Are you worried yet.

[philw696]

Ms French speaking with her family here in France got fined for washing his car on his way home from work in Normandy.
Younger Guy likes his car but not deemed as essential.
As bored as I am I won't be cleaning mine for a while.

 

[Phil the Brit]

There are Brits in Florida who spend 6 months of the year there. Some are people I know. They work out to the exact day when they should return to UK. (They are not allowed by US government to overstay}. They are now moaning in their droves (on the Brits in Florida Facebook site} because Virgin or BA cancelled a whole load of flights and they can't get home. They are writing/emailing the British government to put on an emergency flight. If you spent 6 months in Florida you definately knew this problem was coming. Why didn't you contact Virgin and change your fight to an earlier one and absorb (at your own cost) the £50 change fee?
Why should I and everybody else in UK pay to get you home?
Now, get this. they are all moaning that they will have problems next time they go for their 6 month vacations to their homes in Florida that they will have problems with US immigration.
Suck it up buttercups!

 

[Wack61]

£103 worked in warehouse, Leeds, it was a **** wage but pretty standard. Had a few jobs with similar wage, wasn't unusual. Got promoted to a clerk in the offices, salary 8.5k seemed decent, but left that to drive forklifts, that was £220 week but 12 hour days, 5 day weeks to get that. Seemed a fortune. I knew no one on 300 a week m8! I guess you must have been down south...

It was a well paid job , in the Midlands, kettering

There was a fiddle involved , piecework meant you got paid by how many shoes you worked on

if you were fast and got ahead you could clock off for lunch early , come back late making an 8 hour day 7 hours, when there wasn't enough work for piecework rates the unions had negotiated a day rate that was an average of your weekly wage for hours worked, only if you'd knocked an hour off each day your hourly rate was higher.

My then wife got head hunted so we moved to cheshire, the boss asked for a pay slip to find me a job , I can still see the look of shock on his face when I showed him it.

I was on £100 a week more than his best welders who were the highest paid on the shop floor

 

[Silvercat]

Totally embarrased and ashamed because this is my Local sainsbury's , 2 minutes from my house

https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/heal...ing-refused-entry-milton-keynes-store-2520086

If it was me I would deliberately expose them to the virus but deny them any treatment....( hmmm..... maybe a bit too severe perhaps?).

 

[CatmanV2]

Wasn’t the eye witness accounts of the police good enough for you

It's not normally sufficient in the eyes of the law, no

C

 

[Andyk]

That's f's me off at the best of times. Fuc-ing vox pop. Reporter asks some moron in the, street their inane opinion in one sentence. It's pretty much the reason I can't watch TV news any more

The question they ask at the briefing.......They need bloody shooting.....

 

[lozcb]

My wife knew it , we all suspected it ..................................................China the truth unravelling

 

[Wack61]

Has government advice on working changed , today's date on this , previously I'd seen key workers only, now

 

[CatmanV2]

Look. In. The. Mirror.

If you're asking the question, it's not essential FFS

C

 

[Wanderer]

I dunno where I stand, I work in Ireland normally, in UK when COVID-19 restrictions took hold, I finish in Ireland 14/04 need to collect by gear as a rent a room for next person, can work (from home) either in UK or Ireland, no idea where I stand...

Just need to clear my obligations in Ireland, is that 'essential' travel? I'm on ferry which are still sailing....

 

[Scaf]

Totally embarrased and ashamed because this is my Local sainsbury's , 2 minutes from my house

https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/heal...ing-refused-entry-milton-keynes-store-2520086

I would like to see the police from India deal with them, a few good wacks with a 4ft stick would put them right.

 

[rockits]

A clearly un-popular view, but innocent until proven guilty?

C

100% agree. However when they are found guilty then throw the book at them.... literally.....hard

 

[Oneball]

FFS just listening to the Ms talking to her folks. They went out in the Jaaag yesterday to give it a run, drop some marmalade round at a friends, a birthday present at another’s and to say hi to someone else they know.

These are “intelligent” retired head teachers.

 

[rockits]

People like Mike Ashley?

There is a few in the same vain.... Philip Green to name just one.

 

[Saigon]

I would like to see the police from India deal with them, a few good wacks with a 4ft stick would put them right.

I would like to see the police from this country being permitted to deal with them!

 

[Delmonte]

My first salary in 1979 was £6292, what's that in weeks?

Divide by 10 - 692, add two more roughly, around 525 pm, divide by 4.33 for weekly, around £121 pw, come on!

1979!!

Straight up! 103 take home, in a little packet of cash you had to collect. Don't know how much tax there was, prob about 120 a week top o the note?
Was a standard wage for unskilled factory type work then. Not the worst paid I had either!
There were definitely regional differences too. Newcastle was generally even lower. There were some places in Manchester noticeably better especially around Trafford Park. Unsure about South but I imagine better

 

[rockits]

FFS just listening to the Ms talking to her folks. They went out in the Jaaag yesterday to give it a run, drop some marmalade round at a friends, a birthday present at another’s and to say hi to someone else they know.

These are “intelligent” retired head teachers.

I've been hearing a fair few stories or evidences of travel that doesn't seem to be essential. That is why I would guess that 50% of the population are still not entirely adhering to the govts stipulations.

Maybe this word essential needs to be clearly clarified in detail or the word changed. Soon if we are not careful it will need changing to is it life or death?

 

[safrane]

My take home in 1990 was £116.00 per week... and I still managed to by a house too... £14k.

 

[rockits]

My 2nd full time job starting out in the IT world was in 1993/1994 I think after a few years at my dad's business was as a Trainee Apple Engineer on £6500pa. After 3 months I even got a Bedford Midi van to use

 

[Contigo]

Has government advice on working changed , today's date on this , previously I'd seen key workers only, now
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It has always been where it cannot be done from home and not just key workers.. it’s vague and should be key workers.