A Very Private Gentleman wrote:
Mail Member 4 Colchester says...

Hello i will be as eloquent as possible and explain a little further i will admit i could not work out which bit of the above post was supportive or sarcastic.
I came out into the real world some years ago and gave up a gold plated pension from the so called public sector and a hefty lump sum to care for elderly parents.
In the process i ran a small business from home to make ends meet, Carer allowance then was £50 per week and it hardly set my world on fire.
I think the term Public Sector is a too loose application: Pol Fire Amb NHS staff and even the grubby jobs like the thunderbird 6 lads the Bin Men are the front liners.
What does cheese me off is the backside shiners who really take advantage with the man/woman flu:
There are quite a few bin men that know me and one or two get a bottle of Castellano red out of me when the man in the red coat is normally flying around with the white beard.
I am not very good with pen pushers who bemoan their lot.
Now what I will say is that since 2008 we have all been in a horrific recession through no fault of anyone around here.
nevertheless the public sector have had he cheques in the bank, where as I have had to fret over where to find £60 per week for Poll Tax before I can out food on the table.
I have to sit and listen to public sector wingers on married couples combined salaries of £70,000 per year at dinner parties, when there is the likes of the rank and file living on peanuts.
One of them who has just had a promotion and a hefty pay rise, bemoaned the government stating they were not getting enough.
Its those and the like that irritate me, and that plays up with my ulcer.
Some of the front liners should be paid more and the back room boys should be getting less if that is any consolation to any of my robust comments.
There is an old saying from the war for every one on the front line there were ten in the back.
As for my remarks about the scientists its a family thing i have to sit there and be brain washed by all the wannabe Brian Cox's in the blood line.
I just open a bottle of castellano and think of more happier times like the 70's.
All the best 4
Jack Edwards :-)