Making the news today....

[Retired Climber]

13 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

The likes of Mick Lynce aside.

Top end electrical engineer who now shouts for working people. To save argument we’ll have it your way.
 

 

Are electrical engineering qualifications relevant in such a situation? I don't see the relevance personally. 

[GarethM]

Top end electrical qualifications, are you sure about that?

[trigger_andy]

8 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Top end electrical qualifications, are you sure about that?

To someone that makes a living knee deep in shit being able to wire a plug puts you in the top end of electrical qualifications. 😁

[GarethM]

The cream does not float to the top in that line of work, bit like the labour party and trade unions.

[Retired Climber]

7 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

To someone that makes a living knee deep in shit being able to wire a plug puts you in the top end of electrical qualifications. 😁

I use you as a benchmark for how much of a knob I'm being on here. Whenever I find myself liking one of your posts (more often than I like to admit), or I get a notification that you've liked one of mine I think "oh God, what have I said? I bet I've written something that is going to upset someone". 

[Commando]

On 20/10/2022 at 11:46, Stere said:

Completely impossible is abit strong, I would go  more with extremely unlikely in the short term.

 

& then the further you go into the future the harder to predict what could happen.....

 

I do think  that increasing   inequality in the UK means more likely an increase in the chances of civil unrest.....

 

Bread a circuses etc.

 

Goverments a circus all on its own atm, but still needs to provide some bread......

 

 

Some history snippets in this article:

 

This is how economic discontent has triggered unrest in the past

WWW.WEFORUM.ORG

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According to the latest Chief Economists Outlook, the difficulty people are having when it comes to buying bare essentials is...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ah the WEF….. the puppeteers themselves!😂

[Stere]

What is incorrect about the information (mainly historical examples) and the  idea that "rising costs are stirring social unrest."

 

in that particular article?

 

(Not the conspiracy theories or any wider WEF  agenda just the article)

 

 

 

 

[Commando]

Another great piece by Neil Oliver today, we’ll worth a listen…..

 

[Johnsond]

Why we’ll be driving a record number of older cars in the next five years

APPLE.NEWS

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By 2027 around 15.4 million cars on Britain’s roads will be at least 10 years old, new analysis by Auto...

Not surprising when you screw people to the floor with high taxes, mortgage cost of living etc to pay for utterly insane previous  decisions.  You have to wonder if a few political types with an ounce of common sense are gonna realise this proposed ban on the  sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 is pure green agenda driven fantasy that is gonna make life very very difficult for people in particular rural communities. Might have to plan for a long term diesel keeper if they don’t. 
I had a BT open reach electric vivaro at my place a few days ago, driver was from Bradford on contract work in Aberdeenshire for a week, 14 hrs to get from Bradford to Aberdeen with 7 charges enroute, he said it was like driving with the fuel warning light on constantly, always on lookout for a charging point. 

[difflock]

I copied** the daughter a sombre article about the predicted collapse of the PCP "funding" model that has allowed people to drive cars they realistically could not otherwise afford, except for the stupid low interest rates..

Which not unreasonably suggested the cars would either be handed back at the end of the PCP period, or repossessed.

What these people are going to do for another cheaper car I do not know, guessing it can only push up the prices of older cheaper smaller/plainer stock?

But the market should in theory be flooded with up-market motors that most folk cannot afford to buy, or indeed maintain 2nd hand..

**Cos she will be needing a new to her  motor and was thinking about pulling the pin on a new Corolla, and I had been trying to tell her to thole(very difficult btw!) and blag a bargain in the near future. 

Hopefully the refurbished(virtually a nut and bolt rebuild) 1999 vintage SDP Van will be good for another 20-25  years of emissions related trouble free diesel driving for us.

Cheers,

Marcus

 

Edited October 23, 2022 by difflock