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    • GilesG
      Giles
      IHUK Crew
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      I'm so close to banning any potential "member" who tries to register with a .pl domain name, I'm getting sick and tired of deleting/banning/not accepting the bastards…..Poland appears to be spambot heaven....

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • DionD
        Dion
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        They learned from their new best friends from the US ;).

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        • M
          Maynard Friedman
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          @Anesthetist:

          @Chris:

          Lol.  Call me when your student loan payments are 80% of your mortgage payments.

          I pay well over 150% of my mortgage in student loan payments….

          I'm waiting for someone from Detroit to chime in and reveal that their student loan is 50,000% of their (admittedly virtually non-existent) mortgage!

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          • CutlasshoundC
            Cutlasshound
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            Fucking south west trains. Done fourteen hour days the last three days on the trot. Finally leave work at a reasonable time and all my trains are cancelled for the next hour. [emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35]

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            I ain't got time to bleed.

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            • chiverusC
              chiverus
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              Could it be worse?
              http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/shortcuts/2015/jan/13/late-arrival-brighton-to-london-victoria-southern-britains-worst-train

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              • CutlasshoundC
                Cutlasshound
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                @chiverus:

                Could it be worse?
                http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/shortcuts/2015/jan/13/late-arrival-brighton-to-london-victoria-southern-britains-worst-train

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                Indeed!

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                I ain't got time to bleed.

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                • BobB
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                  Moving to Ireland? Good call, and also difficult. I have had friends who wanted to do the same but couldn't get a visa. Enjoy.

                  @TrickHell:

                  We thought we had a house in Ireland, but then the people in there decided to stay and their rent is government subsidized, so it's basically impossible to get them out.

                  Fawk.

                  It's not really the end of the world or anything. I just thought we had the last stressful part of our move sorted. House was a great deal, too, right on the water. Oh well. Shit happens.

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                  • FinksterF
                    Finkster
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                    In the past the Irish moved to the U.S.    😉

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                    • JCMx800J
                      JCMx800
                      Raw and Unwashed
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                      Nothing to do at work:

                      Xena is the most stupid show ever.

                      Les Paul -> ProCo Rat -> Super HardOn -> JCM800 Low Input
                      XXX

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                      • DionD
                        Dion
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                        …haven't watched TV in a long time... but I don't think I'm missing something though :).

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                        • BobB
                          Bob
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                          And the thanks received is that US persons have an hell of a time returning to Ireland.

                          @Finkster:

                          In the past the Irish moved to the U.S.    😉

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                          • GraemeG
                            Graeme
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                            I've just been looking at the rental application form for one of the Australian letting agents. The information it asks for includes:

                            • Driving licence details

                            • The car you own

                            • Passport details

                            • Current and previous employment details

                            • Current and previous landlord, and whether your deposit / bond was refunded

                            • A business reference

                            • A personal reference

                            • A reference from a relative

                            I'm wanting to rent a place, not buy it. I didn't expect some sort of Spanish Inquisition!

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                            • BobB
                              Bob
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                              I can relate, but from a different angle:  I own a house in Washington DC, which is now a rental property. Letting a house to a tenant in DC is tantamount to getting married, such are the laws so heavily weighted against landlords. As a DC landlord, if one makes a bad or incompletely informed decision about a tenant, he is literally stuck with that tenant for life.

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                              • GraemeG
                                Graeme
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                                Here in Oz it's a short term contract, initially six to twelve months, and limited security for the tenant.

                                The local property market, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne, is screwed up. There are a number of tax breaks for landlords that allow rental losses to be written off against salary (negative gearing), and a reduced rate for capital gains if an asset is held for over a year. That seems to be channelling significant amount of money into housing, which is pushing up prices. It's probably not going to end well.

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                                • S
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                                  @Graeme:

                                  I've just been looking at the rental application form for one of the Australian letting agents. The information it asks for includes:

                                  • Driving licence details

                                  • The car you own

                                  • Passport details

                                  • Current and previous employment details

                                  • Current and previous landlord, and whether your deposit / bond was refunded

                                  • A business reference

                                  • A personal reference

                                  • A reference from a relative

                                  I'm wanting to rent a place, not buy it. I didn't expect some sort of Spanish Inquisition!

                                  it's pretty horrible. the last 3 places i've stayed in have been bro-deals - living with friends or partners. if i'm forced to get a place on my own in the future it'll be a real struggle w/o real landlord references

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                                  • BobB
                                    Bob
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                                    "Gold, Jerry. Gold!"

                                    @TrickHell:

                                    @Bob:

                                    Moving to Ireland? Good call, and also difficult. I have had friends who wanted to do the same but couldn't get a visa. Enjoy.

                                    @TrickHell:

                                    We thought we had a house in Ireland, but then the people in there decided to stay and their rent is government subsidized, so it's basically impossible to get them out.

                                    Fawk.

                                    It's not really the end of the world or anything. I just thought we had the last stressful part of our move sorted. House was a great deal, too, right on the water. Oh well. Shit happens.

                                    My wife is an EU citizen, so it's significantly easier for me than most.

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                                    • BobB
                                      Bob
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                                      I have found it most revealing to talk with not the last landlord, but the two previous landlords to that. The most recent landlord is sometimes trying to get rid of them (their current tenant) and a glowing reference is a step toward that.

                                      @TrickHell:

                                      I feel like references are the easiest part about getting an apartment. I mean, seriously, how will they know your last "landlord" is really just your mate talking about how great of a tenant you were?

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                                      • GilesG
                                        Giles
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                                        I've had enough and sorry if you are a proper Pole, but we are being hit continually by Polish spambots, or at least spambots with the .pl TLD

                                        I got radical, if you try and register and you email addy has a TLD of .pl , you will be denied access…

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        • SeulS
                                          Seul
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                                          A shame - I love poles…

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                                          • S
                                            Snowy
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                                            ^My mate's Mrs is a school teacher and pole dancer :o

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