No known cure for stupidity!!!

stalebread

A local family only pay interest only on their mortgage. I could understand that if below wasn't happening.

Eat lunch out every Sunday.
3-4 sky subscriptions in the house.
Each has a car.
Yet one of them only works and p/t at that.
Always looking for new tv's, stoves etc

Crazy mixed up priorities IMO a roof over your head is more important than the discovery channels. I find it hard to disagree with banks telling people to cancel sky get rid of a dog etc

What examples do you know, of people with screwed up priorities in your opinion?

Hotfail.com

Oh they're going to love this in here....

Reformed Character

stalebread wrote: »

A local family only pay interest only on their mortgage. I could understand that if below wasn't happening.

Eat lunch out every Sunday.
3-4 sky subscriptions in the house.
Each has a car.
Yet one of them only works and p/t at that.
Always looking for new tv's, stoves etc

Crazy mixed up priorities IMO a roof over your head is more important than the discovery channels. I find it hard to disagree with banks telling people to cancel sky get rid of a dog etc

What examples do you know, of people with screwed up priorities in your opinion?

Jealous much, OP?:p

alchemist33

They don't seem stupid at all...

Slicemeister

Why didn't you put it back in the breadbin OP?

Smidge

What business is it of yours Op what they spend their money on?
Maybe you should go out and like "do stuff" rather than curtain twitching.
Much better for you in the long run.

stalebread

Smidge wrote: »

What business is it of yours Op what they spend their money on?
Maybe you should go out and like "do stuff" rather than curtain twitching.
Much better for you in the long run.

I do plenty of stuff when I have bills paid etc don't be making foolish presumptions

Sir Arthur Daley

They need the sky now to watch the gaa matches.

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoXYTHlWXvQ

dundalkfc10

stalebread wrote: »

A local family only pay interest only on their mortgage. I could understand that if below wasn't happening.

Eat lunch out every Sunday.
3-4 sky subscriptions in the house.
Each has a car.
Yet one of them only works and p/t at that.
Always looking for new tv's, stoves etc

Crazy mixed up priorities IMO a roof over your head is more important than the discovery channels. I find it hard to disagree with banks telling people to cancel sky get rid of a dog etc

What examples do you know, of people with screwed up priorities in your opinion?

You only need 1 sky subscription with multi room....FAIL

Nodin

stalebread wrote: »

A local family only pay interest only on their mortgage. I could understand that if below wasn't happening.

Eat lunch out every Sunday.
3-4 sky subscriptions in the house.
Each has a car.
Yet one of them only works and p/t at that.
Always looking for new tv's, stoves etc

Crazy mixed up priorities IMO a roof over your head is more important than the discovery channels. I find it hard to disagree with banks telling people to cancel sky get rid of a dog etc

What examples do you know, of people with screwed up priorities in your opinion?

Why would somebody need 3 or 4 subscriptions in the one house?

stalebread

Nodin wrote: »

Why would somebody need 3 or 4 subscriptions in the one house?

Each of them pay to have their own sub. In bedroom aswll as kitchen and sitting room not multiroom I don't know why

Hotfail.com

stalebread wrote: »

Each of them pay to have their own sub. In bedroom aswll as kitchen and sitting room not multiroom I don't know why

....how do you know?

Nodin

stalebread wrote: »

Each of them pay to have their own sub. In bedroom aswll as kitchen and sitting room not multiroom I don't know why

Right. And how do you know this?

FearDark

I bet they got their washing machine off the social too Joe.

Lapin

Scientists will discover a cure for cancer, ebola, and stupidity long before a remedy for begrudging nosey threads on Boards will ever be found.

porsche959

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoXYTHlWXvQ

At the precise time he made this speech he was getting his massive debt to AIB written off.

stalebread

Hotfail.com wrote: »

....how do you know?

I know them they told me

dmc17

stalebread wrote: »

I know them they told me

They probably made it up to see how long it would take you to post it here

KERSPLAT!

stalebread wrote: »

I know them they told me

Why would someone pay for 4 when you only need one. Go on away outta that

metroburgers

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Why would someone pay for 4 when you only need one. Go on away outta that

Bait for a good thread on boards.ie :pac:

Micky Dolenz

Well, a friend of my was down the social recently telling your wan he couldn't sign on for the next month as he was to be away on a months trip to Thailand. He was just back from India, the same lad. I heard the social give him a few bob to make sure he wouldn't be left short on his trip.

Frank Lee Midere

What's stupid about that family. They save on payments. House will never be reposssed. Gubins the tax payer who is paying a non tracker is paying for it. That's who is the idiot here.

Quazzie

The good people of AH really living down to their reputation by standing up for dole scroungers.

BikeQueery

Let me guess, you know this from talking to them, pretending to be friendly to their faces and then going off talking about them behind their backs.
They can pay whatever they like and it's none of your business. Look after your own affairs and keep your mouth shut about other people's.

SimonTemplar

stalebread wrote: »

A local family only pay interest only on their mortgage. I could understand that if below wasn't happening.

Eat lunch out every Sunday.
3-4 sky subscriptions in the house.
Each has a car.
Yet one of them only works and p/t at that.
Always looking for new tv's, stoves etc

Crazy mixed up priorities IMO a roof over your head is more important than the discovery channels. I find it hard to disagree with banks telling people to cancel sky get rid of a dog etc

What examples do you know, of people with screwed up priorities in your opinion?

People spending €3000-4000 a year on cigarettes and then claiming they don't have enough money for food, heat, rent.

dundalkfc10

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Why would someone pay for 4 when you only need one. Go on away outta that

Exactly 4 sky subscriptions at €65 is €260 a month
1 sky subscription with multroom would be no more than €100

Im sure each member are paying €65 instead of €20 each month

What a load of ****e the OP has posted

stalebread

BikeQueery wrote: »

Let me guess, you know this from talking to them, pretending to be friendly to their faces and then going off talking about them behind their backs.
They can pay whatever they like and it's none of your business. Look after your own affairs and keep your mouth shut about other people's.

Touched a nerve have I?? I thought this was a forum for expressing an opinion I have done that and if you don't like it not my problem. They volunteered info . I did not go seeking it. And I made my opinion clear to them. Who are you to be telling anyone to shut up

stalebread

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Exactly 4 sky subscriptions at €65 is €260 a month
1 sky subscription with multroom would be no more than €100

Im sure each member are paying €65 instead of €20 each month

What a load of ****e the OP has posted

They all pay separately out of there own bank a/c is it that hard to understand ?

Pumpkinseeds

OP, how can you possibly agree with people having to get rid of a pet because their mortgage provider wants the money the owner spends on the pet? You do realise that most dogs/cats surrendered to pounds are killed after a week don't you?

Smidge

stalebread wrote: »

I do plenty of stuff when I have bills paid etc don't be making foolish presumptions

In all fairness if you did do plenty of things other than minding what other people do with their money, it probably would mean that you wouldn't have the time to spend thinking about other people's business. And certainly not enough time to go to the trouble of starting a thread about it.

stalebread

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

OP, how can you possibly agree with people having to get rid of a pet because their mortgage provider wants the money the owner spends on the pet? You do realise that most dogs/cats surrendered to pounds are destroyed after a week don't you?

I doesn't have to be given to a pound necessarily people can find a good home in a variety of ways. Wasn't advocating having the animal destroyed.
On mortgage point people should take personal responsibility for their debts no one forced them to take on a mortgage

Smidge

Quazzie wrote: »

The good people of AH really living down to their reputation by standing up for dole scroungers.

Eh, who said they were on the dole??
But work away. .......

stalebread

Smidge wrote: »

In all fairness if you did do plenty of things other than minding what other people do with their money, it probably would mean that you wouldn't have the time to spend thinking about other people's business. And certainly not enough time to go to the trouble of starting a thread about it.

If u done anything at all you wouldn't have the time to worry about what I'm worried about and post replies would you

Micky Dolenz

Quazzie wrote: »

The good people of AH really living down to their reputation by standing up for dole scroungers.

Who called them dole scroungers?

Oh, you just did.

AlekSmart

stalebread wrote: »

I doesn't have to be given to a pound necessarily people can find a good home in a variety of ways. Wasn't advocating having the animal destroyed.
On mortgage point people should take personal responsibility for their debts no one forced them to take on a mortgage

Worse still...I'll wager they are all going to take several baths per day EACH,from January !

You better find some other aspect of your life to surrender so that you'll be able to pay for those as well....:(

Smidge

stalebread wrote: »

If u done anything at all you wouldn't have the time to worry about what I'm worried about and post replies would you

MUST. RESIST. TEMPTATION.

stalebread

Smidge wrote: »

MUST. RESIST. TEMPTATION.

See thread title

Smidge

stalebread wrote: »

See thread title

Please, I'm begging you Op, for the love of Mike.
You're killin' me here :.D

Interest only for now and principal later, you mean?

Smidge

bluewolf wrote: »

Interest only for now and principal later, you mean?

*adopts sinister Soviet accent*

NO....Pay all now!
Do not eat foodz or view evil picture box in EACH room of dwellingz.
We have zee spy in ze area watching Every. Move. Zat. You. Make (zis include carvery luncheons)

*obligatory stroke of white cat*

Duiske

91572022 wrote:

On mortgage point people should take personal responsibility for their debts no one forced them to take on a mortge

They are paying their mortgage, albeit only the interest portion. Have they told you, in the indepth discussions you appear to have with them about their personnel affairs, that they have no intention of ever paying off the capital ? The bank are taking interest only on this mortgage, so I assume they have no problem with the arrangement. Why do you have more of an issue with it than the lender ?

Manc Red

Don't hate the player, hate the system.

I've seen many examples of stupidity. It's all too common in Ireland. It still baffles me how when people are piss poor/on the dole, yet they still decide to go out every night.

Quazzie

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Who called them dole scroungers?

Oh, you just did.

Smidge wrote: »

Eh, who said they were on the dole??
But work away. .......

4 living in a house. Only one works. Logic would dictate that the rest are on the dole. If they are using said dole to pay for cars and luxury items like Sky and cars as opposed to paying off their debts then that would make them dole scroungers.

osarusan

I think that James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA with Michael Crick, said a few years ago that certain genes 'carried' stupidity and could be identified and modified. So there may actually be a cure (more of a prevention really) for stupidity.

Once, someone asked me how I thought her neighbour could afford a nice new leather jacket.

This thread reminds me of that.

OP, live your life, let everyone else get on with theirs.

AlekSmart

osarusan wrote: »

I think that James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA with Michael Crick, said a few years ago that certain genes 'carried' stupidity and could be identified and modified. So there may actually be a cure (more of a prevention really) for stupidity.

WHAT !!!....fantastic news,and at just the right time in our history too.

If we can engineer two positions in An Bord Úisce for these boys,then the problem can be solved PDQ.....My late fathers opinion that "Putting something in the Water" would solve many issues may well become reality...HALLEUJAH ! ..Praise The LORD :eek: :eek:

AlekSmart

Candie wrote: »

Once, someone asked me how I thought her neighbour could afford a nice new leather jacket.

This thread reminds me of that.

OP, live your life, let everyone else get on with theirs.

But,but,....Candie...that's far easier when you're not having to PAY so much to fund "everyone else's" lifestyle,particularly when their version of it far exceeds yours in terms of excess

stalebread

bluewolf wrote: »

Interest only for now and principal later, you mean?

Yep

AlekSmart

AlekSmart wrote: »

But,but,....Candie...that's far easier when you're not having to PAY so much to fund "everyone else's" lifestyle,particularly when their version of it far exceeds yours in terms of excess

Are they on the dole?

I don't see it mentioned in the OP.

stalebread

Candie wrote: »

Once, someone asked me how I thought her neighbour could afford a nice new leather jacket.

This thread reminds me of that.

OP, live your life, let everyone else get on with theirs.

I do as you can see have account here few years very few posts. Just boils my blood the sense of entitlement
Surely shelter is a no.1 priority
And saving to pay off the principal instead of possibly losing the house.