The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

Dent just fixed on a friend of a friend's car, took me 30 minutes, they had been quoted £825+vat from a bodyshop.

When the bonnet catch on my car failed I brought a new catch and had the local garage fit it, the catch cost £36 and the garage charged £25 to fit it, Suzuki wanted over £160 for the job, reckoned the whole front of the car needed removing, the garage did it while I waited, didn't take long at all.

 

[gavroche]

Alas, I've too much coming in and the tax man bends me over and does the proverbial.

Compare that to the drug taking, thieving, wastrel, permanently unemployed sheet bags I dealt with throughout my career, who get free pension and benefits thrown at them, free housing etc, free prescriptions, and never paid a penny in tax in their lives. I wonder if work was worth the bother sometimes

But you have your pride and dignity, they have none of that.

 

[welsh dragon]

Today the local haberdabberdashery is opening again so I might go in for a look see.

It's market day as well so I will let Mr WD go for a wonder round on his own. How much trouble can he possibly get himself into in 20 minutes I ask myself.

 

[Dirk]

Bins collected on alternate Wednesdays:
Black - general waste.
Green - garden waste.

Recycling Containers collected every Monday:
Green - plastic.
Clear - glass bottles

Recycling Bags:
Green - paper.
Brown - cardboard.

Recycling Food Caddy:
Organic waste.

Life was so much simpler when everything was shoved in one bin and we had dustmen instead of 'recycling operatives'.

 

[gavroche]

Our green recycling bin is collected every Thursday but the big black one every 4 weeks. For garden waste, you have to pay an extra £35 a year to have one or take it to the tip yourself for free which is what I do as we have very little garden waste, only grass.

 

[Paulus]

We have five altogether. Waste food, paper, glass, plastic and metal containers and general large green bin. All collected on different weeks.

We have 3 bins. Grey household rubbish, Blue for recycling glass, tins, paper and most plastic every Monday, and the Green bin for garden stuff every two weeks. The council started charging £70 for the green bin service from this February saying it was not legally obliged to offer this service at all.

 

[welsh dragon]

We have 3 bins. Grey household rubbish, Blue for recycling glass, tins, paper and most plastic every Monday, and the Green bin for garden stuff every two weeks. The council started charging £70 for the green bin service from this February saying it was not legally obliged to offer this service at all.

Thank God I have lots of land and can just chuck the garden waste anywhere.

 

[Mo1959]

Today the local haberdabberdashery is opening again so I might go in for a look see.

It's market day as well so I will let Mr WD go for a wonder round on his own. How much trouble can he possibly get himself into in 20 minutes I ask myself.

He'll buy cakes! 🍰

 

[numbnuts]

Bins collected on alternate Wednesdays:
Black - general waste.
Green - garden waste.

Recycling Containers collected every Monday:
Green - plastic.
Clear - glass bottles

Recycling Bags:
Green - paper.
Brown - cardboard.

Recycling Food Caddy:
Organic waste.

Life was so much simpler when everything was shoved in one bin and we had dustmen instead of 'recycling operatives'.

We only have one plastic bag, if we want to re-cycle paper, tins ect we have to walk over 100 yards to the next block, for glass that's nearly 1/2 mile away so most of the lazy sods don't bother

 

[gavroche]

Isn't Messenger a wonderful thing? I can speak and see my brothers as if I was in the room with them. I just spoke to one of them earlier, so much better than speaking on the phone and all for free as well.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Isn't Messenger a wonderful thing? I can speak and see my brothers as if I was in the room with them. I just spoke to one of them earlier, so much better than speaking on the phone and all for free as well.

Yes we use that to keep in touch with our son.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Thats mildly disappointing, the garage has established that the switch is faulty, I knew that anyway, but can't replace it as he can't get hold of a replacement switch, he's ordered one from Suzuki and will let me know when its in, he reckons about a month

 

[classic33]

Morning all.
Woke with a really bad (sort of) headache at 0400. It started at the base of my neck, on the right and went up into my head. Had tablets but it was still there at 0600. Its starting to ease off now. I have had it before but cant think what triggers it.
Anyway.......
Golf for me today. I hope the rain holds off. I do miss the clubhouse association after a game though. I dont play till 10.20 so may get a short walk in first.
Have a good day folk.

If you have an 18 hole course, but play only 9, what's the 19th hole called?

 

[welsh dragon]

He'll buy cakes! 🍰

Chocolate biscuits was what he went for in the end.

Waste of time going to the haberdabberdashery as it was 1 in as 1 out. Tiny shop.

I had no intention of standing In a queue with a bunch of old biddies in the rain for at least half an hour. Those days are long gone for me. I remember shopping in Brum on Saturdays where the queues were so bad that you even had to queue to use the ladies. Sod that.

I can get what I want online.

 

[gavroche]

If you have an 18 hole course, but play only 9, what's the 19th hole called?

10a.