UK Times: Jobless Men 'Prematurely Retired Racing Dogs'

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'It was bound to happen. Since the scythe of recession got swinging, newly jobless men have been shuffling around Britain’s town centres on weekday mornings like prematurely retired racing dogs. You can spot them nervously sipping cappuccinos or hanging in morose little groups outside the local hardware shop. Watching them on the treadmills — literally going nowhere — is depressing. They have gone from power lunches to power shakes, from Bloomberg monitors to MTV, from having a ball to being in danger of losing theirs. And that’s only for an hour or two each day at the gym — what are they doing with the rest of their time?'