The Retirement Thread

[BoldonLad]

Bet that will be another thing scrapped before I qualify.

The Winter Fuel Allowance (as with the magnificent Christmas Bonus), is effectively part of the State Pension, which the Government choose to with-hold and pay out once per year, as some kind of "treat" to the peasants.

Time it was consolidated into the State Pension. IMHO.

After all, we have managed to reach the ripe old age of 66 (at present), before we get the State Pension, reasonable to assume we have learned to budget our own money by that time, rather than having "nanny" save it up for us!

 

[BoldonLad]

Had a long walk down to the village and am now sitting in the ladies hairdressers waiting for Mrs D to be done.
Nice lady there asked if I'd like a cup of tea while I waited.
Her - 'How do you drink your tea?'.
Me - 'Out of a cup'.

You could suggest they instal some beer pumps, for the waiting husbands / partners.

I always think the large stores (like for example Marks & Spencer, Next etc) miss a trick here. If they just had a little bar, a few nibbles, perhaps todays newspapers, even a pool table, I would be quite happy to wait (for Mrs BoldonLad) outside the changing rooms, for hours.

 

[Dave7]

You could suggest they instal some beer pumps, for the waiting husbands / partners.

I always think the large stores (like for example Marks & Spencer, Next etc) miss a trick here. If they just had a little bar, a few nibbles, perhaps todays newspapers, even a pool table, I would be quite happy to wait (for Mrs BoldonLad) outside the changing rooms, for hours.

Excellent idea

 

[Dave7]

Re the Mallorca files. I am under instruction not to watch it yet as Mrs D also wants to see it when she gets back.
So....I just got the tv paper out to see what else is on....... and it made me remember why I dont watch daytime tv.
Some people must feel very lonely if they need that..... I hope I never get to that stage. I've had 6 weeks forced inactivity but I'm not there yet.
Ahh well, back to my library book.

 

[Dirk]

You could suggest they instal some beer pumps, for the waiting husbands / partners.

I always think the large stores (like for example Marks & Spencer, Next etc) miss a trick here. If they just had a little bar, a few nibbles, perhaps todays newspapers, even a pool table, I would be quite happy to wait (for Mrs BoldonLad) outside the changing rooms, for hours.

I'll second that!

 

[dickyknees]

Some visitors today.

 

[Dave7]

Some visitors today.

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Blimey.....your garden is massive

 

[Mo1959]

My new oak sleigh bed is nearly here. Listen out for the swearing trying to assemble it on my own!

 

[dickyknees]

Blimey.....your garden is massive

No, not really, but the swimming pool is huge!

 

[welsh dragon]

Had a long walk down to the village and am now sitting in the ladies hairdressers waiting for Mrs D to be done.
Nice lady there asked if I'd like a cup of tea while I waited.
Her - 'How do you drink your tea?'.
Me - 'Out of a cup'.
I think she meant - did I want milk and sugar.

Sarky begger

 

[Deleted member 1258]

No luck down the club this afternoon, we didn't win on the raffle or the bingo. It was confirmed today that our pensioner's club closes at the end of the year. there's another one near by that is on a Monday afternoon so it looks like I'm going to have to reshuffle my riding days.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Our eldest son has had a crap day by the sound of it, he lives in Warrington and was on the train to Lancaster this morning, first they had an hours delay at Preston, then they got within five minutes of Lancaster and the train broke down, apparently the train in front of them brought the power lines down. When I spoke to him about four o'clock they were being towed back into Preston, he's not a happy chappy at the moment.

 

[Mo1959]

No instructions with the bed, but I sussed it out once I sorted the parts and fittings out. All done. The canvas of the nice photo I took last week also arrived. Very pleased with it.

 

[gavroche]

My 9 year old grandson came up with a good one today when he saw someone wearing a T shirt saying:" Santa doesn't vote Tories." I asked him what Tories meant and he said:" It is the people who make rich people richer". So true I thought, great definition.

 

[Drago]

I was out with my granddaughter when we saw a chap wearing a "Santa doesn't vote labour" T shirt.

I asked her what it meant, and she said "Santa must be Jewish". From the mouths of babes...