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ChasKi 
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 Posted: Feb 05, 2012 - 08:18 PM
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| Have to say I agree with Adam regarding mobile phones. I don't see them as a necessity, nice, convenient yeah, but not necessary. |
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corie1906
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Posted: Feb 05, 2012 - 09:20 PM
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AdamA9 wrote:
My sister is 17, I wouldn't class that as an adult. And I mean no disrespect here, but I wouldn't want to be in the situation with a 12 year old where I'd need to use a mobile to know where she is and what she is up to. My 12 year old sister doesn't have one, and frankly there isn't a need. When she is not at school she is either at home, or at a friends house where she is taken/collected by parents. She certainly doesn't go out on her own, or get into a situation that necessitates mobile communication.
I allow my child to take the bus to go into the local city with her friends. I also allow her to walk into the local town which is 10 minutes away, she also does after school clubs which sometimes finish early and she can let me know so I can pick her up earlier than the set time. Not a case of where she is or whats she up too jeez how judgemental of you to think thats what a mobile phone is for!! Meaning no disrespect to your parents but I allow my child a little freedom to get to places under her own steam, get this she even walks to school and taxi of mum is only available outside of working hours. Phones are for emergencies and so I can contact her and vice versa as necessary  |
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AdamA9
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Posted: Feb 05, 2012 - 09:36 PM
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First post: Nov 04, 2010
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Location: Hove
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Okay we digress a little, but if you lived in the same area as my sister does, you wouldn't take the same view, I'm sure  Maybe it's a little safer over your way, but I wouldn't want my 12 year old going into the city on her own. But then I'm not a parent, so I couldn't possibly understand. I do understand where you're coming from with the other stuff though, as I said, I'm not a parent so cannot think of all the situations my children might need a phone.
Maybe 'to know where she is and what she is up to' wasn't the right term, but I stand by what I said: I don't believe mobile phones are a necessity for a family that are 'struggling to eat and have the heating on'.
Still, if we all believed in the same thing there would be no need to have opposing political parties fighting for different ways to run our country. We'd all have straight down the middle beliefs. |
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Posted: Feb 12, 2012 - 01:01 PM
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Everyone should have to work for their benefits, too (if able bodied and not in circumstances that should see them considered exempt, carer etc). There's plenty of graffiti to be cleaned up, rubbish lying around to be put in a bin.
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Sidget
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Posted: Feb 12, 2012 - 06:51 PM
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I'm disappointed that this has made it to page 4 without being locked
Must try harder next time... |
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Posted: Feb 12, 2012 - 07:03 PM
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Sidget
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Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 11:57 PM
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looool some more hilarious trollbait
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17015699
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"I have no routine, I have nothing to set my day by," he says. "It's sometimes light, it's sometimes dark, that's the passage of time as far as I'm concerned now."
Love that bit, is he sure he's not a uni student? haha
"Sometimes it's light, sometimes it's dark, I may be in a lecture I may be in a club, it's all a blur to me thesedays" - Sidget, Febuary 2012 |
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Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 01:59 PM
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I've only just seen this thread, but saw the article at the time and posted my disgust on faceybook.
How they can justify spending 130quid a month on mobile phones and the best part of 80 on presumably the full sky package, and then claim it's food or heating if the cuts go ahead.
Adam is completely right. I'd even goes as far as banning full sky packages for people on benefits.
And while I'm on one, why should people on benefits get more money the more kids they have? If i told my boss the I was about to have triplets would my wage go up? |
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francium
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Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 04:12 PM
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| Reminds me of the joke- what do you call the big box attached to the back of a satellite dish?....... a council house. |
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Sidget
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Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 07:07 PM
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I agree with Dylan, any Sky package should be offlimits, it's a luxury. A large number of people in my generation (teens / early 20's) haven't bothered with TV for years - if you have the internet, it's all you need.
If we made internet a human right (which in modern times it should be) the same as Finland, we wouldn't need to worry about any of this.
Benefits should be a safety net to fall back onto, not a lifestyle |
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Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 09:16 AM
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Agreed, luxuries such as Sky Tv should not be allowed family living solely from benefits. Personally I believe mobile phones ARE luxuries. I mean how in the world have people survived pre-2000 without mobiles??? Yes, they are convenient and yes they are very useful, but your not going to suffocate and died without one.
Regarding the cigarettes and beer. I don't care if it's a "addiction" as Nick so cleverly pointed out, if you're living off the state, it should NOT fund your nasty habits, especially when you have kids to look after. The state should issue some form of voucher where benefit familys can buy food, therefore not allowing the purchase of smokes or alcohol. The way I see it, don't like it? Go get a effing job!!
One more thing that annoys me in that article, is how he goes on about his skills are no longer valid/ needed. So go take a course and become skilled in something else. Lazy bloody sod. |
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Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 09:21 AM
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First post: Jun 01, 2011
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Location: Warwickshire
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| i would still say that internet is a luxury. When it comes down to having enough money to heat the house or feed your children, catching up on iplayer should be the least of your worries |
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