tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814370955971388269.post3534609245572360229..comments2023-05-28T10:31:12.646+01:00Comments on A Daddy Longlegs Is Not A Father: Top Austerity TipsAlihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390007600095760777noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814370955971388269.post-49288709970801215412011-12-01T00:01:35.926+00:002011-12-01T00:01:35.926+00:00Brilliant, so it's unanimous - for the next si...Brilliant, so it's unanimous - for the next six years all right thinking people in the UK will dress like this! <br /><br />(The office was warm today, but too quiet - except for when the demo was on and I could hear distant bagpipes and shouting.. Reason enough for me to join a union, I think, quite aside from the whole supporting the action thing.)Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390007600095760777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814370955971388269.post-51179961086756450042011-11-30T17:17:06.300+00:002011-11-30T17:17:06.300+00:00Ha! I'm sitting in my dressing gown with a bla...Ha! I'm sitting in my dressing gown with a blanket wrapped around me as I type this! (I am wearing jeans and a Thin Lizzy t-shirt too as I have to keep up my standards!) I'm proud to be striking today but it would have been warmer in the office...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814370955971388269.post-31704541567261471442011-11-30T16:30:53.301+00:002011-11-30T16:30:53.301+00:00that's when I graduated too! I thought it was ...that's when I graduated too! I thought it was hard then, what with taking 6 months to find a job, but I really feel for people graduating now... Good work on the dressing gown/jeans combo, all the cool kids are doing it! ;)Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390007600095760777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814370955971388269.post-60908301761288663622011-11-30T15:36:39.782+00:002011-11-30T15:36:39.782+00:00My husband was fortunate to find a job based in an...My husband was fortunate to find a job based in another country that he could work at from this country a year ago, so the need for austerity has mercifully lessened its grip on our household, but when we graduated (just as the recession started in 2008) it was a different story. I'm still in austerity mode with some things so this made me smile... I'm wearing my dressing gown over the top of one of my 2-for-£25 pairs of DP jeans as I type!Chloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00183206722136871230noreply@blogger.com