Well the old fart has resigned...so that's that.Cameron was ready to sack him anyway.I hold no truck with millionaires trying to tell the rest of us "We've never had it so good!"

Are we going to have a Friday night Dingdong!

I don'y know...

Shall we ask her

I am probably one of the most positive people you will ever come across. In 2008 I became very ill, hospitalised, initially for 2 months in a high dependency renal ward.  I have kidney failure.  I had not only dialysis for 4 hours, 3 days a week, but also plasma exchanges, blood transfusions and chemo therapy.  Through it all, I kept a very postive attitude, laughed at myself, laughed with friends, laughed with other patients.  There were days when I cried and felt very sorry for myself.  Those days were far and few between though.

In Feb, this year, my kidneys regained enough function for me to come off the dilaysis but I know it's only a matter of time before I have to go back on.  But now, I'm prepared, I know what it entails.  I know that it means that I will be throwing up when I come home, know that it will entail a 40 mile trip each way, know that on some days the patient that I was sitting next to on one day won't be there the next because they have died.

It's called empathy.  I see others who are worse off and I feel their pain.  I know that I can be put on the transplant list, but others that I see day to day cannot.

Those 27,000 people that lost their jobs - I don't know them, but I can empathisise with them.  Their lives have been thrown into turmoil.  The dreams that they had - paying off their mortgage, buying a new bike for their kid, or maybe a weekend away with their spouse - all of it, is in turmoil.

I remember a thread you did a while back where you were concerned about your mum.  She was in hospital with kidney stones.  I remember it because it had to due with the kidneys - an obvious connection with me - and you were so worried and so concerned for your mother.  Many people empathisised with you, tried to make you feel better.  Yet you don't seem to be able to empathisise with anyone else.

It's really rather sad.

This thread has got a distinct lack of exclamation marks !!!!!!!!!!!!! 

No words Suzi...

Wonderfully and eloquently  put.

It's about humility PP .....

I switched on the radio this morning and the song that was playing was 'its getting better everyday' it did make I laff.

      

Nah, if that was true he wouldn't have Thatcher within a million miles of him

Just listened to it on News at Ten, he said the vast majority. Insensitive old fart

It's not really the same situation. Being concerned about a parents health or whether you can live in the life you've become accustomed to is completely different.

But thankfully people in such situation are in the minority - yes we are facing cuts some of us will be affected really bad and some of us not at all however Lord Young's comment was a general comment and I believe in general on the whole most of us are very lucky with very little "bad" stuff in our lives.  It must be absolutely awful for your friend and my sympathies go out to him/her as that sort of situation really does not bear thinking about however luckily cases like that are still the exception and not the norm.

I would have to disagree there - I took it as he was referring to life in general - and it is life in general which I believe a lot of us have very little to complain about.

I think that is very unfair as I have said many times on this thread that I have every sympathy with people who are facing harsh times at the moment - you only need to read my posts to see that,

With regards to your story - it's awful and I can't imagine what it must have been like - but one thing I would say though is isn't it great that we have a health service who have been able to care for  - imagine if that wasn't there.  That is the sort of thing I take from Lord Young's comments - whilst you have been through unimaginable hell at least you had a top class health care system available to you.  So for want of a better word you were "lucky" to have such a system available to you.  When it comes to healthcare opportunities we are well off.

Your lack of awareness about other people`s lives and their difficulties simply astonishes me PP.
So much so, I`m not sure if you`re for real. I`m serious.

I think maybe you should read my other posts in this thread and then you will realise that your comment is actually uncalled for.

It isn't.

She is spot on.

I`ve read every post on this thread and I stand by what I say.

Yawn - it's getting boring now.  You people on here are horrible little beings. I have done nothing worng on this thread I have read all posts and shown respect to every single person who has described hardship that they or friends/family may have gone through.  Shame that none of you can show me any respect ever.  Some of you seriously need to get over yourselves - how you can have the cheek to judge me or criticise me is beyond words.  You are nasty and viscious and seriously need to get over yourselves.  You makeme sick - I face so much goading on here and never take the bait - I am a far better person that a number of youon here will ever be and I possess a hell of a lot more empathy and compassion.  Just grow up children!!!!

Yes Scotty, I've just typed a post and cancelled it. I was thinking I really couldn't be that uncarring (sp)

Aww, PP, you've never had it so good!

Go away - is your life so empty that you have nothing better to do than either have a go at me or go in other threads and make fun of things I have said - fgs GROW UP!!!!!!!

Pot.... kettle.... black???

From reading this thread and many others some of you are being nasty. If someone was to come up to you in the pub/supermarket/work....whatever...would you give them the same abuse you've given PP? I doubt it. 

Debate with her, argue with her but stop the bloody personal insults and jokes. It's not big and it's not funny to anyone but yourself 

I have never attacked anyone personally or made some one feel likeapieceof s*it unlike you and your pathetic little cronies - you are a viscious littel bully who really should not better - you reckon you've had life experience - what a joke you are nothing but a bully!!

Aww, to be fair, I do try to discuss things with you sensibly, but you ignore me (usually), so I resort to fun!

I'm outta here and really will not read another one of your threads (and that takes a lot to make me say that)! We just can't get you to see another point of view can we?   and no...............I'm not in a clique!

Thank you!!

No you don't you constantly mock me - that is why I ignore you!!

Sorry Cagney - I do not think anyone has been out of order particularly on this thread.
PP has been judgemental and as usual does not  take anyone's view point but her own.

How anyone could be not be moved by Suzi 's testamonial is beyond me...

Yet she was

and when was the last time you tried to see my POV - you expect me to see yours but you won't respect mine - get over yourself!

No PP

I dared to question the validity of your opinions...

If that makes me a bully then so be it.

OH WOW! and when have I ever posted derogatory comments about your posts on here

No, I don't.



What about my post about my husband's anxiety problems?
Completely ignored, maybe because it blew your argument completely out of the water?

I suggest you go back to page 2.

As I have said your previous behaviour has led me to ignore you - at that point I had no intention of acknowledging anything you posted due to your previous treatmentofme.

There we go again - words in my mouth - I was responding to your comment saying I won't see anyone elses POV

I have - it was a joke about the love child thing for which I apologise.
As for the other - that was not bullying -not at all.

You ignore anything that might make your argument seem badly thought out.

Just something I've noticed!