The Retirement Thread

[BoldonLad]

I pay nearly £41/mo with YW. Live alone, no meter. It might pay me to get one installed?

I would say so. Don't know if every Water Company offers same deal, but, Northumbria will install water meter, and, you can choose to go back to the "old" way, within the first year, if you wish. You can only switch back from meter to "old" way once.

 

[BoldonLad]

Well, it hasn't made me keener on getting a water meter fitted!

As far as I know, water meters are not "smart". A chap comes and reads ours, once per year. The meter is at end of drive, so, he does not need access (unless, I have inadvertently parked car on the little access hatch )

 

[Paulus]

I have recently had a letter from our water company, Affinity, telling me they are going to install a meter soon. The pipework was all done down my road some years back, putting in new stopcocks with the fitting for a meter.
There is no compulsion to be metered at the moment, but they are going to read them and give us a comparison bill to show what the difference would be.
I know those in the know say that if there are less people than bedroom, metered Water can work out cheaper. My annual bill for water and sewage is £516 .

 

[Jenkins]

I pay nearly £41/mo with YW. Live alone, no meter. It might pay me to get one installed?

I'm in a similar position to you and pay around £50-60 per quarter to Anglian Water

(Just looking in here to see what's going on as I may be joining the ranks in May)

 

[Juan Kog]

Mrs JK and I have had our Flu jabs this afternoon are we the first ?
On the water metre front , my water company sent a letter about installing a water metre followed 2 weeks later by a man who sprayed a blue cross on the stop cock cover . That was over 2 years ago .

 

[PaulSB]

Winter fuel crisis averted. I've been offered all I want from this little stash.

 

[classic33]

Winter fuel crisis averted. I've been offered all I want from this little stash.

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£1,500 worth of fuel there.

 

[PaulSB]

£1,500 worth of fuel there.

Easily as the image doesn't show how much there is. There's about five years worth. Sadly I don't have room to store it all.

 

[classic33]

Easily as the image doesn't show how much there is. There's about five years worth. Sadly I don't have room to store it all.

Go for the larger stacked pieces. You can then spend an afternoon swinging an axe.

 

[Drago]

I have risen! 1st!

Busy day ahead. Shopping am, 1st post lockdown gig with the band tonight.

 

[Mo1959]

I have risen! 1st!

Busy day ahead. Shopping am, 1st post lockdown gig with the band tonight.

How many sleeps till Bruce arrives? I‘ve met a few puppies lately. Always makes me feel broody!

Bit of rain overnight but dry now so I’ll get out soon.

 

[PaulSB]

Go for the larger stacked pieces. You can then spend an afternoon swinging an axe.

Last night I settled for the longer lengths which need logging and splitting. I like these because I cut and split them to a length which fits our fire and stove. It's also a good size for stacking in the large fireplace we have.

I'm going to look at the "rounds" this morning as they'll split well and there's a lot of oak. More difficult to stack and store though.

It's a hobby.........I wondered what I could do this winter.

 

[PaulSB]

Good day people. Despite the dire forecast the day has dawned well. Slept till 6.30

So today? Well I have a mega amount of tomatoes so there is soup to make. Onions have dried well so need cleaning and storing. Sunday is the Fred Whitton ride so must prep for that. We're away next week and on Monday morning I have to drive down from the Lakes and be ready to leave for a five day walking holiday at 11.00am so need to prep all my gear.

Another coffee and I'll nip out for some timber.........😃

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all fellow retirees.
An overcast start to the day here.
More of the usual day to day things to do, and then a ride out on the bike for a while to keep the legs ticking over.
Another busy day in paradise

 

[PaulSB]

This has made me sad. 41 years ago Mrs P and I backpacked across the States. West coast to east. We spent three weeks in California and visiting Yosemite and Sequoia national parks was a highlight.

In Sequoia there is a grove of 2,000 giant redwoods. Huge trees. The biggest, and largest tree in the world, is General Sherman at +/-2500 years old. We have a similar photo to this but 40 years ago the trees were just there, no crappy fences and benches.

Today the stand of trees is threatened by wildfire. I know we have many problems in the world. These are magnificent trees to think we could lose them truly saddens me.

7,500 giant redwoods were lost to fire in 2020. WTF have we done.