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Reply | Good Old Labour increasing the price of everything.
at 10:25 22 Nov 2024
IMHO, no employee should be paid more than 10 times the wage of the lowest paid employee in the company.
Note, I said "employee", so if you set up your own company that you own, then that doesn't apply. But otherwise, even if you are "C-suite" in the company, you ain't worth more than 10 times the lowest paid person there, and yes, that includes share options and pension contributions.
There IS enough money. It's just that there is unlimited greed. The market does NOT self-regulate, and neither do the rich. It needs to be done for them, otherwise the rich-poor divide will just keep on increasing. |
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Reply | Anyone want to buy a house close to the Fat Cat?
at 13:48 22 Aug 2024
Simply because the faff of redecorating the whole house - it's in fine condition but apparently the bloody thing needs painting "shades of off white" and then all the fuss bother and agency fees...it's a shedload of hassle I could do without that's going to take me weeks to resolve, lots of time I can ill afford. |
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Thread | Anyone want to buy a house close to the Fat Cat?
at 13:03 22 Aug 2024
A long shot, but...I need to move and before I put the house up for sale via agents, wonder if anyone is looking. I've never sold a house before so I'm filled with horror at the prospect.
So, the basic info is:
- NO CHAIN
- End terraced, two bed with masses of floor space. On 3 floors, downstairs man (person ?) cave, 22' long with real fire. Staggering distance to the best pub in Ipswich, the Fat Cat. On quiet residential street (i.e. not on a main road).
Will take 10% less than the current Zoopla estimate for it, so (just) under £200K.
If anyone's interested, PM me and I can share details etc. [Post edited 22 Aug 2024 13:04]
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Reply | England
at 21:57 25 Jun 2024
I'm gutted Denmark didn't win so Germany won't put us to the sword on Sunday.
The last three games have been pants, all of them.
Just as it would be nice for interviewers to tell politicians that they are lying, so it would be nice for interviewers to tell Southgate that he's absolute gash. |
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Reply | Question for gamers re xbox series x vs gaming PC
at 22:40 4 Jun 2024
Several issues here:
- firstly, the keyboard / mouse combination when playing FPS is much better than joystick based. Almost all "pro" e-gamers are on PCs;
- secondly, a PC is more than a console. It can/ should have uses for school, can be used to make or amend multimedia. More importantly, computer literacy is a valuable skill. Your son will quite probably use a PC when they work. They won't be using a console.
Get him to do some research. See what's out there for refurbished PCs. See how they can be upgraded.
Your son could / would gain useful knowledge when using a PC. Not so much for a console, if, quite frankly, at all. |
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Reply | Will America elect a criminal as President?
at 23:35 30 May 2024
Yes. In fact, this has probably secured his next term in office.
There's an incredible cognitive dissonance within a large proportion of the American electorate. Trump, who inherited great wealth rather than creating any, is somehow seen as "a man of the people". Trump, who has shown himself time and again to be self-serving, corrupt, venial, is somehow, for those voters, on the side of the angels.
This is a controversial statement, but America could be seen as a failed experiment in multi-culturalism. A nation of immigrants, people whose great-grandfathers were born there still describing themselves as Irish / Polish etc. Deep racial divisions that have never healed. Poverty being seen as a sign of failure, not as the result of failed social policies. Violence, shootings every day, whereas other countries with as many guns fail to have this problem, which despite shooting after shooting they fail to address, regardless of who is in power.
Any country that elects someone like Trump not just once, but twice, is a country on the brink of...what, I dread to think.
All I know is that if it's like last time, that's 4 years of me waking up in the morning wondering what the f_ that maniac has done now. The most powerful man in the world.
God save us all. |
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Reply | Quadruple pay.....
at 23:13 22 May 2024
Hmm.
That's take home pay of over £50K / month.
Admittedly, it's slightly less than Matt Target gets for making 3 appearances last season for Newcastle...but even so.
It could be that the speculation talk has worked, in which case McK's agent has earned his 10% or whatever the cut is.
However it does remind me why I'm no fan of the Premiership.
over £50K take home a month. Madness, even for a genius like McK. No-one, no-one deserves that much pay. |
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Reply | Guardian reporting McKenna to Man Utd link
at 08:25 15 May 2024
If we get relegated straight away then he'll have shown he's not up to being a Premiership manager.
This is when he takes it to the next level. It's a new world he's just entering, true he will have seen a little bit of it when at United, but now he's in the spotlight.
He's in a hell of good place at the moment. Complete backing from the Board, from the players, from everyone basically.
Take the Man U job on, fluff it, be out by Christmas after a run of poor results, and sure he'll have pocketed a few million but the chance of getting again what he's got here will be very slight.
Keep us up - comfortably - and the world's his lobster. |
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Reply | Guardian reporting McKenna to Man Utd link
at 08:15 15 May 2024
One wonders where the story is coming from. More than likely McK's agent, who will of course be paid on a % basis.
This is a great way to increase McK's salary / bonuses. A new contract is a win/win for both McK and the club, in that his buy out clause can be drastically increased.
McK will have a great managerial career ahead of him now, whatever he does. However he will be aware that the sort of leeway Ferguson was given at Man U before he started getting results is unlikely to happen again. He needs to prove himself as a Premiership manager by keeping Ipswich up and showing he's capable of managing a Premiership team.
He's still got 20+ years of his career to go. Jump too early to a position he's probably not quite ready for, and that will damage that career. Be the next-but-one Man U manager after getting Premiership experience and that's the smarter move.
And McK is smart. |
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Reply | Crikey this is stressful.
at 18:34 27 Apr 2024
I can't even watch / listen to the game. Taking the youngest to her first ever "gig" (seeing a Kate Bush tribute band at the Apex in Bury), as I heartily disapprove of mobile phone usage at concerts, it's going to be kept in the pocket. The interval should be around 1/2 time, concert will probably end after the game does.
Yes, Leeds losing makes it "worse" because this does seem like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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Thread | After those games, I make it that 2 out of the 3 sides we have yet to play
at 17:10 27 Apr 2024
...have nothing to play for.
Coventry are out of the running for the play-offs.
Huddersfield are barring a miracle down.
Tonight's opponents - thanks to WBA folding - the only ones left with anything to play for.
Here's hoping this gives us the two wins we need... |
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Reply | The hardest thing I have ever had to write
at 22:25 15 Apr 2024
Hi there
As others have said - good on you for having the strength to write this and the self-awareness to know that things shouldn't be this way for you.
I wish I could give you a "magic bullet" solution, I really could.
However, all I would say is - try and become your own best friend.
What I mean by that, is imagine a close friend was coming to you with the issues you've raised.
What would be your advice to them ? More importantly, how would you be feeling towards them ?
You wouldn't be judging them, you'd listen, you'd be kind, you'd also be telling them that they had worth.
Likewise if you, the adult you, met the child you, you would comfort that child. You wouldn't judge them - they're a kid. That kid deserved adults who gave him unconditional love. All kids deserve that.
Learn - and it's not easy, I know - to love yourself. To value yourself. Yes, it's a long journey. Yes, professional help is probably required but - try, please, to be the best friend to yourself whom you miss, and the father you wish you'd had.
I look at myself in the mirror, and say, "you're a tw_t but I love you".
You ain't rubbish, and hopefully deep down inside you know you're worth saving, hence your courage in making this post.
Please, and I mean it, feel free to DM me. I spend most of my life on the PC, if I can help at any time, I'm here for you.
And - it goes without saying - if these thoughts get too much, call the Samaritans or similar. However you feel about yourself, there will be plenty of people whose lives would be ruined if you weren't around any more.
All the best. |
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Reply | Nerves just kicked in for Sat
at 22:21 3 Apr 2024
Look, ladies and gents, we are currently top of the league AND top of the form table.
FFS, we don't want to be complacent, but we are literally the best team in this division right now.
Have some faith. |
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Thread | Long shot - any ITFC fans in Des Moines (Iowa) ?
at 09:08 11 Oct 2023
A colleague and I are in Des Moines next week for business and want to see Friday's game there. It's on ESPN+ which is a streaming service not broadcast. Would love to meet up with any Town fans there - or at least find out which sports bars might have that channel, as Google isn't helping....ta. |
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Reply | McKenna
at 22:38 3 Oct 2023
McKenna seems to be an astute man. He's worked with some of the greats. He'll know that managing at the top level comes with many downsides. He's currently in a "once in a lifetime" situation, managing a club who are at the heights of the form table for this year in Europe; having the complete backing from the owners and the fans.
I imagine his income has probably gone up tenfold in the last 5 years.
I'm sure he would want to be managing ManUre. For that, he's looking at (at best) being the manager-after-next, or even the one after that.
For him to reach those heights, he has to take us up, and keep us up, and probably get us in Europe.
And just maybe - when he's got us that far, but his wife and kids are settled here - he's going to think - is the extra money worth it at this time in my life, when I've got a young family ? All the stress and the pressure being at the very heights would cost ?
Or maybe he'll be here until the kids are older, better able to cope with all that a move up the M1 would bring.
That's my hope. He comes across as a thoughtful individual. He's at the very start of his career, another 30 years left if he wants them. Why rush things ? Why not take ITFC as far as he possibly can ?
One can but dream... |
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Reply | Laptop recommendations please!
at 14:43 3 Jul 2023
I'd really look to get something from eBay that's second hand.
There are a load of sellers on there who have a business in refurbing laptops that come with a warranty. |
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Reply | Been watching/reading a lot on psilocybin therapy lately
at 21:43 12 Jun 2023
Mushrooms are wonderful. Personally, I think everyone should try them once in their lives.
I view them as something "sacramental", i.e. you don't take them for "recreation" (although you can), you take them to get in touch with yourself, and if that sounds like hippy nonsense, so be it. Amsterdam ain't the place to be taking them, you can find, I believe, plenty of suppliers on Insta or similar, no need for the dark web.
One of the worst things New Labour did was make them illegal.
The fact that they promote mental well-being does not surprise me. My life changed when I took them, not drastically, but the memory lingers.
The best analogy I can make is it is like looking a life on an old CRT monitor, then seeing things in 4K UHD on an OLED screen.
For the avoidance of doubt, I'm a grandfather in my mid-50s with a proper job and a piece of paper somewhere to say I'm normal*
The fact that cannabis and mushrooms are illegal is scandalous.
*that bit might be made up. |
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Reply | House-buying advice, please
at 22:29 16 May 2023
If a semi-detached (or do you mean end-terraced) house which is on a larger plot / already has a garage is the same price as a smaller one, then either it's under priced or the terraced house is over priced.
If it's the former, then you may find the price could go up. If you go in quick with an offer on the "new" place, and others do likewise, then the sellers would be silly not to ask for higher offers. Being no-chain will help you, but it's something to bear in mind.
What you also don't know (yet) is whether there is a chain on the "new" property. If you're renting at the moment, that could add to your costs if the chain takes a long time to complete.
Yes, you have to put your needs first. However you've got to find out a few more things about the "new" place before you'll be in full possession of the facts, and it's whether you can do that before exchanging that's the issue. Best of luck. |
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Reply | McKenna interview in the Guardian
at 09:30 14 May 2023
It's funny, McK is almost the "perfect" manager if you were creating one from scratch.
Ambitious, yet humble. Experienced, yet young. Has worked at the highest levels, yet came to Ipswich having to prove himself in a new role.
I urge everyone to read that interview, it shows (not that it needs showing) what a lovely yet determined man he is.
My hope is that he is only after one job - at Man U. And he will only go to that after having got us comfortably into the top half of the Prem.
However, there is still a hope that he's so grounded, he's going to ask himself if he wants that sort of spotlight on himself and whether he needs the extra money and stress. Sounds like his family is young, if they settle here who knows he could wait a dozen years and take it on when they leave home.
I so hope we have him here for the long term. |
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