The economic recovery is the good news most of us have been waiting for. But not Jim Bishop, from Wigan, UK. For the last 10 months, he has been enjoying life on the dole in his tiny bedsit.

After losing his job as a carpet fitter last year, Jim has enjoyed getting up late and playing Halo 3 in his underwear.

“I’ve been having the time of my life!” he told Sketchy.com in an interview. “The recession has given me time to do all the stuff I never had time for before.” Jim showed us a cupboard he had cleared out, his alphabetized DVD collection, and the new bag he had put in the vacuum cleaner.

“Now that the recession is coming to an end, I’m going to have to get a job again.” he sighed. “I don’t know how I’m going to get the time to do all these kind of things any more.” Jim hopes the recovery can hold off just long enough for him to complete Fallout 3.