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Nice work if you can get it

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GEORGE OSBORNE'S SEVEN SPEECHES WORTH £500,000

£69,9992 for 90 minutes on September 27, to Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Washington DC

£81,174 for three-and-a-half-hours on October 4 to JP Morgan, New York

£60,578 for three-and-a-half-hours on October 5 to JP Morgan, New York

£28,454 for three hours on October 17 to Stanford University, California

£80,240 for two hours on October 27 to Palmex Derivatives

£68,125 for two hours on November 10 to Centrebridge Partners, New York

£34,109 for one hour on November 15 to Black Rock Financial, New York

£85,396 for two speeches totalling three hours on November 17 to Citibank
 
CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
Nice work if you can get it

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GEORGE OSBORNE'S SEVEN SPEECHES WORTH £500,000

£69,9992 for 90 minutes on September 27, to Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Washington DC

£81,174 for three-and-a-half-hours on October 4 to JP Morgan, New York

£60,578 for three-and-a-half-hours on October 5 to JP Morgan, New York

£28,454 for three hours on October 17 to Stanford University, California

£80,240 for two hours on October 27 to Palmex Derivatives

£68,125 for two hours on November 10 to Centrebridge Partners, New York

£34,109 for one hour on November 15 to Black Rock Financial, New York

£85,396 for two speeches totalling three hours on November 17 to Citibank
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See this is a hard thing to gauge. My personal take and instinct is deeply 'troubling' to most. I despise wealth. I despise those that hoard it. In fact, I believe if there was a God, that entity would bring me forth to the world to wreak a terrible and most righteous revenge upon the greed, pride and envy of those that harbor such monetary security. I believe in a shared world, not one made at the expense of others. Unfortunately, my dream is the minority. People love wealth. People love to ogle other peoples 'trappings' as evidenced by populist media.

So, really, I am angry that this 'born unto wealth' sack of shit is making even more money but really, nothing will ever change. The elite have been raking it in at the expense of the majority since we started to settle and become 'civilised'.
 
I wouldn't mind rich people if they actually spent their money. If a multimillionaire went out and spent hundreds of millions building houses or procuring a new private ship to be built or setting up a new business, that's cool. It puts the money back into the system and creates jobs and cashflow in the process. It's when these rich people hoard it for no particular reason other than to increase the size of their hoard (much like mythical ancient nasty dragons in children's stories), something which nobody, including said rich people actually benefit from, that really gets my back up.

Kinda like how, y'know, Elon Musk has made his millions from PayPal and then gone and created an entire space industry for satellites on a budget, created an electric car company and built an entire backend of next generation battery storage and manufacturing. Oh, and his mega-train project - all of which have employed thousands.
 
RCoon said:
I wouldn't mind rich people if they actually spent their money. If a multimillionaire went out and spent hundreds of millions building houses or procuring a new private ship to be built or setting up a new business, that's cool. It puts the money back into the system and creates jobs and cashflow in the process. It's when these rich people hoard it for no particular reason other than to increase the size of their hoard (much like mythical ancient nasty dragons in children's stories), something which nobody, including said rich people actually benefit from, that really gets my back up.

Kinda like how, y'know, Elon Musk has made his millions from PayPal and then gone and created an entire space industry for satellites on a budget, created an electric car company and built an entire backend of next generation battery storage and manufacturing. Oh, and his mega-train project - all of which have employed thousands.
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Elon Musk's time is coming to an end. He's the darling of the left (a cynical US term) and Trump's entire cabinet thus far is about as right wing, pro oil, no choice, let's get rich, as you can get. Elon Musk believes in the inevitability of a universal wage as automation replaces human labour across industry. It is the only way for our world to progress but that jars against the backward US view that 'everyone' can make their own way - which is patently bullshit in an advanced society.

It's funny, as much as Gadaffi was a brutal dictator:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/libya-ten-things-about-gaddafi-they-dont-want-you-to-know/5414289 (note - yes, this is a left wing, anti-globalisation site but the stated things are true)
Seems like a tangent but Osborne belongs to the mass globalisation party (which ultimately is what Trump is against and why Clinton was found to be suspicious).
The super rich pull the strings and make us go to war against countries trying to break away from central banks and consolidation of wealth (which is the sole reason I took a gamble and voted to leave the EU. The EU is just another massive step to globalisation and centralisation of wealth, followed by loss of control of currency to said power - look at the ECB and other global finance institutions for info).

Ach, who cares - gimme beer -we're all fooked.
 
Another good example is Bill Gates. Hes made tonnes of money then put in back into the system through philanthropy projects.
 
FreedomEclipse said:
A true scot would of asked for whisky ;) :toast:
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Beer is considered more socially acceptable for a Scots' drive to work.


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a typical Scottish roundabout scene

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FreedomEclipse said:
A true scot would of asked for whisky ;) :toast:
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I have that too but I am more of a beer man.

RCoon said:
A poor Scott would've asked for Buckfast.
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Who is Scott? And Buckie is a cultural thing, I know well off Barclays Consultants that love the wine (wine, Buckie and Buckfast are the same thing to many up here).

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
Beer is considered more socially acceptable for a Scots' drive to work.
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Absolutely. I drink a lot of IPA's so when I'm out with my mate in town doing a beer shop, we classify 4.5% as driving beer.

Though in truth our drink-drive limits are way more draconian than yours. Think i might emigrate south.

And I don't drink drive (no more than about a bottle of 5% beer with a meal). Used to be I could have a pint but that's too much now for BA limits.
 
the54thvoid said:
Think i might emigrate south.
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We keep a welcome in the hillsides of Wales.....:). We might not have Brains in our heads but theres plenty in our bellies.


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the54thvoid said:
Looking for a hug emoticon but cannot see one...

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I think I've only drank once in about four months. Barely played more than an hour's worth of PC games in the same time too. Sleeping patterns are shot to hell (restless 2 year old, playing stepdad), and girlfriend is having a bad few months. Literally dragging myself along right now.

That said I have started doing daily HIIT workout sessions. Feel much better for it.
 
RCoon said:
Sleeping patterns are shot to hell (restless 2 year old, playing stepdad), and girlfriend is having a bad few months. Literally dragging myself along right now.
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know how you feel
Substitute an 88 yr old Disabled Father with incontinence and Alzheimer and your know where i am
Yeh Stressed to the proverbial hilt and then there is the lack of money, sex, booze, wrong sort of Drugs, misunderstanding neighbours

I could go on but you would only want to play some Morrisy or Leonard_Cohen music ( :( )
ps hide the wuckin Razor blades :)
 
wish me luck.

i sent my daughters 3 month old samsung J3 back to samsung for repair. UPS do a collection service for them. Samsung repaired it but UPS have lost it.

To replace the phone costs £115.00 but my till receipt says £ 500.00 with a 500.00 discount. I hope samsung send me the 500.00 and not another J3......:)


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way i read that Receipt
You paid £500
and got a £500 Discount = Free phone ?????
Still Even free phones have warranty
and if UPS lost it they should be liable for a equal or superior Replacment ( Samsung will supply it but UPS foot the Bill through Shipping insurance )
 
Its a contract phone, i am assuming they say 500.00 for insurance purposes, It was £ 11.00 a month for the deal and no upfront price for the phone.
 
CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
It was £ 11.00 a month for the deal and no upfront price for the phone.
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And the Sucking Sh*T thru a Cheesy sock part of it is even if its lost your Still stuck paying the £11 a month for no Phone :(
 
I've laid it on thick with Samsung explaining how distraught my daughter is without her phone....she;s become all withdrawn and selfie-deprived.
 
Have you Asked Samsung to Block/blacklist the phone via IME num till its found so that UPS mishandler has a useless phone

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
how distraught my daughter is without her phone
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Im sure they do all that anyway, i'm already 4 phonecalls and 3 emails into this and 8 closeup pics of the various receipts.

i had a tracking reference which told me it left UPS Swansea depot at 06.30 on Monday. This then changed on Tuesday to Tuesday delivery and so on. UPS told me that this is how their system works, if something isnt deliverd it just gets reissued for the following day ad infinitum.

the first thing they would do is interrogate their system and then quiz the driver i suppose.
 
CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
Im sure they do all that anyway, i'm already 4 phonecalls and 3 emails into this and 8 closeup pics of the various receipts.

i had a tracking reference which told me it left UPS Swansea depot at 06.30 on Monday. This then changed on Tuesday to Tuesday delivery and so on. UPS told me that this is how their system works, if something isnt deliverd it just gets reissued for the following day ad infinitum.

the first thing they would do is interrogate their system and then quiz the driver i suppose.
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Fuckem up
 
CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
i had a tracking reference which told me it left UPS Swansea depot at 06.30 on Monday
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Its like this (tin hat time)
UPS AN AMERICAN COMPANY HAS A SECRET CONTRACT WITH (chose your pet 3 letter agency)
All and Any Electronic communication device they Handle the Shipping for gets Trans-shipped via USA so it can be copied/bugged

Your phone is only lost till they ship it back from the USA :) and then forward it to you :)
 
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