How do young people cope?

[J R Hartley]

Maybe they ought to do without takeaways...mobile phones....netflix etc etc....we all had pressures then......aka I could not afford a proper bed....I filled my bath with hot water from the kettle because the HW tank was broken and I could not afford to fix it.........get real....

Put the Daily Mail down Maurice you f-ing clown

[Maurice Swan]

Put the Daily Mail down Maurice you f-ing clown

I sometimes wonder how someone can repeatedly embarrass himself.

[splott parker]

I sometimes wonder how someone can repeatedly embarrass himself.

You were questioning black people’s haircuts the other week, dear God, you don’t live in France, you live on another planet. You bang on how you struggled, had bugger all but came through and made good and well done to you. This is because there were opportunities to do this in the past, those opportunities have, sadly, vanished for many, many hard working, decent people. You criticise them for attempting to live a normal life, giving their kids things they can barely afford. These folk are doing the best they can, making their homes as comfortable as possible, living as comfortable as possible despite the odds being against them.

You’ve made it quite clear that you sneer at struggling families because it’s all their own fault and the fact that they try and not get left behind is despicable and freeloading. And you’re not keen on those bloody black people having haircuts of their choice!!

[Tuerto]

You were questioning black people’s haircuts the other week, dear God, you don’t live in France, you live on another planet. You bang on how you struggled, had bugger all but came through and made good and well done to you. This is because there were opportunities to do this in the past, those opportunities have, sadly, vanished for many, many hard working, decent people. You criticise them for attempting to live a normal life, giving their kids things they can barely afford. These folk are doing the best they can, making their homes as comfortable as possible, living as comfortable as possible despite the odds being against them.

You’ve made it quite clear that you sneer at struggling families because it’s all their own fault and the fact that they try and not get left behind is despicable and freeloading. And you’re not keen on those bloody black people having haircuts of their choice!!

He would prefer le Pen over Macron as well. And when called an immigrant, his reply indirect reply was that he was superior in comparison to other 'Immigrants'

[splott parker]

He would prefer le Pen over Macron as well. And when called an immigrant, his reply indirect reply was that he was superior in comparison to other 'Immigrants'

It’s a sobering thought that there are people still holding his type of views, not only holding them but repeating them on a messageboard. Although, perhaps that’s more preferable, we all know where he stands, it’s certainly not clandestine.

[Der Kaiser]

You were questioning black people’s haircuts the other week, dear God, you don’t live in France, you live on another planet. You bang on how you struggled, had bugger all but came through and made good and well done to you. This is because there were opportunities to do this in the past, those opportunities have, sadly, vanished for many, many hard working, decent people. You criticise them for attempting to live a normal life, giving their kids things they can barely afford. These folk are doing the best they can, making their homes as comfortable as possible, living as comfortable as possible despite the odds being against them.

You’ve made it quite clear that you sneer at struggling families because it’s all their own fault and the fact that they try and not get left behind is despicable and freeloading. And you’re not keen on those bloody black people having haircuts of their choice!!

First things first, and not relevant one bit to this post - the streams posted by Maurice are so poor you’d think he’s taking commission.

Secondly, on the actual topic of the thread, of which I care little to none what the majority of this ageing, out of touch messageboard thinks - being under 30 is an absolute circus at the moment, unless you have a job in finance or are a tradesmen (from my understanding of their earnings).

Couldn’t give a **** about people during the 1940s, as someone in this thread has brought forward as a counter point, or anything else. There quite literally hasn’t been a worse time to be in your mid to late twenties since the Industrial Revolution.

I quite literally cannot wait for the mass extinction of the current crop of over 70s who have over stayed their welcome. Property market will free up and things will (hopefully) stabilise.

[splott parker]

First things first, and not relevant one bit to this post - the streams posted by Maurice are so poor you’d think he’s taking commission.

Secondly, on the actual topic of the thread, of which I care little to none what the majority of this ageing, out of touch messageboard thinks - being under 30 is an absolute circus at the moment, unless you have a job in finance or are a tradesmen (from my understanding of their earnings).

Couldn’t give a **** about people during the 1940s, as someone in this thread has brought forward as a counter point, or anything else. There quite literally hasn’t been a worse time to be in your mid to late twenties since the Industrial Revolution.

I quite literally cannot wait for the mass extinction of the current crop of over 70s who have over stayed their welcome. Property market will free up and things will (hopefully) stabilise.

Over 70s I’ve got a year to go!!!!

[Der Kaiser]

Over 70s I’ve got a year to go!!!!

God speed

[lardy]

You were questioning black people’s haircuts the other week, dear God, you don’t live in France, you live on another planet. You bang on how you struggled, had bugger all but came through and made good and well done to you. This is because there were opportunities to do this in the past, those opportunities have, sadly, vanished for many, many hard working, decent people. You criticise them for attempting to live a normal life, giving their kids things they can barely afford. These folk are doing the best they can, making their homes as comfortable as possible, living as comfortable as possible despite the odds being against them.

You’ve made it quite clear that you sneer at struggling families because it’s all their own fault and the fact that they try and not get left behind is despicable and freeloading. And you’re not keen on those bloody black people having haircuts of their choice!!

One thing I've learned as I've got older is that opportunity is probably a bigger factor in becoming successful than hard work or talent.

In another thread, Maurice said he got a decent job a few weeks after leaving school at 16. This would be unheard of today unless your family was already loaded.

[North Cardiff Blue]

One thing I've learned as I've got older is that opportunity is probably a bigger factor in becoming successful than hard work or talent.

In another thread, Maurice said he got a decent job a few weeks after leaving school at 16. This would be unheard of today unless your family was already loaded.

People have to take those opportunities, we should be our own children's career advisers, if they are going to university look for a course that will at least lead to a well-paid job, otherwise, it's a waste of three years when they could be saving for a deposit for a house and working their way up the jobs ladder.

We should also be financially educating them letting them know that car finance on a fancy car is a quick way to lose a lot money on a depreciating liability that will reduce what they can borrow for a house purchase and that try and avoid any finance other than for a property full stop.

[lardy]

People have to take those opportunities, we should be our own children's career advisers, if they are going to university look for a course that will at least lead to a well-paid job, otherwise, it's a waste of three years when they could be saving for a deposit for a house and working their way up the jobs ladder.

We should also be financially educating them letting them know that car finance on a fancy car is a quick way to lose a lot money on a depreciating liability that will reduce what they can borrow for a house purchase and that try and avoid any finance other than for a property full stop.

You think people in their 20s are struggling because they're buying brand new BMWs?

I'm definitely all for more financial education (I certainly had none during school) but that's a bonkers example