.... a couple of hundred quid short of what I think a season ticket for next season will cost for me and the very lovely Mrs. Godders. I thought I was going to be OK but the Chancellor has dipped his hand into my pocket and pinched a whole wad of my cash to add an extra couple of hundred thousand to Wayne Rooney's bank balance. My dilemma now is how do I get the extra money to pay for the tickets? Should I: Get a newspaper round? Send the very lovely Mrs. Godders out onto the street to earn a few quid? Sell all my Saints mementos and paraphernalia? Only attend games on a pay as you go basis until I run out of money? Turn off the heating and go cold to save the money? Stop eating to save on the grocery bill at Aldis? Take up selling the Big Issue? Turn to begging. Get a dog, stop shaving and cleaning my teeth, dress up scruffy, get an old guitar and sit in the Above Bar strumming it while looking mean and hungry? Sell my disabled parking badge on the black market? Stop meeting my mates for half a pint of shandy on Thursday lunchtimes? Take up burglary or drug dealing as both seems highly profitable occupations? Or should I do what all the Chavs do and just not pay my debts or the taxman? What do you advise I do?
She doesn't know she may have to do this so I haven't discussed fees with her yet. To be honest I haven't even broached the subject with her as that could be more than just a little scary. However if you are desperate to be comforted you could always have me but be warned I can be a more than a little rough!
I dream of having a hot pie. Under this present government not only has my income fallen but you only get a fraction of what you used to get for your money. I used to buy kippers for my breakfast from Farm Foods. There were two whole kippers to a pack now there are only one and a half kippers for the same price. That is half for me and a whole one for the very lovely Mrs Godders for breakfast. My doctor is worried that I am losing weight but how can a poor man afford to eat under this present government. When I finally kick the bucket thanks to an early death brought on by an inept government and greedy bankers I hope some of you will turn up at my funeral and comfort the very lovely mrs Godders in her time of grief.
You obviously didn't listen to the budget, your worries are are over. Just land yourself a top bankers job paying 50% tax and hey presto! The 5% reduction pays for both your season tickets and all away days! Aren't the government kind to us
I had one for fifty years and can count on the fingers of one hand the number of sick days I had in all that time. I worked from the age of 15 to the age of 65. I got my degrees by studying in my own time and part time whilst working full time. I saved like mad so that I wouldn't be a burden when I retired and all I get is a lousy 0.5% interest on my savings and the Chancellor dipping into my pockets for money to give to the already very very greedy rich. It is so reassuring that we are all in this together.
Do you think Joey B will put in a good word for me even though I have been pretty beastly to him lately?
Not sure about adding political comment to the site, but I am shortly to become one of the "ageing population which will be a burden on Society" and my Pension won't run to a Premier League Season Ticket.
I was only joking. On Newsnight it was admitted that the Goverment wouldnt be loosing any money by dropping the top tax by 5%, as these people can afford accounts to ensure they don't pay tax! That being the case why don't they abolish it? Hey they could abolish my tax as well, as a semi retired saints fan I'm getting tired of keeping the economy afloat with the tax I pay on my pension and then on my job, whille the bankers consider what to do with their money? Extra bonuses probably
Sorry I didn't mean to be political. I treat all parties the same. Distain! A good old English quality!
Ah cool,sounds like you did your bit as Karl Pilkington would say.The thing is,Europe is in a big financial crisis and one of the only viable ways of generating more income for the state is to take protectionist policies which we are witnessing at the moment,increasing taxes,lowering salaries...etc What I've learned in school(History and Economics) is that the best way is to generate jobs and growth is by implementing policies that stimulate economic growth just like the USA did in the 1930's with the New Deal,this created jobs which gave most of the population increased spending power...etc and he got them out of the crisis that they were previously in.
Least their not rising fuel prices again................. 65p tax for every quid you spend on fuel takes the ****ing piss. But least the rich bastards are better off again.
And the New Deal is exactly what we're not getting from the Tories. George Osborne is about as far from FDR as it's possible to get!
Their? They are 3p on a Litre in August I believe, luckily I don't drive, smoke, or drink, I may not live longer but it will certainly seem like it.
Oh no you will not. You have wisdom and experience. You have knowledge and are an inspiration to the young. You can do so much that young people today cannot do like spell and do mental arithmatic. You have a love for poetry and music and good books and you have a bank of memories that will leave your children and grandchildren spellbound. You are approaching an age when the young in your family will honour you. It is only accountants and tory politicians that denegrate the elderly. We have earned our ticket SAINTDON13 and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Never mind a new deal I would just like a fair deal for the working man. On Monday week I believe the Banks are introducing charges for a visit to the bank to match the charges for telephone banking. The moment you go up to the cashier you swipe your debit card and you will be charged 10p per minute for all of his or her time you take up. This amount will be automatically deducted from your account.
