Is there anyone else looking forward to the challenge of leaner times.

homelessskilledworker

Even with taking out the prospect of lower house prices the challenge of tougher times excites me a little, and I honestly believe it brings the best out in some people.

People tend to stick together more in hard times, I actually get a buzz out of making something for very little, only last week I was handed a few rabbits, and that with a little stock and plenty of cheap veg and a few chillies and wow what a great cheap rabbit stew.

I have no debt, do not smoke or drink much, and good part of my social life revolves around fitness training, off for a run around Grafham waters this afternoon with a bunch of us.

I expect a lot of dead wood to be cleared away over the next few years, those with debt free companys have every chance of coming out of the recsession strong.

Times are going to get tougher, but a lot of us are ready for it, lets hope that when we do come out the other side we are not all as vulgar and greedy as we were.

nearlynew

Hope for the best but plan for the worst.

kabayiri

homelessskilledworker wrote: »

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Times are going to get tougher, but a lot of us are ready for it, lets hope that when we do come out the other side we are not all as vulgar and greedy as we were.

What's the odds of the situation you describe, or ...

"the rich get richer, the poor get poorer"

amcluesent

It's a systemic failure of Western capitalism, so individual efforts will count for little (unless extreme, i.e. going off net and self-sufficient GYO).

I fear England is now too diverse to 'pull together', it's more likely beggar thy neighbour and I'm all right, Jack will be the ethos

homelessskilledworker

amcluesent wrote: »

It's a systemic failure of Western capitalism, so individual efforts will count for little (unless extreme, i.e. going off net and self-sufficient GYO).

I fear England is now too diverse to 'pull together', it's more likely beggar thy neighbour and I'm all right, Jack will be the ethos

I am really trying hard to not believe your views, but I know where you are coming from. I watched a series just recently about 2nd world war vets, my God what a bunch of quality outstanding men they were/are.
I watch stuff like TOWIE or Jordan or footballers like John Terry or Wayne Rooney and despair, but I believe deep down there is a spirit that most still hold where we would like to drag our country back to a time where we were more united and looked after each other more.

rictus123

I for one am planning for the worse before i move out the family home. As i dont ever want to return and i also believe tough times ahead.

ruggedtoast

homelessskilledworker wrote: »

Even with taking out the prospect of lower house prices the challenge of tougher times excites me a little, and I honestly believe it brings the best out in some people.

People tend to stick together more in hard times, I actually get a buzz out of making something for very little, only last week I was handed a few rabbits, and that with a little stock and plenty of cheap veg and a few chillies and wow what a great cheap rabbit stew.

I have no debt, do not smoke or drink much, and good part of my social life revolves around fitness training, off for a run around Grafham waters this afternoon with a bunch of us.

I expect a lot of dead wood to be cleared away over the next few years, those with debt free companys have every chance of coming out of the recsession strong.

Times are going to get tougher, but a lot of us are ready for it, lets hope that when we do come out the other side we are not all as vulgar and greedy as we were.

Yes, poverty is just so awesome isn't it? Hopefully to get the full benefit we'll entirely run out of money for schools and universities and you'll only be able to see a doctor on a Wednesday afternoon.

Personally I don't really want to run round the marshes for entertainment and eat boiled rabbits because a load of bankers blew the majority of the UK's wealth in 2007 and the government is running out of creative ways to cover up the losses.

But each to their own.

londondealer

When people say "tough times ahead" and "we haven't seen anything yet" - just how bad do people think its going to get?

ILW

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Yes, poverty is just so awesome isn't it? Hopefully to get the full benefit we'll entirely run out of money for schools and universities and you'll only be able to see a doctor on a Wednesday afternoon.

Personally I don't really want to run round the marshes for entertainment and eat boiled rabbits because a load of bankers blew the majority of the UK's wealth in 2007 and the government is running out of creative ways to cover up the losses.

But each to their own.

Here we go again, the banks did not entirely cause the problem. Their collapse just exposed it. The real problem was that we were all living beyond our means, which cannot go on forever.

homelessskilledworker

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Yes, poverty is just so awesome isn't it? Hopefully to get the full benefit we'll entirely run out of money for schools and universities and you'll only be able to see a doctor on a Wednesday afternoon.

Personally I don't really want to run round the marshes for entertainment and eat boiled rabbits because a load of bankers blew the majority of the UK's wealth in 2007 and the government is running out of creative ways to cover up the losses.

But each to their own.

Well you deal with the coming decade however you want to, I choose to embrace it and make the best of what is handed to me.
All I am trying to say is that if you take something like "Gordon Browns miracle economy" for example, all I witnessed was debt frenzy where people just obsessed about material stuff, houses included.

I have no douts in my head that through the adversity and the hard times ahead many a phoenix will rise from the ashes.
If your idea of happiness revolves around money and profit and property equity then like so many others on here you are in for a bad time.

ruggedtoast

ILW wrote: »

Here we go again, the banks did not entirely cause the problem. Their collapse just exposed it. The real problem was that we were all living beyond our means, which cannot go on forever.

I wasn't.

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