Boomers Pension Gravy Train Finally To Be Derailed

MobileSaver

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Well I thought instead of dealing with specious fake statistics from dodgy non referenced websites that are selling travel adventures, I might actually use facts.

http://gapadvice.org/gap-year/facts-figures/

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Otherwise, I'll take UCAS' deferral figures,

Ah, I see, so when you said you'll "actually use facts" and linked to a factual site, you've now about-turned after realising the facts don't actually support your assertion (and ironically do substantiate the figure quoted on the site I linked to!) :rotfl:

ukcarper

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Does anyone else see them?

I assume so. Not sure how old you are but my kids have better cars than me, have better holidays and better property that I did at thier age.

chucknorris

ukcarper wrote: »

I assume so. Not sure how old you are but my kids have better cars than me, have better holidays and better property that I did at thier age.

I'll be 59 in January, only at this stage of my life am I now thinking that I will spend more than £10k on a car (cars have always been to get me from a to b), and I have always kept them for 9/10 years until they become unreliable. We are thinking of getting a Ford S max (hardly a Ferrari).

Thrugelmir

chucknorris wrote: »

I'll be 59 in January, only at this stage of my life am I now thinking that I will spend more than £10k on a car (cars have always been to get me from a to b), and I have always kept them for 9/10 years until they become unreliable. We are thinking of getting a Ford S max (hardly a Ferrari).

My current car is 12 years old. See little point in wasting good money on something which is little more than occasional transport. Feel
no need to impress the neighbours with shiny metal on the drive.

ruggedtoast

ukcarper wrote: »

I assume so. Not sure how old you are but my kids have better cars than me, have better holidays and better property that I did at thier age.

I'm delighted for you.

ukcarper

ruggedtoast wrote: »

I'm delighted for you.

Yes I'm happy they are doing well.

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:think: Should one choose the luxuries in life over the necessities?

Sapphire

I don't have a car and have never aspired to own one. Too many cars on the roads, causing too much pollution, and unless you absolutely need to drive, there's no need to have one. And I don't feel the need to impress anyone by buying a car of any type.

Cakeguts

ruggedtoast wrote: »

I see. Please explain what a 16 or a 25 year old gap year student looks like.

Otherwise, I'll take UCAS' deferral figures, accepting that some students don't apply to university at all and then go later (which means they aren't taking a gap year by the way), which states about 27,000 students a year intentionally defer their place to do other things.

If this is your argument to try and prove that all young people do is waste their money on holidays and iPhones, then its pretty threadbare.

Why don't you try and conflate the fish and chips consumption figures, thats probably in the low millions of 18 to 24 year olds at least. I bet they go on their iPhones while they're waiting for a large cod with curry sauce and then throw most of it away, laughing.

A gap year is a holiday. If you aren't working when you could be then you are on holiday. So young people take a holiday lasting a year. You have to be well off to take a holiday that lasts a year.

westernpromise

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Sigh.



Hint. The UCAS figures are right, the Natwest ones are not.

Are you honestly this thick or are you putting it on?

If the former it would explain why you're such a loser but not why you're so full of hate.