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Stuff that benefits during a recession

Darkbloom · 2009-04-16 18:47:26

* Radio talk shows - more people at home to call in, a plethora of loudmouths willing to talk about how dem Nigerians in the mansion next door claim €20,000 a week off the DSFA, while eating swans. * Scapegoating - the Poles! the Chinese! the US! the teachers! * Smugness - "ahahahaha I saved my communion money and put it…

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#52 20-04-2009 1:05pm

Capt'n Midnight

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kearnsr wrote: »

Its a dead end job

Become a grave digger instead. On your first day at work they put you in charge of over 400 people.

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#53 20-04-2009 1:08pm

Mr.Lizard

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useful_contacts wrote: »

ebay- people selling everything they have

Amen to this. You can almost feel the desperation from the sellers and the lack of competition from other bidders. Win-win for a buyer like me.

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#54 20-04-2009 2:30pm

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mukki wrote: »

mechanics! You can't buy or sell a car so you have to get it serviced or repaired.

Not true I'm afraid.

I was talking to my own mechanic last week and he told me things had gone very quite. Reason being, that people who used to always service the car every 10k miles are now letting it go 20k or 30k before bringing it in. Or possibly just waiting untill it breaks down.

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