Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Will do a wee bit of fence painting today.
The Retirement Thread
- Thread starter Dirk
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rustybolts
pedalling tediously
- Location
- Ireland
Morning all
Yay! Fish Friday!
Looks like it's going to be a scorcher today
I've got to trim MrsDs bush this morning and also reset my 5 bar gate as it's sagged a little.
Will saunter down to the harbour later for a spot of lunch in the Star.
My 5 bar has been sagging for years and can't do much trimming of any bush
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Riverside trail sauntered around. It’s too humid to hurry. That’s my excuse anyway.
Neighbours across the road are getting ready to go away for the weekend to a Volkswagen festival thingy. He is a joiner to trade and has converted his VW van into a camper. Tidy job and even squeezed in a little toilet cubicle.
Neighbours across the road are getting ready to go away for the weekend to a Volkswagen festival thingy. He is a joiner to trade and has converted his VW van into a camper. Tidy job and even squeezed in a little toilet cubicle.
Those will do at a pinch as emergency supplies which I take when sailing but at home we have Quaker Jumbo Oats made with all milk and I add a banana, honey and nuts. In fact mine is about to be consumed right now.
Oh and these days I make in microwave which is fine. The days of porridge in saucepan long gone, too much mess.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Terrible - how are you supposed to be able to afford a new bike on that??
I am expecting the same problem next year when I get mine
but - a very long time later ** - when my wife, who is younger than me - gets hers
but she will probably get all hers
but then I will pay more tax at that point anyway because I get some back because of tax reasons
I will just wait and see how it works out
** she lied about her age to me when we first met - she said she was younger than she is***
*** to be precise she said she was 2 weeks younger then me but she is only 13 days younger
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Hopefully, not a surprise?
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
No, but slightly more tax than I had thought.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
It is a bugger though - the personal allowance being frozen is a nasty little stealth tax.
Well this was a point I have made previously. Whilst of course there are tax incentives for paying into a pension when working, when you do retire and start drawing on them being taxed always to me seems unfair. I understand the financial aspects of it all it's just working and paying income tax and then you retire and still pay income tax.
Anyway. I can't complain, I'm in very fortunate posiiton of having had a very good career and so my retirement is very comfortable. For a lot of people it's not.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Yes, and no signs of it being raised anytime soon sadly.
I compromise with the packet where I add milk and microwave. I will add eg blueberries and honey.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
and expensive
I just use oats and milk - then lob some frozen fruit in
cheaper and nicer and not that much trouble if you use the microwave
just waiting for my morning pills to settle down before I make it - they need 20 minutes before I am supposed to have food
then I have to decide whether to go to Tesco this morning or this afternoon
decisions decisions decisions
will this hell never end!!!
