The Cheese, The Whole Cheese and Nothing but the Cheese

DST

DST

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morning LGP.....I had a nice snooze and for a change woke up reasonably late today (well I was up at the crack of pi$$ but went back to bed, lol) Ach man, I need to give myself a slap sometimes just to remind myself how lucky we are.

Hows you and bump doing today?
 
Lil ganja princess

Lil ganja princess

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DST said:
morning LGP.....I had a nice snooze and for a change woke up reasonably late today (well I was up at the crack of pi$$ but went back to bed, lol) Ach man, I need to give myself a slap sometimes just to remind myself how lucky we are.

Hows you and bump doing today?
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bumps not to bad, but its a night mover. its clam throught out the day but when i go to sleep it starts moving and kicking.
got midwifes at half 12 so gunna c if see able to help me coz im stuggling doing ma work programme. with lil one haveing me up through the night
 
DST

DST

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That's handy, you go to sleep and the little yin wakes up!!! It amazes me that the Brew have you working for benefit when you are pregnant. I just can't get my head around how the Govt are using people to provide labour to companies and only paying them benefit!! It's about time the brew made it worthwhile for people to take up normal employment and subsidie them. My mates girls got made redundant and she took a job 1 day a week to just do something. The money she earns there is taken straight of the top line of her benefit!! So whats the point of going to work......"oh but we can get people to work and just pay them benefit", oh how freaking clever, so what happened to paying people the minimum wage per hour!! Surely if they want you to work this is what you should get paid? Okay, sip off tea.....back to happy chilled state again, lol.
 
Lil ganja princess

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DST said:
That's handy, you go to sleep and the little yin wakes up!!! It amazes me that the Brew have you working for benefit when you are pregnant. I just can't get my head around how the Govt are using people to provide labour to companies and only paying them benefit!! It's about time the brew made it worthwhile for people to take up normal employment and subsidie them. My mates girls got made redundant and she took a job 1 day a week to just do something. The money she earns there is taken straight of the top line of her benefit!! So whats the point of going to work......"oh but we can get people to work and just pay them benefit", oh how freaking clever, so what happened to paying people the minimum wage per hour!! Surely if they want you to work this is what you should get paid? Okay, sip off tea.....back to happy chilled state again, lol.
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lol tea time, ive just made a brew aswell. i find it funny that if your on one of these work programmes u dont fall under the unemployment figures. thats one way the gov are showing that figures are down. its not coz ppl have got jobs its coz there on a training allowence instead
 
DST

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That's a cool way to do it, didn't realise that. Oh, and lets call it "Training Allowance" so that it sounds even less like Benefit.

Benefit in Holland is quite high, but they have over the last 10 years reduced how things are paid. It's funny though, when you get paid your benefit, you pax Tax on it on Holland, haha (how weird I know!) I lost my job a number of years ago and was on benefit, I was getting 70% of my previous salary paid to me. But then you pay quite high tax in Holland (min tax rate is 42%)
 
DST

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Think I'll dive in for me 2nd cuppa Mr West.....just up potted 8 Engineers and stuck em in the flower cab.

51 squidlies a week, ffs LGP, tell them DST said that's oot of order!!! The base line benefit is around €1200/1300 per month (which leaves you around 900-950 after tax) in NL. But for the first year you get the 70% of your salary, 12 months it goes down to the base. Previously they just kept paying you the 70% though! They do not pay you any housing benefit here though.

Lil ganja princess said:
shit thats alot. coz of my age im only entitlied to £51 a week.
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mr west said:
Did some one mention tea? Yes please im gasping>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:joint:
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DST

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Luckily enough I wasn't ;)

But then if you are in sales (and earn commission), it's only the base salary they calculate....supposed to be a socialist way of running things here, yet I can't go to the hospital without receiving a bill for it. Everyone has to take out a bloody health insurance policy! I took out the highest one since I am an old codger, but my wife didn't, and she still has to pay quite a high % of her doctors and dentist bills. There are plus and minuses with the whole system, the Tax man does pay 42% of my mortgage interest payments for me though.
 
mr west

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I gotta be thankfull for the nhs with the problems i have lol. If i had to pay for the medication im on i dont kno how id cope lol. Prolly not have it and end up in a wheel chair 20 years earlier then with the meds lol. Heres a useless bit of information for yas, Ive had ms as long as i havent had it, half my life lol.
 
DST

DST

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You still get very good care though Mr West. And the disability benefits here are also great (massive % of people on disability in NL). But you must get a good insurer if you need meds.

Man, half your life with it bru, I trully feel for ya lad. I know my poxy arthritis ain't much, but I have had a fukked knee more than half my life and so many operations. Handy having a portable weather barometer with you though!

mr west said:
I gotta be thankfull for the nhs with the problems i have lol. If i had to pay for the medication im on i dont kno how id cope lol. Prolly not have it and end up in a wheel chair 20 years earlier then with the meds lol. Heres a useless bit of information for yas, Ive had ms as long as i havent had it, half my life lol.
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mr west

mr west

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now how much would u have to spend if u were to buy ur weed. I know i couldnt afford to smoke like i do without growing lmao.
 
DST

DST

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Based on retail prices from coffeeshops I use to spend around 1500 euro a month (but with a discount to around 800 euro a month)....which would be about a QP.

mr west said:
now how much would u have to spend if u were to buy ur weed. I know i couldnt afford to smoke like i do without growing lmao.
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I saw that one...is that a bit of cheese on that bread she is eating?
 
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