The Retirement Thread
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classic33
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Sithi
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Morning. Itās minus 6 and everything is white and sparkly.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I have risen!
Visiting Daughter #1 and my grandsons today.
Visiting Daughter #1 and my grandsons today.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Good Morning. I hope it's less up and down today than yesterday!!!! GRRR. On the positive side yesterday we had a very good u3a committee meeting, Mrs P and I went to see Mark Steel at Chorley Little Theatre (it's not a big place) where I bagged two of the last few tickets to see Miles Jupp in March, then my boys secured an excellent win away at Boro - even if our goal was clearly offside!
On the downside. We arranged a bike ride. At 6.45 there wasn't a hint of frost and 4ā°, by 9.00 the temperature had dropped to -1ā° and frost and ice had formed. This is not unusual at dawn. Ride abandoned. It was of course a beautiful sunny day and 5ā° later.
Then.......a huge problem arose. My son has Supported Living in the Community and shares a house with two other men. They receive 24 hour care and support. Mostly it works very well. For sometime we have been aware the care provider company wished to divest themselves of responsibility for managing the household bank accounts and expenses. The desire is to pass responsibility to the clients. OK we can deal with this. Senior management gave me to understand this would happen late April 2025.
The Sky and utility accounts are in my name on behalf of my son. Yesterday I get phone calls from Sky and Scottish Power saying the direct debits had failed and what was I going to do about this? Some investigation uncovered that the care provider company had cancelled the direct debits and the household account they were paid from is being closed on November 30th. They have left us completely exposed with no back up plan, no notification this was happening and the senior manager who gave me the April 2025 date has laid the blame at the feet of one of the house care workers. I have a mole! I have documents that prove the senior manager new this action would take place in November at the same time as telling me it would be next April. I am absolutely steaming.
This afternoon it is the monthly film club I organise. We will be watching Mrs Harris Goes to Paris.
On the downside. We arranged a bike ride. At 6.45 there wasn't a hint of frost and 4ā°, by 9.00 the temperature had dropped to -1ā° and frost and ice had formed. This is not unusual at dawn. Ride abandoned. It was of course a beautiful sunny day and 5ā° later.
Then.......a huge problem arose. My son has Supported Living in the Community and shares a house with two other men. They receive 24 hour care and support. Mostly it works very well. For sometime we have been aware the care provider company wished to divest themselves of responsibility for managing the household bank accounts and expenses. The desire is to pass responsibility to the clients. OK we can deal with this. Senior management gave me to understand this would happen late April 2025.
The Sky and utility accounts are in my name on behalf of my son. Yesterday I get phone calls from Sky and Scottish Power saying the direct debits had failed and what was I going to do about this? Some investigation uncovered that the care provider company had cancelled the direct debits and the household account they were paid from is being closed on November 30th. They have left us completely exposed with no back up plan, no notification this was happening and the senior manager who gave me the April 2025 date has laid the blame at the feet of one of the house care workers. I have a mole! I have documents that prove the senior manager new this action would take place in November at the same time as telling me it would be next April. I am absolutely steaming.
This afternoon it is the monthly film club I organise. We will be watching Mrs Harris Goes to Paris.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Gosh, just reading that it looks likely that Royal Mail is being sold off to a Czech billionaire. Iād better not state my thoughts on whatās happened to Great Britain over the years. 
Gosh, just reading that it looks likely that Royal Mail is being sold off to a Czech billionaire. Iād better not state my thoughts on whatās happened to Great Britain over the years.
I thought that had been kicked into touch earlier this year š
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
........Little Britain??????
Good morning all.
A cold frosty start to the day here.
You can't watch that on telly either.
Today's job is to sweep up the last of the fallen leaves in the garden. It's the last green bin collection on Saturday until the end of January.
A cold frosty start to the day here.
You can't watch that on telly either.
Today's job is to sweep up the last of the fallen leaves in the garden. It's the last green bin collection on Saturday until the end of January.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Cooooeeeee -1 here so I have a fire going
Maybe the new owners will do a better job with the post office than the lot we have now.
Stay safe peeps
Maybe the new owners will do a better job with the post office than the lot we have now.
Stay safe peeps
Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- West Edinburgh
Good morning all, a frosty start, looks like itās going to be a sunny morning. Hopefully the site issues are resolved today.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Very frosty here. Mrs D had to use the app on her phone to defrost the car before venturing out.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Gosh, just reading that it looks likely that Royal Mail is being sold off to a Czech billionaire. Iād better not state my thoughts on whatās happened to Great Britain over the years.
To be fair, he couldn't do a worse job than the current shower of criminals.
When I feel like winding up Mrs D I tell her that I hark back to the days of the British Empire when we ruled the world, and people knew their place and were happy and if they complained we shot them. She forgets that im half jew-boy and half Breton-Celt and my family history has never been invested with the Empire and she really gets wound up!
Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- West Edinburgh
Britainās āGreatnessā was nothing to be proud of.
