Preparedness for when

mardatha

People Warned to Stay Away From Katla as Government Declare a Level of Uncertainty

http://realityweather.eu/people-warned-stay-away-katla-government-declare-level-uncertainty/

Frugalsod

jk0 wrote: »

I take it you've all heard about Banco Espirito Santo?

This little comment on Zerohedge made me laugh:

To be fair some of us have been critical of the "bank reforms" everywhere. Unless there is real reform and serious bank write downs then the crisis will rumble on and continue. The same is true for the UK. While they may have raised lots of capital to shore up the banks they are gambling just as recklessly so one morning it will not be a small bank in Eastern Europe or the EU periphery that is collapsing but a big bank in London or Germany.

daz378

uncertaintity at work we had a vote wether to go from council to a mutual(privatisation), arranged by the management rushed in, not recommended by the union, management very dismissive if you indicated you didnt support it, however the result was in favour...... difficult to see why turkeys/staff would vote for xmas? looks like unions will fight it.... i voted against..... they could just have imposed it on us though.....wouldnt mind if they made us redundant.... then offered us private jobs... might need my prepps

jk0

daz378 wrote: »

uncertaintity at work we had a vote wether to go from council to a mutual(privatisation), arranged by the management rushed in, not recommended by the union, management very dismissive if you indicated you didnt support it, however the result was in favour...... difficult to see why turkeys/staff would vote for xmas? looks like unions will fight it.... i voted against..... they could just have imposed it on us though.....wouldnt mind if they made us redundant.... then offered us private jobs... might need my prepps

We had something similar at my workplace in 1994. The new company paid the same wages as before. However, if you wanted any pay rise ever, you had to sign a new contract agreeing that your duties would be anything they deemed them to be.

I was one of only two who held out for a couple of years. In the end I signed, as it was annoying seeing all my disloyal colleagues getting rises while I didn't.

Beware.

Frugalsod

daz378 wrote: »

uncertaintity at work we had a vote wether to go from council to a mutual(privatisation), arranged by the management rushed in, not recommended by the union, management very dismissive if you indicated you didnt support it, however the result was in favour...... difficult to see why turkeys/staff would vote for xmas? looks like unions will fight it.... i voted against..... they could just have imposed it on us though.....wouldnt mind if they made us redundant.... then offered us private jobs... might need my prepps

Management are generally in favour of such moves because they will personally do very well out of it. All the rewards of being private will end up in their pockets.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

There was a link on FB to the BBC website, saying that the way things are going the NHS will not be free within 10 years...


did anyone else see that?


it def looks like over the coming years basically we will be stepping back in time, or following some other countries, where if you are ill, out of work etc it will be up to you and your family to support you..but will people struggling now and have no surplus money how can people put money away, or pay for private medical insurance etc???




Just another thing to prep for....

mardatha

At my age CTC, that's scary.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

mardatha wrote: »

At my age CTC, that's scary.

same here, I am 48 next week, so if the timing is right, I will be 58..


I have no pension, cant afford to put money by for a rainy day, as living costs and doing up the ranch etc take anything I can save..


Its the cost of living that scares me the most.. Plus the actually processed foods scaring me, as we cant trust what it says on the label lol...

thriftwizard

I'll be 65, I also have no pension & anything I managed to save is instantly gobbled up by someone's teeth or my car needing something doing. I am actually considering not living in this country in the future, once my much-loved elderlies have passed on, because the much-vaunted "trickle-down effect" just seems to have resulted in everything going further & further down the plughole and there are just too many people living on too little land & real wealth for it to be sustainable in the long term. But then again, it may not be so easy to up sticks & bu&&er off once I'm over the hill - wherever the hill is!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Just seen this too,


minor tsunami hits north eastern Japan


http://news.yahoo.com/minor-tsunami-hits-northeastern-japan-strong-quake-205604850.html