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[ste d' indica]

Notice those that liked your post, the biggest supporters of the failed test and trace…..

Please provide evidence of where I've supported the privately outsourced Test & Trace program.

 

[mahermi1]

Not really. Details aint needed.

But for the benefit of the debate, (you contributed to) personally, were you and your family dreadfully treated?

My family were lucky, living in the south west, and as a teenager starting in the job market, (in a bank), I dont recall much privation personally. I do recall folk getting mortgages to buy their council house, and the mega number of cheques payable to British Gas etc etc mind.

Mostly from the age group you are/were in. Thats my central point.

I'm 62 and had one working parent, times were quite hard really, electricity was cut off on a couple of occasions, once over Xmas, . Free school dinners, oh and milk until that kindly old girl Thatcher took it off us.
Our parents never bought our council house or bought shares in gas, water or anything else.
Left school in 76, first job £15 per week in a slaughterhouse. After 8 months there finished up on a government scheme for two years. Must have been a totally different kind of life down south.
Just remember Thatcher and riots, savage job cuts and a bloody dead end job for 13 years.

 

[TommyDavo]

I'm 62 and had one working parent, times were quite hard really, electricity was cut off on a couple of occasions, once over Xmas, . Free school dinners, oh and milk until that kindly old girl Thatcher took it off us.
Our parents never bought our council house or bought shares in gas, water or anything else.
Left school in 76, first job £15 per week in a slaughterhouse. After 8 months there finished up on a government scheme for two years. Must have been a totally different kind of life down south.
Just remember Thatcher and riots, savage job cuts and a bloody dead end job for 13 years.

62 myself mate and had to spend 30 years or so working away from home. Retired now in Benefits Street. I will say no kids starving here like

 

[larrygobfiend]

62 myself mate and had to spend 30 years or so working away from home. Retired now in Benefits Street. I will say no kids starving here like

“Retired now” that’s all I need to know, mate

We’ll all be in in our 70s or dead when we’re able to retire…

 

[larrygobfiend]

I'm 62 and had one working parent, times were quite hard really, electricity was cut off on a couple of occasions, once over Xmas, . Free school dinners, oh and milk until that kindly old girl Thatcher took it off us.
Our parents never bought our council house or bought shares in gas, water or anything else.
Left school in 76, first job £15 per week in a slaughterhouse. After 8 months there finished up on a government scheme for two years. Must have been a totally different kind of life down south.
Just remember Thatcher and riots, savage job cuts and a bloody dead end job for 13 years.

I’m generalising and being a bit of a meff because @peteblue winds me up, but what’s your situation now? Do you own a home that’s worth substantially more than what you paid for it? Are you sitting on a decent pension?

Also, I appreciate your generation’s parents had it really tough.

 

[TommyDavo]

“Retired now” that’s all I need to know, mate

We’ll all be in in our 70s or dead when we’re able to retire…

Work hard, put in the hours like I did and you might be surprised. I am still sweating on having enough until my state pension kicks in. Part of the problem is that money has been too cheap for most of the last 14 years with millions racking up the credit card debt etc., because they have got to have. A bit of a ripple and the boat capsizes.

 

[mahermi1]

I’m generalising and being a bit of a meff because @peteblue winds me up, but what’s your situation now? Do you own a home that’s worth substantially more than what you paid for it? Are you sitting on a decent pension?

Also, I appreciate your generation’s parents had it really tough.

Yes we own our own home, mortgage paid off, I have a few pensions but have took the 25% early on two of them, to help pay mortgage off. We have overpaid the mortgage to help pay it off to. This was helped by getting a better job in the 90's. My house is worth substantially more but that's a false economy, so is every other house, so it means nothing. Someone commented earlier and in most cases irs probably true, for the first time I can remember our kids are going to be financially poorer than their parents. Very hard to buy a house now, with the stupid price of them and interest payments rising. Its a mess the Tories have made far worse over the last 12 years.

 

[spectateur]

Do you REALLY think I'm going to post on a public forum about the privations myself, my wife, and my two young children went through in that era?

Sheesh...

Well said.
My life was also severely affected by that era.

 

[larrygobfiend]

Work hard, put in the hours like I did and you might be surprised. I am still sweating on having enough until my state pension kicks in. Part of the problem is that money has been too cheap for most of the last 14 years with millions racking up the credit card debt etc., because they have got to have. A bit of a ripple and the boat capsizes.

Okay mate ???

I’ve literally never been out of work, I’m never off sick, I do overtime and I’m still gonna be working until I’m 70, but well done you for working hard.

 

[peteblue]

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Yes we own our own home, mortgage paid off, I have a few pensions but have took the 25% early on two of them, to help pay mortgage off. We have overpaid the mortgage to help pay it off to. This was helped by getting a better job in the 90's. My house is worth substantially more but that's a false economy, so is every other house, so it means nothing. Someone commented earlier and in most cases irs probably true, for the first time I can remember our kids are going to be financially poorer than their parents. Very hard to buy a house now, with the stupid price of them and interest payments rising. Its a mess the Tories have made far worse over the last 12 years.

Think of it this way. Your parents, just like mine, had nothing, zilch, after WW2. My dad then died in his late 40’s which left just mum to raise the kids and earn any money. We had nothing. Started work at 16 and fortunately did well enough over time to move my mum into a granny flat within a house I bought us with a 15% mortgage. Mum then at last had a decent life. Of course there was nothing she left to the kids, so what we had was what we made for ourselves. As you say, houses are just false economy from a personal perspective but will provide our own children with some form of inheritance. I’ve helped all four of mine buy their own property and they are all getting by. My parents had nothing, their parents had even less, and their parents had the potato famine. So when I look at my own family, I would say that every generation has had it better than the one before and I hope this continues…..

 

[mahermi1]

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Think of it this way. Your parents, just like mine, had nothing, zilch, after WW2. My dad then died in his late 40’s which left just mum to raise the kids and earn any money. We had nothing. Started work at 16 and fortunately did well enough over time to move my mum into a granny flat within a house I bought us with a 15% mortgage. Mum then at last had a decent life. Of course there was nothing she left to the kids, so what we had was what we made for ourselves. As you say, houses are just false economy from a personal perspective but will provide our own children with some form of inheritance. I’ve helped all four of mine buy their own property and they are all getting by. My parents had nothing, their parents had even less, and their parents had the potato famine. So when I look at my own family, I would say that every generation has had it better than the one before and I hope this continues…..

You started work late Pete, by 15 I was working in the KwikSave part time after school shelf filling ! Even done a few Saturdays and Sundays. Sad about your dad mate, done well for your mam and kids though.

 

[peteblue]

You started work late Pete, by 15 I was working in the KwikSave part time after school shelf filling ! Even done a few Saturdays and Sundays. Sad about your dad mate, done well for your mam and kids though.

hahaha….I had a paper round at 13, I even had another lad working for me when I was 14….I was an apprentice at 16…

 

[larrygobfiend]

I take it all back… the Boomers had it so so tough. No wonder the majority of them back the compassionate Tories

 

[larrygobfiend]

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Think of it this way. Your parents, just like mine, had nothing, zilch, after WW2. My dad then died in his late 40’s which left just mum to raise the kids and earn any money. We had nothing. Started work at 16 and fortunately did well enough over time to move my mum into a granny flat within a house I bought us with a 15% mortgage. Mum then at last had a decent life. Of course there was nothing she left to the kids, so what we had was what we made for ourselves. As you say, houses are just false economy from a personal perspective but will provide our own children with some form of inheritance. I’ve helped all four of mine buy their own property and they are all getting by. My parents had nothing, their parents had even less, and their parents had the potato famine. So when I look at my own family, I would say that every generation has had it better than the one before and I hope this continues…..

So basically your parents had it tough. Thanks for confirming exactly what I thought

 

[larrygobfiend]

You started work late Pete, by 15 I was working in the KwikSave part time after school shelf filling ! Even done a few Saturdays and Sundays. Sad about your dad mate, done well for your mam and kids though.

Myself and most of my friends had some kind of job at 15. What’s your point?