Last night as I listened
to the radio I heard something which made me think. The average
salary in the UK is £26 500. However the average house costs
three hundred
thousand pounds.
When I took out my
morgage I was allowed to borrow up to three times my annual salary.
On that basis most people are over two hundred thousand pounds short.
How does anyone afford a
house these days?
I came home; "er
indoors TM" was off work today. The plan
was for us to take the dogs for a walk the moment I got home. Like I
do shortly before 9am after every night shift. I came home and waited
for over an hour. At ten o'clock with her still in her pyjamas I lost
patience and went to bed.
I slept for a while;
"Daddies Little Angel TM" phoned
about... I have no idea what she wanted. I told her I was asleep and
went back to sleep. I eventually got up to see what the dogs were
barking about at 2.30pm. Fudge was rather indignant because Sid had
crapped on the carpet. Again.
I had a rather late
brekkie. Over that brekkie I had a look-see on-line. Recently I seem
to have been added to a Facebook group which reports on the
efficiency
(or
otherwise)
of the local trains.
On the one hand I can
understand people's frustrations at the delays. On the other hand I
feel for the people who work on the trains. When the train runs late
the poor train staff are late getting home too. It is not as though
they run the trains late deliberately. And is eight minutes *really*
such a big deal?
Whilst this group was
started with good intentions I can't help but feel that in a very
short time it has become something of a magnet for the whingers.
Also on Facebook was a
friend
request from Caean Adc. He is apparently rather pleased to have
found Jesus. That's nice for him. He was also rather pleased that
Jesus got nailed to a tree, which I felt was rather harsh.
I didn't so much respond
to the friend request as told him to get knotted.
I had an email from
LinkedIn. Apparently Joe Edwards is now a recruitment consultant at
the therapies division of HCL Healthcare. I wonder who Joe Edwards
is. This same email told me of a job opportunity that suited my
profile; I could apply to become a tester of blood whilst serving on
one of the
Royal Navy's warships, and it also told me that I have had my
skill in clinical research endorsed by someone that I've never met.
I rarely use LinkedIn;
mainly because it seems to think I know all sorts of people of whom I
have never heard and offers me jobs which are utterly unsuitable for
me based on recommendations about me which are made up.
And I saw that an old
schoolfriend of mine is to become Rye's Town Crier. Whilst I'm rather
pleased for him I must admit to a pang of jealousy. Being a gobby
sort of person I could do that. How does one become a Town Crier?
"er indoors TM"
apppeared at 4pm. She'd been shopping for (or should that be
for?) "Daddies Little Angel TM".
We took the dogs out then. It was a shame that it was dark, but Fudge
enjoyed his walk. I don't think Sid did much. He did straggle rather
a lot.
Once home we had a little
tidy up and prepared for the evening. "er indoors TM"
was staging a candle party. Much as I can be cynical about the
things, the candles aren't bad. And we had a really good time
laughing and chatting and even Chromecasting wombles with old
friends... really must do this more often.
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