Si1 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 (edited) yep - I think I broadly agree too (Boomer Baby's post) you know what, I've heard stories of people in the 70s and 80s getting f*ck all done on a friday due to a boozy long lunch and effectively staying away from the office all afternoon the noughties equivalent could be the internet... the ire that those of us felt towards some 40-50-somethings thinking they deserve the earth is dissipating as fast as the economy is crumbling around (all our) ears Edited February 27, 2009 by Si1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldup&movedBKK Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Just who borrowed the most....boomers or the younger ones.....the ones that borrowed way beyond their means even though the boomers advised against it are the ones to blame for all the s*8t...made your bed now fecking sleep in it and stop blaming everyone else except yourselfe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shao Kahn Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 (edited) Quite right. The problem is systemic. Who set the system up though? Oh, please behave! We already have a hornet's nest stirred up here as it is! "The problem is systemic" is an entirely correct statement, though... Edited February 27, 2009 by Shao Kahn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AuntJess Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 yep - I think I broadly agree too (Boomer Baby's post)you know what, I've heard stories of people in the 70s and 80s getting f*ck all done on a friday due to a boozy long lunch and effectively staying away from the office all afternoon the noughties equivalent could be the internet... the ire that those of us felt towards some 40-50-somethings thinking they deserve the earth is dissipating as fast as the economy is crumbling around (all our) ears Sounds good, but if you are a nurse or a teacher, I reckon your 'client group' would miss you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stars Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Just who borrowed the most....boomers or the younger ones.....the ones that borrowed way beyond their means even though the boomers advised against it are the ones to blame for all the s*8t...made your bed now fecking sleep in it and stop blaming everyone else except yourselfe. There is a lot of debt because costs were systematically raised The raised costs had victims and beneficiaries The indebtedness on one side of the fence is exactly mirrored by large, unearned deposits on the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DissipatedYouthIsValuable Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I think it's about time the human race went for all-out nuking, we're all *****. I've been ready for some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Bowman Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 yep - I think I broadly agree too (Boomer Baby's post)you know what, I've heard stories of people in the 70s and 80s getting f*ck all done on a friday due to a boozy long lunch and effectively staying away from the office all afternoon the noughties equivalent could be the internet... the ire that those of us felt towards some 40-50-somethings thinking they deserve the earth is dissipating as fast as the economy is crumbling around (all our) ears Most of us 40 -50 don't think we deserve the earth funny enough we recognised those times for what they were a F****** good time and it is mostly true! Certainly was in the eighties in London. But hey winners and losers.... don't be jealous now. Accident of birth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Sounds good, but if you are a nurse or a teacher, I reckon your 'client group' would miss you. fair enough - strictly office types... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Just who borrowed the most....boomers or the younger ones.....the ones that borrowed way beyond their means even though the boomers advised against it are the ones to blame for all the s*8t...made your bed now fecking sleep in it and stop blaming everyone else except yourselfe. future public liabilities are to cover benefits to older generations, that's the concern. you appeared to have made our bed too, thanks for leaving all the crumbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldup&movedBKK Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 future public liabilities are to cover benefits to older generations, that's the concern. you appeared to have made our bed too, thanks for leaving all the crumbs. I as most have certainley paid more into a system than I will ever likely be to take out, yet you will make derogatory remarks and just be plain nasty to the likes of people like me.....you really should vent your anger and make comments about the parasites and spongers that dont work or have travelled thousands of miles to milk the system for what they can get without paying a penny in......legal aid/housing benefit/free dental care/NHS numerous other benefits for millions of undesirables that have not paid a single penny and only come to the U.K. for what they can get.....rather than what they can offer.....sort that problem out and you will have a far better pension/heath care/education than the boomers did......but hey....you are probably one of those nampy pampy facist left wingers that will say I am racist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMAC67 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 A self confessed "boomer", speaks....... http://www.richardheinberg.com/museletter/148 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldup&movedBKK Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 A self confessed "boomer", speaks.......http://www.richardheinberg.com/museletter/148 U.S.....not U.K....bit dated as well........kids dont know they are born........I may well just start taking what I can after reading some of the comments on here...feck helping people....me, me, me from now on I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DissipatedYouthIsValuable Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I as most have certainley paid more into a system than I will ever likely be to take out, yet you will make derogatory remarks and just be plain nasty to the likes of people like me.....you really should vent your anger and make comments about the parasites and spongers that dont work or have travelled thousands of miles to milk the system for what they can get without paying a penny in......legal aid/housing benefit/free dental care/NHS numerous other benefits for millions of undesirables that have not paid a single penny and only come to the U.K. for what they can get.....rather than what they can offer.....sort that problem out and you will have a far better pension/heath care/education than the boomers did......but hey....you are probably one of those nampy pampy facist left wingers that will say I am racist Falang. They come over here with their strong money, take our girls and get pissed on beach all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 you really should vent your anger and make comments about the parasites and spongers that dont work or have travelled thousands of miles to milk the system for what they can get without paying a penny in......legal aid/housing benefit/free dental care/NHS numerous other benefits for millions of undesirables that have not paid a single penny and only come to the U.K. for what they can get.....rather than what they can offer.....sort that problem out and you will have a far better pension/heath care/education than the boomers did...... that's a fair point - and I'm a tory - and I don't think you're racist mind you your post on another thread did worry me a bit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...ld-Britain.html So pleased it aint coming out of my pay packet......get out of the sinking ship while you can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldup&movedBKK Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Falang. They come over here with their strong money, take our girls and get pissed on beach all day. That is a sad fact that does happen but it injects money into the economy....am afraid I am a little different than the vision you may have. I have been granted residensy, speak all 3 dialects fluently and do contribute to the country...never go to the beach and very rarely drink...sorry to dissapoint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldup&movedBKK Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I have lived through three recessions, had negative equity, worked 14 hours seven days a week at three different jobs....didnt buy anything I couldnt afford...no credit cards/overdrafts or loans....makes me puke when you hear the whingebags on this website........I could give you example after example of the attitude of the kind of people that moan....basically just wanting everything handed on a plate..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cogs Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I have lived through three recessions, had negative equity, worked 14 hours seven days a week at three different jobs....didnt buy anything I couldnt afford...no credit cards/overdrafts or loans....makes me puke when you hear the whingebags on this website........I could give you example after example of the attitude of the kind of people that moan....basically just wanting everything handed on a plate..... Well so far you've given pretty bad examples. The HPC.co.uk userbase is pretty atypical wrt the things you've mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigsrenting Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Does this guy qualify as a boomer? http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4158359.Nin..._the_fast_lane/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shao Kahn Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Just who borrowed the most....boomers or the younger ones.....the ones that borrowed way beyond their means even though the boomers advised against it are the ones to blame for all the s*8t...made your bed now fecking sleep in it and stop blaming everyone else except yourselfe. Unsecured - the younger ones, most probably. Not relevant really, as you can go bankrupt and it will be written off, forever... Secured - the older ones, most likely, and on a colossal scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shao Kahn Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I have lived through three recessions, had negative equity, worked 14 hours seven days a week at three different jobs....didnt buy anything I couldnt afford...no credit cards/overdrafts or loans....makes me puke when you hear the whingebags on this website........I could give you example after example of the attitude of the kind of people that moan....basically just wanting everything handed on a plate..... This kind of hell-on-Earth existence was probably one of the reasons that bankruptcy laws were gradually relaxed. No-one, anywhere, should have to put up with "living" a "life" where you have to work fourteen hours a day every day of the week, for some git that you probably despise. And don't tell me it is "character-building", although it likely would be, in generating alternate "characters" in one's life due to things like serious depression, psychoses, and more severe illnesses. Sod that for a life - we are only here for brief period in infinity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchet Man Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) Your ability to abuse will have zero effect on reality described in my earlier post (which was not personal by the way)I am trully glad it touched you Once again your reply has proved you are young, stupid, and don`t have the experience of life to understand how things pan out and reality works. People like you never touch me as you respond as sheep yourselves, laughing at your expression of sheeple commonly used on this forum. You don`t have a clue who I am on this forum, and if I told you, still you would be none the wiser. So get some experience lad/lady and come back to me when you are more mature and my equal. Edited March 6, 2009 by Hatchet Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.C. Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) My experience of the younger generation is, they eat fast food/cant be bothered cooking....play the latest WII or games console, internet....sport,excersise is too physically demanding....go to uni and have a gap year where they travel to "broaden their knowledge' i.e. get pi****ed up on some tropical beach then moan they are 20k in debt.....Only care about themselves, dont bother sticking together at work providing "I am alright Jack"........expect to get a house without going without/say they cant afford a deposit yet can still afford holidays/new car/take aways and spend 100 quid on a night out....try doing a few things the boomers did....there was a similar thread a few weeks ago....really amazes me how hard done by people think they are and soooooo jealous of there elders...pensions were paid for, normally 12% of salary....dont see many paying into a pension these days....the list can go on and on.... And my experience of my father's generation is apparently, you got paid to go to university, with a grant generous enough to pay a mortgage and support a wife and child if you were thrifty. Which one of these people were better off? Edit to add: In case you were wondering, the mortgage in question was on the house I was born in, last sold for £185k in 2004, I ask again, which generation 'has it easy'? Edited March 6, 2009 by D.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
right_freds_dead Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) .....I have lived through three recessions, had negative equity, worked 14 hours seven days a week at three different jobs....didnt buy anything I couldnt afford...no credit cards/overdrafts or loans....makes me puke when you hear the whingebags on this website........I could give you example after example of the attitude of the kind of people that moan....basically just wanting everything handed on a plate..... Edited March 6, 2009 by right_freds_dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1929crash Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 The usual embittered tripe, railing against a small % of people who have profited - immorally - from this boom.As I have commented on what must be 100s of threads, 100s of times, most of those in MY age group aren't greedy grabbing sons of bitches. It is a well-known fact that those of riper years, vote Tory. This is the stupidest argument I have seen on here for a while. The immorality of the boomer generation is shown up not just by the behaviour of the boomers over the last 12 years, bit over the past 4 decades. And it's been encouraged by Tory governments - you know, "There's no such thing as society." Come on Aunt Jess, at least let's have some honesty and integrity in your arguments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryrot Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 This is the stupidest argument I have seen on here for a while.The immorality of the boomer generation is shown up not just by the behaviour of the boomers over the last 12 years, bit over the past 4 decades. And it's been encouraged by Tory governments - you know, "There's no such thing as society." Come on Aunt Jess, at least let's have some honesty and integrity in your arguments. 1929crash, please get you own quotes right. Mrs Thatcher was quite clear: "I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation." Prime minister Margaret Thatcher, talking to Women's Own magazine, October 31 1987 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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