I don’t know how anyone can fix up a boat on UC. I was close to going down that route awhile back but thankfully I was able to find work.
And don’t forget Micawber couldn’t live within his means and went in and out of debtors prison.
Didn’t he also believe in Providence? Something would turn up.
I think something did turn up for him, an inheritance or whatever ?
It definitely weren’t in the form of a lottery win which millions of people are now holding out for as an escape from poverty.