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Post by linda wallace on Mar 20, 2012 23:25:46 GMT 1
it still would have been nice to spend it on something that everyone could enjoy like no pot holes
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Post by samfregreenock on Mar 20, 2012 23:28:00 GMT 1
it still would have been nice to spend it on something that everyone could enjoy like no pot holes It's not the councils money. As ah sed it wouldn't have went very far on that either and the statue will last longer than the fix they would put in place for hauf a dozen pot holes in fact it would last years longer. |
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Post by neartic on Mar 21, 2012 0:02:37 GMT 1
they are now looking for £26,000 to cover the cost of this olympic crap
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Post by myfindhorn on Mar 21, 2012 10:29:42 GMT 1
was that just for the statue or did it include erecting it ?, I could live on that money for 5 years or more.
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Post by samfregreenock on Mar 21, 2012 10:39:12 GMT 1
was that just for the statue or did it include erecting it ?, I could live on that money for 5 years or more. maybe you could and maybe someone could live even longer on that amount But did you factor in everything for that 5 years including health care, any taxes due etc? |
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Post by myfindhorn on Mar 21, 2012 10:51:55 GMT 1
well i dont owe any taxes that I know of and as for health care, I dont know about that either, this I do know , I paid into the pot just like everyone else.
However I do remember living on 68 pounds a week with just a council tax rebate, did,nt need to get rent paid, I should have said survived so, yes people can and do survive on such little money, mainly because we are not used to having a lot to spend.
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Post by samfregreenock on Mar 21, 2012 11:07:11 GMT 1
well i dont owe any taxes that I know of and as for health care, I dont know about that either, this I do know , I paid into the pot just like everyone else. However I do remember living on 68 pounds a week with just a council tax rebate, did,nt need to get rent paid, I should have said survived so, yes people can and do survive on such little money, mainly because we are not used to having a lot to spend. You pay taxes everyday, VAT, Excise Duty, council tax etc - its impossible to live without doing so |
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Post by myfindhorn on Mar 21, 2012 11:15:46 GMT 1
Taxed to death, wonder how much a pound is really worth today.
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Post by linda wallace on Mar 22, 2012 5:30:24 GMT 1
, yes people can and do survive on such little money, mainly because we are not used to having a lot to spend. oh gosh horn i remember those days....when you have so little that you watch what your spending....the bills come first and then food with what you have left and you try to make it all last till you get paid again......hard times but a good learning curve in a way as when you do have a bit of extra cash your careful with it and dont squander it.... money is your best friend but one hell of an enemy when you dont have it |
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Post by myfindhorn on Mar 22, 2012 17:49:33 GMT 1
aye it was amazing how many ways you could cook eggs beans and potatoes and bread went a great way Linda lol
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Post by linda wallace on Mar 22, 2012 21:25:28 GMT 1
gosh our young ones wouldnt know were to start horn if they were in that situation...as it is they think they are bad off if they don't have a games consul.........we had a small tv many years ago and we thought we were well off.......well mum and dad paid their bills, managed to feed us on a very small wage and once in a while we all got a treat....we were rich in love
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Post by neartic on Mar 22, 2012 21:29:07 GMT 1
awwwwwwwwwwwwww
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Post by neartic on Mar 22, 2012 21:30:10 GMT 1
did i hear some one playing violins just then
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Post by neartic on Mar 22, 2012 21:31:24 GMT 1
shit thats another christmas card list i am off
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Post by tiddles on Mar 22, 2012 21:31:56 GMT 1
Food was quite inexpensive in those days and people actually had to cook it. There were no, 'ready meals' or frozen chips. In this country, food is fast becoming a luxury. I worry particularly for pensioners or single unemployed without kids, things must be utter hell for them but hey ho, we're all in it together!!!
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Post by neartic on Mar 22, 2012 21:38:07 GMT 1
yes but look at the amount of carry out places that do deliveries every nite that doino pizz delivery is in our street dont know how many times and one of them pizzas is not cheap
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Post by tiddles on Mar 22, 2012 21:48:23 GMT 1
Yes, we tried a Domino pizza one night and we were staggered at the cost. We should have gone down to Gianni's at the West Station, mind you, that's a very scary area to hang about nowadays.
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Post by linda wallace on Mar 23, 2012 0:35:40 GMT 1
we only use gianni's when we are staying over at the club in the summer but its a treat for us....
we have a big chest freezer so when we go shopping we buy joints of meat which we cook up and we have an electric slicer so jocky slices it all up and it does us for weeks on end....no ready cooked meals for us as there is nothing in them and they can be expensive
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Post by samfregreenock on Mar 23, 2012 9:41:48 GMT 1
Yes, we tried a Domino pizza one night and we were staggered at the cost. We should have gone down to Gianni's at the West Station, mind you, that's a very scary area to hang about nowadays. Hmmmmm giannis pizzas, hmmmmmmmmmmmm |
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Post by linda wallace on Mar 24, 2012 0:28:11 GMT 1
jocky and i went to tesco's tonight........spent over £60 and for all we got....ridiculous
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Post by myfindhorn on Mar 24, 2012 22:09:36 GMT 1
did you get your 5 pound voucher and money off petrol lol, terrible is'nt it
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Post by cloakedandhidden on Mar 24, 2012 23:17:31 GMT 1
I've been known to frequent Domino's now and then, but it's only worth it if you've found a voucher code (google for them) or it's two-for-tuesday etc. And even then, only because I'm too lazy/forgetful to get cash out, and you can do dominos over the internet, with your debit card!
For sheer perfection, NOTHING, absolutely nothing, in the pizza world, eclipses Gianni's. The man is a legend, and his food sublime.
Best pizza I've ever had.
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Post by linda wallace on Mar 25, 2012 0:55:47 GMT 1
did you get your 5 pound voucher and money off petrol lol, terrible is'nt it well we dont drive so the petrol voucher isnt any good to us...didnt get a money off voucher. |
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Post by rod2mc on Mar 25, 2012 11:14:10 GMT 1
I've been known to frequent Domino's now and then, but it's only worth it if you've found a voucher code (google for them) or it's two-for-tuesday etc. And even then, only because I'm too lazy/forgetful to get cash out, and you can do dominos over the internet, with your debit card! For sheer perfection, NOTHING, absolutely nothing, in the pizza world, eclipses Gianni's. The man is a legend, and his food sublime. Best pizza I've ever had. if yer talking about his pizzas, then its Donald that does them not Gianni |
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Post by linda wallace on Mar 25, 2012 18:59:46 GMT 1
its about time they spent money on something that everyone could use or enjoy instead of daft sculpture's
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Post by samfregreenock on Mar 25, 2012 20:25:25 GMT 1
Ah think the sculptures are great, as noted previously, the one in the Port is deffo the best.
Anyone can enjoy them, all you have to do is stop and look and let yer imagination run wild..................seemples
I doubt very much there's anything else you could provide that cost only £26000 and could last any length of time and anybody can look at it and take it in.
If you drive along the M8 between Glasgow and Embra, there's plenty such stuff to see, whither it be the huge big metal horse near Easterhoose, the big heids at Eurocentral, the big horn at harthill(which used to play music and shout things oot) or the 7 sisters grass pyramids near bathgate - all worth just looking at as you pass them by.
As ah also said they should do something really ostentatious like the Angel of the North - something right over the top that people will come and see
That's the problem with street art, it can be very subjective
What would yooz have spent the money on? And please dont say jobs, roads ur ithur such stuff, we need to get away from everything being for the lowest common denominator.
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Post by myfindhorn on Mar 26, 2012 13:06:24 GMT 1
I agree sam in a lot of what you are saying but lets face it, all the sculptures are like the wrapping of a present, now how many people are going to be dissapointed with the contents.
To me, the sculptures are the plaster to cover the pus heaving underneath.
I would have spent the money on cleaning out the deadwood that causes stagnation in every corner of Greenock, Port Glasgow and Gourock.
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Post by linda wallace on Mar 26, 2012 18:38:58 GMT 1
i think we will get horn to stand for council....she makes sense
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Post by neartic on Mar 27, 2012 19:41:07 GMT 1
AEL now you know why irish women buy their knickers frome C&A so they know the back from the front
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Post by linda wallace on Mar 27, 2012 20:42:23 GMT 1
lol
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