OT: Lazy retirement

[Bob Martin]

I'm in South Hants and they deliver from Chichester. Save cooking every day but soon get boring if eaten too often.

[News]

In message , Bob Martin writes

My Mum eats their meals every day, and enjoys them. At 91, her short term memory is not good, so each meal is a surprise :-)

[brightside S9]

The correct term for government pensions is Ponzi Scheme.

[Martin]

The difference between the government pension scheme and a Ponzi Scheme is that the government has the reserves to fund it. The government can print money. The run of the mill Ponzi Scheme operator can't. For similar reasons the government doesn't insure its property and other assets.

[Dave Liquorice]

Yes, late father had them as well but even though the total choice of meals is quite large it doesn't take many dislikes to cross a great many off the menu. I think Dad only had half a dozen or so that he liked and he would try things provided they weren't too "exotic", ie fitted the "meat and two veg" category.

[The Natural Philosopher]

And the correct term for governments is "self-legalising protection rackets".

[Bob Eager]

Oh yes...my nearest outlet is 2.8 miles away!

[bert]

Final Salary Pension Schemes were f***ed up by Gordon Brown with regulations which prevented companies building up the funds in the good times so when the rains came the roof fell in. Abandonment of compulsory membership didn't help.

[bert]

In article , Tim Streater writes

Pensions are transferable.

[bert]

Yes they did. The original argument was that if a company was successful then why shouldn't the pension fund invest in that company. Maxwell abused that position.

[bert]

Presumably she was once an apprentice.

[charles]

some are some aren't

[RJH]

Mostly yes. Especially now Osborne's got his beady eye on pension funds.

I think it's also the undignified scramble to retire on as high a grade as possible - having paid in too little. Used to happen a lot in my limited experience of higher and further education.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Never mind, pet. The season of goodwill is over shortly so you can get back to being yourself.

[dennis]

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Which aren't?

[charles]

the pension scheme that I was in, for a start.

[ARW]

Yes. As a welder.

[Vir Campestris]

Up to a point. The point being somewhere near Athens...

Andy

[dennis]

Which was?

[tony sayer]

I'm supposed to be retiring next year but sod that, got too much interesting work on, but I am intending to get the full use of the old railcard there's quite a few lines I've meant to get aroundtuit to being on over the country:-)

Especially some up in bonnie Scotland:-)