The Retirement Thread

[Exlaser2]

Thank you, I don't pay council tax so thats sorted, I've got to sort out the rest when we start to pay.

Hi Dave . I am no expert on this subject but I can relate my own experience of the care package I arranged for my mum.

She lives in sheltered accommodation and has under 10 grand in savings.
She gets pension credit to top her state pension and and has a very small private pension .
She gets council tax and rent relief.
She receives attendance allowance.

Mum started out having two visit a day and the amount she was assessed to pay exactly matched her attendance allowance. But this is also the maximum she has to pay , which means now she has to have more visits she doesn’t have to pay anymore .

 

[welsh dragon]

I quite like mushy peas

 

[classic33]

No you're fine, they're using Vista

51/2 years ago the records department of the local trust finally stopped using Windows 95D(USB enabled).

 

[PaulSB]

Our jigsaw. About to mount it on a board then hang on a wall.
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That's possibly going too far.....

 

[PaulSB]

No one goes near them.

So that's you told ,@Dave7

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Baked beans
Next you will be having gravy or curry sauce on your fish.

Cod, chips and baked beans with plenty of tomato sauce.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

or curry sauce - probably mild or fruity

but only on the chips - because putting it on the fish is just unacceptable

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Hi Dave . I am no expert on this subject but I can relate my own experience of the care package I arranged for my mum.

She lives in sheltered accommodation and has under 10 grand in savings.
She gets pension credit to top her state pension and and has a very small private pension .
She gets council tax and rent relief.
She receives attendance allowance.

Mum started out having two visit a day and the amount she was assessed to pay exactly matched her attendance allowance. But this is also the maximum she has to pay , which means now she has to have more visits she doesn’t have to pay anymore .

Similar to me, state pension, pension credit and small private pension, less than 10 grand in the bank, but no attendance allowance.

 

[PaulSB]

Here we go guys. Hysterical. (I know there's serious underlying stuff)

Jacki Weaver

 

[Paulus]

or curry sauce - probably mild or fruity

but only on the chips - because putting it on the fish is just unacceptable

A mate of mine has both the green slimey stuff and curry sauce on his fish and chips.

 

[classic33]

That's possibly going too far.....

It isn't. You should check the market for frames, for doing this.
Why do you think the sizes are standardised?

 

[welsh dragon]

Here we go guys. Hysterical. (I know there's serious underlying stuff)

Jacki Weaver

Who's have thought it. Def handbags at dawn

 

[BoldonLad]

A mate of mine has both the green slimey stuff and curry sauce on his fish and chips.

All this talk of curry sauce, on chips, reminds me of an incident when I was a youngster of 23 or so (50 years ago), remember, this was an era when a Vesta Curry (remember them) was regarded as exotic foreign food.

It was my habit to go to the pub, with. a group of similarly aged neighbours, on a Friday night. At closing time, after a "few" pints, we would stagger off to the Chinese Tale-away and buy a couple of Chinese meals, to placate our wives. All, except one of the group (Bob), who "couldn't be doing with all this foreign food", and went to the nearby chip shop for a couple of portions of Fish and Chips.

One Friday, Bob surprised us all by declaring that he was going to be more adventurous and have some Chinese food. He came along to the Chinese Take-away with us and... ordered two portion of Curry and Chips.

 

[oldwheels]

I quite like mushy peas

I make my own from dried marrowfat peas and they taste rather nice as a dip. Bit of a faff and takes quite a long time but they would spoil the taste of fish and chips. I make my own fat free chips as well as bought ones have too much fat for my digestive system.

 

[welsh dragon]

I make my own from dried marrowfat peas and they taste rather nice as a dip. Bit of a faff and takes quite a long time but they would spoil the taste of fish and chips. I make my own fat free chips as well as bought ones have too much fat for my digestive system.

We have an air fryer and only use a spoonful of olive oil or veg oil to do chips or fries