The Retirement Thread

[oldwheels]

In all the years I have live here I have yet to see a gritting lorry in my area, it is right on a bus route too, so when we have snow or ice the bus by passes us and we have to walk over 300 yards to the main road as they refuse to come through the village, the other excuss they use is they are too busy with the motorway, and if the bins don't get emptied again they say all the drivers are on the gritting lorrys …...Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

In this area bus routes have priority particularly if they are school buses but it is not reliable. We have very few bus routes anyway so different from an urban environment. I remember when they did not use salt but simply gravel from the sea shore and that seemed to work ok but probably not now allowed to take gravel.

 

[oldwheels]

I have been looking at insurance for my car. It ends on 6th Feb. Dont know what my present insurers will charge me for this year yet, but I suspect I can get it a lot cheaper somewhere else. Swinton is looking good at the moment at £136 as opposed to last years with AGEAS at £178. Bit of a no brainer I think

Lucky you have a choice. Many companies will not even quote for my insurance due to age. I have been advised by someone who worked in insurance that it is better to pay the extortionate rates of Ageas as if I did change they may only cover me for one year and then I am stuck. I have no adverse history of any kind bar a cracked windscreen 4 years ago.

 

[oldwheels]

Try RIAS, they were the cheapest for me last year, including my house insurance.

I am with Rias but the insurance is carried in fact by Ageas. See my previous reply to Welsh Dragon.

 

[welsh dragon]

Lucky you have a choice. Many companies will not even quote for my insurance due to age. I have been advised by someone who worked in insurance that it is better to pay the extortionate rates of Ageas as if I did change they may only cover me for one year and then I am stuck. I have no adverse history of any kind bar a cracked windscreen 4 years ago.

Strangely enough last year with AGEAS I paid £178. This year £136 with Swinton

 

[screenman]

I got out on the bike for an hour before snow came down.

 

[numbnuts]

Waitrose have made some crisps for me

 

[Mo1959]

Strangely enough last year with AGEAS I paid £178. This year £136 with Swinton

Mine is due 1st February so might have to look around too. Currently with Saga. They went up a bit last year but not enough to bother changing. I usually get a reminder email from the comparison site reminding me and coming up with the cheapest if everything is the same.

 

[Mo1959]

Waitrose have made some crisps for me
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Back to the old Smith’s crisps we used to get that had the little blue bag of salt inside so you could put your own salt on.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I did make the mistake of expressing an opinion on cycle helmets. This is a cycling forum.

I made that mistake a few years ago, I've been staying away from them since.

 

[welsh dragon]

I always tell people to shop around every single year for better deals on your broadband, electricity, gas, car insurance. Over the last 2 years I have saved about £3000 altogether. I got rid of sky as well that saved me £60 a month.

 

[Sterlo]

I always tell people to shop around every single year for better deals on your broadband, electricity, gas, car insurance. Over the last 2 years I have saved about £3000 altogether. I got rid of sky as well that saved me £60 a month.

Does that pay for your new bloomers?

 

[gavroche]

Lucky you have a choice. Many companies will not even quote for my insurance due to age. I have been advised by someone who worked in insurance that it is better to pay the extortionate rates of Ageas as if I did change they may only cover me for one year and then I am stuck. I have no adverse history of any kind bar a cracked windscreen 4 years ago.

If you don't mind me asking, how old are you?

 

[welsh dragon]

Does that pay for your new bloomers?

Just about as long as they are not the thermal ones. They cost more

 

[ColinJ]

Waitrose have made some crisps for me

They are clearly already nuts, and once they immerse themselves in that freezing water they will also be numb with cold, so yes - numb nuts!

 

[BoldonLad]

Strangely enough last year with AGEAS I paid £178. This year £136 with Swinton

My car insurance is due too (19th). Unusually, by my renewal premium (Saga, £204, Renault Captur), has REDUCED (last year £213). I will still shop around and change if necessary.