The Retirement Thread

[Drago]

The water companies are cheeky sods.

My water DD is £59 a month. Our water usage is unchanging, we have a constant number of people and water consuming appliances.

I monitor usage of all utilities closely and the DDs are very finely judged, and I know that £59 covers us perfectly and after our most recent quarterly bill be were left £16 in credit.

So it beats me why the greedy f@#£%&s want to put the direct debit up to £76! Upon receiving this news I went into the app and put it back down to £59 again, and as our usage is very consistent the only way I'll let them change it is if the price rises.

 

[welsh dragon]

My water bill for the entire year is about £140. I have a septic tank so only pay for the water. That's a lot of money each month to pay.

 

[Drago]

It's not too bad compared to my neighbours. We pay nearly as much for the waste water as we do for the fresh stuff.

 

[PeteXXX]

Not that God-awful one in Rushden?

The Home of Beelzebub? No thank you very much..
Last time I was there, I dropped MrsPete & granddaughter off and went for a lovely long walk around the lakes with the dogs 👌 😂

 

[PeteXXX]

35 squids a month for our water bill. No DD, just click on 'bill me up to date' and pay it on last Friday of the month.

 

[Gunk]

The Home of Beelzebub? No thank you very much..
Last time I was there, I dropped MrsPete & granddaughter off and went for a lovely long walk around the lakes with the dogs 👌 😂

I remember it being a Dry Ski Slope

 

[PeteXXX]

I remember it being a Dry Ski Slope

I'd forgotten about that.. Yes, it was.. 🎿

 

[Gunk]

I'd forgotten about that.. Yes, it was.. 🎿

I’m sure from memory it was Skew Bridge

 

[Gunk]

It was Skew Bridge

 

[welsh dragon]

Pork chopped with BBQ sauce, fries and a few peas maybe.

 

[PeteXXX]

Grandson & I are off to the pantomime....🧚🧛🦹
Oh yes we are!!

 

[simongt]

Been on my own all day , other than one visitor lol

What else could make your day better then - ?

 

[simongt]

Grandson & I are off to the pantomime....🧚🧛🦹

Not having been to a panto since my lads were wee, went with the GLW a couple of years ago to Cinderella at the Theatre Royal in Norwich which did have a reputation of some excellent productions in the past.
As agreed with a pal from work who'd also been, oh dear, what a let down. Amateurish presentation on what appeared to be about half the usable stage area, no razamatazz, very tired. Not a patch on the previous productions.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Just come back from taking the grand-daughter climbing

SWMBO was looking after the youngest grand-son and they had Summer Holiday on!!!

 

[PaulSB]

My eldest boy is hosting Christmas Day. My task is starters and pudding. So I said to Mrs P shall I just pop to Aldi - it's always good. Mrs P was of the opinion it looks a bit mean. I get that and said I'd do some research..........

....research completed.

I'm now the proud owner of two 24 month matured ALDI puddings. Came 2nd with Good Housekeeping with 81/100 ahead of M&S, Waitrose, Sainsbury's and Tesco!! 🤣