Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#1
But who is responsible for feeding them at the weekends? (PLEASE don't say their parent(s) )
If you want to end child poverty:
1. Buy a dining table, not a 60" 4K TV
2. Buy your child books, not £60 Nylon football shirts
3. Spend time with your child, not in the bookies/down the pub
Hi
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#2
Captain Haddock wrote:But who is responsible for feeding them at the weekends? (PLEASE don't say their parent(s) )
If you want to end child poverty:
1. Buy a dining table, not a 60" 4K TV
2. Buy your child books, not £60 Nylon football shirts
3. Spend time with your child, not in the bookies/down the pub
Hi
I have been skint in the past and struggled to put food on the table when my husband was laid off for the winter. The Captain's comment shows how stupid his remarks can be but such generalisation is sadly only to be expected.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#3
Yup. You struggled. Most of us on the planet do.But you took responsibility to feed your family. Got off your arse and took control of the situation. Realised 'family' was important.
Or did you roll over and suggest it was down to the 'gummint' to sort you and yours out from cradle to grave supported by someone else's money?
The greater problem in the UK I remind you is obesity, not malnutrition.
And most of the fat buggers are the 'poor'.
If only scratch cards were edible)
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#4
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#5
Captain Haddock wrote:Yup. You struggled. Most of us on the planet do.But you took responsibility to feed your family. Got off your arse and took control of the situation. Realised 'family' was important.
Or did you roll over and suggest it was down to the 'gummint' to sort you and yours out from cradle to grave supported by someone else's money?
The greater problem in the UK I remind you is obesity, not malnutrition.
And most of the fat buggers are the 'poor'.
If only scratch cards were edible)
Ignorance is bliss.
We only survived because our wonderful landlord gave us a short reduced rent break so I actually had money to buy food etc.
BTW potatoes in the way of chips as well as bread are filling but also bad for the waistline when you have to rely on them.
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Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
- Posts: 1,300
#6
Why does it upset you so much, Captain? What's not to like?
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#7
Precisely. You acted like a grown up. Took agency (dread word) and negotiated you way through life. Well done. Most of us have been there at one time or another. Seriously. Not that difficult was it in retrospect? Probably made you quite proud of how you'd got out of it or would you actually be happier to become a supplicant to the state?
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Guest 2547- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
- Posts: 2,158
#8
Neil Moors wrote:Why does it upset you so much, Captain? What's not to like?
Looks like he's been on the sauce again judging by this and other manic mutterings.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#9
No Neil. Don't drink alcohol!
Been up since 06.00 taking boat through Hemel Hempstead and made mistake of opening up Dover Forum.
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#10
Captain Haddock wrote:made mistake of opening up Dover Forum.
OK this is personal from me to the Captain, so we all have to suffer as there was no need to post your narrow minded comments.
BTW I was also up at 6.00 so it is nothing to boast about many like my daughter were actually at work by then and some had even been working all night.
PS. It was bloody difficult.#8
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#11
Get over it. What the Hell makes you think that just because you have been born in this country, at this time, life should somehow be 'easy'?
Do get real.
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#12
Sorry to Chris and my fellow members for loosing it yesterday after being reminded of a very stressful time in my life that I would not wish on anyone.
There is only one member of this group that needs to "get real" and that is the obnoxious Captain.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
#13
The Captain is a decent chap .His humour is questionable but he often speaks tongue in cheek .Im not getting too involved in the argument re free school meals .I know where the Captain is coming from.The best things communities can do is to show people who do have limited income how to cook a healthy meal from scratch .Surprising how far vegetables can go made into soups.Mince etc .
Bring back domestic science lessons .
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Guest 2547- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
- Posts: 2,158
#14
Sue Nicholas wrote:The Captain is a decent chap .His humour is questionable but he often speaks tongue in cheek .Im not getting too involved in the argument re free school meals .I know where the Captain is coming from.The best things communities can do is to show people who do have limited income how to cook a healthy meal from scratch .Surprising how far vegetables can go made into soups.Mince etc .
Bring back domestic science lessons .
Captain Haddock wrote:'Baden Powell - the man who put the 'wog' in woggle'?
Is this what you mean by questionable humour? Do you ever read his twitter feed?
Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#15
Have some sympathy for sailor-boy; life must be tough suffering his pauper's thoughts with no charity.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus