The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

Did they tell you that it would be exactly 4 weeks? They told me that the day of the week is determined by (something or other) and awarded me enough to get me to one of those days falling between 2 and 3 weeks after my birthday***, and payments would be every 4 weeks after that.

I wrote to them asking them to switch it to weekly, but never got a reply so I'll wait and see what happens. Worst case scenario is that the original payment schedule applies.




*** I have actually already reached pension age (), but am not counting myself as a pensioner until I have been paid for the first time.

Yes. That's what they have said. My first payment is so much, then the next payment is the full monthly amount

 

[Dave7]

Came over with fatigue earlier so crashed out in bed ... THREE BL**DY HOURS !!!
Feeling better now
Late lunch will be home made soup with crusty cob n butter.

 

[Exlaser2]

Sounds like it really is the "winter of discontent" in your house

It normally is 😂😂😂😂

 

[Exlaser2]

Our green bin was emptied yesterday, but we won't have the blue bin emptied until the dispute is resolved.

Our green bin collection was supposed to be yesterday too . It didn’t get collected.
From what I read in the local news. There should be a green bin collection normally for people next week then it’s a all out strike , so no collections at all .
I’ve all ready done two trips to the rubbish drop off point at war memorial park. 😀

 

[Dave7]

Our green bin collection was supposed to be yesterday too . It didn’t get collected.
From what I read in the local news. There should be a green bin collection normally for people next week then it’s a all out strike , so no collections at all .
I’ve all ready done two trips to the rubbish drop off point at war memorial park. 😀

Why can all the councils not have a 'universal' colour/collection scheme.
Our green is garden waste and on hold until April(ish)

 

[Sterlo]

Why can all the councils not have a 'universal' colour/collection scheme.
Our green is garden waste and on hold until April(ish)

Totally agree, for us green is our normal waste, blue for recycling and brown for garden. At the moment, the brown is still free collection for 12 months of the year but it wouldn't surprise me if they started charging for it. What did annoy me is that when I asked if I could have another brown bin a couple of years ago, I was told no, one is the limit. I can fill the bin with one grass cutting if we do front and back together. They wouldn't even back down when I said I was prepared to pay for another bin. I even offered to swap it for one of the blue ones as we had 2 when we moved in.

 

[Mo1959]

Totally agree, for us green is our normal waste, blue for recycling and brown for garden. At the moment, the brown is still free collection for 12 months of the year but it wouldn't surprise me if they started charging for it. What did annoy me is that when I asked if I could have another brown bin a couple of years ago, I was told no, one is the limit. I can fill the bin with one grass cutting if we do front and back together. They wouldn't even back down when I said I was prepared to pay for another bin. I even offered to swap it for one of the blue ones as we had 2 when we moved in.

Yours is same colouring as here then. They have started charging £35 I think for the brown bin now unless it is purely food waste rather than gardening. Why, I don’t know.

Some councils have another container for glass but not here. Need to take them to a bottle bank yourself or sneak them in general waste

 

[Sterlo]

Yours is same colouring as here then. They have started charging £35 I think for the brown bin now unless it is purely food waste rather than gardening. Why, I don’t know.

Some councils have another container for glass but not here. Need to take them to a bottle bank yourself or sneak them in general waste

We're okay with glass in the recycling, we don't need to sort it (at the moment anyway)

 

[welsh dragon]

Green is normal bin. Red is for plastics and metal. Light blue is for glass. Dark blue is for paper and cardboard.

 

[12boy]

Today I had a dental appt, that was already a month past my 6 month date. There was a little snow last night and Mrs 12 was freaking out I would get in a wreck so it was rescheduled for late Feb. I have AWD in both my Element and my CRV, and while a 15 minute trip may have taken 1/2 hour or more I could have gotten there just fine. She would go to a nursing home if left on her own and is very afraid something will happen to me. Discretion is the better part.....
There will be a little snow shovelling today and other necessary but boring as hell tasks to be done. If she doesn't mind l may wander over to the grocery store about a mile and a half away. It is -1C and not windy so that could be fun.
Be well and safe.

 

[Exlaser2]

Totally agree, for us green is our normal waste, blue for recycling and brown for garden. At the moment, the brown is still free collection for 12 months of the year but it wouldn't surprise me if they started charging for it. What did annoy me is that when I asked if I could have another brown bin a couple of years ago, I was told no, one is the limit. I can fill the bin with one grass cutting if we do front and back together. They wouldn't even back down when I said I was prepared to pay for another bin. I even offered to swap it for one of the blue ones as we had 2 when we moved in.

That’s the same system we have. Green bin is collected one week and blue and brown the next . No extra charge for the brown bin either.
Tbh I am more interested in how big your garden is if you can fill your brown bin in one cut . 😀
I think even in the summer when I am cutting my lawns every couple of weeks it would take me two of even three months to fill my brown bin with just grass cutting .

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've now setup the wifi, all devices are now back on line, Plusnet has so far been an improvement on Talk Talk. It looks like my new phone is set up so you can't set up a memory card as part of the internal memory, you can only have it as portable storage, I've got 32 gb to play with and only have 12 gb spare now, so far I've set the camera to save on to the SD card and I'll have to set other stuff to do the same, I'll have to keep an eye on how full the phone gets.

 

[Tenkaykev]

That’s the same system we have. Green bin is collected one week and blue and brown the next . No extra charge for the brown bin either.
Tbh I am more interested in how big your garden is if you can fill your brown bin in one cut . 😀
I think even in the summer when I am cutting my lawns every couple of weeks it would take me two of even three months to fill my brown bin with just grass cutting .

We have blue recycling and black general household waste, They're collected on the same day of the week on alternate weeks. There's also a larger green garden waste bin which is collected fortnightly, it's an extra charge and takes some filling so neighbours often share a subscription.
The bin has to display a sticker showing the current year otherwise it doesn't get emptied. My sticker arrived earlier in the week and as i was scraping the old stickers off I saw the original which was back in 2011. If I'd had to guess I'd have said we'd had the service for 5-6 years!

OFF TOPIC: my " reply to post " button has disappeared from my phone. I've switched it off and back on again, all to no avail.🤔

 

[Deleted member 1258]

It normally is 😂😂😂😂

I've seen on my Facebook Page that they are saying no collections at all in February and March.

https://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/250/bin_collection_calendar

 

[Dave7]

That’s the same system we have. Green bin is collected one week and blue and brown the next . No extra charge for the brown bin either.
Tbh I am more interested in how big your garden is if you can fill your brown bin in one cut . 😀
I think even in the summer when I am cutting my lawns every couple of weeks it would take me two of even three months to fill my brown bin with just grass cutting .

We fill ours every time from spring onwards. We have a large back and large side garden. Front is smaller but has bushes.
Seemed a good idea when we bought it in 1982