The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Not listening.

IN THAT CASE I WILL SAY IT LOUDER

 

[pawl]

Me too, technically I went 6 years early as my state pension doesn't kick in until I am 66, so I will be economically inactive for a while yet. Although I still pay income tax and VAT and council tax for dwindling services that my rubbish council keep cutting back on. The latest being the green bin collection for garden waste. From April they are going to charge £70 per year for a service that was paid for out of the council tax.

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I currently pay£25 Year for garden waste collection.I compost what I can.Shrub tree pruning go in the brown bin

 

[screenman]

They might not be desperate, but they could be persuaded into it with incentives.

You could pay some people £50,000 a year and they would still not work hard if it is not in the genes.

 

[screenman]

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I currently pay£25 Year for garden waste collection.I compost what I can.Shrub tree pruning go in the brown bin

£35 a year here, and we sure fill it mainly with grass cuttings.

 

[pawl]

£35 a year here, and we sure fill it mainly with grass cuttings.

I am lucky I have the space for three compost bins.Mix the grass cuttings with veg peelings any thing soft enough to breakdown in the compost bin.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

£35 a year here, and we sure fill it mainly with grass cuttings.

No charge here at the moment, our garden waste bin needs emptying about 4 time a year, if they start charging for it I'll start composting stuff again.

 

[Paulus]

Exactly but we have a brand new, enormous building for Council Offices now that cost the rater payer £36 Million. They found the money for that.

I have recently found out that Barnet council have lent Saracens rugby union club £23 million for renovations to the Allianz stadium, that was once Barnet Copthall stadium, owned by the council, but sold off. Now the rugby club are in serious financial trouble, and being relegated from the top flight I wonder if the council see this as a wise investment?

 

[Dirk]

You could pay some people £50,000 a year and they would still not work hard if it is not in the genes.

Did you have a sneaky look at my CV?

 

[Dirk]

Elevenses......

 

[Dave7]

Elevenses......

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Obviously a popular place

 

[Paulus]

Obviously a popular place

They were first through the door. Probably.

 

[GM]

That's Dirk's living room!

 

[welsh dragon]

I have 5+ acres so I can chuck the cuttings anywhere.

 

[PaulSB]

We're charged £35/year for garden waste. As I have an allotment I compost everything I can and only put in very twiggy stuff or invasive perennial weed roots such as nettles.

I'm going against the flow here but I agree with the charge for a range of reasons. A key one being now everything is seperated for recycling it seems unfair on those who don't have garden waste to effectively subsidise those of us who do.

 

[PaulSB]

Just had a decent if damp walk to the coffee morning. A couple of good friends turned up so had a good chat. I walked along the Leeds Liverpool canal and the overspills are running. There's a lot of water around.

What a great name for a canal boat!