The Retirement Thread
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numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Morning
That sounds good, especially if I can make the camomile into tea....
Was in Edinburgh a few years ago and our daughters friend's parents were also visiting so we all met up for a walk. We popped into a small Turkish cafe and the friends dad ordered Chamomile tea. I half expected tbe usual " Pukka " tea bag but what arrived was completely different. A large transparent glass teapot containing the flower heads, the spout had a sort of metal spiral in it that acted like a filter. It looked and reportedly tasted amazing.
Meanwhile I was earwigging as the owner was demonstrating the process of making Turkish coffee to a new hire, there were certainly more stages than I expected.
Morning all
Fish Friday!
Got to pick MrsDs car up some time this morning, so will do that on the way to lunch.
Might have a tinker with the mopeds first thing.
Chap came round last night to pick up the Velo Solex and paid in £50 notes. I checked them all. I later looked him up on Google and it appears that he was found guilty of running an illegal scrapyard in 2020 - suspended 3 year sentence and fined, get this......£400k !
I've got all his details in case I've been done over. I won't lose any sleep over it as it was only £300. I'll get the notes checked at the PO this morning.
People you meet, eh?
Fish Friday!
Got to pick MrsDs car up some time this morning, so will do that on the way to lunch.
Might have a tinker with the mopeds first thing.
Chap came round last night to pick up the Velo Solex and paid in £50 notes. I checked them all. I later looked him up on Google and it appears that he was found guilty of running an illegal scrapyard in 2020 - suspended 3 year sentence and fined, get this......£400k !
I've got all his details in case I've been done over. I won't lose any sleep over it as it was only £300. I'll get the notes checked at the PO this morning.
People you meet, eh?
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Riverside trail walked. It was warm and humid but I was forced to put my jacket on as the rain came on half way round.
Porridge has been eaten and I now have a purring pussy!
Porridge has been eaten and I now have a purring pussy!
Morning all
Fish Friday!
Got to pick MrsDs car up some time this morning, so will do that on the way to lunch.
Might have a tinker with the mopeds first thing.
Chap came round last night to pick up the Velo Solex and paid in £50 notes. I checked them all. I later looked him up on Google and it appears that he was found guilty of running an illegal scrapyard in 2020 - suspended 3 year sentence and fined, get this......£400k !
I've got all his details in case I've been done over. I won't lose any sleep over it as it was only £300. I'll get the notes checked at the PO this morning.
People you meet, eh?
Mrs W used to work for a steel construction firm and they had scrap man come round every few months to collect the scrap and he would pay them in cash. However one time when they tried to pay it in at the bank, it turned out to be fake.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Yes, agreed it was a very good and valuable perk. Especially as a youngish father of three. It meant our family could, just about, run two decent vehicles when the kids were small.
Later when the tax breaks changed it would have made greater financial sense to own my car and claim running costs. I chose to stick with a company car. Two reasons. The expenses claims would have been hard work and cost the company significant amounts. After three years my cars usually had 100,000 on the clock, worth bugger all at the end. That and having no worries over the cost of running the car.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
My boss had one when I used to work for a big company
when it came up for renewal they had changed things so he take the money instead
He worked out all the numbers and worked out that he was massively better off buying a second hand car a few years old giving up the company car
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Done the ironing, I need some milk so pop to Sainsburys soon.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Yes, he would be right on this. One of my views was I would have been in my rights to claim +/-40p a mile, about £13-14000 per annum. I managed the business, a small family business, and from the company perspective it would have been hard to afford. If I'd worked for a big company my view would have been different.
The other thing is the discipline of keeping expense records. I was once investigated by HMRC, it's a nightmare. Horrendous experience. I had done nothing wrong. A spot check showed a petrol receipt. I drove a diesel. I was dumbfounded until I remembered the day I put petrol in the tank!!! We had all the paperwork to prove this. That wasn't enough for the Revenue and I had an 18 month investigation into my business expenses. "Where were you on the 26th August 1998?"
Add to that unless one puts away an element of the expenses claim every month there's no money to buy another car with.
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PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Absolutely hammering down here. Stair rods! We have thunder storm warnings until tomorrow. I have to do a bit of u3a stuff, final bike fit of the week after my guy changed the bars and a few other bits. Then it's a PT session and quiz night!! This is why I have no time to hot wax my own chains.........see another thread!! Oh, yes I need to quietly practice using my electric pump and pressure gauge. I've tried quickly and it's like all these things, the roadside isn't the place to learn. DAMHIK
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Bonjour from a wet and grey North Wales.
