
Originally Posted by
Dark Lord Al

Originally Posted by
ryanman

Originally Posted by
Dark Lord Al

Originally Posted by
Bilbo

Originally Posted by
Dark Lord Al

Originally Posted by
Bilbo
I think people are too quick to blame Amir for everything.
It was Sky who backed out of the PPV in what I believe to be an unprecedented decision and he and his team decided that they weren't happy with Sky's behaviour and chose to go to Primetime instead.
He's lost money as a result so I guess it was a principled decision on his part.
I think the terrestial companies in the UK are shit for boxing generally repeatedly snubbing fighters, most notable Carl Froch.
The best scenario would be if the Primetime card does better than expected and they start to establish themselves as a genuine alternative.
Fuck Sky and their costly subscription services. Anything that would break the stranglehold of Rupert Murdoch's empire would be very welcome.
I like Murdoch and admire him , his Sky subscription is reasonable in my opinion , £65 per month for HD. Whats expensive about that ?
haha that made me lol.
Only heavy hitters like Preme and his national average wage
or myself on taxpayers fundings could afford such an extravagance.
Times are changing , the tide is turning , the revolution is going to happen , and if you do nothing you will get nothing, and you will also get no pity.
He will get pity from me. I'm happy to pay my taxes to help the less fortunate, and so are lots of other people. So there will be no revolution -or if there is it won't be of the type you expect.
Can I plump your cushion Bilbo?

Well if you and your do gooder friends want to pay a bit more , then I dont have to give anything , then its fine by me.
Actually I'm very much looking forward to the reforms myself.
I know people on here have assumed that I don't work because I don't want to but that's actually not the case.
I have taken part time work before but was told to stop it because it would invalidate my health status.
Currently I am declared permanently unfit for work due to extensive lung damage. This isn't like a bad back that I can fake it's literally that I have pulmonary fibrosis of the lungs, a permanent and progressive condition that once started gives an average life expectancy of five years. You should google it.
Anyway the problem for me is that in taking part time work I automatically get put onto a three month back to work trial where after three months of working part time I would get an interview to see whether I could go into full time work.
Because of the effects of lung disease on the whole body I could never support myself full time as I wouldn't be fit enough to work the 40 hours needed to be fully financially independent.
Hence why I was told by the benefits office not to take the job. I had accepted a 16 hour a week car delivery job. The manager of the car firm was prepared to accomodate my needs and allow me to work 16 hours, and I wanted to do it, but unfortunately the system isn't particularly well set up at present and penalises those who do want to try and work.
Under the new legislation I will hopefully be supported and encouraged to work without the pressure of losing benefits if I take a job.
To automatically assume that everyone sick is trying to cheat their way out of having to do anything is very desparaging of a lot of people. Clearly it is the case for some, but a lot of people in this world genuinely have had serious illnesses and are suffering as a result.
My own battle with cancer was as serious as it gets. I was given six months to live in 2000 and told that my disease was probably terminal as my lung damage was too severe to continue treatment and I had spent 6 weeks in isolation with pneumonia and septeciama.
I am very self deprecating by nature and don't always present myself in the best light but physically I have been through more than you can imagine and will hopefully ever have to endure.
It is pretty wretched and unfair what happened to me and it's not like this is the life I would have chosen for myself but we are dealt the cards of life and must cope as best we can.
Anyway this is too serious a posting for me so I am going back to annoying Miles..
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