell St. Not the greatest pub in London. I've sat in there more than once and watched the last few overs of the day in the test match.

Don't eat there.

It was very packed yesterday with the Rugby on, never seen so many TV's in one pub (-:

Generali

SUFFER_THE_LITTLE_GHOULS wrote: »

It says a lot about the class and caliber of the man who enjoys frequenting public houses with a mass of TV screens.

What does it say to you? To me it says I like cricket and aren't that fussed where I watch the last 20 minutes of play. If you feel it implies something deeper about my personality I'd be glad for your insight.

The_Fox_3

Generali wrote: »

What does it say to you? To me it says I like cricket and aren't that fussed where I watch the last 20 minutes of play. If you feel it implies something deeper about my personality I'd be glad for your insight.

Some of the posters on here are so venomous that they will try and stick the knife in at any opportunity, regardless!!
I had a moment of clarity on this board the other day when it suddenly dawned on me that some posters will not and don't want to see any intelligent argument that counters their own fragile case. When a few posters on here said that(or implied) that your own selfish needs comes ahead of family welfare i suddenly knew that i was trying to debate with people that i could never really understand.

DervProf

SUFFER_THE_LITTLE_GHOULS wrote: »

It says a lot about the class and caliber of the man who enjoys frequenting public houses with a mass of TV screens.

It says a lot about you, that you judge a man on him visiting a pub with lots of TV screens.

DervProf

SUFFER_THE_LITTLE_GHOULS wrote: »

You get a certain class of clientele at such cheap drinking establishments and one I'd rather stay very clear of. But I guess you ghouls don't know that as you've never frequented a proper traditional public house. Maybe if you spent less time drinking all your monies away whilst watching sport you'd be able to afford to house your families. Just a thought.

"Maybe if you spent less time drinking all your monies away whilst watching sport"

This ghoul does not take part in such an activity. So here's a thought - your thought isn't correct.

The_Fox_3

DervProf wrote: »

"Maybe if you spent less time drinking all your monies away whilst watching sport"

This ghoul does not take part in such an activity. So here's a thought - your thought isn't correct.

You can only surmise that there is no joy in his life at all. He is constantly talking about people making sacrifices, that they should feel the pain the he had to endure, that it was never easy for him. Pain pain pain, thats the way it has always been and that the only way to go....God! get the razor..

My Dad had to live through the troubles in the bogside in LondonDerry/Derry, my Grandadad lost four of his brothers in the war, but i can assure misery guts Ghoul that they never wished the same pain on their offspring.

I want a better future for my kids Ghoul, not some vindictive "well i had to struggle so i want you to as well".
Even when i owned my house outright i never wanted my little girl to have to be a slave to own and live in a shoebox, i want here to live mate, to find her calling in life, which in my opinion takes at least a decade for most people after they leave school, and to then work and play hard through out her life.

I tell you what mate, should our hardworking kids of the future start living in quality homes that they deserve, we must try out best to start making it harder for them, bulldoze as many as we can or sell them off to immigrants and pack them in like sardines, ANYTHING!! but allow our kids to live in decent homes.

What a man of little vision you are Ghoul

the_flying_pig

I encountered something similar to this with a colleague at work.

She's modestly well paid [well, vague descriptions like this are meaningless out of context, let's just say that her earnings would be considered a miserable pittance by a group of GS bankers but extremely high by a group of supermarket cashiers], as is her husband, both in their 50s, lined up for very good pensions, has a bit of mortgage debt due to MEW but nothing too heavy... essentially lives paycheck to paycheck due to having very expensive tastes, won't really cause them any problems long-term because as I said they don't have too much debt & have excellent pensions lined up, but on a month by month basis they [well, she] spend every last penny they have without going overdrawn. They pointlessly drive two big uneconomical cars, her rail season ticket is first class, refuses to go on holiday unless staying in a Four Seasons type hotel, won't as a rule eat out at a place that's costing less than [roughly] £30 a head or whatever... you get the type of thing, any spare money at the end of the month will go on shoes, clothes, very expensive food, that sort of thing.

Now, the office is facing some reasonably lean times & we were all sitting talking about how limited resources could best be shared [e.g. if there's only enough cash to give payrises or bonuses to a few people, who should get it]. Most people seemed to agree that it had to be on the basis of performance, and that rewards should be shared fairly at different levels [e.g. not just giving it all to the top brass]. We agreed that this would hit some people hard [e.g. a low-paid person with kids etc] but that it was only fair.

The person in question had been fairly quiet during this discussion but finall chipped in during a pause - facial expression very serious/anguished looking, she added her suggestion, "surely you've got to take people's outgoings into account?"

I didn't know where to look.

As an aside this person is good at her job [admirable in many ways] and has a lot of good personal qualities, but this is seemingly a bizarre blind spot for her - just can't see why it's wrong.