The Retirement Thread

[PeteXXX]

I don't do running, and never have.. Think Forrest Gump on whisky... 🤷‍♂️

 

[Shearwater Missile]

I pay all my bills from home with bank transfers. It worries me that I might inadvertantly key in a wrong number and pay the wrong person but dont think its possible.

Usually when you do that, the bank details the person you are trying to pay so you can verify it is the correct person. So if you are trying to pay William of Orange for example, it will come up with that, you hope.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I basically do no bank type stuff on anything that leave the house

contactless cards are a worry - I should really check out phone payments

Thanks for reminding me!

If you have an Android phone then Google Wallet is the way to go.

Much more secure than any debit or credit card.

This is the reason why banks like them so much and they also run the set-up and initial authorisation process.

 

[numbnuts]

I've done nothing today, except go to church.

 

[Dirk]

Every day is a school day.
On my park walks there are lots of people with dogs and where possible i chat and ask them about the breed and why they chose it.......I've never had a dog, know nothing about them and find it interesting. Just finished my walk, only 1.4 miles, and met a guy with a Bull Pug..... literally a cross between a bulldog and a pug.
Each to his own but why would breeders do such a cross ?

Simple answer - money.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Every day is a school day.
On my park walks there are lots of people with dogs and where possible i chat and ask them about the breed and why they chose it.......I've never had a dog, know nothing about them and find it interesting. Just finished my walk, only 1.4 miles, and met a guy with a Bull Pug..... literally a cross between a bulldog and a pug.
Each to his own but why would breeders do such a cross ?

No idea - I would not have either
I have seen to many that have problems breathing at anything more than a gentle stroll
The one next door sounds like he had just run a marathon - at the end fo the driveway
It is no way for a dog to live!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

If you have an Android phone then Google Wallet is the way to go.

Much more secure than any debit or credit card.

This is the reason why banks like them so much and they also run the set-up and initial authorisation process.

It does mean that as well as the bank then Google knows everything you do
I get the idea

but that doesn;t mean I like it

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Anyway - on the way back from my ride I took a detour to see if anything had been done after I reported some flytipping a few weeks ago

Basically it was an old motorbike with small wheels that had been dumped and burned down the "black path" at the back of our house
It goes along and then through a short bit that is out of sight from all directions

I used to spot some dodgy people round there but that seems to have stopped

anyway - after that this bike appeared - probably several months ago. I intended to report it several times but never got round to it

so I did a week or so ago
The counsel asked for more details and actually rang to check
then sent me an email saying that as it was a motor vehicle the Police have to deal with it
SO I reported it to them


Anyway - in the intervening days they have spring into action

The bike has been righted and put onto what is left of its wheels
and had a 2-foot-long piece of Police tape tied round where the handlebars used to be

I presume that it is on a list of "things to pick up"
or "things to keep an eye on"
or "things that have been flagged to see if anyone has lost it"


I can see why - and it has been there for ages so it is no great problem

hopefully it will get dealt with soon (ish!)

 

[Exlaser2]

I have never heard any horror stories about mobile phone banking apps.

They are incredibly secure. Ditto Google Wallet.

Don’t have a problem with banking apps , what I have is a problems with phones 😀
In my forty odd years of having a credit card, I’ve never lost one or even a bank card.
In my twenty odd years of having a mobile phone,I’ve lost at least three. 😂