Clive

My wife does not get full pension, but seem unable to find out why......she did have some time off work when she had our 2 kids, but not off work for long, and never been out of work. My attendance allowance made up for her shortfall, and if had not been for that one eyed Scotchman (Gordon Brown) my pit pension would have been alot more than I get now.

VED for the scoot is £47 per year....insurance £70.....MOT £29.........not so much of a problem. It seems like we will have to alter our shopping habits a bit, usually do all out shopping at Asda, Farmfoods are near to us and many things (lower quality?) are cheaper there, save some money there.. No more using the tumble dryer and central heating only be put on as a last resort.....heat or eat, we will eat.

Has i have (I think ) said before, my father in law told me about 1980 to buy a ticket to somewhere/anywhere out of this country........ I should have heeded his advice.

I think they were hoping Covid would do that........just where do they think the average pensioner is going to find this extra money from for gas, electric, food, petrol and council tax rises.....wife is still crunching the numbers.

We will have to cut down somewhere.......scoot fine at the moment, taxed, insured and has a MOT till September, so if I don't use it it not a drain on finances. Car we need with my wife being semi disabled, pay the VED monthly same with the insurance, only use it when necessary, shopping or our once weekly trip to the inlaws.... But where can we cut back? That's million dollar question. Scottish Power want us to set up a DD for £150 per month , our past monthly bills were about £70 in winter, and only about £35 to £45 in the warmer months.. I suppose there are many in a worse situation than us.

Yeh a bit, trying to sort out our finances now that everything seems to have rocketed up in price.......made a big dent in our income.....having to rethink things for the future.

Same old.....same old.

Sunny ....light breeze.....about 6c (it may get up to 8c later. I have fed the rodents and birds.......stuck for something to do now.

Not looking great weather wise here over the weekend..........and we are on granddaughter caring duties from next Monday till after Easter.

Never rated them myself, seemed to have superiority complex.

Try some "Start you Bastard" spray.

Bugger all it seems, don't get my monthly pension till next week = skint.

I had to get a form of transport, mining village 8 miles away from nearest town. So yeh, needed wheels to have some freedom.

Have to add, our daughters husband who is 38, he too can't drive, or put up curtain rails, fit a toilet seat, wire a plug, and the tit is forever falling off his mountain bike.

It is the same with my son, he is nearly 41, never had a licence, and has never shown any interest in driving. My daughter, total opposite, took driving lessons and took her driving test as soon as she possibly could.

My wife held a provisional licence for 1 year, rode her little Yamaha Passola 50cc for 1 week, till a lorry forced her into a roadside ditch, never rode again, and she has never attempted to drive a car........call me Parker.

a bit of a breeze but not bad.

Looks absolutely lovely here.

The week ahead weather looking quite good here. Nothing planned for the weekend (as usual)

Masses, and Mablethorpe, those 2 don't go together. Anyway what problems will a 100 old gits in mobility scooters cause.

Been there, done that, never again, I value my sanity.