what is I blow dick, what will the breathalyzer show? driving under the influence of protein?

Don't know, but I think you'll be fine.

hahaha

That's an uncontaining...



Land O Lakes is hereby UNCONTAINED. Congrats.

That frees up a bed for the next incarcerant.

Got'm.

LoL handled the situation perfectly and I'm surprised there's any debate about it.

yes he was a fine example of how a CONTAINED poster should interact.

I'm just gonna blame this on politics

Reading through "The Trouble with Markets" by Roger Bootle and "After the Music Stopped" by Alan Blinder in an effort to help my essay/application for a job I'm applying for.

Its only £20,000 per year but goodness knows it'll still be tough to get it.

The more jobs I apply for, the more mystified I am at precisely how 'normal' people get jobs that pay enough for an independent lifestyle, although having said that, I know a fair few other people who are finding things tough as recent graduates in the UK.

As I say, this recent scheme I applied for had 40 applicants per place and didn't even pay a living wage! (only £16k). The idea that non Oxbridge graduates with straight As at A-level actually in some places hold jobs that pay £40k is baffling to me. There's just so much competition that one wonders where these people go.

Having said all of this, I do have some good news.

My parents have recently decided that they are going to buy a flat (probably for around £300k or so) in London to rent out, which (aside from increasing in value over time) should bring in roughly £1500 p/m in rent (3 bedrooms @ ~600-700 p/m - stamp duty+other costs etc.). Presuming that myself and my sister will share this inheritance when they die in 20 or so years plus our £1,000,000 home (which my parents purchased for £185,000 25 years ago), I'll be more-or-less set for life whatever happens.

However.

My reaction to this news was not happiness or relief.

In fact, I felt an immediate pang of incredible depression and disappointment at the fact that my well-being and security in life would be owed not to my own doing, but down to the sheer accident of my birth as the firstborn of the generation of homeowners who benefited from the London housing boom.

So why is this good?

Well, its made me realise that I do indeed desire achievement and independence for its own sake, rather than as a mere route to money, comfort and security. I wish to command respect for what I've achieved, rather than sheer luck of being born into a family which hit the housing jackpot.

Essentially, I've realised that whilst I don't have to work particularly hard in life, I do actually want to.

Rasta,

This is not your blog thread.

Rasta, tell your parents to leave it all to your sister. They will appreciate the fact that you want to learn to fly without a net.

you're not set for life with half of 1 million plus 1.5K/month

Burn down the house.

What should I do on this thread then?

The problem is that simply depriving me of money and suchlike won't teach me anything. Going on my previous track record, I'd likely end up homeless and forced into crime.

Besides which, it wouldn't be very fair.

Hmm, the OOT collective might find themselves in a spot of bother here as many posters insisted that £1200 p/m after tax (my current earnings) were enough for me to move out and live independently, including paying rent in London.

But yeah.

£500,000 + (£750 x 12) = £29,000 per year for 25 years.

Rent a nice flat for £1400 p/m, then that's £1,000 to spend each month on whatever you please. No need to work.

Rasta,

When you find yourself wanting to respond to an OOT thread, you should post that reply in here instead.

Shats fired?

As a fellow runner the oddest things about this story is that you're doing 50m hill repeats (what are you training for?) and that you'd carry any ID while running.

Lol at acting like you're even in the same league of runner as lol

Have you ever had a >3k expense that you had to pay by yourself?

I've never even had £3,000 in my bank account, and frankly it looks like most people my age haven't either.

Besides, what sort of thing would someone my age even pay £3,000 for? aside from a car? (Which I don't need).

a tv ldo

FYL if you're paying 3k for a tv.

To RMs point. A car, furniture, getting things done around the house (repairs whatever), a holiday, some electronics, theres probably more obv.

£3,000 (That's $5000) is a lot of money to spend on a TV.

Obviously I don't need the car, I'm not responsible for the house and my two-week holiday to Brazil came in at under £2000.

You were talking about between now and 25 years later so we can safely assume that you'll have to fork over the money in one way or another in those upcoming 25 years right ?