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[Sir Fallsalot]

8 hours ago, boboneleg said:

I've just had to renew my driving licence as you have to do it every 10 years and at the end of the lengthy online form they asked for £14.00 for the privilege.  What a rip off this photocard licence is , how do they justify charging you £14.00 every 10 years when your details are probably no different .

 

I don’t have a photo-card licence still holding onto the old paper one for as long as I can. There’s no photo on it so no need to update it every ten years 

[Six30]

8 hours ago, XTreme said:

It's a consequence of understanding data Pedro!

But I'm confident that things are going to turn around for the country next year!

you think .. 

[Catteeclan]

8 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

I don’t have a photo-card licence still holding onto the old paper one for as long as I can. There’s no photo on it so no need to update it every ten years 

I still have mine but also the photo card. When I got my last speeding fine I was told the old ones were obsolete.

Lord Google says, 
If yours was issued before 1998 and you only have a paper licence, it is still valid so keep it safe and away from the bin.

[boboneleg]

12 hours ago, Clive said:

Got the leeching kids coming in the morning......after money for food.......All I can say to them is....

Lazy twats.  

Probably too late now but you should go for a walk and a coffee/tea until they're gone ................

[Sir Fallsalot]

3 hours ago, Catteeclan said:

I still have mine but also the photo card. When I got my last speeding fine I was told the old ones were obsolete.

Lord Google says, 
If yours was issued before 1998 and you only have a paper licence, it is still valid so keep it safe and away from the bin.

I have a few photocopies and a scan of it, the wife has hers as well, mine is falling apart but it doesn’t need to be produced anymore as everything is on line so the wear and tear is greatly reduced  

[boboneleg]

My wife still has only the paper jobbie, I still have mine as a keepsake as it has no points/endorsements on it

[Sir Fallsalot]

Just now, boboneleg said:

My wife is still on the paper jobbie, I still have mine as a keepsake as it has no points/endorsements on it

Mine is more of a trophy as it’s covered in points and endorsements  

[XTreme]

48 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Probably too late now but you should go for a walk and a coffee/tea until they're gone ................

It's a difficult situation with your kids!

As you know I was caught up in it for a year, and we estimate that we put around €6-7K in to get our boy in a position to actually move forward with his life.

As well as the dosh we paid a high price! The bitch gave us Covid, then that flu that caused my Hernia, and damaged our fucking car. Not to mention the stress and emotional upset she caused.

However, he did step up and get that job in Madrid (€30k+ a year) and apparently the fat munter has now got a part time job as well. On top of that, the boys have now got places in the same school and seem to be settling in!

So it actually achieved something after all that trauma......because he did his bit.

However, if he was like @Clive's boy who won't even try to help himself, it's highly unlikely we'd have done what we did.

My way of thinking is give them all the help you can when they need it. But unless they're willing to take steps to get themselves out of the mess they've created, you can't go on like that forever because the real problem isn't being addressed.

[Clive]

47 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Probably too late now but you should go for a walk and a coffee/tea until they're gone ................

They would camp on the doorstep waiting for us to return, which they did, they took our money and buggered off to Aldi.

[Clive]

2 minutes ago, XTreme said:

It's a difficult situation with your kids!

As you know I was caught up in it for a year, and we estimate that we put around €6-7K in to get our boy in a position to actually move forward with his life.

As well as the dosh we paid a high price! The bitch gave us Covid, then that flu that caused my Hernia, and damaged our fucking car. Not to mention the stress and emotional upset she caused.

However, he did step up and get that job in Madrid (€30k+ a year) and apparently the fat munter has now got a part time job as well. On top of that, the boys have now got places in the same school and seem to be settling in!

So it actually achieved something after all that trauma......because he did his bit.

However, if he was like @Clive's boy who won't even try to help himself, it's highly unlikely we'd have done what we did.

My way of thinking is give them all the help you can when they need it. But unless they're willing to take steps to get themselves out of the mess they've created, you can't go on like that forever because the real problem isn't being addressed.

It is every month they ask for food money, daughter in law does have a part time cleaning job, my son seems to be a bed tester.

It use to be the week before she got paid, then it was 2 weeks before she got paid........this time it is almost 3 weeks before she gets paid.

My daughter loaned £1000 for her Pugshite repairs, got that back the following week, but she works 5, 6 or 7 days per week, do not mind helping her out because she and her hubby are doing all they can to keep their heads above water.

My son?....been like this for years,  doubt he will change his ways now.

If it was not for our burial savings we would have to say to them  "Sorry, can't help you"

[XTreme]

2 minutes ago, Clive said:

but she works 5, 6 or 7 days per week, do not mind helping her out because she and her hubby are doing all they can to keep their heads above water.

What job has your son in law got Clive?

[Clive]

Just now, XTreme said:

What job has your son in law got Clive?

He works in he catering department at our local hospital, he is responsible for allocating everything to feed the staff and patients, quite a responsible job, but his wage does not reflect the position and responsibility he holds.

[Buckster]

Time to zip the lining back in the bike gear.

[XTreme]

14 minutes ago, Clive said:

He works in he catering department at our local hospital, he is responsible for allocating everything to feed the staff and patients, quite a responsible job, but his wage does not reflect the position and responsibility he holds.

Both working and still struggling? It's not right is it?

As for Pensions....."the most generous pension system is in Spain, where pensioners receiving the maximum State Pension have an income of €2,617.53 per month (£2,287.24). Spain also has low living costs, so pensioners can expect a comfortable retirement with pension income at a whopping 407.40% over the breakeven point."

I know a few guys who retired around the time I started receiving my Pension, and they can't believe how little British Pensioners get.

They're loving their retirement, and I haven't come across any who've had to continue working as I did.

 

[Six30]

23 minutes ago, XTreme said:

What job has your son in law got Clive?

 

18 minutes ago, Clive said:

He works in he catering department at our local hospital, he is responsible for allocating everything to feed the staff and patients, quite a responsible job, but his wage does not reflect the position and responsibility he holds.

he could nick food from work then .

[Clive]

4 minutes ago, XTreme said:

Both working and still struggling? It's not right is it?

As for Pensions....."the most generous pension system is in Spain, where pensioners receiving the maximum State Pension have an income of €2,617.53 per month (£2,287.24). Spain also has low living costs, so pensioners can expect a comfortable retirement with pension income at a whopping 407.40% over the breakeven point."

I know a few guys who retired around the time I started receiving my Pension, and they can't believe how little British Pensioners get.

They're loving their retirement, and I haven't come across any who've had to continue working as I did.

 

Both of them are on (or very near) minimum wage, son in law works in the hospital, but he does not work for the NHS, it is a contacted out company he works for, so he receives none of the NHS benefits = pension or wage rises.

Daughter is 2nd in command at a care home, which is a industry with historical low pay, but that is the way most companies around here....."Minimum Wage Satisfied" is on 99.9% of jobs advertised in this area.

I hoped we would be OK in retirement,  but that didn't turn out as expected. 

[XTreme]

19 minutes ago, Clive said:

I hoped we would be OK in retirement,  but that didn't turn out as expected. 

Plenty of others are going to be finding that out!

[Clive]

1 hour ago, XTreme said:

Plenty of others are going to be finding that out!

Some parts of retirement I enjoy, not living by the clock, getting a decent night's sleep, but sitting in the bungalow day after day after day is like being in prison, or back in Lockdown....the less I do, the  less I am inclined too.

Having nothing much to look forward to does not help either,  I cannot say I look forward to 4 days in a caravan in Mablethorpe like I did for 2 weeks in the sun in the Med. ☀ 

 

[Six30]

1 minute ago, Clive said:

Some parts of retirement I enjoy, not living by the clock, getting a decent night's sleep, but sitting in the bungalow day after day after day is like being in prison, or back in Lockdown....the less I do, the  less I am inclined too.

Having nothing much to look forward to does not help,  I cannot say I look forward to 4 days in a caravan in Mablethorpe lol like I did for 2 weeks in the sun in the Med. ☀ 

 

i offered to meet up for a coffee , that was something to look forward to.

[Clive]

2 minutes ago, Six30 said:

i offered to meet up for a coffee , that was something to look forward to.

Missed meeting a living legend......Should have took you up on the offer

 

i can't afford to buy coffee on this pension.  

[Six30]

6 minutes ago, Clive said:

Missed meeting a living legend......Should have took you up on the offer

 

i can't afford to buy coffee on this pension.  

me and my nephew are coming up your way next year .. found a pub with rooms near Ashbourne , Royal oak, on  Mayfield road,  looks ok ,can park bikes round the back out of sight... you know of it clive .

[XTreme]

1 minute ago, Clive said:

Some parts of retirement I enjoy, not living by the clock, getting a decent night's sleep, but sitting in the bungalow day after day after day is like being in prison, or back in Lockdown....the less I do, the  less I am inclined too.

Having nothing much to look forward to does not help either,  I cannot say I look forward to 4 days in a caravan in Mablethorpe lol like I did for 2 weeks in the sun in the Med. ☀ 

 

It wasn't easy coming here when we did! If I'd sold a house in London we'd have come here with a fucking wad. Unfortunately, selling a house in Llandrindod Wells doesn't carry the same financial clout.

However, we now look back and realise it was the best thing we ever did when we hear of the predicament many Pensioners are now in back there.

As it stands now, our boy in NL has made a fantastic life for himself (he earns huge money) and at last the one in Madrid has finally got his shit together. We just pray that Fatty doesn't deliberately fuck it up so she can go back to Poland!

As for us, I'll keep working.....but I'm fine with that. I'd go crazy doing nothing. And in 5 more years the wife can retire with a small Pension from Spain.

Both our healthcare is free then, so I'll keep working but only under the radar using an Internet banking service like Revolut to store the dosh. 

Got it all planned!

[Clive]

38 minutes ago, Six30 said:

me and my nephew are coming up your way next year .. found a pub with rooms near Ashbourne , Royal oak, on  Mayfield road,  looks ok ,can park bikes round the back out of sight... you know of it clive .

Passed it many times, but i have never been in the place, use (when I was at work) to look clean and tidy then.

[Clive]

50 minutes ago, XTreme said:

It wasn't easy coming here when we did! If I'd sold a house in London we'd have come here with a fucking wad. Unfortunately, selling a house in Llandrindod Wells doesn't carry the same financial clout.

However, we now look back and realise it was the best thing we ever did when we hear of the predicament many Pensioners are now in back there.

As it stands now, our boy in NL has made a fantastic life for himself (he earns huge money) and at last the one in Madrid has finally got his shit together. We just pray that Fatty doesn't deliberately fuck it up so she can go back to Poland!

As for us, I'll keep working.....but I'm fine with that. I'd go crazy doing nothing. And in 5 more years the wife can retire with a small Pension from Spain.

Both our healthcare is free then, so I'll keep working but only under the radar using an Internet banking service like Revolut to store the dosh. 

Got it all planned!

Good for you. hope everything turns out as you have planned....as I have said before, my dad in law told me years ago to buy a one way ticket out of a England, he was mad at himself for not taking up emigrating to Australia in the early 1960,s.

We may have some (tough) decisions to make in the near future, about our future.

[XTreme]

1 minute ago, Clive said:

he was mad at himself for not taking up emigrating to Australia in the early 1960,s.

You could get there for a tenner then I think?