In article , Keith G
writes

"tony sayer" wrote

You
may be concerned at a loss of jobs in the UK.


Nope.

Well Keith, perhaps you should be?. Are you retired?,


Yep.


and if you are and
you rely on a pension, or perhaps you made squillions and have salted
that away,


Jeez, you bin here - do I look like I've got 'squillions' salted away???

Well there are a lot of poor old hard up grain barons out in east Anglia
who could be mistaken for pikeys, but are absolutely loaded!...


your pension is going to be funded by the present British
workforce, so perhaps you should be a shade more concerned.


Nah, my pension is a pittance - I *earn* the 'pocket money' I get. I'm not
relying on the IT pussies/call centre creeps for my existence - I've paid
MILLIONS out in salaries, I've had a grand a week 'spending money' coming
in, in the past, and spent it all and I couldn't give a **** about money.
The less I've had, the more fun I have. Life's a **** sight too short to
worry about money, believe you me!!

If you so reckon....


Or are you or would you be happy with the same standard of living as a
typical Chinese family?, and it isn't that good, according to a Chinese
person I know....


Back in the fifties everybody was broke and living standards were poor by
today's and this country was a damn sight better place than it is now or
will *ever* be again. For example, the best music, the best audio kit, the
best artists, musicians and performers have all been and gone.

Ah!, there speaks a man over a certain age;(

Don't believe me? Have a little think about it and come back and shoot me
down. Name one area where things are really *better* today!

(Start with 'broadcasting' if you like..... ;-)




Have a larff.......

A college student challenged a senior citizen, saying it was impossible
for the younger generation to understand the older. "You grew up in a
different world," the student said.

"Today we have television, jet planes, space travel, nuclear energy,
mobile phones, computers..."

Taking advantage of a pause in the student's litany, the old geezer
replied, "You're right. We didn't have those things when we were young,
so we invented them! What are you doing for the next generation??"

--
Tony Sayer