it's spelt knobs
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( Soggy, Sun 5 Apr 2009, 0:31, 1 reply)

Soggy, Nobs is valid in this context, a contraction of nobility.

And i_mustnt_panic, fair play to for expressing a point of view, *and* having the courage to recognise you might have been wrong.

You have some valid points, but I'd have to maintain that £6K is actually not much. Touching a nerve here, but it could be your kid's university fund, carefully scraped together over years or decades; definitely not intended to be forcibly blown on living expenses, as if a punishment for living within your means and plannign for the future.

Even my obsolete halifax shares (issued not bought) have been previously assigned a ridiculously optimistic cash value, and used to deny me help. Of course if I'd cashed them in earleir and blown the money on cigarettes and alcohol, I'd have qualified easily. Fair?

edit: Sorry if I rant, but I'm still sore about loosing a chunk of carefully saved cash. I've spent multiple-thousands of hours in shitty dead-end retail, carefully putting aside money while I could. I'll likely never be able to replace it now, all becasue of a bad employer and an arbitrary number.
(The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Sun 5 Apr 2009, 1:26, closed)