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Julia said:
That's only because younger people look better on TV...
Julia said:Just on the point of the renovation type shows, any I've seen don't appear to have baby boomers as their focus - the people in them always seem to be much younger. The baby boomers I know are absolutely not into renovation.
Julia
Kimosabi said:In 20 years this thread title will be Gen Xer's are 25% of the population and control over 50% of the wealth!
And 20 years after that it will Gen Yer's are 25% of the population and control over 50% of the wealth!
I don't have much sympathy for anyone stupid enough to be buying a home right now or for the last few years. And at the end of the day, I'll only be screwing people over that have been screwing my friends over.Buster said:And then theres this..
Oh woe is us, how we suffer. Yet can’t wait to screw somebody over.. You guys crack me up..
Pretty much. Some people have it tougher than others no matter what time frame they are living in. I was homeless for a period as a teenager. You definitely can't paint all young people or all old people with the same brush. I was at Uni. full time, whilst getting a TAFE Diploma and starting my own business. Next week I'm looking at an 80 hour week, hands on (literally). It's not something I dwell on or complain about. So I resent being called "emo" like a lot of you seem to be labelling us as.insider said:I'm only 20 and I'm studying to do real estate development and I'm kicking a*** in the share market... why? Because I'm no sheep and I choose not to go to the slaughter... Yeah we can all have our sob stories of how 60 years ago how I had to work at the factory at the age of 12 and blah blah and support this and that... (mind you I'm currently working 5 unpaid days a week helping my parents out and going to Uni 5 days a week doing 9 subjects (and getting HDs)) I'm not going to cry about it, but I'm proud of it... I soldier on and get the task done... I look at the current housing situation and look for solutions... I'm rubbing my hands together... What separates us is that we think laterally...
chops_a_must said:As to the Baby Boomer parent issue. Well, I've spoken to my parents about it. And I've said to them if they think I am going to look after them in old age they can go and get F*CKED! They didn't raise me in a safe environment so I fail to see why I should make their retirement safe. They know this, understand this and accept it.
Lol, and while you're at it, saboutage their airconditioner - teach em (belatedly) that they shouldn't have stuffed up the environment !!chops_a_must said:.. They didn't raise me in a safe environment so I fail to see why I should make their retirement safe. They know this, understand this and accept it.
chops_a_must said:As to the Baby Boomer parent issue. Well, I've spoken to my parents about it. And I've said to them if they think I am going to look after them in old age they can go and get F*CKED! They didn't raise me in a safe environment so I fail to see why I should make their retirement safe. They know this, understand this and accept it.
chops_a_must said:I don't have much sympathy for anyone stupid enough to be buying a home right now or for the last few years. And at the end of the day, I'll only be screwing people over that have been screwing my friends over.
Pretty much. Some people have it tougher than others no matter what time frame they are living in. I was homeless for a period as a teenager. You definitely can't paint all young people or all old people with the same brush. I was at Uni. full time, whilst getting a TAFE Diploma and starting my own business. Next week I'm looking at an 80 hour week, hands on (literally). It's not something I dwell on or complain about. So I resent being called "emo" like a lot of you seem to be labelling us as.
As to the Baby Boomer parent issue. Well, I've spoken to my parents about it. And I've said to them if they think I am going to look after them in old age they can go and get F*CKED! They didn't raise me in a safe environment so I fail to see why I should make their retirement safe. They know this, understand this and accept it.
Well. Why should you give the time and resources to people that aren't prepared to do the same? I have some great friends and would rather help them out like I have had to do over the last year or so. i.e. paying their rent for them etc.Lucky said:Chops sounds like you've got a very nice supportive family unit. I don't think it really matters whether you're a baby boomer, gen x, gen y, whatever, if it's all about you, then it's all about you, eh?
chopschops_a_must said:I have some great friends and would rather help them out like i.e. paying their rent for them etc.
2020hindsight said:chops
can we assume
a) they are female ?
b) that you had to keep them from the foggy foggy dew, ? and
c) they'll pay your rent if things go pearshaped in the ASX ?
2020hindsight said:chops
can we assume
a) they are female ?
b) that you had to keep them from the foggy foggy dew, ? and
c) they'll pay your rent if things go pearshaped in the ASX ?
This tune appeared on a broadside circa 1815. Burl Ives, however, categorizes this as a tune from Colonial America. An earlier tune "when I First Came To Court"was licensed in 1689, but this a revision of that tune done in the late 18th or early 19th century.
When I was a bachelor, I liv'd all alone
I worked at the weaver's trade
And the only, only thing that I did that was wrong
Was to woo a fair young maid.
I wooed her in the wintertime
Part of the summer, too
And the only, only thing that I did that was wrong
Was to keep her from the foggy, foggy dew.
One night she knelt close by my side
When I was fast asleep.
She threw her arms around my neck
And she began to weep.
She wept, she cried, she tore her hair
Ah, me! What could I do?
So all night long I held her in my arms
Just to keep her from the foggy foggy dew.
Again I am a bachelor, I live with my son
We work at the weaver's trade.
And every single time I look into his eyes
He reminds me of that fair young maid.
He reminds me of the wintertime
Part of the summer, too,
And the many, many times that I held her in my arms
Just to keep her from the foggy, foggy, dew.
2020hindsight said:Just an old song m8- even predates the BB'ers lol.
http://www.contemplator.com/ireland/fogyfogy.html
PS this site has the tune :- ( but different words)
http://www.contemplator.com/ireland/foggy.html
PS my son is at uni - flatting with "friends" - gotta feeling it's a "wild life sanctuary" as wellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory An allegory (from Greek ἄλλος, "other", and ἀγορεύειν, agoreuein, "to speak in public") is a figurative mode of representation conveying a meaning other than the literal.
Not really interested mate, as you've (again Royal You, not just 'you' you) already illustrated in the majority of the posts in this thread, not only are you willing to take the perceived 'advantage' that you begrudge the Baby Boomer, you are prepered to go much much further.. to the point where you would gleefully accept gain at the expense of others, all the better at thier misery.chops_a_must said:I don't have much sympathy for anyone stupid enough to be buying a home right now or for the last few years. And at the end of the day, I'll only be screwing people over that have been screwing my friends over.
Buster said:Not really interested mate, as you've (again Royal You, not just 'you' you) already illustrated in the majority of the posts in this thread, not only are you willing to take the perceived 'advantage' that you begrudge the Baby Boomer, you are prepered to go much much further.. to the point where you would gleefully accept gain at the expense of others, all the better at thier misery.
However, I guess that is the point of being 'young'.. lacking the wisdom or emotional development normally associated with adults, or not yet having attained the perfection of a later, or fully developed, style.
Personally some of the attitude in this thread sickens me..
Again, let me point out that I'm NOT old enough to be labelled as a Baby Boomer, and thankfully I also dont fit into, nor subscribe to the poisonous and vengeful view of some of the 'younger' posters in this forum who believe they are owed everything having contributed nothing.
Buster.
Before Buster or any other person wants to go on another bashing, tell me where in this thread I have actually said that my generation has had it harder than anyone elses? In fact I've said that the baby boomers will be pretty badly off. I haven't begrudged anyone anything.chops_a_must said:I think the baby boomers will actually end up one of the most destitute generations in retirement. Most will have to sell their homes and assets to fund their nursing home living. And given the choice of baby boomers to elect a party that has torn the nursing home sector up, they will end up having to pay exorbitant fees for their own care. We already have massive shortages in the aged care sector, and this is without the largest demographic group in society being retired.
chops_a_must said:And investing is a zero sum game. For someone to win, someone has to lose. And I certainly do not plan to be one in the flock.
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