shoeshine
23-02-2006, 16:54
No more grumbling, you over-50's..........you're saving a packet compared to the rest of the country.
Why not spend the excess enjoying yourselves..and stop whingeing :)
The Rich Over 50's (http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/personalfinance/s/205/205499_over_50s_better_off_in_the_north.html)
Some people don't know when they're well off.... I expect that the amount increases with age eh? in which case you must be bluddy minted Shoeshine. :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
shoeshine
23-02-2006, 17:37
Some people don't know when they're well off.... I expect that the amount increases with age eh? in which case you must be bluddy minted Shoeshine. :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
Yea...I've been given 20p spending money by the missus this week. :thumbsup:
Greybeard
23-02-2006, 17:43
Yea...I've been given 20p spending money by the missus this week. :thumbsup:
That very same newspaper is aware of your problem :D
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/personalfinance/s/203/203474_moneys_too_hard_to_mention__survey.html
shoeshine
23-02-2006, 17:54
That very same newspaper is aware of your problem :D
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/personalfinance/s/203/203474_moneys_too_hard_to_mention__survey.html
See, no matter how well off I might be......I am getting well trained in the art of whingeing........ready for being an OAP....... :thumbsup:
See, no matter how well off I might be......I am getting well trained in the art of whingeing........ready for being an OAP....... :thumbsup:
My mum's an OAP now (much to her chagrin), and she doesn't whinge half so much as me. Maybe I'll get better with age.
shoeshine
23-02-2006, 19:41
Start practising now, ppn......it's an acquired art once you reach 65....:thumbsup:
Start practising now, ppn......it's an acquired art once you reach 65....:thumbsup:
I've already got it down to a fine art. I think it must have skipped a generation... :)
shoeshine
23-02-2006, 19:52
I've already got it down to a fine art. I think it must have skipped a generation... :)
I'd offer to take you and your partner out one evening, but she only gives me 20p a week..............
Now that is REAL WHINGEING
steviewonder
23-02-2006, 19:54
oh yeah its the people in the 20's that get the rough end of the stick these days, house prices etc
All you get for being single and in your 20's these days is taxed!
shoeshine
23-02-2006, 19:57
oh yeah its the people in the 20's that get the rough end of the stick these days, house prices etc
All you get for being single and in your 20's these days is taxed!
Yer don't know yer born...we 'ad Dick Turpin stoppin' us every time we went to Skeggy with the Poor and Orphan's Fund.
shoeshine
23-02-2006, 20:02
Yer don't know yer born...we 'ad Dick Turpin stoppin' us every time we went to Skeggy with the Poor and Orphan's Fund.
Mind, in them days we 'ad to watch our P's and Q's.
These days we only go for hardware on Wednesday's for 10% off at B's & Q's