Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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17 January 2011
09:4289247According to statisticians and the bods on Radio FOUR this morning, this monday today Jan 17 is the gloomiest day of the year. People are depressed..christmas is over and we are all left with the huge bills and those horrible financial shortfalls the festive period has caused, on top of that the weather is always gloomy on jan 17 and Spring seems a long long way off. Whats even worse prices are rising on everything from food to heating bills... we can hardly afford to eat and or keep warm! What...you want to do both!!?
Vat soars too and the prices at the petrol pumps are beyond the pale. Even if you get a job you cant afford to drive to it! If you get ill you are in deep trouble as they are cutting chunks out of the Health Service..limiting what it can and will do for us. All is gloom. Im searching the brain for something positive to say but cant find anything.
There are two options here..go back to bed now with a hot water bottle or take what is often called the easy way out and end it all!!
Anyone else feeling depressed.. statistics say that you are.
And Jeezez its monday tooooo!
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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17 January 2011
09:548924817 January 2011
10:0189249Well all i can say is remember how you are feeling the pinch at the tills next time you are at the polling station sadly after all of the cut backs im learning a fast lesson never to vote torie ever again! yes life is depressing as if the nhs needed to make any more cuts now doctors are turning against people to cut funds its all a big joke .
Jan Higgins
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17 January 2011
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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17 January 2011
10:2789252I can't afford to feel depressed, PaulB, it's too expensive!
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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17 January 2011
13:4989264Could be worse I am just starting 4 x 12 hour nightshifts
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
17 January 2011
14:1689270Poor you John! Good luck
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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17 January 2011
14:2289272i thought the station was closed at night.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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17 January 2011
14:2789273Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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17 January 2011
14:5789275Apart from bout`s of fluctuating health condition`s, I don`t get gloomy days. But then I don`t listen to 24 hour news with the `end of the world is nigh` newsreaders, and of course you can keep your newspapers. This forum is my link with all that goes on in the world that might be interesting, apart from which, my monthly mags from intelligent sources keep me informed on what I want to know, backed up with the internet.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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17 January 2011
15:3189276I don't feel gloomy today despite the rain and grey sky. I am thankful I am starting to feel better after 3 months of feeling awful.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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17 January 2011
15:4489278Glad to see both you and Colette on the mend Jeane. Best wishes.
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Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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17 January 2011
16:4789281Howard we have trains coming in until 01.30/02.00 then the guards start going out again at 04.00,in the mean time I have to check record and work out all the guards takings and commission as they get 5% of takings but not on high speed.Then the cleaning and preparing for the start of the day again.As well as selling tickets giving out infomation and making sure people are safe.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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17 January 2011
16:5589282thanks for info john, i hadn't realised the trains ran so late and started so early.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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17 January 2011
17:1289284Freight trains even later and earlier Howard, but not anymore!
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
17 January 2011
18:1489293with regard to the original post
it gives me no pleasure to tell people who wont vote tory again to say i told you so, but there you have it .
with regard to gloom, i think its good to look at life that when you wake in the morning your still breathing and have fairly good health
ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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17 January 2011
18:2589295correct as you are keith, us humans are a pretty ungrateful lot.
when our health is bad, the only thing we wish for is good health, when we get that we then demand material things.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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17 January 2011
18:5589298ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
Guest 694- Registered: 22 Mar 2010
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17 January 2011
19:1389304well i have had a nice day today.. i spent it in my jim jams ... :)
Replying to emails and generally talking to lots of people and despite the horrible weather outside i am feeling cheerful ish.. looking forward to going out tonight and catching up with a mate :)
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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17 January 2011
19:2189307
Come on it is not that bad,you always have Vic Matcham to turn to 24/7. 
. I keep myself nice and warm I also eat very well, maybe too well as I am very fat 
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