WDB
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Dec 4, 2020 22:21:50 GMT
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Post by WDB on Dec 4, 2020 22:21:50 GMT
Exactly. Meanwhile, their education and career prospects are being decided by those same people with nice houses to WAH in, who would rather keep garden centres open for bungalow dwellers than keep our children in school. Next year's results season is going to be worse than this.
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Post by tyrednexited on Dec 4, 2020 22:25:02 GMT
I feel more sorry for teenagers and young adults than oldies. We’ve all done our fair share of partying, travelling, got nice houses and gardens to sit in, etc. but they largely can’t and don’t. As I say, I acknowledge that I've found it less onerous than most, but (hopefully) they largely will be able to do so, and in the reasonably near future. I think that whilst I would certainly vilify the behaviour of (certain) students, particularly those for example in Nottingham where publicised behaviour at least has been poor, I do have an element of sympathy with missing out on a "rite of passage" experience, that is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ...but ultimately, it comes down to a comment that is flung at the TV on regular occasions; "What don't you understand about it being a f'in pandemic?". (In reality, my generation in particular has been free of many of the downsides of society over the ages. No real poverty, no world wars, etc. but most generations to date haven't been free of some blight; frankly, if a vaccine brings the possible/probable long term relief, then the teenagers and young adults will still have got off reasonably lightly compared with going to the Western Front, BEF, Korea or Vietnam). |
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Dec 4, 2020 23:36:41 GMT
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Post by dixinormus on Dec 4, 2020 23:36:41 GMT
I think a lot depends on the next 6 months. Get through winter, mass vaccinations, and maybe things will look a lot brighter after Easter. Apart from unemployment. I think a lot of businesses have managed to muddle through 2020 in crisis mode, waiting for things to settle down. But in 2021 they’ll have to start making some tough decisions to shore up their balance sheets and implement modified business plans for the post-Covid world.
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Post by Alanović on Dec 7, 2020 8:47:08 GMT
Youngsters just have to wait for us to croak. My 2 will inherit enough to make them more than comfortable, even if it arrives a bit later than they might like. In the meantime, they're not going to live in poverty or hunger and will have perfectly comfortable lives in perfectly nice homes.
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Post by tyrednexited on Dec 7, 2020 9:24:14 GMT
Youngsters just have to wait for us to croak. My 2 will inherit enough to make them more than comfortable, even if it arrives a bit later than they might like. In the meantime, they're not going to live in poverty or hunger and will have perfectly comfortable lives in perfectly nice homes. ...all IHT relief being removed to pay for Covid will put a large dent in that.....  |
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Post by Alanović on Dec 7, 2020 9:36:42 GMT
Oh well they'll have to make their own luck then. They'll have received £250k worth of their inheritances each by the age of 18, in the form of their private educations. As with everything in life it's up to the individual what they do with the resources provided to them.
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Post by WDB on Aug 2, 2022 20:31:54 GMT
Had the tyre off that new rim today. An old puncture I’d plugged months ago opened up as I set out yesterday and refused all invitations to reseal, so the only options were to patch it from inside or to replace it with the waiting spare in the shed. There’s still plenty of tread left, so I patched it.
No apparent problem there but can I get the bugger to reseat itself on the rim? Not with an hour of fiddling and pumping, anyway. And my Garmin reckons that’s given me as much exercise as I’d have got from a 40-minute ride; more if swearing calories count too. Might have to do the last-resort temporary tube trick tomorrow if nothing changes.
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