>>>>>>>>>>>>Don't you guys over in the USA fear for your very lives every time you drive? On all the US movies it seems that as soon as a US car hits anything else it immediately bursts into flames.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>This even extends to non motor vehicles. In an episode of the Simpsons once, during a street go-cart race with Bart, one of the carts crashed and burst into flames, even though there were no combustibles on board.
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>>>>>>>>>>>Right before our cars burst into flames we run over a fruit cart, sending pedestrians scattering.
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>>>>>>>>>>>And whenever we witness something upsetting we throw up.
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>>>>>>>>>>Don't forget we only drive mini coopers so we can prepare for our next bank robbery... :o)
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>>>>>>>>>I loved that movie. Supposedly the original of "The Italian Job" was even better but I liked the modern just fine. The line I can't forget was spoken by Donald Sutherland to Mark Wahlberg: "Find someone you want to spend the rest of your life with and never let them go."
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>>>>>>>>Isn't the classic line from that movie (the orig and ONLY), which everyone quotes: "You were ownly suppowsed to blow the bladdy doooors off!"
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>>>>>>>>>Charlize Theron hauling a** in her Mini like Danica Patrick did strain credibility, but I didn't mind ;-)
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>>>>>>>>>Have you seen "Ocean's 11"? Kind of similar.
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>>>>>>>I'm worried that anyone could like the remake of the Italian Job.
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>>>>>>>Next they'll be telling me the remake of Get Carter was good.
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>>>>>>Or that Steve Martin made a credible Bilko, FGS!
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>>>>>>>How're you anyway.?
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>>>>>>Not to bad, thanks. Getting a bit money-worried now though.
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>>>>>>And you?
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>>>>>Still working but doubting the green shoots very much and wondering how to cover my back. Not seeing any signs of recovery here.
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>>>>Didn't get an interview for that Brighton Council "Performance Analyst" job. Looking at anything that involves "IT skills" now.
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>>>Any chance of getting some training ? I know you didnb't work for a while and then had a short job. That may still leave you eligible for some sort of training package as you may not count as a new claim
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>>None been offered or hinted at yet. More stick than carrot at the Jobcentre nowadays. Anyway, what sort of training? IT skills? I've taught that myself :-)
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>Yes but its also that getting into some sort of training gets them off your back and you can carry on looking for work anyway. Plus you may aget some new skills.

True. But there was no mention of training at the recent "back to work" seminar - noticeably now at 6 weeks rather than 6 mths.