Making the news today....

[Mike Hill]

27 minutes ago, TIMON said:

Fred Dibnah’s house and collection to go under the hammer.
A good opportunity to acquire some interesting artifacts but a shame to see it split up.
Apparently the current owner couldn’t find a buyer for the whole lot.

Thus never before shall there be a larger number of flapcap wearing Whippet owners assemble on auction day to bid by halfpenny increments.

[Vespasian]

2 hours ago, TIMON said:

Fred Dibnah’s house and collection to go under the hammer.
A good opportunity to acquire some interesting artifacts but a shame to see it split up.
Apparently the current owner couldn’t find a buyer for the whole lot.

Oh, I might see into that, just to nosy about some..  I might buy that bow an arrow he used for a laugh..   

[Mull]

Oh, I might see into that, just to nosy about some..  I might buy that bow an arrow he used for a laugh..   

Or... you might not do any of that, and just keep signing on.....[emoji849]

[Vespasian]

1 hour ago, Mull said:

 

 

Or... you might not do any of that, and just keep signing on.....

 

 

what makes you think I sign on?...  

[Mark J]

He's stereotyping like some loony leftie.  Just because you have a lot of time on your hands and you spend it trolling an arbsite, doesn't make you workshy.  Shame on Him and Corbyn the bastard.  Go Wesp.

[Vespasian]

4 minutes ago, Mark J said:

He's stereotyping like some loony leftie.  Just because you have a lot of time on your hands and you spend it trolling an arbsite, doesn't make you workshy.  Shame on Him and Corbyn the bastard.  Go Wesp.

He can think what he likes, I don't sign on, and I like to see my contributions to arbtalk as enlivening debate.   always happy to add my twopence worth I am.. 

[Mark J]

If you say so.  Crack on by all means.

Edited February 18, 2018 by Mark J

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Can't remember if it was on this thread - amongst the ideological, theological, pathological, psychotic, political, social, economic, moral, environmental and just plain mental rantings of the massive..... 

 

Universal Basic Income....?  Hadn't heard of it before it was mentioned on here then a day or 2 after, it was on the news about the RSA having presented some study findings and here they are:

 

https://www.thersa.org/action-and-research/rsa-projects/economy-enterprise-manufacturing-folder/basic-income

 

An interesting prospect....

 

[Mark J]

2 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Can't remember if it was on this thread - amongst the ideological, theological, pathological, psychotic, political, social, economic, moral, environmental and just plain mental rantings of the massive..... 

 

Universal Basic Income....?  Hadn't heard of it before it was mentioned on here then a day or 2 after, it was on the news about the RSA having presented some study findings and here they are:

 

https://www.thersa.org/action-and-research/rsa-projects/economy-enterprise-manufacturing-folder/basic-income

 

An interesting prospect....

 

Have a watch of this: 

 

 

 

Edited February 18, 2018 by Mark J

[Mesterh]

On 16/02/2018 at 10:07, Haironyourchest said:

The problem we have in the west is moral poverty, not monetary. Compared to our peasant ancestors even the poorest live like royalty today. Its a lack of moral fiber, backbone, horse sense, willpower, smarts, whatever you wanna call it. The deficit comes from poor parenting by parents who themselves were poorly parented and so on, since the industrial revolution. Also environmental pressure and TV. The youth being caged indoors and in school when they should be working the fields or forest from the age of seven. Combine that with a modern liberal snowflake policy that refuses to punish anyone....

Unfortunately you are very, very wrong. There is plenty of monetary poverty. You do realise that patents can become ill, can't do the job they used to and die, sometimes both of them? Ok, they may be better off than say someone in the same circumstances back in the year dot but they certainly don't live like royalty. Having barely enough food to stay healthy and some clothes isn't a good way to live, not this day and age. There are lots of people living like that not just a few Yorkshire men living in a matchbox.

 

It was only when i grew up that I realised how poor some of my childhood friends were and how lucky I was to have two working parents.