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Let me explain, I am a qualified electrician am married to a psychiatric nurse and have a 19 year old son who is struggling to get a start in life
The NHS is broken
Education is broken
Politics is broken
Government is pissing money down the drains
Nimbys have taken over the asylum
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 08:59 AM
Tell your son to start learning a foreign language and maybe consider doing a year in Europe doing TEFL or similar. My kids will both be doing private French lessons as soon as they hit Primary school.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:01 AM
French really
I would have thought German or Mandarin
I would have thought German or Mandarin
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:08 AM
daddybear, on 27 February 2012 - 09:01 AM, said:
French really
I would have thought German or Mandarin
I would have thought German or Mandarin
My thoughts as well.
Or maybe learn an Indian dialect.
Proof that Brown had repeated IMF / OECD / BIS warnings over house prices and did nothing!!!
Looting: The Economic Underworld Of Bankruptcy For Profit
The exponential growth of debt and the unsustainability of debt
The logic of HPI @ 10% YoY means your £100k house would be worth £1.38bn in 100 years
Paying down my mortgage with money found on the street
It's time to sue the Bank of England / Federal Reserve for GROSS NEGLIGENCE
If DEBT is the problem REPAYMENT is the solution or you default
"Northern unemployment is an acceptable price to pay for curbing southern inflation" Eddie George former Governor of the Bank of England
New digest on the credit crisis and economy Part2 Part 3
Looting: The Economic Underworld Of Bankruptcy For Profit
The exponential growth of debt and the unsustainability of debt
The logic of HPI @ 10% YoY means your £100k house would be worth £1.38bn in 100 years
Paying down my mortgage with money found on the street
It's time to sue the Bank of England / Federal Reserve for GROSS NEGLIGENCE
If DEBT is the problem REPAYMENT is the solution or you default
"Northern unemployment is an acceptable price to pay for curbing southern inflation" Eddie George former Governor of the Bank of England
New digest on the credit crisis and economy Part2 Part 3
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:10 AM
daddybear, on 27 February 2012 - 09:01 AM, said:
French really
I would have thought German or Mandarin
I would have thought German or Mandarin
Many Germans speak excellent English - I worked in Germany for 6 months (admittedly for IBM) and had no problem at work - even socially my schoolboy German got me by.
Besides, once you've learned one language it's easier to lean another - French is a romance language, which means it's related to Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian.
On top of which, regardless of how the GDP numbers may stack up, the French appear to have a better quality of life. I don't want my kids to move to China and live like an average Chinese person (notwithstanding China will probably look significantly different by the time they are old enough to be working).
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:13 AM
daddybear, on 27 February 2012 - 08:57 AM, said:
I hate this country
Let me explain, I am a qualified electrician am married to a psychiatric nurse and have a 19 year old son who is struggling to get a start in life
The NHS is broken
Education is broken
Politics is broken
Government is pissing money down the drains
Nimbys have taken over the asylum
Let me explain, I am a qualified electrician am married to a psychiatric nurse and have a 19 year old son who is struggling to get a start in life
The NHS is broken
Education is broken
Politics is broken
Government is pissing money down the drains
Nimbys have taken over the asylum
you forgot about moaners
even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day
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Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear, Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears
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When they come a wull staun ma groon, Staun ma groon al nae be afraid
Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear, Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:16 AM
A relative of mine is teaching English privately without TEFL.
She was interviewed by the parents and teaches them on a one to one basis....more work coming in.
Is this illegal?
Or is TEFL just another piece of paper you pay £1000 for.
She was interviewed by the parents and teaches them on a one to one basis....more work coming in.
Is this illegal?
Or is TEFL just another piece of paper you pay £1000 for.
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on a gilt or other loan secured on it
Your
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:18 AM
Spanish or Chinese. No point learning anything else.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:18 AM
daddybear, on 27 February 2012 - 08:57 AM, said:
I hate this country
Let me explain.......
Let me explain.......
please do......
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:18 AM
Fireman Sam in hot water
Apologies if this is already pposted but I listened to this being reported on the radio on the school run this morning.
You had better add me to both the "I hate this country" and "Rascist" lists.
Apologies if this is already pposted but I listened to this being reported on the radio on the school run this morning.
You had better add me to both the "I hate this country" and "Rascist" lists.
Closer than you think!
This species has amused itself to debt.
This species has amused itself to debt.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:21 AM
man o, on 27 February 2012 - 09:18 AM, said:
Fireman Sam in hot water
Apologies if this is already pposted but I listened to this being reported on the radio on the school run this morning.
You had better add me to both the "I hate this country" and "Rascist" lists.
Apologies if this is already pposted but I listened to this being reported on the radio on the school run this morning.
You had better add me to both the "I hate this country" and "Rascist" lists.
No not at all, I forgot about that news story
BTW I am white christian male which probably puts me in the bottom 1% of those who should be listened to
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:21 AM
57percent, on 27 February 2012 - 09:18 AM, said:
Spanish or Chinese. No point learning anything else.
What about Welsh?
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Someone left the debt out in the rain, I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it, And I'll never have that recipe againnn, Oh noo
Long Term Idealised Projection / Natwide Idealised Projection / RTMove / OZ
Spot Gold Idealised L Term / Spot Silver Idealised L Term
D J Idealised LT 100Y / Dow Jones Idealised MT 50Y / Dow Jones 30Y / DAQ / DAX / Nikkei / SMI
GBPUSD idealised Lterm / USDCHF idealised Lterm
FTSE Long Term Idealised / Psycholgical Characteristics of GD2 Bear Market / Triangles
Someone left the debt out in the rain, I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it, And I'll never have that recipe againnn, Oh noo
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:22 AM
What, on 27 February 2012 - 09:10 AM, said:
Many Germans speak excellent English - I worked in Germany for 6 months (admittedly for IBM) and had no problem at work - even socially my schoolboy German got me by.
Besides, once you've learned one language it's easier to lean another - French is a romance language, which means it's related to Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian.
On top of which, regardless of how the GDP numbers may stack up, the French appear to have a better quality of life. I don't want my kids to move to China and live like an average Chinese person (notwithstanding China will probably look significantly different by the time they are old enough to be working).
Besides, once you've learned one language it's easier to lean another - French is a romance language, which means it's related to Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian.
On top of which, regardless of how the GDP numbers may stack up, the French appear to have a better quality of life. I don't want my kids to move to China and live like an average Chinese person (notwithstanding China will probably look significantly different by the time they are old enough to be working).
Im (hopefully) in the process of getting back with my ex who lives in Beziers at the moment.
I won't need asking again to go over there permanently. Turned down the offer in the 90's. What a muppet.
Had a week in Paris with her in October. Mental.
I do wish i had better French.
I think the English have a perceived problem with the apparent femininity of the French language.
Especially chaps.
But nobody's gonna tell me the women aren't worth the effort.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:23 AM
57percent, on 27 February 2012 - 09:18 AM, said:
Spanish or Chinese. No point learning anything else.
+1 Spanish
No tsure about the Chinese anymore. I've dealt with them a lot and would choose not to deal unless there were a very significant price difference which more recently seems to be much less the case.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:24 AM
I love it when the posters who moan about immigrants all the time also talk about their plans to emigrate.....
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