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The doomsayers are predicting an 85% loss of jobs in "the city" (London to us normal folk), the government is now panicking about DE-flation, but judging by the local happenings (Nottinghamshire) I have to say that they are absolutely, positively, unquestionably... right.

  Yesterday your beloved unemployable Fokker spent thirty minutes waiting in line at the Job Centre to "sign on", something that normally takes less than thirty seconds.
Why was this so, I hear the slow ones ask. Because it was rammed solid with people, and not just the usual Chavs, single mothers, junkies, nut-jobs, work-shy, and general unemployable scum, but "useful people" like administrators, shop workers, builders, shop fitters, etc.
  Then Fokker went shopping. Fokker even braved the local shopping centre, a badly designed brown and tan relic from the 1970s, which is very unusual for Fokker as Fokker dislikes crowds, screaming children, playing children, screaming couples, playing couples, close proximity to anything living, and having to shuffle around people who will inevitably step back, bumping their fat, saggy, too warm arses into my crotch.
The place was dead, the most populous shop being the coffee shop all of the Old Age Pensioners use as a social hub.
  Crime has gone down. Shoplifting in particular has dropped, but only because the shoplifters dont have any way of hiding now. Violent crime is down too, but only because people can't afford to get rolling drunk any more.
  The only working friend I have... the only friend I have has just been forced to take a paycut or be fired.
 
  The local drug of choice is now Cannabis Resin rather than old fasioned Weed because the price of weed has doubled because bad economy means less shipping and less shipping means it's harder to get the stuff into the country (Although what makes these idiots rely on imports rather than grow it themselves is beyond me).

  Hmm... I think that covers it... What's going on around you?

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Nothing!

Unemployment in men has risen by 3% more then last year but women are still not affected by it. We still have the lowest unemployment since ever.

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Re: [Credit Crunch] Has it affected you?

For germany.. next week we will have the lowest unemployment rate since 1992.. will be under 3 million again.
mayb change in the upcoming month though.

Consume is not really suffering yet.. everyone is pretty surprised about it though..
Christmas buisness is expected to be as usual.

Weedprices are stable because the netherlands are close and as i heard most weed sold in the netherlands is grown in germany anyways.

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The City does not mean London. The City is the name of the financial district of London.

The so called credit crunch has had no effect on me so far. Hopefully if house prices fall more though I might actually be able to afford one in a couple of years time. That would be nice.

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"having to shuffle around people who will inevitably step back, bumping their fat, saggy, too warm arses into my crotch."

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i've had to cut down on my weekly intake of hookers

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Even though you were the first one to arrive at the scene who clearly pwned Einstein and showed how biased he is, you are an outright arsehole.

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I will move to Holland for a job as window prostitute.

The inmates are running the asylum

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our paths may intersect

> Justinian I wrote:
> Ouro,
Even though you were the first one to arrive at the scene who clearly pwned Einstein and showed how biased he is, you are an outright arsehole.

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"I will move to Holland for a job as window prostitute."

Better of going somewhere else. Haven't you heard, Amsterdam is closing more and more "Windows".

Je maintiendrai

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Nooooooooooo!

> Justinian I wrote:
> Ouro,
Even though you were the first one to arrive at the scene who clearly pwned Einstein and showed how biased he is, you are an outright arsehole.

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lol. It has effected Toronto and Ottawa in Canada. Jobs in Nortel and GM.. anything motor related.. bowing... engineering of planes and trains and automobiles... lot's of jobs like that are being lost. Sucks, my bro lost his job at an engineering firm that built parts for bowing.

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I'm currently Unemployed, and find it VERY hard to find reemployment despite a very powerful resume, and excellent interviews, there is just too many people competing for too little jobs, I'm considering going back into the Military for Money to go to the Police Academy and become a Cop, i have $26,000USD From my G.I. Bill, but it's impossible for me to get approved for student loans.. so Military (Reserves), looks like my best bet to pay for my schooling.

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where you at Imperial?

i got a new job and I like it, i just need to move closer to Orange County than 44 miles away
still paying off old debts so no credit crunch here

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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do you have a degree in anything imperial?

> Justinian I wrote:
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Even though you were the first one to arrive at the scene who clearly pwned Einstein and showed how biased he is, you are an outright arsehole.

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hasnt effected me, im a hard worker and would be one of the last people to ever get laid off at work. i am saving money though because my dad is an electrical engineer for visteon (car parts company) and visteon is laying off alot of people, if he looses his job, i might have to help support him and my mom for a year and a half until my mom finishes graduate school, and as a PA should be able to easily find a job in any economy and make a salary that where they could easily pay me back.

it does mean i dont be buying a new monitor or TV despite prices for LCD's plummeting sad

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you're a PA? thats awesome, physicians assistant, or as i sometimes call them at the office, probably adequates

> Justinian I wrote:
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Even though you were the first one to arrive at the scene who clearly pwned Einstein and showed how biased he is, you are an outright arsehole.

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no, my mom will be a PA in like a year and a half, i wish i was a PA smile they make crazy money and demand for them is crazy.

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18 Reply by Justinian I (edited by Justinian I 21-Nov-2008 00:16:45)

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Have I been affected?

Yeah I had to take out a loan. Otherwise my life hasn't really changed.

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@avo
hypochondriacs everywhere tongue

> Justinian I wrote:
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Even though you were the first one to arrive at the scene who clearly pwned Einstein and showed how biased he is, you are an outright arsehole.

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that and aging baby boomers...

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@ Yell - Tampa, Fl.

@ 420, I have Certifications and some course work done, aside from Vocational Certifications for various things, along with Military Formal Schools, and ACE Acrediation, i have no completed Degrees.

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don't come to California, unemployment is 10% here

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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23 Reply by Justinian I (edited by Justinian I 21-Nov-2008 05:08:21)

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Gee.

Job offer postings everywhere here, lol.

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24 Reply by avogadro (edited by avogadro 21-Nov-2008 14:26:32)

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not many job offers posted in Michigan. everyone is just holding their breath, waiting to see how bad it gets for the big three...

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25 Reply by Justinian I (edited by Justinian I 21-Nov-2008 06:12:53)

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You know, I'm hoping the big 3 collapse smile. Just don't cross the border to WI, don't you dare!

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