Preparedness for when

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thriftwizard wrote: »

Most parents of more than 2 don't go into it thinking, "let's have some more babies to get our greedy paws on the child benefit" as it just about covers the cost of decent shoes and some of the school uniform, and not much else.

I understood it wasn't retrospective.

I have to say, I see the two children limit as sensible, and not just from a financial POV.

It also makes sense from a population POV.

1Tonsil

Just seen this report.....now that makes a lot of sense of crazy things that are going on

Oil and Gas ... 100 years has been the Greece !! This incredible dictum told Norwegians completing their researchfor Greek hydrocarbons! Not only do not owe synellines, but if you go from the Jura and in the next five years when it falls and the first rig, the Greece will be the ... new Saudi Arabia of the 21st Century!
Four areas show great opportunities and significant potential in hydrocarbon reserves ( gas and oil).
This said Minister Yannis Maniatis, who simultaneously announced that from today the Norwegian company PGS, collected data length of 12,500 km., will sell the data to oil companies.
The registration program, processing and interpretation of data , obtained using Geostreamer GS, an innovative technology of PGS, which minimizes noise in the data and facilitates clearer, more in-depth search.
The data is in progress and completed in December 2013, and the original program collection of data expanded from 8500 km to 12,500 km. Since then the issue concealed!
The first area starts from the northwest of Corfu, on the boundaries of Albania, and extends downward, Paxos and Antipaxos, until the marine area of the Ionian Sea facing the Amvrakikos Gulf.
The second the area west of Kefalonia and reaches the third maritime area off of Katakolo.
The fourth is the promising area south of Crete, which extends up to the border with Libya and west of Italy.
At the same time, the next 24 hour the political leadership of the ministry , after consulting the special committee will announce the companies first three contractors "plots" that will start the investigations with drilling rigs. These Ioannina, the Gulf of Patras and the western Katakolon.
Around the end of next year is expected to fall and the first drilling rigs that will show and the final size of the deposits.
The officials of the ministry estimates refer to the possibility of the existence of deposits hydrocarbons in Greek space to receive the government about 150 billion. euros at a depth of 30 years. - See more at: http://www.newsone.gr/lifestyle/80074-norbegoi-empeirognomones-telika-eiste-pamploytoi-chete-petrelaio-gia-100-chronia?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook#sthash.5gH1JhM7.dpuf

greenbee

GreyQueen wrote: »

:eek: Heads up, preppers, something has broken the Noo Yawk Stock Exchange. All trading down for 2 + hours and United Airlines and Wall Street Journal also co-incidentally having severe problems.

It isn't a cyber-attack, apparently. Ho-hum. Not that they'd tell us if it was, in real time, at least.

It's not. Or my work email would be a lot busier than it currently is... everyone is quiet.

GreyQueen

greenbee wrote: »

It's not. Or my work email would be a lot busier than it currently is... everyone is quiet.

Dammit, Janet, that was a perfectly good conspiracy before you shot it down.............:rotfl:

And the mystery outage took down ZH, too, of all things. Is nothing sacred these days?!

grandma247

Interesting post here.

GreyQueen

Very interesting report from Noo Yawk here.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/08/new-york-stock-exchange-suspends-trading-wall-street-aftermath

I didn't write it and am soooo jealous...........:rotfl:

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GreyQueen wrote: »

Dammit, Janet

Are you a RHS fan?

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I see Greece has been given, yet another "final" chance.

GreyQueen

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Are you a RHS fan?

You think I'd own up to that in public?

Err, possibly. RHS was being discussed in my office last week. Consensus of a variety of peeps of a variety of ages, genders and orientations is the Tim Curry was sooooo hot in that film. Universal lust object, lol.

daz378

i have fond memories of Europe in the early nineties , is studied in Bremen for 12 months .... seemed to get Erasmus money every month...party time. I feel for the greeks........ the tories have surprised .me with the living wage.... especially rising to £9 per hour in 5 years.....my labour head is going ... very welcome carry on..... the economist part of me wonders how business will adapt to a 6% increase in wages every year.... bound to cost jobs or will some off surplus unearned income/capital be used.... caring capitalism anyone....dont hold your breath