At least some people can be bothered...

[Steve P]

So is it a case of no work available ? or just not the right type of work for some people ?

Granted if you are highly educated and skilled you are not going to be seeking a low skilled job... But there surely must come a point (6 months ?) where if you want to claim benefits then the type of work you are looking for comes into question...

[oafc0000]

Not necessarily. Taking me as an example, because I knew there was a risk I could be made redundant at some point, I took out mortgage protection insurance. This covers me for up to a year if I'm made redundant but would stop as soon as I found a new job, no matter what it pays. So I'm sure that because of this there are a lot of people that just can't afford to take on a lower paid job.

Edited July 31, 2010 by oafc0000

[amaidment]

You say what your household income is going to be and unless it is out by £25k!!! you won't be asked to make a repayment... Yet a million people have over estimated to the tune of £25k!!! I can't be reading that right surely ?

[sifi]

I reckon if I stood in any town centre on any given day I could get a 70% success rate AT LEAST at spotting them... Yeah I know that comment will piss you off but I reckon I could do it...

[Steve P]

And what characteristics determine a lady pushing a pram down the round who is a single mother as compared to a mother who has a partner? Are you going to be looking on their hand for a wedding band?

[oafc0000]

this

And what characteristics determine a lady pushing a pram down the round who is a single mother as compared to a mother who has a partner? Are you going to be looking on their hand for a wedding band?

[sifi]

So you believe that single mothers smoke more and dress badly compared to mothers who have partners?

That's prejudice, I'm afraid.

I would love you to go out to your local town centre, and ask people if they are single mothers by virtue of their shabby dress and because they smoke. Can you get it videoed? I'm sure we'd all get a laugh of you getting slapped silly but irate mothers. I'll keep an eye out for headlines like "Warrington Pervert accosts Mothers on High Street" on the internet ....

[Steve P]

Oafc, the number of couples that are having their first kid these days that aren't married probably outnumbers those that are. For expample, we've been together for 11 years and decided it was more important to save our money so that we could afford for my good lady to be off for a year with the little one rather than spending money on a wedding. I think a lot of people see it that way now. I have no issues with marriage, and think that some day we may well tie the knot, but I think it's become a massive expense now that a lot of people decide to do without.

[oafc0000]

That's prejudice, I'm afraid.

Edited August 2, 2010 by oafc0000

[oafc0000]

Oafc, the number of couples that are having their first kid these days that aren't married probably outnumbers those that are. For expample, we've been together for 11 years and decided it was more important to save our money so that we could afford for my good lady to be off for a year with the little one rather than spending money on a wedding. I think a lot of people see it that way now. I have no issues with marriage, and think that some day we may well tie the knot, but I think it's become a massive expense now that a lot of people decide to do without.

[jump]

It dosen't have to be expensive...

[oafc0000]

...as long as it is in front of God almighty to judge it's fine.

[sifi]

...as long as it is in front of God almighty to judge it's fine.

[oafc0000]

A marriage isn't legal if it's in front of god. It's the registation with the state that makes it legal.

Edited August 2, 2010 by oafc0000

[jump]

Its true... aka why you sign the register...

Edited August 2, 2010 by jump

[oafc0000]

Ah I thought you were banging on about Marriage for the importance of God, as you were going on about being Catholic earlier.

Edited August 2, 2010 by oafc0000

[rachbon]

some people in this thread are totally ridiculous.

[philipsteak]

aka

[oafc0000]

Are you doing this deliberately now?

[philipsteak]

Doing what ?

[oafc0000]

The "aka" thing. Now I'm not normally like this, I make mistakes all the time and don't worry too much about other people making them too, but I remember llcoolphil pointing it out to you before now, so wondered if you using it (wrongly) all the time was to wind him up. If it is, then fair enough, but if its not, it drives me nuts.

[llcoolphil]

agree with everything you said , thats why almost every house in a council house has sky, hardly an essential? I work and don't have sky!!

As to sickness, when you read about it, it's crazy..some of the things people are off work with sickness for!

Edited August 2, 2010 by llcoolphil

[llcoolphil]

Sorry but I rarely read what Phil writes I tend to just skim past it...

Yeah fair enough... English is not my strong point...

[oafc0000]

You rarely reply because you know I'm right pointing out your idiocy more like.

[rabid]

Your You're just a troll...I caught you arguing against something you was you were arguing for not long before... Anything to get the argument you want Made me realise your you're just a troll, a shit one at that