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Council moves chavs into £200k new builds

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  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
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    m00m00 wrote: »
    give me nice people, over rich people any day of the week

    there's some nice rich people

    but there's also plenty of nice poor or not so well off people too
    Yeah but poor people smell and they infect the perfect front lawn with moss.
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • m00m00
    m00m00 Posts: 1,755 Forumite
    and rich people infest it with horrible tacky garden furniture and gnomes


    and own yappy dogs
    It's a health benefit ...
  • ginvzt
    ginvzt Posts: 4,878 Forumite
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    I'm 9% chav too!

    I thought there was something in common! I always liked you ;)
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  • thriftybabe
    thriftybabe Posts: 689 Forumite
    Peter101 wrote: »
    Your just jealous, Because I, Have considerably more money than yow!

    How do you know that?:confused:
  • m00m00
    m00m00 Posts: 1,755 Forumite
    I'm pretty sure it was a tongue in cheek harry enfield inspired comment.

    my own comment wasn't too serious

    I still hate yappy dogs though
    It's a health benefit ...
  • SingleSue
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    Peter101 wrote: »
    I agree, I worked my a r s e off to get where I am, I want to live near people who have nice cars in their drives, nicely kept lawns, who speak nicely, who dont scream at their kids in the street. I dont want to live near poor people, who think the world owes them a living. My tax probably keeps 5 benefit scrounging family's. I have done my bit.

    Well if you want nice surroundings, nicely kept gardens and lawns, people who speak nicely and who do not scream at their children in the street then you had better come to my street.

    Mind you, it is housing association so you may find that your snobbery does not fit in too well.

    If don't want any of the above, then best go to where we used to live where everyone owned their own homes (including us but then we were the only ones with a landscaped garden, no children to shout at and had a decent car)

    FYI I claim benefits not by choice but circumstance, I do not see myself as scrounging or believe the world owes me a living and oh...yes I have done my bit too with loads of taxes paid in the 20 odd years that I was able to work before I was hoisted onto the benefits system through no fault of my own and do you know what? I hate it, hate it with a vengeance and the reason why is because of narrow minded people who believe that people who claim benefits are the scourge of society and the ones behind all societies ills.

    As I have stated before, there are good and bad no matter where you live, or the social status of the people living there. You can have owners that do not give a damn, the same as you can have council/HA tenants who do not give a damn.

    Being a benefit claiment does not make you a bad person, it does not automatically make you a 'chav' (whatever that may be), it does not automatically make you work shy (most of the time you will never know the reasons behind it - maybe someone has become ill or disabled), it does not make you shout at the children, you are just as likely to find owner occupiers shouting at their children as council/HA tenants.

    Rant over....for now! :rotfl:
    We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
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  • thriftybabe
    thriftybabe Posts: 689 Forumite
    I agree with you Sue - well said!
  • SingleSue
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    Lol thanks, I am particularly wound up tonight on the subject.

    Too many times being called a waste of space, lazy etc etc tends to get your gander up somewhat.
    We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
    Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.
  • tr3mor wrote: »
    You don't get accepted onto a course unless you have a good chance of getting a 2.1 or above. A 3rd just indicates laziness. No one wants a lazy employee.

    :money:

    I could have went to an ex-poly and been even lazier and came out with a better grade. Maybe no-one wants a lazy employee, but neither do people want an employee who is hard working but fick as fook who, and is going to make mistakes and cost their employers large amouts of money.

    It doesn't matter how easy they make the exam these days, there is a lot of people who are at university who don't deserve to be there. Maybe if we didn't let the amout of morons goto university that there is, there wouldn't be a need for us importing half of poland to serve our coffees.

    Anyway role on the recession/depression and the media studies students who are manning our call centres will soon return to their natural place in society, i.e. serving me my coffee.
  • SingleSue wrote: »
    Being a benefit claiment does not make you a bad person, it does not automatically make you a 'chav' (whatever that may be), it does not automatically make you work shy (most of the time you will never know the reasons behind it - maybe someone has become ill or disabled), it does not make you shout at the children, you are just as likely to find owner occupiers shouting at their children as council/HA tenants.

    difference is, people on benefits shout at their kids cos they havn't nicked enough off the neighbours and people in their own homes shout at theirs cos they don't want their nice houses and cars damaged.
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