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    in The General Nonsense Forum

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    8 hours ago, ICTChris said:

    The Wall Street Journal has an article about the rise of the UK as an offshoring location for American businesses.  Basically, incomes have stagnated so much that American firms are looking to utilise what for the UK are high end jobs but come at half the salary of the US.  Illustration here

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    I have actually looked into this, if I moved to the USA and did the exact same job I do here I’d be earning around double my salary.

     

    The wage and wealth gap between the UK and the US is a big black pill. It also wouldn’t all be taken up with paying for health insurance, as the US has much lower taxes. If the UK was a US state then we would be the poorest, ranking alongside Mississippi.

    I did something kind of similar and moved from Glasgow to Gent in Belgium. For the exact same job at the same company I got effectively a £10,000 pay rise. I pay a lot more in tax coming straight out my pay check. But for example my rent in what is the most expensive city in Belgium is slightly less than in West end of Glasgow and much less than in Edinburgh. On top of that I don't pay any local equivalent to council tax (I guess that just comes straight my salary). Some things (like eating out but not alcohol) are more expensive here but I still think I easily have more money at the end of the month here. And if I was in neighbouring countries like the Netherlands or Germany I think it would be even better.

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    The Very Meh Humza Yousaf Thread.

    in The Politics Forum

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    1 hour ago, Blue Brazil Forever said:

     

    Perhaps you should think about it. There are too many other examples  of short term and long term SG deceit and contempt. There is a thread on here " Tory Lies, Corruption and Hypocrisy - Add them here. "  Maybe  someone should  start a new thread on Scottish Government (SNP/Greens) Lies, Corruption and Hypocrisy.

    If it is the case that they have been overstating Scottish wind energy potential. Then yes maybe that is a an issue.

    If as seems to be the case the wind energy in other European countries is greater than previously estimated. Then this a complete non issue for me. Far more serious things to get worked up about.

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    SHOW US YOUR DOGS!

    in The General Nonsense Forum

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    On 10/10/2023 at 08:18, 54_and_counting said:

    So Basil is having slight separation issues from me and the missus, yesterday when she went to work while i was in work, he attacked the carpet on the stairs to the point he ripped a bit up and attacked the underlay lol

    This was while my 18yo son was in his room, Basil clearly forgot about him and panicked cause we weren't in, tbh its a lot of our fault as when we first got him we luckily (or so we thought at the time) had annual leave from our works, i had a week off on two separate occasions in his first 5 weeks with us, so he's pretty much came to his new home with us two being there 

    Not really sure how to try sort this for him now, any pointers would be greatly appreciated if anyone had went through same issues before

    We practised leaving her alone in a room for a period of time. Gradually increasing the amount of time that we went away. 
    Even if we were still in the flat. Just so she knew that even if she was left alone we would eventually come back.

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    SHOW US YOUR DOGS!

    in The General Nonsense Forum

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    8 hours ago, RH33 said:

    Anyone elses dog eat grass and then regurgitate grass balls?! Apparently grass is just tasty and it's not a sign they need be sick. Which is what I always believed.

    Mine does that when she is hungry. Also after she has been sick she sometimes does it. As said above a sign of a sore stomach

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    What is the point of Labour ?

    in The Politics Forum

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    1 hour ago, ScotiaNostra said:

    Scotland must be ranking high on the most shit public transport options of any european country. 

    Not even close. Expensive yes ok, it is far too expensive compared to others but there are many countries which have far worse for levels of services

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    Russian invasion of Ukraine

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    13 minutes ago, Dundee Hibernian said:

    I'm not going to argue with you, history will tell us if this is indeed the case: the point I was making concerns the media, and looking around newspaper and other media sites today, it looks like they don't want to report on this in any detail or at all. 

    If it's a big lie/forgery that Putin is pushing, I thought someone would come out very quickly and refute this on the Western side, and it would be covered in major news sites. 

    This isn't a new conspiracy

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