The Retirement Thread

[BoldonLad]

Thats a different issue, but PIP is chuffing g hard to mis claim.

My wife is wheelchair bound and has weak hands, yet I had to take the DWP to court to get her PIP. That's how difficult it is to get it, so this idea that people everywhere are tearing the arse out of it is utterly disingenuous.

I'm sorry Mr Lad, but that is a disgraceful attitude in this day and age. That's the type of attitude that prevailed in 1930s germany. I bet you're one of those people that sticks their nose in when people use disabled parking bays because they don't look disabled enough for you. That has happened to me with Mrs D and I've had enough. Next time it happens I'm going to front them right down and make them squirm.

I'm so incensed, so utterly disgusted, that for the first time ever I've now 'ignored'a user of this forum.

IF you read all of my original post, I did mention that some people (or, at least one person) appeared to be denied what they needed. The system is defective. I actually "work" as a volunteer to in this area. Feel free to Ignore me.

 

[Drago]

I fear you missed the point. She TOLD me that she exagerated the problem and got one on the basis she couldnt walk far. She then uses the car to deliver chinese meals and proved she CAN walk very well by doing the blackpool mile.
The aunty was asked to walk a length of the corridor and turned down.......but she cant walk on pavements unless supported (unless pavements are perfectly smooth).
We realise that badges etc are awarded for other things than walking problems ut the cases mentioned highlight how unequal the system can be.

Im still curious as to why someone should not use a Motability car to earn a living - they're explicitly entitled to do so. They put business and commuting cover on the insurance for free for that very reason. The disabled are as entitled to earn their living as anyone else.

As for the rest of it, that's fluff, albeit you present it in a more reasoned manner than somone I shan't name. She should be grassed and dealth with, but the premise that by extension Motability users are on some kind of gravy train requires challenge.

 

[welsh dragon]

Is it lunchtime yet gang? 👍

 

[derrick]

I keep my loo rolls in the fridge on curry night.

Still using newspapers here. That's all there good for.

 

[Dave7]

Im still curious as to why someone should not use a Motability car to earn a living - they're explicitly entitled to do so. They put business and commuting cover on the insurance for free for that very reason. The disabled are as entitled to earn their living as anyone else.

As for the rest of it, that's fluff, albeit you present it in a more reasoned manner than somone I shan't name. She should be grassed and dealth with, but the premise that by extension Motability users are on some kind of gravy train requires challenge.

Right.....one last point then I will rest from this issue as friends .
I never, for one moment, suggested that motability users are on any kind of gravy train.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Is it lunchtime yet gang? 👍

We're sat in one of the local cafes waiting for ours.

 

[Dave7]

Still using newspapers here. That's all there good for.

Them were the days when yesterdays Liverpool Echo was cut into squares and hung on the bog wall......down the bottom of the yard.

 

[Dave7]

Is it lunchtime yet gang? 👍

Late lunch for us will be veggie sausage**
With chips, some cabbage/carrot mix with mushroom n onion gravy. Plus bread n butter of course......must have a chip butty to dunk
**not a big fan of veggie sausage although I do like the Cauldron ones. These are new to us, recommended by someone.

 

[welsh dragon]

Late lunch for us will be veggie sausage**
With chips, some cabbage/carrot mix with mushroom n onion gravy. Plus bread n butter of course......must have a chip butty to dunk
**not a big fan of veggie sausage although I do like the Cauldron ones. These are new to us, recommended by someone.

Pork and something for us today

 

[Dave7]

I managed 10 minutes on the exercise bike. Back is a bit sore now but (hopefully)its worth the effort.
I think I shall give myself a like for this

 

[Dave7]

Pork and something for us today

Pork and something
Surely Mr WD deserves better than pork and something

 

[Mo1959]

I managed 10 minutes on the exercise bike. Back is a bit sore now but (hopefully) ots worth the effort.
I think I shall give myself a like for this

Here. Have one on me!

 

[Dave7]

Here. Have one on me!

Why thank you kind lady.

 

[welsh dragon]

Pork and something
Surely Mr WD deserves better than pork and something

It's better than nothing with nothing.

 

[welsh dragon]

Mr WD's present has arrived. Only 46 days left...

I'll get me coat.