rigsby:
oh to be 65 eh harry , it just seems a distant memory now and i’m only 70 in november ! still , time keeps passing but nobody can take away the memories can they ? ps , belated happy birthday kev . cheers , dave
hiya,
Dave it’s marvellous how some drivers just want to keep going in the driving game,
just before I retired I was offered my licence renewal “on the house” that was going
to be medical with the company doctor and a claim form for any expenses that was
incurred I declined the offer and filed the paperwork away under “B” for bin. I didn’t
want to know, but that was me and the way I wanted to do things, I have no regrets
and have never missed the driving at all up this way there are a quite a lot of drivers
who are in their 70s and are happy to be soldiering on and good luck to them and do
hope they stay fit and keep passing the medical for as long as they want to do the job.
I suppose the job is a lot easier nowadays , very little sheeting and roping, the rules
and regs I suppose are a bit of a headache but the modern stuff drives itself (from lads
who are still working), now I look out of my bedroom window and if the weather is wet,
foggy or theres snow and ice about I don’t need to turn out and can climb back into bed
for another half hour if so inclined, at 76 I’m as happy as Larry.
thanks harry long retired.
Same here,
I’ve been retired 8 years now and I’m enjoying my retirement. I did 49 years, enjoyed it, got job satisfaction, (sure, there were good days and there were bad days) but I enjoyed it, it gave us a decent living, brought a family up and I retired with no debt and a new Jaguar in the garage, that’ll do for me. I’ve no desire to go back to modern day road haulage, what time there is left is mine.
Oh, and I bought myself a nice litre bottle of Ardbeg (Islay) last Thursday on the Hull-Rotterdam ferry . I deserve it.
hiya,
Brian there’s a little bit of difference in our fortunes, I’m always awaiting
pension day, do keep the single malt in stock, have an old banger in the
drive, but swap my lifestyle, no way I hope there’s more to come, and can
always dream the lottery or premium bonds may look kindly on me, I think
on that score there’s more chance of being stricken by lightning, ah’ well.
thanks harry, long retired.
Harry, the main thing is, we’ve still got a pulse. Every day is a great day. Live for the day, I do.
The Jaguar? All my working life I wanted one and i could never afford one. Many years ago the TGWU and our employers in the petroleum industry urged us to pay a small percentage of our wages into a private pension plan, our employers would also contribute. OK, I took the advice and when I retired glory be, the pension came good, it gave a good lump sum payout AND bought an annuity. So I thought, now or never Brian, and I ordered the Jaguar.
So, all you young fellas out there, get yourselves a bit of a pension going. Good advice.
rigsby:
oh to be 65 eh harry , it just seems a distant memory now and i’m only 70 in november ! still , time keeps passing but nobody can take away the memories can they ? ps , belated happy birthday kev . cheers , dave
hiya,
Dave it’s marvellous how some drivers just want to keep going in the driving game,
just before I retired I was offered my licence renewal “on the house” that was going
to be medical with the company doctor and a claim form for any expenses that was
incurred I declined the offer and filed the paperwork away under “B” for bin. I didn’t
want to know, but that was me and the way I wanted to do things, I have no regrets
and have never missed the driving at all up this way there are a quite a lot of drivers
who are in their 70s and are happy to be soldiering on and good luck to them and do
hope they stay fit and keep passing the medical for as long as they want to do the job.
I suppose the job is a lot easier nowadays , very little sheeting and roping, the rules
and regs I suppose are a bit of a headache but the modern stuff drives itself (from lads
who are still working), now I look out of my bedroom window and if the weather is wet,
foggy or theres snow and ice about I don’t need to turn out and can climb back into bed
for another half hour if so inclined, at 76 I’m as happy as Larry.
thanks harry long retired.
Same here,
I’ve been retired 8 years now and I’m enjoying my retirement. I did 49 years, enjoyed it, got job satisfaction, (sure, there were good days and there were bad days) but I enjoyed it, it gave us a decent living, brought a family up and I retired with no debt and a new Jaguar in the garage, that’ll do for me. I’ve no desire to go back to modern day road haulage, what time there is left is mine.
Oh, and I bought myself a nice litre bottle of Ardbeg (Islay) last Thursday on the Hull-Rotterdam ferry . I deserve it.
hiya,
Brian there’s a little bit of difference in our fortunes, I’m always awaiting
pension day, do keep the single malt in stock, have an old banger in the
drive, but swap my lifestyle, no way I hope there’s more to come, and can
always dream the lottery or premium bonds may look kindly on me, I think
on that score there’s more chance of being stricken by lightning, ah’ well.
thanks harry, long retired.
I’m always gazing wistfully at the sky,hoping a Hercules will fly over and drop me a " Red Cross food parcel ".
Very lucky to get a banger in the frying pan,let alone the drive.I keep watching to see if " War on Want " have sent me some clothes. Life is hard being a cave dweller,but I must not grumble…because I’m still breathing.
Cheers Dave.
Brian I did the same, I took a private pension out with the Pru for myself and for the wife, also told the wife to pay full stamp from the day we met, her mates was only paying 5p, I told her she would reap the money in her old age, next to us only got a few pence and had to wait until her husband retired to get a pension from his payments. Only gripe, have to keep my money moving to get best interest.
Norman Ingram:
Brian I did the same, I took a private pension out with the Pru for myself and for the wife, also told the wife to pay full stamp from the day we met, her mates was only paying 5p, I told her she would reap the money in her old age, next to us only got a few pence and had to wait until her husband retired to get a pension from his payments. Only gripe, have to keep my money moving to get best interest.
hiya,
Thats the beauty of being skint Norm you never have to worry about
your money, lack of it yes, wish I could play a musical instrument I’d
take up busking the Rumanians seem to do OK, there’s plenty of them
at it up this way wouldn’t mind but their output is all foreign to me I’m
not able to sing along to it, I think thats them being racist is’nt it??.
thanks harry, long retired.
Norman Ingram:
Brian I did the same, I took a private pension out with the Pru for myself and for the wife, also told the wife to pay full stamp from the day we met, her mates was only paying 5p, I told her she would reap the money in her old age, next to us only got a few pence and had to wait until her husband retired to get a pension from his payments. Only gripe, have to keep my money moving to get best interest. 8)
Interest, now there’s a blast from the past. Borrow money…you pay it, save a bit…you get nowt.
Norman Ingram:
Brian I did the same, I took a private pension out with the Pru for myself and for the wife, also told the wife to pay full stamp from the day we met, her mates was only paying 5p, I told her she would reap the money in her old age, next to us only got a few pence and had to wait until her husband retired to get a pension from his payments. Only gripe, have to keep my money moving to get best interest. 8)
Interest, now there’s a blast from the past. Borrow money…you pay it, save a bit…you get nowt.
hiya,
If like me your’e permanently pink lint your money gaining interest
is the least of your worries, my brass is invested in Ladbrokes, and I
also put a few bob into brewery shares.
thanks harry, long retired.
Norman Ingram:
Brian I did the same, I took a private pension out with the Pru for myself and for the wife, also told the wife to pay full stamp from the day we met, her mates was only paying 5p, I told her she would reap the money in her old age, next to us only got a few pence and had to wait until her husband retired to get a pension from his payments. Only gripe, have to keep my money moving to get best interest. 8)
Interest, now there’s a blast from the past. Borrow money…you pay it, save a bit…you get nowt.
hiya,
If like me your’e permanently pink lint your money gaining interest
is the least of your worries, my brass is invested in Ladbrokes, and I
also put a few bob into brewery shares.
thanks harry, long retired.
Got mine invested in diesel and beer.Unfortunately no interest from either.
Cheers Dave.
Norman Ingram:
Brian I did the same, I took a private pension out with the Pru for myself and for the wife, also told the wife to pay full stamp from the day we met, her mates was only paying 5p, I told her she would reap the money in her old age, next to us only got a few pence and had to wait until her husband retired to get a pension from his payments. Only gripe, have to keep my money moving to get best interest. 8)
Interest, now there’s a blast from the past. Borrow money…you pay it, save a bit…you get nowt.
hiya,
If like me your’e permanently pink lint your money gaining interest
is the least of your worries, my brass is invested in Ladbrokes, and I
also put a few bob into brewery shares.
thanks harry, long retired.
Got mine invested in diesel and beer.Unfortunately no interest from either.
Cheers Dave.
I agree but there must be some pleasure in the drink, & of course the diesel as it gets one from A 2 B, The drink comes first of course, just to be on the safe side, Regards Larry.
Got mine in ISA’s but after a year the interest drops from 3%plus to under 07%, so the end of march I go to the bank and move what allowance I have left, the in april move the rest in the best ISA on offer, it’s a pain, but better than getting 70p interest for the year which I got for a couple of years, last year I got £300, better in my pocket than the banks.
Well Norman, I got realey ■■■■■■ off with the intrest I was getting from my ISAS, So I cashed them in & got myself a new Jaguar XF Deluxe, I thought to myself why not get some pleasure out of my hard earned money & enjoy the years me & my good lady have got left, because at the end of the day my Daughter & my Son would spend it anyway, mind you they did encourage me to go for another new Jaguar , Regards Larry.
Norman Ingram:
Got mine in ISA’s but after a year the interest drops from 3%plus to under 07%, so the end of march I go to the bank and move what allowance I have left, the in april move the rest in the best ISA on offer, it’s a pain, but better than getting 70p interest for the year which I got for a couple of years, last year I got £300, better in my pocket than the banks.
The interest rates on some accounts are creeping up to around 4% now Norm.Its just a case of shopping around which I’m quite sure you are capable of.Have a look o Martin Lewis money saver site,gives a lot of tips on how to save on lots of things.
Cheers Dave.
i’m like harry , skint pensioner getting by . mind you the son married a millionaire’s daughter and the daughter is married to a yank who earns $ 500,000a year , so the wolf won’t get to our door just yet , cheers , dave
hiya,
Running back and forth to the bank, searching around for financial advice,
is it all worth it, I have a daughter (the youngest) she’s an accountant and
should I need advice I could have it, I did mention finances once and her
advice was Dad at your time of life you want nowt to do with investments
if you’ve got owt spend it and enjoy it you can’t take it with you and I don’t
want it, and I followed her advice to the letter.
thanks harry, long retired.
It seems that money is a worry if you have it, and a worry if you haven’t! Never bothered saving much ourselves but enjoyed it while we had it, dont understand things like ISAS and the like and I reckon that messing around finding best deals etc is quality time lost. Same as these gas and electric companies, we stick with the same ones whereas my mate is always chopping and changing companies! Sod it, lifes to short to be wasting it like that so now you know that when I turn my toes up all that they will find money wise is what will be in my trouser pockets when they strip them off of me ha ha.
windrush:
It seems that money is a worry if you have it, and a worry if you haven’t! Never bothered saving much ourselves but enjoyed it while we had it, dont understand things like ISAS and the like and I reckon that messing around finding best deals etc is quality time lost. Same as these gas and electric companies, we stick with the same ones whereas my mate is always chopping and changing companies! Sod it, lifes to short to be wasting it like that so now you know that when I turn my toes up all that they will find money wise is what will be in my trouser pockets when they strip them off of me ha ha.
Pete.
hiya,
Two of a kind eh’ you’ll do for me Pete.
thanks harry, long retired.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well Norman, I got realey ■■■■■■ off with the intrest I was getting from my ISAS, So I cashed them in & got myself a new Jaguar XF Deluxe, I thought to myself why not get some pleasure out of my hard earned money & enjoy the years me & my good lady have got left, because at the end of the day my Daughter & my Son would spend it anyway, mind you they did encourage me to go for another new Jaguar , Regards Larry.
Nice, very nice. If it’s the diesel make sure the DPF stays cleared out. I’m lucky, my S type is pre DPF, no need to worry, the ■■■■ things have cost Jaguar a lot of money in warranty claims, the DPF gets blocked and diesel gets into the sump. If it’s the 5.0l supercharged petrol I’m VERY envious. If my 6 numbers come up it’s a new 5.0l XJ for me, I’ll show them that there’s life in the old dog yet.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well Norman, I got realey ■■■■■■ off with the intrest I was getting from my ISAS, So I cashed them in & got myself a new Jaguar XF Deluxe, I thought to myself why not get some pleasure out of my hard earned money & enjoy the years me & my good lady have got left, because at the end of the day my Daughter & my Son would spend it anyway, mind you they did encourage me to go for another new Jaguar , Regards Larry.
Nice, very nice. If it’s the diesel make sure the DPF stays cleared out. I’m lucky, my S type is pre DPF, no need to worry, the ■■■■ things have cost Jaguar a lot of money in warranty claims, the DPF gets blocked and diesel gets into the sump. If it’s the 5.0l supercharged petrol I’m VERY envious. If my 6 numbers come up it’s a new 5.0l XJ for me, I’ll show them that there’s life in the old dog yet.
hiya,
If I had one of them it would never get out of the drive it would take
my pension to fill the tank, my souped up Corolla is bad enough £245
per year road fund licence ( high emissions) and very thirsty but goes
like the proverbial hence sky high insurance premiums even with max
no claims bonus and it’s an automatic, it is a nice drive though.
thanks harry, long retired.
Now that is the case! Banks , companies, and power suppliers rely on people not bothering or changing your account! Thats why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I have been keeping a eye on everything few quite a few years, I HAVE BEEN AND DONE THE POOR THING. And I swore I would never go down that lane again when I chopped my right hand in half, that was in 1964, and I must say I 've done a reasonable job since. When you think, firms , councils, want every penny out of you. but when the shoe is on the other foot, they use every delaying tactic they can muster up.
Norman Ingram:
Now that is the case! Banks , companies, and power suppliers rely on people not bothering or changing your account! Thats why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I have been keeping a eye on everything few quite a few years, I HAVE BEEN AND DONE THE POOR THING. And I swore I would never go down that lane again when I chopped my right hand in half, that was in 1964, and I must say I 've done a reasonable job since. When you think, firms , councils, want every penny out of you. but when the shoe is on the other foot, they use every delaying tactic they can muster up.
hiya,
See what I mean Norm if you’ve got nowt you’ve got nowt to worry about,
the only movement of money done by me is when it travels around in my
trouser pockets usually going out faster than it goes in,“Granda can I have”
yes pet I’ll just nip down to the money tree at the bottom of the garden,if
I’m not back before bedtime the branches are bare.
thanks harry, long retired.
Norman Ingram:
Now that is the case! Banks , companies, and power suppliers rely on people not bothering or changing your account! Thats why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I have been keeping a eye on everything few quite a few years, I HAVE BEEN AND DONE THE POOR THING. And I swore I would never go down that lane again when I chopped my right hand in half, that was in 1964, and I must say I 've done a reasonable job since. When you think, firms , councils, want every penny out of you. but when the shoe is on the other foot, they use every delaying tactic they can muster up.
hiya,
See what I mean Norm if you’ve got nowt you’ve got nowt to worry about,
the only movement of money done by me is when it travels around in my
trouser pockets usually going out faster than it goes in,“Granda can I have”
yes pet I’ll just nip down to the money tree at the bottom of the garden,if
I’m not back before bedtime the branches are bare.
thanks harry, long retired.
As long as you have enough money to get by,that’s near enough Harry.My old man used to say " you die if you worry,you die if you don’t ". He never worried about much of anything. Neither do I most of the time,just keep breathing.
Cheers Dave.
now there’s a blast from the past. Borrow money…you pay it, save a bit…you get nowt. 
Never bothered saving much ourselves but enjoyed it while we had it, dont understand things like ISAS and the like and I reckon that messing around finding best deals etc is quality time lost. Same as these gas and electric companies, we stick with the same ones whereas my mate is always chopping and changing companies! 
Sod it, lifes to short to be wasting it like that so now you know that when I turn my toes up all that they will find money wise is what will be in my trouser pockets when they strip them off of me ha ha.