Worst are yet to come

[PeterB]

30 million are nearly working in the uk ...

This sums up the British mentality! I wonder how many actually do work?

Reminds me of the old joke:

"How many people work in your office?"

"Oh, about half!"

[Ann07]

Hi Cheesewiz,

You are really working hard
You are right our economy is really bad , hope it will recover soon

Look after yourself

[cheesewiz]

Hi Cheesewiz,

You are really working hard
You are right our economy is really bad , hope it will recover soon

Look after yourself

salamat Ann I will, just been to my GP everything's look fine as far as my health is concern

[nigel]

Come on guys!

Let's not take too much notice of news reports! I don't even watch the news, I think it's absolute tripe!

The media gather "bad news" stories from all over the world! It's as if they've got the world under a blinking microscope and they are only interested in "bad" things! Ooooh they're on a dogged determined mission to convince us that the world is a terrible place! "Stay in your homes!" Then they get some guy with a "I'm deathly serious!" voice to report the story! They make it even more dramatic with that pom! Pom! Pom! music! It's like watching a scary movie!

They seem to be trying to keep our attention with shocking! Terrible stories! I really don't think it's an accurate portrayal of the world at all!

Global warming! Unemployment! and errr, Unemployment!

The world we live in is actually in good shape! REALLY it is!

[somebody]

This sums up the British mentality! I wonder how many actually do work?

Reminds me of the old joke:

"How many people work in your office?"

"Oh, about half!"

That many

[joebloggs]

This sums up the British mentality! I wonder how many actually do work?

Reminds me of the old joke:

"How many people work in your office?"

"Oh, about half!"

all my figures are pukka, from the office of statistics

oh well then, 24/25 lose their job, now that is the end of the world

[PeterB]

all my figures are pukka, from the office of statistics

oh well then, 24/25 lose their job, now that is the end of the world

Sorry Joe. I think you might have missed the point of my post .. it was the strange phraseology : '30M are nearly working' when I guess it should have been 'nearly 30M are working'.

[joebloggs]

Sorry Joe. I think you might have missed the point of my post .. it was the strange phraseology : '30M are nearly working' when I guess it should have been 'nearly 30M are working'.

sorry

i see what you mean

then there are those working who shouldn't be who are not in the stats.. so maybe 30m

yes i know many who have jobs, but don't work

[kermit123]

This sums up the British mentality! I wonder how many actually do work?

Reminds me of the old joke:

"How many people work in your office?"

"Oh, about half!"

hi peter b not all british have that mentality and that is his opion so im not to judge him ,ill gladly do 60 hours work,im from a working class family in birmingham and i do expect to have to work long hours to make a liveing i allways have and probly will, when i come back to uk this year. That isent a joke here in philippines have you seen road workers here 10 people 2 working so its same here in philippines not just uk , becouse labour is cheap in philippines you allway s i mean allways get 50% more people than is needed, only my opion gaz/maybs

[PeterB]

hi peter b not all british have that mentality

Sure, but in my 53 years in UK, I've seen quite a few like that. But you're right, it's not just peculiar to the Brits.[/QUOTE]