Great reading folks. For the record the title was taken by a mates piss take "PM" while claiming to be working but actually doing otherwise while inferring I was the slacker. The cheek of it! (If you snooze you loose you know who) To those that are in work, you're very lucky & well done while those looking good luck. To all others excluding retirees & those that are in poor health, get up off your backside & take a look in the mirror. Good fortunes been with me even through the hard times with the only interruption being redundancy, not dismissal in over 30 years. Try harder BC Mods ........ Our lastet young Wum............... Like Moses used!
I worked for 30 years in the States and have lived and worked all over the UK. I (semi) retired early 5 years ago so NOT606 gives me a bit of company and some intellectual stimulation Have not received the dole or any benefits my whole life (except a student grant I suppose) and have a bit of a story about my only attempt to claim any. We used to be able to sign on between leaving school and going to university. I finished my A levels on a Tuesday (back in 1974 this was) and went to sign on the next day at Seaton Delaval dole office. Got a phone call from them on the Thursday and they told me to come for interview on the Friday morning. Went along and they offered me a job working there at that office for the summer, which I started the following Monday. I never got any dole money and so had a total of 3 days off after finishing school before starting work!!
