XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics
From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au
On 18/6/19 5:49 am, Commander Kinsey wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 05:42:34 +0100, Xeno wrote:
>
>> On 16/6/19 6:41 am, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>>> On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:00:03 +0100, Rod Speed
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
>>>> news:op.z3fo4yjpwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...
>>>>> On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:05:48 +0100, Xeno
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 15/6/19 11:30 pm, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 03:10:35 +0100, Xeno
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 14/6/19 8:59 am, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 04:06:13 +0100, Xeno
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 13/6/19 2:44 am, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 01:24:38 +0100, Rod Speed
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>> news:op.z28s84sjwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...
>>>>>>>>>>>>> once you get really rich you get accountants that fiddle
>>>>>>>>>>>>> things
>>>>>>>>>>>>> nicely.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> We werent discussing the really rich.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> We only pay more than 20% on anything we earn over £46,351.
>>>>>>>>>>> That's
>>>>>>>>>>> really rich buggers, I can't think of anyone earning that much.
>>>>>>>>>>> They
>>>>>>>>>>> can afford accountants to cheat.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You're mixing in the wrong circles. One of my friends in the UK,
>>>>>>>>>> Folkestone to be precise, earns well over £100,000 per annum.
>>>>>>>>>> Others
>>>>>>>>>> earn slightly lesser amounts. One of my friends here, until he
>>>>>>>>>> retired
>>>>>>>>>> recently, was earning £150,000 for 6 months work. It has to be
>>>>>>>>>> said,
>>>>>>>>>> both those aforementioned are highly qualified in their
>>>>>>>>>> respective
>>>>>>>>>> fields.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That's more than the prime minister gets paid. Nobody should be
>>>>>>>>> earning
>>>>>>>>> that much. The average UK wage is a fraction of that and we
>>>>>>>>> should
>>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>> be paid a similar amount.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Why? He is getting paid *what he is worth*. He put in the time and
>>>>>>>> effort studying and gaining experience on the ground to get where
>>>>>>>> he is
>>>>>>>> and if people are willing to pay him appropriately for his work,
>>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>>> that is up to him. I put in 12 years at uni and decades in trade
>>>>>>>> relevant study and qualifications but you think a labourer
>>>>>>>> should get
>>>>>>>> the same pay as I? You need to get real.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't care what job you do, it's less important than running the
>>>>>>> entire country.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You tell that to the people who are looking for specific skillsets.
>>>>>> They
>>>>>> seem to think the people are worth it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Aren't those companies capable of just teaching their workers what to
>>>>> do?
>>>>> Anybody could do the below when told how to. We should remove all
>>>>> education (especially when it's paid for by the taxes of people who
>>>>> don't
>>>>> even have kids) and just have people learning on the job. Start off
>>>>> as a
>>>>> plumber's mate, he shows you what he's doing, then you follow suit.
>>>>
>>>> Doesn't work when designing aircraft, stupid.
>>>>
>>>> Or even when doing a brexit either.
>>>>
>>>> Or with doctors either.
>>>
>>> Never seen a student nurse?
>>
>> Have you ever seen the study the nurse has to do out of work hours?
>
> There's a nurse that lives in my street. She honestly thought one of my
> kittens was ill because it was "small". I pointed out that kittens are
> smaller than cats and she was really confused. I guess she doesn't work
> in the ward where people give birth and hasn't had to learn that fucking
> obvious fact.
How is that relevant to my point?
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Xeno
Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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