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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: dbug on 01 December 2012, 17:42:26
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Just received my Xmas bonus from the Government as an OAP - looking for some advice on how to spend it. I was gobsmacked to say the least in seeing my bank balance increase by the princly sum of £10 - ffs what shall I spend it on? ;)
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Just received my Xmas bonus from the Government as an OAP - looking for some advice on how to spend it. I was gobsmacked to say the least in seeing my bank balance increase by the princly sum of £10 - ffs what shall I spend it on? ;)
A days worth of leckie dbug! ::) ::) ::) ::)
Well that is what it is for. Be grateful and stop moaning................ ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)
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2 for 1 value whiskey, before the shysters put the price up :y don't go to Asda though, their offers won't be so good having opted out of the retailer agreement yesterday ::)
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Go on a long journey on your (free) bus pass and use the £10 for refreshments - so you have a day out on the system!!
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Go on a long journey on your (free) bus pass and use the £10 for refreshments - so you have a day out on the system!!
Bugger that reminds me must get a bus pass - what refreshments can I buy for a tenner?
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Just received my Xmas bonus from the Government as an OAP - looking for some advice on how to spend it. I was gobsmacked to say the least in seeing my bank balance increase by the princly sum of £10 - ffs what shall I spend it on? ;)
A Chinese for 2 :-\
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M and S romantic meal for two :o :o
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Go on a long journey on your (free) bus pass and use the £10 for refreshments - so you have a day out on the system!!
Bugger that reminds me must get a bus pass - what refreshments can I buy for a tenner?
Try this...
2 for 1 value whiskey, before the shysters put the price up :y don't go to Asda though, their offers won't be so good having opted out of the retailer agreement yesterday ::)
;D
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Go on a long journey on your (free) bus pass and use the £10 for refreshments - so you have a day out on the system!!
They've even put the age up for that I have to wait until I'm 63!!!
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Surely the Christmas bonus for old people has been £100 for years.
What happened?..... ??? ??? ???
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Just received my Xmas bonus from the Government as an OAP - looking for some advice on how to spend it. I was gobsmacked to say the least in seeing my bank balance increase by the princly sum of £10 - ffs what shall I spend it on? ;)
A days worth of leckie dbug! ::) ::) ::) ::)
Well that is what it is for. Be grateful and stop moaning................ ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)
£10.00 is not the winter fuel allowance Lizzie.......... :y
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The retirement age for men is not 60 afaik ??? so the £10 cannot be an O.A.P. "freebie" ;D
If you are on other 'Benefits' then there is a £10 Christmas Bonus, so perhaps this is what you've been sent dbug :-\
Also I believe the winter Fuel Allowance for O.A.P's is between £100 and £300 depending on age and certain other benefit entitlements. :-\
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I get the impression that being given a tenner for doing nowt is not well received
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The retirement age for men is not 60 afaik ??? so the £10 cannot be an O.A.P. "freebie" ;D
If you are on other 'Benefits' then there is a £10 Christmas Bonus, so perhaps this is what you've been sent dbug :-\
Also I believe the winter Fuel Allowance for O.A.P's is between £100 and £300 depending on age and certain other benefit entitlements. :-\
Just retired @ 66½ years young - the £10 is the OAP Christmas Bonus for anyone receiving the state pension - I'm not on "Benefits" and never have been.
The winter fuel allowance for my age is £200
Trust that clarifies
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Just received my Xmas bonus from the Government as an OAP - looking for some advice on how to spend it. I was gobsmacked to say the least in seeing my bank balance increase by the princly sum of £10 - ffs what shall I spend it on? ;)
A days worth of leckie dbug! ::) ::) ::) ::)
Well that is what it is for. Be grateful and stop moaning................ ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)
£10.00 is not the winter fuel allowance Lizzie.......... :y
It was a partial joke and observation Vamps ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
I know it is not directly for that, but to pay the energy bills you need everything the Government throws your way to pay for them. including the likes of that £10. You also may not get any more now anyway the way things are going! ::) ::) :'(
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Few lottery tickets?
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Few lottery tickets?
Best idea to date mate - as above + a couple of Euromillions tickets.
Not much else it'll buy - not even a bottle of good wine :(
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I personally think that pensioners on the state pension only should get free Gas, Electricity, TV License, Council Tax, and get the average wage as a pension. These people have worked all their lives and paid Tax and NI. :y :y :y
Not like the BB
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You could get a winter hat and some driving gloves seeing as the omega has no heated steering wheel ;D
Or this ...
(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/milleblack/SuperCoolWinterhat.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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I personally think that pensioners on the state pension only should get free Gas, Electricity, TV License, Council Tax, and get the average wage as a pension. These people have worked all their lives and paid Tax and NI. :y :y :y
Not like the BB
I don't see why pensioners should get an average wage AND gas, elec, C.Tax paid aswell. Ok, a higher pension would be good for sure, but not everything else. Or maybe help with bills, but ot higher pension.
Paying NI all your life is for a reason - you get healthcare all your life. And you cannot tarnish everyone with the same brush. The woman next door will be a pensioner one day - so it follows that some pensioners were THAT woman in the past. But when old, of course a lot of women become sweet old ladies with no past.
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You could get a winter hat and some driving gloves seeing as the omega has no heated steering wheel ;D
Or this ...
Hat looks good :y As for rest of it I have a beard ;)
Don't need driving gloves - my Jag has a heated steering wheel ::)
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I personally think that pensioners on the state pension only should get free Gas, Electricity, TV License, Council Tax, and get the average wage as a pension. These people have worked all their lives and paid Tax and NI. :y :y :y
Not like the BB
I don't see why pensioners should get an average wage AND gas, elec, C.Tax paid aswell. Ok, a higher pension would be good for sure, but not everything else. Or maybe help with bills, but ot higher pension.
Paying NI all your life is for a reason - you get healthcare all your life. And you cannot tarnish everyone with the same brush. The woman next door will be a pensioner one day - so it follows that some pensioners were THAT woman in the past. But when old, of course a lot of women become sweet old ladies with no past.
I do, I am one ::) :y ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I personally think that pensioners on the state pension only should get free Gas, Electricity, TV License, Council Tax, and get the average wage as a pension. These people have worked all their lives and paid Tax and NI. :y :y :y
Not like the BB
I don't see why pensioners should get an average wage AND gas, elec, C.Tax paid aswell. Ok, a higher pension would be good for sure, but not everything else. Or maybe help with bills, but ot higher pension.
Paying NI all your life is for a reason - you get healthcare all your life. And you cannot tarnish everyone with the same brush. The woman next door will be a pensioner one day - so it follows that some pensioners were THAT woman in the past. But when old, of course a lot of women become sweet old ladies with no past.
I do, I am one ::) :y ;D ;D ;D ;D
Ah well, yes. ;) That I understand. ;D
I have no objectoin to an average wage being paid to pensioners. But if non-pensioners earning an average wage pay their way, then it should be the same for all.
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Buy as much alcohol as you can for your tenner before the barstewards bring in minimum pricing. >:(