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  1. As per title - can anyone recommend a decent paint/primer etc to cover water stains on a ceiling before re-painting? I have looked at reviews of products and not found anything worth buying  - even Ronseal got bad reviews.

    Thank you


  2. Went into Virgin bank in Hillsborough this morning and must admit I was taken aback somewhat by the 'relaxed' dress code but I have finally learned never to judge people on their appearance! Having said that it's taken me some time to adopt this attitude as I'm now 70!! Some of the nicest, most generous people I know would never think to enter a fashion parade but It's what's inside that counts and I'd rather have that type of person than a person wearing designer gear and plumped full of synthetic body parts!

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  3. Went out into Bradfield to look for Northern Lights last night. No joy but did see a weird phenomenon I've not seen before. It was a large hazy circle of cloud surrounding the moon. Thought it might have been a moon bow but doesn't seem to fit the description properly. Couldn't see any colour in it and moon bows are not near the moon apparently and only occur when raining which it wasn't. Assume it must be to do with freezing conditions. Any ideas anyone?


  4. 19 hours ago, Chekhov said:

    I have often though the present generation of retired people really are the Golden Generation.

    They are the luckiest generation to have ever lived and, particularly if the Nett Zero zealots have their way (restricting us all from travelling), they may possibly be the luckiest generation who will ever live.

    Do they realise how fortunate they are ?

     

    Many bought their house before the prices sky rocketed, meaning they not only owned a house but would have been able to down size and trouser a tidy sum. They even got MIRAS (Mortgage Rate Interest Relief At Source), i.e. the government let them claim some of the mortgage interest off their tax ! In fact over a million were able to buy their own council house at  a massive discount !

     

    At a time when when life expectancy was rising significantly, but the retirement age had not yet caught up, most were able to retire at only 65, and the women even younger at only 60. Some were even able to take early retirement on a full pension (my own Dad did, very wisely) but even those who worked to the "full retirement age" would have had, on average, about 25 years of retirement. Think about that...... 25 years, and much of it in good health ! How many people could expect that now ? 

     

    OMG ! Pensions ! Many, particularly in the public sector has index linked, or, even better, final salary pension schemes. It's almost unbelievable isn't it ! Even those on just the state pension have had the benefit of the Triple lock which ensures that, relative to other generations, pensioners have been getting better off.

     

    The health of this generation is better than any before, and they are the first generation to have state paid for healthcare from cradle to grave. In fact it is entirely possible what is available on the NHS will actually start to reduce over the coming years, thus they were able to use the NHS at its most generous.

     

    OK it was only available to the brightest, but, wait for this (it's almost like fantasy land) : free university education ! Get a degree with no huge debt ! ? ! In fact there was even a student grant to assist with living expenses.

    Did that really exist, surely not ? ! ?

     

    The Golden Generation were able to take advantage of air fares coming down and their wealth going up, to do unprecedented amounts of travelling. Even "working class" pensioners often jet off to Spain for months during the winter, something unthinkable even 20 or 30 years ago. Cheap and/or unlimited travel may not last much longer thanks to Nett  Zero fanatics, and, rather selfishly, some retirees are actually pleased about it (e.g. here) ! Even motoring looks set to become much more expensive, in fact some academics are even suggesting petrol, household energy, meat and flights should be rationed.....

     

    A bit more arguable I accept, but significant for many, including me. They were living most of their lives before Health & Safety overkill and general fear of everything took hold and started limiting so much of life's little freedoms (and not so little ones as well).

    And they could say pretty much what they wanted, nor did they have to worry if their little joke about "an Englishman a Scotsman and an Irishman" would have them branded a bigot. Lastly, they could get into a drunken snog without worrying unduly they would later get accused of sexual assault......

     

    Added (courtesy of Jack Grey), they never had to fight a war, and most of them missed the call up for National Service, plus they had MIRAS.

     

    Yes, lucky is not the word, exceptionally fortunate would be closer to the truth....

    You missed out the golden age of music - not gonna hear the likes of The Beatles or the Rolling Stones lasting 50 years again.

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  5. I fell out with Morrisons when they got rid of their garden section - had some fantastic bargains over the years. Also they've stopped selling a lot of my favourite things - egg custard mixes, small Red Leicester cheese packets, garden bin bags, Bradwells ice-cream etc. I know it's first-world problems though and I need to get a life!

    Just now, lindylou53 said:

    I fell out with Morrisons when they got rid of their garden section - had some fantastic bargains over the years. Also they've stopped selling a lot of my favourite things - egg custard mixes, small Red Leicester cheese packets, garden bin bags, Bradwells ice-cream etc. I know it's first-world problems though and I need to get a life!

    Also apparently they have lost a lot of staff since the take-over - they are very unhappy. Noticed this morning that there are even more self-service tills with larger packing areas so no doubt there'll be more redundancies coming up.


  6. I think there is more than one problem in this debate. I know a family of 5 who are all overweight. They have an adopted daughter who I assume had the same diet/lifestyle as them but remains skinny in her 40s. 

    However, the other side to this coin is the oft-quoted saying that 'no-one came out of concentration camps overweight'. So it must be partly down to genetics , which obviously we can't do much about, but also down to personal lifestyle and diet - which we can control. Some people just draw the short straw in life and have to accept that and deal with it in whatever way is best for them.

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  7. I live in Stannington and our home has been affected - no gas for the longest 3 days of my life. Electricity has been off in some areas too - fortunately not mine - due to overload of system by people using fan heaters which were given out by Cadent. We also were given a hotplate for cooking. A lot of homes still without gas. Cadent have been amazing - working fgrom 7am to 11pm. YW not so amazing... Great community spirit though - people offering food and lifts etc. Great place to live(normally!)


  8. 1 hour ago, HeHasRisen said:

    Must not be full time then. Even with pension, student load and union deductions it would be much more than 1300pm on a full time wage.

    The article says he is an emergency care worker who are on a lower salary than a paramedic, due to having lower qualifications and less responsibility, so £1300 is probably correct.

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