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Forum: General Chat 10-12-2011, 22:49

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Left the UK back in the 80's Michael -I'm an old-fashioned (perhaps not archaic!) girl...!:D

Forum: General Chat 10-12-2011, 22:23

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Did you appreciate my translation, Eric? I do actually translate English to English (can you believe that! )-usually what Europeans write though!! Love your use of "plums" have noticed it...

Forum: General Chat 10-12-2011, 21:29

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling " You're from a dinosaur age of politics, blaming the Unions just doesn't wash. Let's have a look at the miner's strike, a bad thing? I don't think so. It was justified, in that it was trying to...

Forum: General Chat 10-12-2011, 15:45

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Just had a thought perhaps i could start a "Word of the day" thread in anything goes. Make it quite unusual and see how many people manage to use it in their posts that day -might be quite difficult...

Forum: General Chat 10-12-2011, 15:40

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling There are loads of English verbs out there going un-used, truly i only used it because I was translating back from Italian -not a good thing to do as it doesn't always work! I have a great...

Forum: General Chat 10-12-2011, 15:05

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling [QUOTE=susie123;955003]Hello Mrs Malaprop - think you mean parallel? Sorry couldn't resist - got my editor's/proofreader's hat on. ;)[/QUOTE TRANSITIVE VERB: par·a·goned, par·a·gon·ing,...

Forum: General Chat 10-12-2011, 14:31

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling I don't know him so I can't comment Jay. Was pulled up myself by Eric for a comma the other day;) He comes across as passionate in what he says -he's obviously sure of his convictions but is not,...

Forum: General Chat 10-12-2011, 14:02

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling You'd think he might re-read when posted and edit a bit - comes over as a bit of a thoughtless rant....sorry:o

Forum: General Chat 10-12-2011, 14:00

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling It does tend to repeat itself doesn't it - interesting paragon Margaret. The over-extension of the Empire is perhaps similar to what is happening in the EU too.:rolleyes: I wonder if that is...

Forum: General Chat 10-12-2011, 13:56

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Agreed on all counts. But how can these people be eligible for benefits if they voluntarily leave paid employment? It should NOT be possible...:mad: How they also have the nerve to tell their...

Forum: General Chat 09-12-2011, 14:49

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Undoubtedley it's wrong that someone is better off on benefits than working, if they are able to do so. Poverty was defined by the last Labour Government as a ‘household income below 60% of median...

Forum: General Chat 08-12-2011, 15:33

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling A true poet Eric ... a sweet smelling world for all.:D Heard on SKY yesterday that they are squeezing even more money out of those with most problems, offering absurd loans to tide people over...

Forum: General Chat 06-12-2011, 21:40

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling I still am a firm believer in a welfare state and am proud to say I come from the country where it originated and is maintained. What would be a serious alternative, the workhouse? Undoubtedly...

Forum: General Chat 06-12-2011, 16:10

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling ...and drink from the same cup Cashy!!!;):D

Forum: General Chat 06-12-2011, 15:48

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling I know where you're coming from Eric -as long as the little people keep accepting that things are out of their control, the world will carry on pretty much as it has since time immemorial. Power and...

Forum: General Chat 06-12-2011, 14:39

Replies: 165 Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Views: 4,732 Posted By mobertol Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling It is a real blight on the country that some people, like the woman in the article posted by Jay, fiddle around the system taking money away from those who are truly incapacitated and in need. What i...

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