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  1. Phil Mitchell

    Phil Mitchell check me a dollar brer?

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    Britain at the moment

    is well offside

    Weather is absolute shite
    People getting themselves into unpayable debts in order to live
    Teenagers being absolute dicks
    Being beaten by a lacklustre Germany

    Im struggling to find the Great at the moment....
    Phil Mitchell, Aug 23, 2007
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  3. kidd

    kidd Techno_walruz

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    innit? And there was a story on the news yesterday saying that a record number of people emigrated from the UK last year....I wonder why?

    We are a fucking joke. :fart:
    kidd, Aug 23, 2007
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    One thing i could think of :lol:
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    B.O.B. Registered User

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    House prices. While I have done well out of the house I bought in Newcastle (which is currently on the market), it is going to cost us around £350k to buy a two bedroomed place with a garden in a not-great-but-not-awful, not-too-far-out area of London. :cry:
    B.O.B., Aug 23, 2007
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  6. forks

    forks still not dead

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    you need to move back to newcastle :wink:
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    B.O.B. Registered User

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    We have talked about it, but I'd probably have to take at least a 25% pay cut, and I reckon my gf would be on half what she earns here. :(
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  8. Phil Mitchell

    Phil Mitchell check me a dollar brer?

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    I am in 16 days :lol:
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    B.O.B. Registered User

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    That didn't take long! Fancy buying a house?
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  10. Phil Mitchell

    Phil Mitchell check me a dollar brer?

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    no thanks

    only back for 8 months to finish my uni course, then i can finally get a proper job and not have live in the slums of Elephant & Castle
    Phil Mitchell, Aug 23, 2007
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    an 11 year old boy shot by 2 hoodies in a car park.

    fucking charvers with attitudes :down: coppers need to be able to give kids a slap like they used to be - too much emphasis on the crims rights
    ManofScience, Aug 23, 2007
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    Re: Britain at the moment

    If you call a holiday to spain a year and the full sky package 'living' then yes I agree.
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  13. Phil Mitchell

    Phil Mitchell check me a dollar brer?

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    :lol: not really...although i do get a certain sense of enjoyment when I see 20 sky dishes on a council block

    Was aimed more at house prices
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    quote:
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    Originally posted by Rob

    If you call a holiday to spain a year and the full sky package 'living' then yes I agree.
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    I think he may have been refering to the soaring house prices pricing people into un-repayable debt to get on to the housing ladder etc, but there are a lot of people who get into debt for stupid things like that. i suppose that could be due to a lack of sense which in turn could be due to the education system failing :wink:
    kidd, Aug 23, 2007
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    BRID Has name in red. Staff

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    Theres no such thing as the 'housing ladder' ..... that was a term coined in the 70's and 80's where inflation was making your wages rise at a rate that meant you could remortgage 5-10 years down the line and borrow more money to be able to buy a better house.

    These days your a lucky man/woman if you can get a good pay raise on a non graduate/regular job .... especially when you have a few billion people in the world all willing to work harder for less money.

    Rent and be happy ;)
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    this is still the case is it not?
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    It's not like anyone has to buy though is it?

    If someone buys knowing that they won't be able to afford it, then it's their own fault. They're not getting forced into it.
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    True, but why should someone with a decent job and income have to pay rent into someone elses pocket and get no return in later life?
    kidd, Aug 23, 2007
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    They could save up first or buy somewhere they can actually afford.
    Mr. B, Aug 23, 2007
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  20. kidd

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    ok fair enough. :lol:

    but im sure on even with a high street mortgage company you end up paying back about double what you borrow. And who can afford to buy a house outright?
    kidd, Aug 23, 2007
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  21. Phil Mitchell

    Phil Mitchell check me a dollar brer?

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    ITS THE BRITISH WAY DONT YOU KNOW

    YOU AINT A MAN UNTIL YOU OWN YOUR OWN GAFF
    Phil Mitchell, Aug 23, 2007
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