trigger_andy

I can relate this this. I'm a certified training instructor and rater in the job I do. When I get round to holding a class some of the guys on the course are guys that work with me off-shore. Im very careful to ensure that the training I give them are per procedure. Sometimes they moan and complain that this is not how its done off-shore, or even how I do it off-shore. I tell them that regardless how I do the job off-shore Im here to teach them the 100% correct way we should be doing things, it will then be up to them how the carry out the job when off-shore. But if they screw up they cant turn around and tell anyone thats how I trained them on the course.

The point being both partners need to work full time to get by. Many use Grandparents as childminders. But childcare is super expensive. When my Wife worked full time as a Science Technician at the American School over 60% of her wage went on Childcare. She had to Pushbike to work as a second would would have made working pointless. But then many families carted their kids around on buggies on the back of their push bikes. The though of one parent not working at all bewildered them. Its not just Norway, its the same in Denmark, and my Swedish colleagues say it the same there too. I'd imagine the likes of Germany its quite normal as well.

Damn, I see you removed your post. Anyway, £80-£100 is not a living wage, its a surviving wage. There is simply no way you could raise a family on that kind of money. I'll assume any family that does is heavily subsidised with tax credits in one form or another. Ie, they are being subsidised by people paying tax. The reality of a situation like that is; 1,You either put up with it, realising in hindsight that entering a sector that pays so little is not really for someone wanting to raise a family and own a home. 2, Your partner also has to have a full time job. 3, You or your partner goes into full time education to enable them to enter a market that pays better. In Norway, at least where I lived it was almost unheard of for family not to have both parents working full time. It is the only way for a family to own a home, or even rent for that matter. My Wife is studying for her degree in Maths and Quantum Physics. This will allow a lot of doors to open once she gets her degree. Even Teaching if she fancies that. £26k for the first year tax free. Thats just to train, she can just walk away from that after if teaching is not for her. Its not easy for her at all with a 2 year old and a 7 month old, in fact she was getting contractions during her end of year exam last summer, struggled through the paper and we went directly to hospital after where she gave birth later that evening. Sometimes you just need to look at the situation you find yourself in and make the changes necessary to get where you want to be. Saying the system needs to change is not going to get anyone anywhere.

100% I dont have an answer. But yes, moving to where there is still work but cheaper housing has to be considered an option of anyone wishing to get on the property ladder. No, not everyone can or is willing to do this. But it has to be a considered option, at lest for a while. Who cares would will still do the menial stuff? There will always be people who have no interest in owning their home. There will still be plenty people who are looking for extra income, ie, not the main bread winners. There is plenty of Students and young folk starting out in life to take on these roles. My Sister is a School Technician, its a low paid job. Her Husband washes Stairs for a living. They bought their first house for £130,000. Its not ideal, its not in a great area, but they are now on the ladder after years of scrimping and saving.

Oh the irony.

Says who? Compared to what country? Yet millions and millions and millions of people can and do afford a mortgage. Ive explained why some will never be home owners, I'll not waste my time repeating why. Not at all. My Mother made good use of the right to buy. Personally I am quite happy Ive never had to rely on anyone else's handouts, but that is just the way I am. You might be able to hold your head up high under such circumstances, personally I could not. Yet the irony remains. A stereotypical Labour/Libtard voter making full use of a Tory policy and still proud to vote for the party that offers them nothing. Like I said earlier; you sound the type.

Then they simply cannot afford to own a home. Its just not feasible. They cannot even get by without handouts from the tax payers. Why should people who actually pay tax fund someones mortgage? Its barking. But you're ignoring the fact their 'wages' are supplemented by tax payers and also that being minimum wage earners they are most likely never going to be in a position to maintain their properties. What are they gonna do when the central heating packs in? Or the windows need changed? £500 is cheap anyway, they should be chuffed. The type of people these jobs are aimed at. People starting out in life, Students, second income earners, people happy just muddling by renting all their lives. Bully for you. Yeh, you sound the type......

I 100% agree here. The ability of the working man to be able to buy property has to be one of the single biggest contributors to Social Justice in modern times. And I agree, the sense of entitlement of many, some here it would seem, is quite palpable. I also agree that although people should have the availability to gain a mortgage they should not have it presented to them on a plate regardless of their lifestyle choices. Sometimes the hoops you may find you need to jump though are intangible. That means you as an individual need to make the changes needed to jump through the hoops, not other people or institutions.

Forfar! Woop woop!

Yes. Plenty people do not wish to burdened by a Mortgage. The refusal of a significant number of tenants to take advantage of buying their Council house proves this. The reality is if you're a cleaner, or work in McD's or any other menial job your whole life is subsadised by the tax payer. They simply cannot afford the mortgage and upkeep of a property, let alone put food on the table. Low paid work does not need to come with the negative connotations you are applying. Low Paid work is not a bread winner wage. Be it a wife or a husband who is in the lower paid work it should maybe be considered a supplementary income. No idea what that last comment means. But seems like you're pro-brexit, and thats awesome.

Feels like we've been stuck in the EU for that bloody long.

Yeh canny be right. Four bottles of Maple Syrup in the brew. Should be 6.5% going by the OG.

Hey Gary, its got two lumps like two fake titties over the scars. That canny be right. Most likely need to call the clinic the morn and see if its normal. But managed to brew 4 gallons of Chocolate Maple Porter today. so no wasted time. :D

Its just a cookie cut out, but was fun making it. The wee one loves it.

I hope so. I like the idea of making things that will potentially be passed down. I made my 16 year old a bed out of some oak that I Milled. Would be nice to think that stays with her for for a few years.

It’s just a hobby for me. But being able to mill my own timber and make something out of the finished project is very therapeutic for me too. this is the first Beech and Oak I milled, just finished for one of my wee ones.

3" Slabs 28"-30" Wide must have been fun carting around? ? Thats the beauty of an Alaskan, go anywhere. A real handy back-up tool. Yeh I seem to end up just turning the Cant over on my todd. Need to stop that.

I was meaning people in general. Many seem to give the impression of no being arsed to get a real education, or an apprenticeship and the dedication and time required to build a career after that then complain when they are stuck in a perpetual cycle of renting and low paying work. They then expect the system to change to accommodate them. It does not and should not work that way. I know you work hard, but you also need to work smart. If you find yourself in a situation where you cant get a mortgage with your chosen career then its you that needs to change that and not expect the system to change to suit you. Maybe you have a Mortgage but as I its not directed at you, just picking up on your comment.

But you can roll it in glitter.

Ive only really milled hardwood logs and never had this issue. Milled maybe 10 softwood logs and 2 of them milled like this, not a result of a dull blade. The logs where sopping wet too, moister than an oyster.

Change the band and see if it makes a difference, would take 5 minutes and you'd have a definitive answer. If you get a clean cut then its a dull blade, if the result is the same then its the wood. How hard you have to push and engine note compared to when the blade was fresh would of course be key indicators before removing the blade.

And pay him the going rate for Milling plus training fee's?

Do check your log stays each pass. Dont keep cutting cutting into them like I see to.

Everyone? You've just echoed mine and others opinion posted before you did....