Why the fuck do people live in Florida? Too hot in summer, unspeakable storms in winter (View Post)

My first mortgage cost me about that as a percentage of my salary. It soon reduced as my pay went up. (View Post)

Actually, the security guards are much less needed than they used to be. We are less combative. Some of our rules are fairly poor. However it is interesting to note how many people supposedly looking… (View Post)

One of the problems with the public sector is that a large proportion of the package is pension. That's extremely valuable to me at 59. When I joined the Civil Service (for the first time) at 30, it … (View Post)

That is a well-balanced comment. There is also a lot of built-in inefficiency. The DWP is funded by the Treasury based on how long we spend talking to unemployed people, many of whom are perfectly ca… (View Post)