boboneleg Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 5 hours ago, XTreme said: A Spanish friend of mine just retired at 65 and he gets €1500 a month. By comparison I get €820. How many years contributions did you both put in ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 22 minutes ago, boboneleg said: How many years contributions did you both put in ? They start as lazy chimney sweep assistants at the age of four in Spain, this gets them an extra 12 years of pension contributions. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 7 hours ago, XTreme said: A Spanish friend of mine just retired at 65 and he gets €1500 a month. By comparison I get €820. Can't boast about under the table money and then complain about low pension, Pete, that's the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 2 hours ago, boboneleg said: How many years contributions did you both put in ? I did 35 years in the UK and the wife isn't eligible for at least 6 years. Doubt she'll get much cos she only did 10 years and then had the kids. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 57 minutes ago, Pedro said: Can't boast about under the table money and then complain about low pension, Pete, that's the game. I'm not boasting about it.....that's just the way the game is played here. Don't hate the player......hate the game. And my Pension comes from the UK (1970-2005) so it's not even relevant to anything that goes on here anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 38 minutes ago, XTreme said: I'm not boasting about it.....that's just the way the game is played here. Don't hate the player......hate the game. I don’t hate either, it’s the same here. However, it does come back to you on retirement eventually if you’re not limited on the top brackets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 23 minutes ago, Pedro said: I don’t hate either, it’s the same here. However, it does come back to you on retirement eventually if you’re not limited on the top brackets. My Pension comes from fixed earnings through employers in the UK. And it actually costs around €5Kpa in self employed contributions just to do what I do. So before earning a penny and then paying tax/IVA etc you're in deep financially. Spain's system doesn't help entrepreneurial activity at all....in fact it pushes people into the black economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Spain sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 21 minutes ago, Pedro said: Spain sucks! My only point of comparison is 51 years of living in Britain. And it's a no-brainer between the two. Spain ain't perfect by any means, but considering where we came from and the environment that we grew up in, Spain has been good to us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 1 minute ago, XTreme said: My only point of comparison is 51 years of living in Britain. And it's a no-brainer between the two. Spain ain't perfect by any means, but considering where we came from and the environment that we grew up in, Spain has been good to us. Wales at it's finest, plenty of abandonded buildings to play in there ..................... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Wales at it's finest, plenty of abandonded buildings to play in there ..................... In the 50's there were still ruins from the Blitz there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 7 minutes ago, XTreme said: In the 50's there were still ruins from the Blitz there! Same in Bristol Pete, we used to play in a bombed church in Castle Green when I was young . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Readymoney Beach 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Dinner last night.... 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Just now, Earache said: Dinner last night.... Cereals and water, then. Very healthy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I was following a van which did a sudden violent swerve, this was the reason why. I parked up, walked back and took two pictures. Couldn't get any one to answer their phones, so I sent the pictures to the Head Of Highways then went round the corner to one of our yards and asked the emergency call out bods to do their thing. Google maps says they closed the road, right outside the sorting office as well. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 minute ago, yen_powell said: I was following a van which did a sudden violent swerve, this was the reason why. I parked up, walked back and took two pictures. Couldn't get any one to answer their phones, so I sent the pictures to the Head Of Highways then went round the corner to one of our yards and asked the emergency call out bods to do their thing. Google maps says they closed the road, right outside the sorting office as well. That'll properly ruin one's day! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 Marcel would probably try and shag it .............. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Just now, boboneleg said: Marcel would probably try and shag it .............. And tell us about 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 3 hours ago, boboneleg said: Marcel would probably try and shag it .............. Only if there was some ice cream melting into it 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Forgot to post these yesterday what with the excitement of hearing again but I thought you’d like ‘em anyway. Went to see the new BSA at Fowlups and make contact so they remember me when the bikes finally arrive. Couldn’t bring myself to post the one of me on the bike due to pulling a stupid face but changed my mind cos unposed pics are always better regardless of the dumb ass expression And some of Fowlups which is probably double the size of what I’ve snapped. And bonus the sales guy is the one running the bike in (shaven head long mohawk standing in the pic behind me) warmed up a lot during the conversation about bikes to the extent he did a 180 from disinterested to really chatty and took my number so he could find out the latest on the ETA. I didn’t expect to hear from him but he rang this morning and said as we were already familiar he’d give me his direct dial number and said ring at any time with any questions and I’d be getting the first bike they get in in the right colour. Pays to be pleasant. And the horrible stickers no-one likes. Aftermarket parts coming to you at exorbitant prices soon! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 16 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Forgot to post these yesterday what with the excitement of hearing again but I thought you’d like ‘em anyway. Went to see the new BSA at Fowlups and make contact so they remember me when the bikes finally arrive. Couldn’t bring myself to post the one of me on the bike due to pulling a stupid face but changed my mind cos unposed pics are always better regardless of the dumb ass expression And some of Fowlups which is probably double the size of what I’ve snapped. And bonus the sales guy is the one running the bike in (shaven head long mohawk standing in the pic behind me) warmed up a lot during the conversation about bikes to the extent he did a 180 from disinterested to really chatty and took my number so he could find out the latest on the ETA. I didn’t expect to hear from him but he rang this morning and said as we were already familiar he’d give me his direct dial number and said ring at any time with any questions and I’d be getting the first bike they get in in the right colour. Pays to be pleasant. And the horrible stickers no-one likes. Aftermarket parts coming to you at exorbitant prices soon! Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 14, 2023 Author Share Posted January 14, 2023 It's Claudia Winkleman on a BSA ............... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 14, 2023 Author Share Posted January 14, 2023 Yer dude salesman tried to sell me one of those Zero's when I was in there last time, I wasn't going for it but I thought he was a nice dude anyway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 15 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Yer dude salesman tried to sell me one of those Zero's when I was in there last time, I wasn't going for it but I thought he was a nice dude anyway I think he’s quite keen on the electric bikes, turned out he phoned the dealers to test ride the Livewire just after they sold it to us Small world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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