The Retirement Thread

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You forgot Brexit...

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EltonFrog

Legendary Member
I’ve been up on the roof repointing the chimney.
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My Bro turns 80 next month.
He has just had a letter to say his state pension has gone up a MASSIVE 25p per week.
Seriously, why do they bother.

If he saves up that increase he can buy a Mars bar every months

AND STILL HAVE CHANGE!!!

(only one mind - better for his health!)
 
You're aware of the price of the new, smaller, Mars Bar?
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I found one for 80p!

so 25p for 4 weeks and you can buy a Mars bar and still get 20p (or 15p) change!!

although it is smaller than the Authorised version they had when I was growing up

I did see an article many years ago using the price of a Mars bar ina normal small shop and a measure of inflation and price rises

The writer reckoned - with data - that it was a more accurate indication of historical price changes than the normal measures

Of course
a) it was not totally serious in spite f showing to be fairly accurate at the time
b) it has been b******d up by shrinkflation - and the rise of meal deals!!
 

Drago

Legendary Member
It is due to the Pandemic/inflation/fuel prices so you can't blame the insurance companies

and probably the recent Northern Lights
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The insurance on my Volvo has gone up over FIVE FOLD.

39 years no claims, its a 20 year old car so anything more than superficial damage and they'd write it off anyway, so I don't buy into this cack about cars being more expensive to repair in this case - they're just bending me over.

When some bell end drove into my Mini in November the final bill was £6000 - the actual repair cost was only £800 of that. The rest was management fees, loan car (they dragged their feet seriously slowly over the repair, taking 3 weeks to even take the Mini away and then a furher 2 weeks to obtain, spray and fit a new rear bumper, doubtless a deliberate ploy to rack up the bill.)

Every time a claim comes up the insurers are falling over themselves to slip the hairy member of profit up each others backsides, and if my example is representative their antics are jacking up claims eight fold. That's why we're being bent over at renewal time, because they're shafting each other and it's getting out of control and someone has to finance this insanity.
 

screenman

Legendary Member
It is due to the Pandemic/inflation/fuel prices so you can't blame the insurance companies

and probably the recent Northern Lights
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