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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Wed 23 Mar 19:58
So apart from free busses, what should I be looking fwd to benefiting from?
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Wed 23 Mar 20:02
Sore knees and hips .. forgetting things ..
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: Wotsit
Date: Wed 23 Mar 20:22
Quote:
Buspasspar, Wed 23 Mar 20:02
Sore knees and hips .. forgetting things ..
I`m 50 next month and I`ve been getting those for years. I think.
The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Wed 23 Mar 20:27
"So apart from free busses, what should I be looking fwd to benefiting from?"
A UK English spell checker ? :-)
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Wed 23 Mar 22:36
Quote:
veteraneastender, Wed 23 Mar 20:27
"So apart from free busses, what should I be looking fwd to benefiting from?"
A UK English spell checker ? :-)
Jings, took me a while to see it.
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Wed 23 Mar 22:38
Quote:
Buspasspar, Wed 23 Mar 20:02
Sore knees and hips .. forgetting things ..
Aye, so nothing new then š„“
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Topic Originator: onandupthepars
Date: Thu 24 Mar 00:20
Some ither benefits:
Playing hide and seek wi` specs and car keys etc. You have to look in really clever (or some might say, really stuuuuuuuuuupid places, e.g. specs underneath a book on the floor, or IN the bread bin, but only once.)
When you get to the checkout withoot yer effin` wallet, ye get lots o` attention fae the nice checkout lady and a` the nice folk in the queue that are thinkin`, `Pair aul` bloke, take yer time noo, we`re in nae hurry.`
Oh, and walking away from the cashpoint without the cash! (Luckily it was on CCTV and I got it back. Technically it`s theft, so I was asked if I wanted to bring charges. No, I said. I felt sorry for the guy who took it: that was probably just too much temptation for any mere mortal.)
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Thu 24 Mar 01:12
There are times when I just love dotnet.
Friggin eejits. š
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Topic Originator: Parboiled
Date: Thu 24 Mar 08:28
Needed some cash so grabbed card from wallet and made that trek to the cash point my morning exercise. Wifie even older than me was beating me to it, so I accelerated, smoothly overlook, and with a flourish produced my busspass.
I have also boarded a bus and produced my bank card.
I have also been asked by Missus to get something when I was out, forgot what it was, didnae have my phone so went to call home from phone box and couldnāt remember the numberā¦.
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Thu 24 Mar 09:28
Quote:
Parboiled, Thu 24 Mar 08:28
Needed some cash so grabbed card from wallet and made that trek to the cash point my morning exercise. Wifie even older than me was beating me to it, so I accelerated, smoothly overlook, and with a flourish produced my busspass.
I have also boarded a bus and produced my bank card.
I have also been asked by Missus to get something when I was out, forgot what it was, didnae have my phone so went to call home from phone box and couldnāt remember the numberā¦.
Funny you said that. I forgot something this morning but I can`t remember what it was.
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Topic Originator: onandupthepars
Date: Thu 24 Mar 12:28
Ref: PARrot
Date: Thu 24 Mar 01:12
>>There are times when I just love dotnet.
Friggin eejits. š
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Friggin ? In the over 60 club? You`ll be lucky.
Have a cup o` tea instead, a pair o` socks on your birthday and a Tom Thumb at Christmas!
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Parboiled, š. Always got friends in the over 60 club. Ye get some laughs.
Post Edited (Thu 24 Mar 12:30)
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Thu 24 Mar 13:36
Guy was chatting to his neighbour who was in the over 60s club.
"Hi, haven`t seen you for a while, have you been on holiday?"
"Oh aye, we just got back. We had a month in, erm, eh, oh whitsit called. Hing oan its on the edge o` ma tongue.
Where wis it noo? Jist a minute, what`s the name o` that creeper that grows up the side o`auld hooses"?
"Do you mean Ivy?"
"That`s the one, ... HAW IVY WHAUR WIS IT WE WERE ON HOLIDAY JIST THERE"?
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Thu 24 Mar 16:39
LOL ^^^^
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Thu 24 Mar 16:54
Some years ago the depute headie at a local secondary turned up for the new session in August and remarked to the jannie - "where are all the kids ?" - to be advised they were still on holidays - he`d come back a week too early !!!
Post Edited (Thu 24 Mar 16:55)
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Topic Originator: Wotsit
Date: Fri 25 Mar 09:24
When I was in primary three I must have had a really bad morning one day because I put my chair on my desk at the start of lunch break and toddled off home, fully convinced that it was home time.
Got all the way home and my mum sent me right back.
The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Fri 25 Mar 17:30
Nowhere near 60 but I`d forgotten the whole putting your chair up at the end of the day. Never really thought about it at the time but imagine it was for the cleaners.
Do you actually get anything at 60 beyond your bus pass? Do you get considered an OAP or does that not happen until 65/67/68?
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Topic Originator: twin par
Date: Fri 25 Mar 23:32
It actually depends on which year you were born.I was born in1957,but can`t get pension, and benefits,until I reach 66.
What shocked me was,someone, who has never worked a day in their life, gets the same pension as me.Unbelievable !
Post Edited (Fri 25 Mar 23:34)
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Sat 26 Mar 02:10
Quote:
jake89, Fri 25 Mar 17:30
Nowhere near 60 but I`d forgotten the whole putting your chair up at the end of the day. Never really thought about it at the time but imagine it was for the cleaners.
Do you actually get anything at 60 beyond your bus pass? Do you get considered an OAP or does that not happen until 65/67/68?
I have no idea, which is why I asked. Only to be besieged by geriatric raspers.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Sat 26 Mar 08:54
Quote:
twin par, Fri 25 Mar 23:32
It actually depends on which year you were born.I was born in1957,but can`t get pension, and benefits,until I reach 66.
What shocked me was,someone, who has never worked a day in their life, gets the same pension as me.Unbelievable !
Post Edited (Fri 25 Mar 23:34)
How does that pan out ?
You need a minimum of X years (10 ?) of National Insurance contributions to qualify for any level of state pension.
There are some exceptions - such as people who are unable to work due to disabilities or medical conditions.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Sat 26 Mar 12:14
If you didn`t give someone who had never worked a pension then they`d just claim benefits surely? Pensions are considered a benefit.
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Topic Originator: onandupthepars
Date: Sat 26 Mar 15:31
Refr: PARrot
Date: Sat 26 Mar 02:10
... [I`m] `besieged by geriatric raspers.`
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Aye but that`s jist it. It creeps up on ye unawares, an` afore ye know it, yer one o` us!
Post Edited (Sat 26 Mar 15:32)
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Topic Originator: twin par
Date: Sat 26 Mar 18:12
Fair enough,for disabled and other people with illnesses.When I got made redundant a number years ago,I was told at dole office,that a genuine lazy sod,and I mean skivers,gets the same pension as me.Unless that`s changed.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Sun 27 Mar 17:54
The state pension is based on contributions, so somebody who has never worked wonāt qualify same as those who have clocked up the ceiling 35 years Nat. Ins. payments. However as suggested they may be eligible for other benefits.
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Sun 27 Mar 20:26
My wife managed to clock up 50yrs contributions, 6 years delay after age being put up to 66, and not a penny extra for the 50 yrs!š¤¬
Can someone exain how one of my pals gets over Ā£200 a week state pension after taking redundancy from the dockyard?
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Topic Originator: Tenruh
Date: Mon 28 Mar 11:33
Quote:
LochgellyAlbert, Sun 27 Mar 20:26
My wife managed to clock up 50yrs contributions, 6 years delay after age being put up to 66, and not a penny extra for the 50 yrs!š¤¬
Can someone exain how one of my pals gets over Ā£200 a week state pension after taking redundancy from the dockyard?
he maybe deferred his pension by a couple of years
Post Edited (Mon 28 Mar 11:33)
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Wed 30 Mar 23:46
He carried on working while also receiving state pension.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Tue 5 Apr 22:40
Quote:
LochgellyAlbert, Wed 30 Mar 23:46
He carried on working while also receiving state pension.
Anybody can work past state pension age if they have the opportunity, regardless of it being deferred, or not.
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