The Retirement Thread
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welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
i see youre talking about heating allowance , the price of kiln dried wood logs has gone through the roof for me , imagine its the same in uk . i am typing 1 finger with puppy asleep on my chest
This year the wood has cost us the same as it did last year. However lots more people are having the wood so we got in early to make sure we have enough to last.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Chicken dinner for us today. 
I am making a teddy bear for my grandsons girlfriend. I made her one last year but her niece got hold of him and dragged him all over the place and poor Ted was terminally ill IE his arms and legs were practically pulled off, and he had a big rip on his back. This one is stronger than thr last one (hopefully) anyway.
I am making a teddy bear for my grandsons girlfriend. I made her one last year but her niece got hold of him and dragged him all over the place and poor Ted was terminally ill IE his arms and legs were practically pulled off, and he had a big rip on his back. This one is stronger than thr last one (hopefully) anyway.
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I have a teddy bear that I got C 1955. Its not a Steif etc but I wonder if its worth anything.Chicken dinner for us today.
I am making a teddy bear for my grandsons girlfriend. I made her one last year but her niece got hold of him and dragged him all over the place and poor Ted was terminally ill IE his arms and legs were practically pulled off, and he had a big rip on his back. This one is stronger than thr last one (hopefully) anyway.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Although it says "only one of you get the payment", in practice, it is split 50/50, so, both myself and Mrs @BoldonLad have had letters (no actual payment yet) to inform us we will get £250 each. This is exactly what has happened for the past 10 years (except amount has increased from £200 to £500 split between us). For the five years before that, Mrs @BoldonLad got the whole £200, and, I got zero.
Each year I have to prise the £100 (or, for this year £250), out of Mrs @BoldonLad's vice like grip, so that it can be paid into the "bills account".
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
First ride this winter where I used the winter route
The canal paths was far too wet and muddy so I took the short cut up "The Big Hill" and then down again on the other side followed by round the roads to Moore
Probably stuck with that until Spring now on that side of the Mersey
The canal paths was far too wet and muddy so I took the short cut up "The Big Hill" and then down again on the other side followed by round the roads to Moore
Probably stuck with that until Spring now on that side of the Mersey
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Although it says "only one of you get the payment", in practice, it is split 50/50, so, both myself and Mrs @BoldonLad have had letters (no actual payment yet) to inform us we will get £250 each. This is exactly what has happened for the past 10 years (except amount has increased from £200 to £500 split between us). For the five years before that, Mrs @BoldonLad got the whole £200, and, I got zero.
Each year I have to prise the £100 (or, for this year £250), out of Mrs @BoldonLad's vice like grip, so that it can be paid into the "bills account".
This is the first year I have got my pension so I had no idea how this worked.
classic33
Leg End Member
* Did I say anything?Raining and thunder now.....not seen any lightning.
Just enjoyed a full roast beef dinner. The roasties were Asda frozen** and I have to say very tasty and crunchy.
**cooked Classic, not eaten frozen*
Although Asda now freezing food is a new one.
classic33
Leg End Member
Don't be around when it stops ticking.I could hear your brain ticking
Sterlo
Early Retirement Planning
- Location
- East Riding of Yorkshire
Can't remember what it was from but some comedy, "If his brains were gunpowder, he wouldn't have enough to blow his hat off"
classic33
Leg End Member
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gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Sailing to France on Friday from Portsmouth to Saint Malo, for a few days in Normandy.
Because we are taking the car, we will be able to bring back all the things we can't when we fly such as :
Normandy cider, French mayonnaise, flageolet beans, tartiflette cheese, paquets of flan mixture and whatever else takes our fancy.
We won't bother about wine as we don't drink much wine anyway.
Because we are taking the car, we will be able to bring back all the things we can't when we fly such as :
Normandy cider, French mayonnaise, flageolet beans, tartiflette cheese, paquets of flan mixture and whatever else takes our fancy.
We won't bother about wine as we don't drink much wine anyway.
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