The good morning thread

Andyk

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Good morning. Back into wage negotiations that have been going on since April. Last deal offered which was excellent was rejected and there is no more so they will have to do what they will have to do as we will now not be held to ransom when we are offering 8% this year, 4% next year, dropping their hours from 48 to 46 with no loss of pay and adding a £1000 attendance bonus each years. Wish I was offered that.

On a different note a stay of execution for diesel and petrol for another 5 years then.
 
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philw696

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Morning Andy and everyone.
Pouring down most of the night and still the same now.
Not sure what I'm up to at the minute other than getting Ms French up and out to the office.
Have a Great Thursday all.
 
MrPea

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Hello everyone!
We have a reasonable, and chain free offer on the table for Skye's house, and another couple looking to put one in. This is great progress and we'll hopefully be making an offer of our own in the very near future.
The vicarage for the church where we were married has just gone on sale, so we'll take a look at that tomorrow before making decisions.
Otherwise, nothing groundbreaking expected today.
HapPea Thursday! xXx
 
CatmanV2

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Andyk said:
Same here C. I was over the moon with my 6.5% we had this year.
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4 here and that was a surprise for which I was grateful. However, I recognise that I am still in a significantly better situation than the huge majority of the country, notwithstanding that due to several factors (not just inflation) I am 15% worse off (before tax) than I was in 2021

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MarkMas

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CatmanV2 said:
Yes. Totally get it

C
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Being self-employed, I haven't had a raise for 10 years, but that's just me being a bit lazy, I suppose.

Oh, and one of my two businesses lost £30,000 over three years, trying to keep going during the pandemic. Which is a lot of wheel bearings and suspension bushes!
 
MarkMas

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CatmanV2 said:
*Reasonably* sure that if you
a) Could afford to give yourself a raise and
b) Felt you needed one
You would have done?

C
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Well, yes. Not so much 'a raise', though. The maths is simple. If I felt I needed more income, I would have had to do the same amount of work, but put up my prices (might have worked, but probably not), or I would have had to get off my årse and gone out and found more work. The good part is that it was within my control, not dependent on 'my boss' or 'HR' or 'the union'. The bad part is that it was within my control, and I did sôd-all. So I am comfortable, but not rich.
 
CatmanV2

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MarkMas said:
Well, yes. Not so much 'a raise', though. The maths is simple. If I felt I needed more income, I would have had to do the same amount of work, but put up my prices (might have worked, but probably not), or I would have had to get off my årse and gone out and found more work. The good part is that it was within my control, not dependent on 'my boss' or 'HR' or 'the union'. The bad part is that it was within my control, and I did sôd-all. So I am comfortable, but not rich.
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Makes perfect sense. I think very few people actually consider themselves rich. Certainly in a comparative sense *I* don't. However I try not to forget in a absolute sense (Having just checked) I'm comfortably within the top 5% of UK earners (There's a 50% income jump to the top 1% though and that's *also* not what I would consider *RICH*)

Globally, of course (interesting calculator just found) our household *income* puts us well within the top 1%. In fact £68k post tax household income for two adults makes you richer than 99% of the world population.......

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DLax69

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Morning, all. And then there are those of us who took pay cuts to do more work. Of course, selling my body to Uncle Sam for the princely sum of 18k USD at age 19 guarantees that my "man maths" are generally different.

Another early day and another late evening...engagement at a local town's board at 6p. At least the weather is holding here...bright and low 80s F for highs. Almost makes driving The Malibu nice.
 
Scaf

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CatmanV2 said:
Makes perfect sense. I think very few people actually consider themselves rich. Certainly in a comparative sense *I* don't. However I try not to forget in a absolute sense (Having just checked) I'm comfortably within the top 5% of UK earners (There's a 50% income jump to the top 1% though and that's *also* not what I would consider *RICH*)

Globally, of course (interesting calculator just found) our household *income* puts us well within the top 1%. In fact £68k post tax household income for two adults makes you richer than 99% of the world population.......

C
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Do you have a link to the calculator
 
Scaf

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CatmanV2 said:
Makes perfect sense. I think very few people actually consider themselves rich. Certainly in a comparative sense *I* don't. However I try not to forget in a absolute sense (Having just checked) I'm comfortably within the top 5% of UK earners (There's a 50% income jump to the top 1% though and that's *also* not what I would consider *RICH*)

Globally, of course (interesting calculator just found) our household *income* puts us well within the top 1%. In fact £68k post tax household income for two adults makes you richer than 99% of the world population.......

C
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What always amazes me a that my kids who earn considerably less than me, seem to have similar lifestyles and better holidays, perhaps thats because I am still paying their flipping bills !!
 
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