If you provide us with some figures, we'll be able to judge that contention for ourselves.Joey Stewart wrote:I am pretty sure there are single mothers who 'earn' more then I do in full time employment.
Paid and unpaid disparity
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Plenty of statistics here, (with proper source references just to please Justin). It's not a picnic being a single mother.JustinHorton wrote:If you provide us with some figures, we'll be able to judge that contention for ourselves.Joey Stewart wrote:I am pretty sure there are single mothers who 'earn' more then I do in full time employment.
https://gingerbread.org.uk/content/365/Statistics#
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JustinHorton wrote:If you provide us with some figures, we'll be able to judge that contention for ourselves.Joey Stewart wrote:I am pretty sure there are single mothers who 'earn' more then I do in full time employment.
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Or a single father I see I am a 1 in 10PeterFarr wrote:Plenty of statistics here, (with proper source references just to please Justin). It's not a picnic being a single mother.
https://gingerbread.org.uk/content/365/Statistics#
Interesting stats though
I wouldn't want a discount at my chess club just because I'm a single parent - we do have a problem, in the sense that most members at Bury don't pay full subs because they are retired/unwaged/juniors, but we don't have a shortage of club funds due to years of hard work raising them running Rapidplays
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Yes, sorry; underlines how easy it is to stereotype.Mick Norris wrote:
Or a single father I see I am a 1 in 10
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I believe my mother used to be National Secretary of that organisation.PeterFarr wrote:Plenty of statistics here, (with proper source references just to please Justin). It's not a picnic being a single mother.JustinHorton wrote:If you provide us with some figures, we'll be able to judge that contention for ourselves.Joey Stewart wrote:I am pretty sure there are single mothers who 'earn' more then I do in full time employment.
https://gingerbread.org.uk/content/365/Statistics#
"Do you play chess?"
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lostontime.blogspot.com
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That's ok Peter, I know being a parent is hard work for nearly everyone, whatever their situationPeterFarr wrote:Yes, sorry; underlines how easy it is to stereotype.Mick Norris wrote:
Or a single father I see I am a 1 in 10
I don't take Joey seriously
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It's always amazed me how controversial chess club annual subs can be. Usually we are discussing sums of about £50 PER YEAR! People will violently oppose a £5 increase, adjourn to the pub and spend twice as much on drinks in ONE EVENING. If anyone, single mothers included, is agonising over paying £15 (discount) or £45 to cover a whole year, they must be suffering such hardship that luxuries such as chess club membership should be out of the question.
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I've always thought chess players are a stingy lot. Maybe that just comes from watching many of them, when i was a kid, poor over books at congress stalls and not buying anything.Paul Habershon wrote:It's always amazed me how controversial chess club annual subs can be. Usually we are discussing sums of about £50 PER YEAR! People will violently oppose a £5 increase, adjourn to the pub and spend twice as much on drinks in ONE EVENING. If anyone, single mothers included, is agonising over paying £15 (discount) or £45 to cover a whole year, they must be suffering such hardship that luxuries such as chess club membership should be out of the question.
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i shouldnt have typed what i did
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Joshua Gibbs wrote:theres some single mother at Atticus in Liverpool who earns more than men, laughs at a player with learning difficulties, called me and others names behind their backs and thinks there is nothing wrong with her beaviour. This creature gets given more than the men she criticizes and has money from a divorce. But of course she will get a reduced rated.Joey Stewart wrote:I am pretty sure there are single mothers who 'earn' more then I do in full time employment.
In all seriousness if I never read another name-free and evidence-free anecdote about Atticus from this poster it'll be far too soon.Joshua Gibbs wrote:Its got nothing to do with Atticus mate. I was browsing their site because I like reading itJonathan Bryant wrote:I think you should get over your Atticus issues and move on.Joshua Gibbs wrote:what does everyone else think?
Atticus is just an example....
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That's quite an apposite typo in the circumstancesMark Ashley wrote:I've always thought chess players are a stingy lot. Maybe that just comes from watching many of them, when i was a kid, poor over books at congress stalls and not buying anything.Paul Habershon wrote:It's always amazed me how controversial chess club annual subs can be. Usually we are discussing sums of about £50 PER YEAR! People will violently oppose a £5 increase, adjourn to the pub and spend twice as much on drinks in ONE EVENING. If anyone, single mothers included, is agonising over paying £15 (discount) or £45 to cover a whole year, they must be suffering such hardship that luxuries such as chess club membership should be out of the question.
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Only one Atticus female player listed on the ECF grading database.theres some single mother at Atticus in Liverpool who earns more than men, laughs at a player with learning difficulties, called me and others names behind their backs and thinks there is nothing wrong with her beaviour. This creature gets given more than the men she criticizes and has money from a divorce. But of course she will get a reduced rated.
If I were you I would be a little more careful about the possible legal consequences of your posts.
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I played Natasha in the 4NCL a couple of years ago, and had the pleasure of analysing the game afterwards and then chatting with her over a drink; she was very nice - I think she teaches at a school and is/was involved with CSCMike Truran wrote:Only one Atticus female player listed on the ECF grading database
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Mick Norris wrote:I played Natasha in the 4NCL a couple of years ago, and had the pleasure of analysing the game afterwards and then chatting with her over a drink; she was very nice - I think she teaches at a school and is/was involved with CSCMike Truran wrote:Only one Atticus female player listed on the ECF grading database
im not here to go into personal disputes... i was asked for an example....