The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

I haven't had my new council tax bill for this year. Last year it was about £178 a month excluding water. I'm expecting around £200 per month this year.

 

[welsh dragon]

I retired almost two years ago after the company I worked for promoted me into a position I didn’t want, the plant manger even warned them I’d pull the pin if they gave me the position. I tried it for a year and then walked as it wasn’t worth the stress. I had been the plant engineer and they wanted me to run their quality and environmental systems. Anyway now I take care of the house ( as Frau Fritz still works, she likes her job ) and work part time as a mechanic at the local Trek dealership. My spare time is spent riding or fixing up my garage full of bicycles and motorcycles.

Retirement is good. My wife teaches and is off during the summer so its time with her in the canoe or on the tandem when we’re not floating in the pool during the hot hours of the day.

How do. I didn't see you in the corner. I must have been half asleep when you crept in.

1 or 2 of us are relatively sane, the rest? Meh, the less said abou them the better I think. 😆

 

[Paulus]

At least it is going down!

Ours is going up again to roughly £220 per month.

I haven't had the letter yet, but for 2022/2023 ours was already £213 per month for 10 months.

 

[Paulus]

The wind had dried the grass out, so I took the opportunity to give it a quick cut just to even it up. The grass seems to grow in clumps unevenly across the lawn.
It's just starting to rain now.

 

[Sterlo]

I haven't had my new council tax bill for this year. Last year it was about £178 a month excluding water. I'm expecting around £200 per month this year.

That's one thing I'm dreading about moving area. It's "reasonable" around here, we're paying £176 on a band C at the moment, most of the ones I'm looking at are band C or D, with the tax going up to as much as £230. That's a lot of extra money to find every month.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

My council tax has gone down by 42p per month, I'm not going to spend it all at once

Save it for 2 months and you will be able to get a Mars bar!!!

seriously - I did see an economic report showing that mapping the cost of a Mars bar as the years go by is a more accurate indicator of the rise in the cost of living that all the complicated basket concepts used by supermarkets and consumer organisations

Not a totally serious report - he did comment that in comparison the cost of Freddy the Frog bars had gone crazy!!!

 

[classic33]

Save it for 2 months and you will be able to get a Mars bar!!!

seriously - I did see an economic report showing that mapping the cost of a Mars bar as the years go by is a more accurate indicator of the rise in the cost of living that all the complicated basket concepts used by supermarkets and consumer organisations

Not a totally serious report - he did comment that in comparison the cost of Freddy the Frog bars had gone crazy!!!

You're not as old as you've been making out if you remember Freddy The Frog bars. Freddo from the mid 70's.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

You're not as old as you've been making out if you remember Freddy The Frog bars. Freddo from the mid 70's.

I have a daughter!!!
Don't remember them from being a kid myself!

 

[Dirk]

Let me understand this.
Dirk+ pub + lunch...... surely not.

I can see I'm going to be busy this year.......

 

[classic33]

I can see I'm going to be busy this year.......

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Pebbles Tavern looks to be the best choice, they have a chip shop next door.

 

[PaulSB]

At least it is going down!

Ours is going up again to roughly £220 per month.

Yep, we're on £212 a month from April.

 

[PaulSB]

@fritz katzenjammer

 

[Dirk]

Pebbles Tavern looks to be the best choice, they have a chip shop next door.

We're walking down there on Friday for.... er......'Fish Friday'. They allow you to buy fish and chips and eat then in the pub.
It's also been voted the best cider pub in the South West several times.

 

[classic33]

We're walking down there on Friday for.... er......'Fish Friday'. They allow you to buy fish and chips and eat then in the pub.
It's also been voted the best cider pub in the South West several times.

You need a similar map for chip shops. Then cross them off as you try them.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Just watched Luther (film) on Netflix - ok-ish but some moments when the Director treats the audience like idiots. 😒