Recent content by Mudball

so on the final day with nothing to lose... Smith and Wills show that what could have been possible. Why 11 days later. Now for the next two, Eng will just wake up and get a consolation win or a draw, and we will say atleast it is not 5-0. The good old way of touring, where you go out and...

.. and that too against an ageing attack... Was speaking to a friend in Melbourne this morning... it was not a joyful conversation

What a match last night from United... Forget the rest of the team. it just shows what a difference a good keeper can make. Onana would have conceded about 8 by then. Some of the reflex saves were brilliant - incl the last min injury time one. While we should have won, i would take a 4-4...

that is all i wanted to know... period I havent worked it out yet... too many other things going on. One of my main challenge is the silly integration between Octopus and BMW. BMW is sh*T. Octopus cant control it. So i have to force a charge between 11:30-5:30. I leave it plugged in all...

Got an email from Octopus that they are changing the Intelligent tarrif. Previously it was as simple as Day rate and an off peak rate between 11:30-5:30. Now i need a phd to understand the change. Usually Octopus does a good job, so i am assuming that they will make the tariff better. All i...

on the bright side.. not just a golf forum, ‘high earners’ not getting any relief on Mumsnet either https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5451330-resentment-at-100k

Disagree.. 70k is just about managing ... if you in and around London.. and have a 'normal' family with 2 kids + house/flat + a vehicle. Thanks to return to office, just the monthly pass to London is about £350-70 of post tax money. If you live further out because housing is not affordable...

That narrative misses the point completely… that swappers will be the next to complain..

The real squeezed middle.. which everyone wants to blame for making the choices like - working hard to get jobs, paye, saving hard to buy a house/pension, aspiring too much by sending kids to private schools. We should be worshipping them not treating them as unlimited ATMs

100%. Both side will highlight the most extreme view... The truth is always in the middle and the middle is the one that gets sqeezed. So the 'broadest shoulders' are also the hit the most. and number of the broad shoulder is shrinking faster than the ice caps.

If you think 100k is a lot of money, then ask a Londoner the pain. "Banker" is the best dog whistle that is convienetly used to typecast the 'city fatcats'... but it makes a narrow image. If you still have a local branch, ask your local branch manager if they think they are 'bankers'...

there is an analysis from the FT somewhere... which looks beyond the 'we have universal healthcare/education' concept and looks at access or quality. So no point having Universal healthcare if the waitlist is 2 years. (i paraphrase) It came to the conclusion that we are pretty much in the...