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WhatEvil posted:Should I pay into a pension? Or spaff it all up the wall and lie a decent life while I still can?
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Dec 6, 2023 10:23
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Just avoid that Canadian teachers pension fund or whatever it is that bought the national lottery (UK) ball machine and also lost millions when FTX collapsed.
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Dec 6, 2023 10:40
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The DUP are more Dr NO than Dr WHO
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Dec 6, 2023 10:47
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The salary requirement for spouse visas will also apply to visa renewals, so in essence if you are already on the 5/10 year route you will need a partner earning 38k when the time to renew your visa comes along. This is insane. Literally breaking up families.
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Dec 6, 2023 10:49
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The Perfect Element posted:Is 'cybersex' still a thing, nowerdays? It was all the rage 15-20 years ago, but it seems pretty quaint now. Their robe and wizard hat. Says right there in their reply.
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Dec 6, 2023 10:50
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UKMT Winterval 2023/24 - If I'm not at work I'm not wearing my wizard robe
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Dec 6, 2023 10:53
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Thank you whoever used my Octopus referral code I used one last month? I don't know how long it takes to filter through.
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Dec 6, 2023 10:59
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Guavanaut posted:Canada at least has MAID as a fallback if you want to do that, whereas the pro suffering ghouls over here won't even let us have that. I thought this was something to do with nukes before I googled it.
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Dec 6, 2023 11:01
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smellmycheese posted:The DUP are more Dr NO than Dr WHO "DxEU's Midnight Runners - Come On Arlene" was one of the greatest titles in the history of this forum imo
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Dec 6, 2023 11:05
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keep punching joe posted:The salary requirement for spouse visas will also apply to visa renewals, so in essence if you are already on the 5/10 year route you will need a partner earning 38k when the time to renew your visa comes along. In the (current) gov.uk site on family visas, it says that combined income is used to count toward the threshold, so long as it's earned in the UK. If you already have the family visa and will be renewing it then the person on the visa (may) already be employed. quote:https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/proof-income Or have I got that wrong, or it's changing too?
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Dec 6, 2023 11:22
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This dystopian bullshit just landed in my inbox courtesy of a school mailing list.  "Hey kids, come hang out with this run-down white van!" - Britain, 2023
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Dec 6, 2023 11:22
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THEY ARRESTED SANTA???
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Dec 6, 2023 11:25
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Microplastics posted:Nursery fees were mentioned earlier. I mean it makes sense that costs for them would be high, but yeah, it's that the level of government support is so low. Like, it's obvious that if (and we know the right wing don't) the government wanted a truly thriving country, there would be fully subsidised childcare and fully funded education to make our people smarter and have the best start to live, while I and my wife spend the money we earn in places like shops to help continue and grow the economic cycle. The truth is though, that it's not what they want. A smart country is more likely to catch on to their grift which is funneling all of the money from everybody to the pockets of a select elite including themselves. It continually frustrates me that it's so blatant, yet people don't spot it or talk about it for whatever reason.
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Dec 6, 2023 11:27
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xtothez posted:This dystopian bullshit just landed in my inbox courtesy of a school mailing list.
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Dec 6, 2023 11:28
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Tesseraction posted:"DxEU's Midnight Runners - Come On Arlene" was one of the greatest titles in the history of this forum imo Still appears randomly in my brain and elicits a chuckle five(?) years later
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Dec 6, 2023 11:45
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I see Scarfolk is spreading to London. (Not sure if this is a prank, an instruction intended for someone other than the general public, or the new London craze on TikTok that I am unaware of. Are all the kids Stepping Back? Has Mizzy been banned from Plunging?)
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Dec 6, 2023 11:45
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Betjeman posted:THEY ARRESTED SANTA??? Nah, Santa's a cop. Anyway most nursery employees are typically paid retail/minimum wage. If you think teaching wages are bad - hooo boy. It's basically criminal and just another way that this country is slowly collapsing since nobody is going to want to do it long term for £8 per hour. It's a tough job!
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Dec 6, 2023 11:49
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I don't know how much my nursery pays but they must get at least the London living wage, 13.15 an hour. I can't imagine doing that kind of work for that wage. Unthinkable to me that it pays so low, when I'm getting 50k to sit on my rear end and poke a computer repeatedly until some numbers are good instead of bad
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Dec 6, 2023 11:52
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Tesseraction posted:"DxEU's Midnight Runners - Come On Arlene" was one of the greatest titles in the history of this forum imo Now , of course, Baroness Foster - for her services towards Irish Unity
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Dec 6, 2023 11:53
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Guavanaut posted:I see Scarfolk is spreading to London. I understand some of the words on this post
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Dec 6, 2023 12:04
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quote:Usually, when a train terminates at a bay platform (comes in one way, goes out the other) the driver will take their key out, leave the cab, walk to the other end of the train, key in, doors closed, drive train out the other way. I could not rest until I found out the answer https://reddit.com/r/london/comments/2vxyww/a_question_for_tube_travelers_regarding_a/
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Dec 6, 2023 12:33
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This sounds like exactly the sort of thing that twisto would have a deep historical knowledge of. e: ^ Excellent. Exactly the sort of industry specific thing that sounds like "have you remembered to saponify your lutefisk before sousing" to anyone outside it. Guavanaut fucked around with this message at 12:36 on Dec 6, 2023 |
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Dec 6, 2023 12:33
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smellmycheese posted:The DUP are more Dr NO than Dr WHO LOL you should get a bit on that quiz show with Da on 
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Dec 6, 2023 12:44
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xtothez posted:This dystopian bullshit just landed in my inbox courtesy of a school mailing list. they're going to shove that snowman's carrot up his bum and take a hairdryer to him when they get him back to the cells
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Dec 6, 2023 12:45
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I think the elves on the left are about to chuck some bottles of petrol at the van first.
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Dec 6, 2023 12:49
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i've the same soft spot for dr whom that a lot of people who grew up with british TV seem to have but i do resent any show that gives CAFFRIN TAYTE AAMABOVAHED screen time 
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Dec 6, 2023 12:51
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https://twitter.com/LabourList/status/1732356787355996646
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Dec 6, 2023 13:01
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"We have reduced racist and sexist bullying against Labour MPs by over 40% by suspending Diane Abbott"
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Dec 6, 2023 13:07
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"We weren't bullying people correctly before."
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Dec 6, 2023 13:16
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crispix posted:LOL you should get a bit on that quiz show with Da on I’d be the token English person who hasn’t got the slightest loving clue what’s going on
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Dec 6, 2023 13:23
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Angrymog posted:I used one last month? I don't know how long it takes to filter through. It must be you then because you're the only one I've had in the last couple of months! Thanks 
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Dec 6, 2023 13:26
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keep punching joe posted:The salary requirement for spouse visas will also apply to visa renewals, so in essence if you are already on the 5/10 year route you will need a partner earning 38k when the time to renew your visa comes along. This is going to be a nightmare, I've offered a really good guy a salary of £36K (6 more than he'd put as an expectation and decent for science), and he needs to review his visa in May, guess we might all be screwed? Plus he has a wife finishing her masters, guess if she doesn't get a great job then that's another fail. They have a child too, how long until they say it has to be £38K per family member (including kids)...
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Dec 6, 2023 13:36
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smellmycheese posted:I’d be the token English person who hasn’t got the slightest loving clue what’s going on
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Dec 6, 2023 13:40
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Microplastics posted:I don't know how much my nursery pays but they must get at least the London living wage, 13.15 an hour. I can't imagine doing that kind of work for that wage. Unthinkable to me that it pays so low, when I'm getting 50k to sit on my rear end and poke a computer repeatedly until some numbers are good instead of bad Must it? I work in pharmacy (as lots of folk know) and I get my company's London wage, which is 11.51 an hour. We're the lowest paid people in our entire village. Lmao.
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Dec 6, 2023 13:45
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They haven't specified the exact wage but they have said that they meet the London living wage. They probably pay above it though given the staffing issues.
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Dec 6, 2023 13:46
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Marmaduke! posted:This is going to be a nightmare, I've offered a really good guy a salary of £36K (6 more than he'd put as an expectation and decent for science), and he needs to review his visa in May, guess we might all be screwed? Plus he has a wife finishing her masters, guess if she doesn't get a great job then that's another fail. They have a child too, how long until they say it has to be £38K per family member (including kids)... Hell, how long before it has to be 38k for citizenship and the right to vote even if you were born here? One weird trick...
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Dec 6, 2023 13:52
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Service guarantees citizenship.
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Dec 6, 2023 13:56
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Microplastics posted:I don't know how much my nursery pays but they must get at least the London living wage, 13.15 an hour. I can't imagine doing that kind of work for that wage. Unthinkable to me that it pays so low, when I'm getting 50k to sit on my rear end and poke a computer repeatedly until some numbers are good instead of bad That's part of why I moved into management. Other than a bunch of highly transferable people skills if my industry implodes due to AI/automation, I now at least mentor other computer pokers to make numbers look better. Speaking of, what is a relatively high paid stable job role/career path to potentially transfer to in your 40s? I work in (digital) marketing and while it's not like folk are gonna stop selling stuff, the tech behind it is slowly simplifying and it's anyone's guess what it'll be like in 10 years never mind 20 when I'm getting close to retirement but not the (lol) state pension age. It's had me thinking if things like being an accountant are more future proof etc. They always seem like important roles in a company.
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Dec 6, 2023 13:57
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Runcible Cat posted:Hell, how long before it has to be 38k for citizenship and the right to vote even if you were born here? One weird trick... fuctifino posted:All the problems are down to immigrants according to Turning Point, and it's also down to people voting for Labour, because look at the mess Corbyn's made of our country over the past 13 years.
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Dec 6, 2023 13:58
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Kin posted:That's part of why I moved into management. My ultimate plan for long term career future proofing is to eventually be made a judge. I can guarantee you that's one career that will straight up still be going as is in 100 years time. You won't ever see Judge ChatGPT or Judge Grok on the bench*. *= Though there is a Judge Raymond Groarke, he is not a computer in disguise. Unless he's one of those sophisticated Westworld type Robots, but then we have much bigger problems.
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