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Get re-trained in something "hot" like electrical, plumbing, kitchen fitting, carpentry, bakery, pie-making (Lord knows pie-eating is popular in Leeds) etc.

Stop whining and get working, or working towards working.

The way to combat noise that interferes with your sleep is to point out to your neighbor that their behavior is causing you a problem. If this doesn't help, then you have to give it back.

Everyone needs 7 - 8 hours of sleep each day. If your neighbors are unreasonably out of sync with normal sleep patterns...then you should make sure that you are optimally noisy when you (and most normal people) wake up in the morning. After all, your neighbors love noise. Loud non-rhythmic noises work best to disturb sleep. Your neighbor will become so sleep deprived that an early night will seem like a way better idea.

In other words, you can't have your cake and eat it.

Where we live it goes like this if the other parent does not have a job it goes off the minimum wage for that state and they base it off both incomes and then the percentage is determined after that. The only thing that I don't quite understand is the one parent that does have the income which is usually the father and I said usually and that is generally whom has to pay the child support pays out the wazoo. My husband and his x wife agreed to a set amount in there divorce but frankly 5 yrs ago it was about 500 under what the state required him to pay according to there calculations and well you know the cost of living and she can take us back any time for more hek by the time one graduates we will still be paying the 900 a month for the one left because of inflation. Now having 3 children of my own I know for a fact you don't need that much help per month and my kids do a lot per month but who am I. I just think the rules need to be looked at a we bit.

d diddy

a cogent comment. You clearly put a lot of thought into it

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I have been living ten years in London. I still don't have a single British friends..but that doesn't bother me as I made tons of friends from other countries. So far this is the best reward I had for moving to this fantastic city. Recently someone at Uni verbally abused me for been a foreigner and all that. It was meant to be a lovely joke you know. I thought it was rubbish and I let them know that. At the end of the day you can only pity this sort of people regardless of nationality. I still love/hate London.. but I'll stay here as long as it pleases me.

Although this is off topic regarding “new deal” schemes I feel that is connected to the exploitation of ordinary people.
Carer’s allowance is only £53.10 for working 52 weeks a year with no weekends, no bank holidays and often no holidays or breaks.

Many carers become exhausted and ill with worry, stress and work and struggle on with no support or respite. I think that it is a disgrace how they are treated.

CSA removes incentive for good men to have children, or at least limits them having more once they enter the system. The system doesn't bother the deadbeat dads, scammers or players having kids with all and sundry as there is nothing to take from them (if they can find them). I know of a few scammers who just go self employed, I know of deadbeat dads who pay 5 a week, and in each case they have bragged about it... to me... well thanks very much, I have to pay the full whack as I have done the right thing and tried to be a good person. My partner of 3 years wants to have kids, but these kids will stretch the finances heavily due to the massive amount of cash I already pay to the CSA.

Watch the movie Idiocracy... We are living the early days of the scenario presented in this movie.

Good evening yourself Gainsborough,

No, I am not especially in the mood for an argument! I just felt that it was unfair of you to accuse other people of using more than one posting name when you do so your self quite frequently and that, as you accused Been There of being me ( among others) that I should pop up as it were and say that actually no (she?) isn’t.

No, I have not felt like posting for a while, although I have been following certain threads. I even agree with you – pick yourself up off the floor! – on some of them. We feel the same about cycling on the pavement for example and , as my mum was a wheelchair user (MS) I sympathise with you regarding your disabled child.

Also, and this should be proof that I am not B.T, I even sympathised with your jokey remark “Tomorrow dinnertime, Marshalls yard, high noon, loser buys lunch” being taken seriously rather than treated as an attempt to lighten the mood. It made me laugh as it happens.

Amazing, worked brilliantly. Got the gum off a pair of trousers just in time for a really important meeting when I didn't have a replacement outfit. Thanks

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this 'gripe'.
After reading all the comments, I realise that I am not the only person who is finding it hard to extricate myself fromTiscali and get my money refunded. It is amazing how long this Tiscali 'scam' and unprofessional conduct has been going on for. I have had exactly the same problems since the beginning of March. Thanks to everyone who has posted useful advice and contact details. I refuse to ring the premium telephone numbers when you have to wait so long and end up with no response or help. I am also fed up of the loop I get in trying to resolve issue with Tiscali when TalkTalk intervene but neither help.

@ jim h..

If the government/CSA staff or money grabbing women care as much about the kids as they say they do - why is it that some fathers only pay 5pounds a week and others 450 a month? Surely that's not fair for the kids whose Mum's only get 5 a week, it certainly wouldn't end child poverty that they try to convince us is the CSA's mission.

There should be a set amount per child say 100pounds a month, to be paid by an absent parent or made up by the government if the absent parent is on the dole. Using a percentage of the absent parent's wage just doesn't make sense. Just becomes a rich dad poor dad lottery.

Good evening "woman" It must have been three months since you have last posted,

But coincidently you just happen to be on tonight, just 30 mins after one of my posts against been there,

Is this going to be a five minute argument or the full half hour?.

Gainsborough Lad posting as Jupiter 2. No screaming replies , just a puzzled question. Why do you continue to berate people like Been There, accusing him/her of being other posters when you do it all the time your self?

By the way, one of the people you accused Been There of being was me!

My ex gets 500pounds a month from me to spend as she likes, she's loving it, the bit she looks forward to the most is when I get payrises and bonuses and the CSA get my tax return around April, and she gets a windfall of 800 pounds a month for a couple of months.

She has total contempt for me and the CSA staff, griefs whenever possible, but thinks the system is great!

There's real money to be made by women having kids with men with decent (pre CSA) income.

I too am having trouble with an on-line order which I decided to collect in store to save on postage.i had placed 2 orders a couple of days apart so when I had the confirmation the first order was in store I decided to wait for the second confirmation which came through 5 days later.i went to store to collect and the sales assistant provided me with the second order but couldnt find the first.she shrugged her shoulders and said she would have a word with the manager the following day and some one would definitely phone me.am still waiting for the call.have sent 3 emails to customer services and have only had the automated reply to each.i'm finding their customer service is none existent which is suprising for such a large concern.tomorrow will go back to store and if cant get any joy will demand to see some one in authority.

CSA is a fail - just look at the attitudes of the female posters, massive sense of entitlement and malice towards their exes. A feminists dream! Women have taken the option of bringing children into this world as much as the men, in fact it's often women who nag about having them in the first place... So why should some men pay over 100% of the costs of maintaining the child (500pounds a month in my case) and other men pay 5pounds a week, how is that fair for the children - after all we're always told it`s for the children! The men who do pay are still treated like criminals and there is no respect or appreciation from their exes for providing so much wealth, becuase after all 'it's their right' and `the law` that they get this money.

Been there, why don't you end every posting of yours with "get a life" it gives the impression that what you are talking about is one hundred percent correct.

lifes hard and children vote with there feet if your children wanted to see you they would have from around the age of 13 years and there would have been very little the mother could do about it. they didnt so you can only assume that they wernt ready to. you have painted your picture but if you look at it from a childs perspective which is what this is about the only time you othered was at bithday and xmas. in a childs eyes it isnt good enough what about the other 362 days. children need consistancey and I think the mother had your childrens best intrests at heart and she wanted to protect their feelings. you clearly did to and at some point your children will understand that but what ever you do dont blame the mother because you wont do yourself any favors

Mr Hicks,
I can't say you are wrong as I don't know what you have looked at. What I will say, is that there are many companies that offer a 'new deal' work placement knowing damd well they have no vacancies at the end to offer anyone. It is for the sole purpose of greed, but not by the benefits offices. Those companies who entertain free labour(as they see it) will be excluded from the new deal programs, but only if it is noticed, or complained about.
The company pays nothing, the benefit office pays the company.

Got a letter from the hounds toady CSL, saying they will be coming to collect the money from my house (bring it on you w..kers!!) I am still waiting for a reply to two letters I sent to the biggest tosser of them all the chairman of the company.
I dont have a problem paying for what I use, but with Talk Talk their heavy handed methods of getting money from you.....don't f..king work with me...............sorry they are so so bad.

Aleedsfella ,
I thought you had no money ?
But you can still afford to buy green ?

Gainsborough lad.,
Why are you aiming the 'careless sex' speech at me ?
I have no need to remember anything about careless sex as i've never been that irresponsible or vindictive.
Besides, you remind us all, every day on every gripe about the careless sex YOU had.
If your mother and father hadn't been so careless I wouldn't be having to justify myself against your belittling comments.
Get a life.

Well, it takes a long time to que up for the ride, but its worth-it :)

Doh! 22 CARAT scum. Gonna stop typing now as i'm a little stoned.

Ginge? the politicians are the Government and they make the policy. Last week they made another policy and awarded them self a £1000,00 pay rise. The best one was a week or two before. They are going to help old age pensioners who cannot pay there council tax by ALLOWING them to defer payment against there homes. A.K.A steal there homes. The point I am tryiny to make is that they do as they please. Oh hang on, they made another policy a few months ago which means they cannot be tried for treason. Ain't that a shame. they are 22 scum ginge. Lol how many of you are thinking " I did not see that on the news"

Yeah! Booooooooooo! Pizza Hut! I wonder who the other companis are?

I paid for my car, the lights, the light bulbs, and the energy used to power my lights. I will use them whenever I desire. I drive around Connecticut with a black Dodge Charger SRT8, Hemi Orange racing stripes in the front. My fog lights will be on. If you ever have an opportunity to see me driving, get my attention and call me an idiot for using my fog lights while you are in front of my face.

Those who indulge in management speak quite simply have a PhD in bullshit...

,,, But they lack a GCSE in English Language.

Those who indulge in management speak quite simply have a PhD in bullshit.