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and furthermore… raaaaaaah.. people buy them and dont live in them then rent them out at an alarming tarrif. ! I have had many offers for mine from .. sorry BUUUT asian dudes ! offering me 10 grand, but when i die its theirs.. or folks that buy their old parents houses,then rent out … like jen i blame Thatcher !
@jen_jen wrote:
You don’t need to buy a house, outright or otherwise, in order to have/create a home…I don’t understand this obsession with having to own your own property, that somehow you’re a failure if you don’t own your own property, that a sign of being poor is not being able to get onto the property ladder. Who the hell in their right mind wants to start climbing that ladder except the brainwashed? This driving need to own your own property and to keep climbing the ladder is a relatively new thing, and as obsessions go it’s probably killing more people in terms of working harder and longer in more unpleasant and stressful environments than we have begun to realise.
My parents and many of their generation never had the expectation of owning their own home; it was beyond their wildest dreams. I blame Maggie Thatcher and her brainwashing us with our right to buy, thus robbing future generations of council housing.
But then again I blame Maggie Thatcher for many things. :twisted:
I can only agree with this jen jen lassie.. I live in a street of 40 houses and i have still not bought mine. a decent wee semi detached i was born into. Thing is one day i WILL buy it for my son, as he will be homeless.. they should NEVER have sold off the council houses.! My daughter lives in a mould ridden flat. One day she will inherit.. not from me i hasten to add ( chuckle) and she will afford a decent home.she lived with me till i pretended to throw them out !
and there Mon Frere was the fundamental approach to Genuine Socialism. That got no chance thanks to Tory Blair. Build and Employ..Employ and teach..teach and listen.
But no,, they built giant leisure projects like defunct Bowling Alleys,, cinewords, ice rinks et all.. that the underclass could not go to.. so they died. a certain death and remain a blott on many a Landscape. all that seem to survive is the steady enveloping of yet another Tescos ! Closing down entire markets and smaller communites. No little one to one shops, where I could chat to the owner over a birthday card i wanted to buy. No wee friendly butcher/fish shops where you asked advice the best way to cook what you bought.Veg pre packed.no wee greengrocers to smell the goods on display.
R.I.P Lochee.. my shopping centre of choice.
hell no !! Just as i got my head together, the rest of me fell apart. :) but thats nature. .too many horror stories. Im friendly with my female dentist. had her since she was a student 20 years ago, even dentists do botox. a pal of a pal scenario asked me to price her,, so i innocently asked ” erm avril, how much is botox”.. and she near died assuming it was for me LOL.. I get face freeze and palpitations with the local anaesthetic injection for days ! Not the first time she has lifted me from her floor with the adrenaline, and took me for a Brandy ! Im allergic to everything :)
thanks jen.. I was not on a calorie counting diet, as in tradtional living on lettuce leaf. This was an avoidance of certain saturated fats etc.Benecol worked for me,, IT had too as my cholesterol level was alarmingly high. I doubt it was placebo in a psychosomatic world. I have went from sky high to Normal,, in fact ” fine ,well done” in a matter of 3 months. Yes it was boring, but i had a determination. I realise its early days and will have to watch my diet forever more. IF this entails eating the giblets of pheasants. i would give it a try. I even went on a blinking holiday and managed to get Fibre and non sat fats into my body.
It has became a frame of mind.. Lard never killed anyone ( allegedly) > i did this for health reasons and managed to lose weight into the bargain.so therfore i rate Benecol. one drink of raspberry flavour in morning.
hell i should be paid for advertising :) I made a joke yest at doctors about benecol..but heck its helped ! I even get a natural morning jobbie :)
@jen_jen wrote:
@mrs_teapot wrote:
@rubyred wrote:
ah but its the taste lucy..I tried them all,then discovered the benecol one. cheered up my wholemeal toast of a Morning. It was one of the few luxuries I was allowed so i was damm gonna enjoy it :)
I use lurpak low fat… is that ok?
Lurpack contains butter which is saturated fat so in a word….no…tastes better than margarine though!
defo not ok Mrs T,, or Id have tried that months ago :) I was a lurpak salted kinda gal . double bad points for me with the added salt too.. oops. Oh well my Benecol buttery awaits me..grrrr.
ah but its the taste lucy..I tried them all,then discovered the benecol one. cheered up my wholemeal toast of a Morning. It was one of the few luxuries I was allowed so i was damm gonna enjoy it :)
@anc wrote:
@rubyred wrote:
my cholesterol levels being back to normal and celebrating with a strawberry tart :)
Swallow a simvastin pill down your throat with actimol – then you can have two! :D
yeah Good thinking Batwoman ! im still on simvastatin.probably be for life,,but i Swear by benecol..Im even on the benecol buttery margarine now. Bit pricey but ..
wanna know an even weirder thing.. I have underactive thyroid ok.. and its now OVERactive ffs LOL.. how me and my doctor laughed at my weird blood ! That explains the nights sweats, I thought i was going through the menopause again !
@thin ice wrote:
@irish_lucy wrote:
YOur benifits are given to you and its your responsiblity to pay your bills therefore CAN go to jail for not paying.
i really dont belive you can go to prison for bad debts
so if your a council house dweller your saying the rent isnt paid direct from benifits
Thankfully the Dickesian Debtors prisons are a thing of the past. If you were in the position of arrears, you would make agreement to pay so much back per week.
my cholesterol levels being back to normal and celebrating with a strawberry tart :)
