Paul - Page of thoughts!!

I see there are more British people on here since i disappeared for a while.
Good!!

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Leaflet information - Funny.

Friday, October 8, 2010 2:38:38 PM

If you are feeling a bit fed up this may cheer you up. Gervais at his best.

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New job

Thursday, July 8, 2010 5:29:41 PM

Started new 'proper' job today. Thank God.

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National hug a Moose day.

Thursday, July 8, 2010 5:28:17 PM

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Internet Providings.

Monday, June 21, 2010 11:31:33 AM

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The UK government has said that we will owe £1.2 trillion by 2012.
How can this be?
This website gives a good explanation: http://www.debtbombshell.com/uk-national-debt.htm
I was most interested who we actually owe the money to?!!?

The piechart below gives you an easy visual to read and weep.

Another interesting fact is that in 2009-10 the Government spent £671.4 billion of our money, despite tax revenues of only £496.1 billion.

Just look on http://www.debtbombshell.com/uk-national-debt.htm and check out the table that shows what we're actually spending in billions of pounds.

It all makes quite shocking reading really, but one of my favourite parts is:

If a gilt auction fails Britain would be plunged into a full-blown economic crisis. Overnight, we would be forced to make savage spending cuts to balance our budget, sterling would plummet and we'd need an IMF bailout to stave off complete bankruptcy. Economic and social breakdown could conceivably follow.

I can't understand how our previous government could let this happen. Do we really want social breakdown?
Sometimes i think that these things that happen, don't happen by accident. Surely no government with highly skilled economists can be that incompetent? Were they trying to just grind us down for a reason?

Well, we shall see how things pan out people.

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Internet dating.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 4:29:14 PM

I have recently (mainly due to loneliness and boredom) started using internet dating sites. So as per usual where my life seems concerned, there is always a ridiculous/humorous story.

First date: A "Japanese" girl who made us meet in a petrol station miles out of town. I don't think she was Japanese and she wasn't 42 like she said. I think more like 25. Well that didn't matter. But apparently i was her 20th "date" on the same crappy chair in the same crappy service station. I felt like I was being interview. It was all quite odd so i just called it a day.

Second date: A Ukrainian lady (42). I arranged to pick her up in a cab. She kept me waiting 10 minutes. (Cab drivers don't really like waiting). Got to the pub. Bought a couple of rounds of drinks. Soon discovered that she had no money on her and no access to any. Sigh. Then asked me to lend her £10 which she would repay in 4 days, in exchange for a security deposit of some fake gold. I soon called it a day.

Third date: A self confessed witch. Nice girl. Didn't click. End of.

Anyway, i think the moral of the story may be that internet dating is very hit and miss. More miss than hit.
I think i might try chatting up the real thing.

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Temping in the UK - 15/6/2010

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 4:16:48 PM

I have been temping for a month or 2 now. This being basic warehouse work and drone/production work. This is while i look for a technical position. Temping in the UK now means working for around £6 per hour.

I many of these roles you don't even get a full weeks work and sometimes not even a full day. I have changed to an office based temp role which i thought would be better. This started yesterday.
Guess what happened today. Yes, i got sent home after 2 hours. We all did. Sigh.