A reminder of just how fortunate we are to have positioned ourselves as we have

[EternalOptimist]

Genuine question (not wishing to offend but to understand)

And as a contractor you are different how? Presumably because you earn more.

??
no offence taken
not sure if I understand the question but I will have a go.

I am not tied to this job, so my days and years are different. I own my own car and get a new one every two years. I own my own house with no mortgage, I am married and have loads of kids, I havnt lived with my parents for near 40 years. All my scars are battle scars.

I take loads of holidays, typically a four or five week adventure holiday a year doing exactly what I want to do. If the boss doesnt like me taking so long, he can fck off and eat a big fat one.

Thank God I am a contractor

[BlackenedBiker]

Maybe the muppet should stop reading the guardian and read a decent paper like the Torygraph. Then he could then get a decent job and afford a house.

I didn't know a living person could donate IQ.

I see why you call yourself brillopad.

The New Statesman wasn't supposed to be aspirational you know.....

[milanbenes]

PorkPie,

I read the Grauniad from time to time cos I want to see what the luvvies are dreaming up

Mau z tong, Art of War, know your enemy


Dim,

decided that that shiny giant 4x4 couldn't be justified and prolly will go for a Mitsubishi Shogun, fully loaded is 65% the price of the big shiny thing.


Milan.

[Spacecadet]

I didn't know a living person could donate IQ.

I see why you call yourself brillopad.

The New Statesman wasn't supposed to be aspirational you know.....

Clue: Torygraph
He was being sarcastic

[rootsnall]

oh well there we are, too bad for the suckers suckered into this materialistic consumer world

Didn't you get rid of the Passat for a flash motor ?

[Spacecadet]

Didn't you get rid of the Passat for a flash motor ?

He's only getting a Mitsubishi Shogun now

[BrilloPad]

I didn't know a living person could donate IQ.

I see why you call yourself brillopad.

The New Statesman wasn't supposed to be aspirational you know.....

Clue: Torygraph
He was being sarcastic

Spacecadet knows me too well. Sorry about that. But with tpd closed nothing better to do.

Particular apologies to Nick who is a guardian reader but earns more than me!

I have got 3 kids and wonder how they will ever afford a house. Personally I would like a tax on second homes : but hard to see how it could be enforced. Though removed tax relief of mortgage payments from rental income might be a start! However a far better measure would be re-opening tpd.......

[PorkPie]

PorkPie,

I read the Grauniad from time to time cos I want to see what the luvvies are dreaming up

Mau z tong, Art of War, know your enemy


Dim,

decided that that shiny giant 4x4 couldn't be justified and prolly will go for a Mitsubishi Shogun, fully loaded is 65% the price of the big shiny thing.


Milan.

Sun Tzu?

[milanbenes]

we don't get rid of the old cars, we put 'em in the barn

didn't get the shiny one yet, too expensive, prolly get a Shogun.

Milan.

[milanbenes]

PorkPie,

thass the boy

Milan.