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Yes, it's horrible to think elderly people who have worked all their lives will be tossed aside. Nothing good will come out of this.
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It's only a pittance , around $100 a week, and you're not allowed to do more than 16 hours of work.
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They've just taken our money and back pocketed it.
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Yep, I didn't have any kids to look after me, and if I become incapacitated, I've a plan.
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He hasn't the skills for the job.
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Well, as soon as they can send the records , I'll be owed for five years, so I'm hoping they don't find some loophole to wriggle out of.
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And, my child said to me " I saw what you had to go through and I won't be doing it for you - you can go into a home...
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This is what happens in most families. One person is just left to do it all. In my case I was the only one left, so ....but I never recovered my career after it. I remember the GP saying " it's ok , you're a nurse" (so that got the authorities off the hook then). SMH
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It sounded like a pyramid scheme to me, and she had lost, so she was looking to recoup something I thought.
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Yes, photos were very special back then. My mum had a box brownie.
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Absolutely. I was once at a get together where someone turned up with a bitcoin tattoo, and started trying to sell bitcoin to everyone there. It was only when we did a bit of digging and discovered she was sofa surfing and didn't have a permanent address, that the penny dropped.
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I don't have a laptop or desktop, but I must admit that I often look through them because I tend to clear out the extra photos and just keep 10 of each holiday/ event.
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There's some kind of gadget on the market that says you can plug it into the phone and download photos to it like a thumb drive, but I'm wondering if it's one of the many dodgy gadgets.
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Not being a techie is holding me back. I've increased my storage with an SD, but had to find a kid to move most of the pics through, but I don't want to erase them from Google in case I can't find them on the SD 🤣
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I notice you're a waspi, so you've been deprived of a pension too! They don't care for women in the UK, any more than the US administration does, they just hide it better.
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Absolutely appalling. This is the kind of case I'm always signing petitions about. I was horrified to see the level of animal abuse in Florida. In fact, I've a really ignorant neighbour who glorifies in killing animals, and he goes fish killing there every year.. SMH
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Clever aren't they? I hope you had bank statements to back it up. My then Bank was dissolved into Lloyds, so the DWP are sending off for back copies of paperwork, then sending it snail mail ( so I might never get it!).
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You're quite right. If it was good enough for James Bond in Skyfall...and when you consider how Trump is touting his dodgy bitcoin ( even though he's not literate, far less computer literate)...
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Nothing but a scam artist.
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🤣 He hasn't even the semblance of fluency.
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Thanks, the moment I saw that poor German shepherd's eyes rolling in his head, minutes after being stripped off his skin, my mind flipped. And I'll never forget the screams.
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Absolutely. I've been looking at Polaroids, which seem to be gaining publicity. Everything important to me is copied to paper, except my photos, which are so numerous that I could never afford to print them ( yet).
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Thanks for caring. Anyone who has seen the videos shown at the UN by Linda and Paul McCartney, decades ago will never forget what they saw- I know I didn't, and it changed my life forever.
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Yes, I found the similarity very comfortable. I've never been inside Edinburgh castle but if it's anything like Cardiff, it'll be great. Wonderful decorations and style. The Norman keep was amazing too. And, the Senedd building, Pier point...
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Just spent a fabulous week in Cymru, Cardiff, to be exact. Loved it!
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Yes, but what will actually happen? He's had absolutely no repercussions for any illegal act he's carried out.
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Well, it's going to get them as much as anyone else, and eventually,no amount of money will make a difference. Money being a human construct and not a part of the natural world.
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Absolutely, and we have to do it for ourselves because no employer will have our best interests at heart, whether it's in the nursing home sector or the NHS.
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I feel your pain. As a nurse, that was my life, even after a 10 day stretch.