55 year old women lose approx £30k in State Pension

custardy

SandC wrote: »

Not even a postie but I completely agree, posties were not even given rucksack type bags which would distribute the weight evenly. I suspect it was many years after certain damage had been done to the health of posties that the health aspect was looked at. These issues would have been the same in any job where physical activity was required though.

Just to be pedantic though, both walking up stairs and step machines are low impact - low impact means any movement where one foot is always on the ground, ie. not jumping. Unless posties have had instruction to run up flights of stairs that is.

how do you think you get round 900 doors in 3.5 hours?
your not gonna do it strolling

TMFTP

You seized on a comment to attribute them to RM management to illustrate a particular point you want to make. Again.

As I said - we got the message.

artha

custardy wrote: »

the raw nerve is that i have seen guys in their 40/50's recently who are having real career ending problems
RM is not the business to have health problems and expect support
hard work never killed anyone is a line touted by RM management

I'm saddened to hear that and would hope that individual cases get the support and help that their situation merits.

Getting a job on the post is something I'd always considered if I had to come out of early retirement to supplement my income. In fairness, however, I do walk and climb for pleasure, to keep fit and have a bit of a private laugh at those that spend a fortune on gym memberships

custardy

TMFTP wrote: »

You seized on a comment to attribute them to RM management to illustrate a particular point you want to make. Again.

As I said - we got the message.

it was on topic,feel free to block me if my negative karma disturbs you so much

ALIBOBSY

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Try reading my apology:T


PLus perhaps Alibobsky would be happier if all our generation died tommorrow, less of a burden on him/hersky?

Given that my parents are of the same generation and the fact that I wouldn't wish death on anyone no that would not be my solution :eek:.

BTW I'm a her lol.

I wasn't suggesting there was a big amount of blame on one generation, just pointing out the fact that it is an issue, most of, certainly the earlier BB generation had a good run financially (and lets face it noone would turn down cash in whatever form lol). But there has to be an acknowledgment that in order to pay for these pensions there is a limited pot, are you suggesting kids should starve to ensure OAPs get massive pensions?
OK the most extreme example but something has to give. Same with public sector pensions etc.

For my generation in particular I suspect there will be little pension from the state and so will/do make my own arrangements, however we are also a generation with other pulls on the purse strings such as children and the massive country wide debt we will all have to pay for.

All I ask for is an acknowledgment by the older generation that ther is a limitation to the pot of money out there and there are problems that have to be addressed.

ali x

TMFTP

custardy wrote: »

it was on topic,feel free to block me if my negative karma disturbs you so much

Less "negative karma" - more "railroading threads" and apparently now "wilful ignorance."

Although, having read a few other threads in the forum recently, it seems like this place has gone a bit nuts.

Crack on. If you must.

ALIBOBSY

mjm3346 wrote: »

The planned increases from 2020 have been in place for a long while, the Conservatives move is to hit men with an extra year from 2016 so someone with less than 6 years to go before they could get the state pension will have to wait an extra year.

Ok you are right there is a suggestion (although as yet it is not in statute) that the current government may well bring forward the raising of min retirement age for the state pension, and I accept this could be a real issue for someone who has planned ahead to finish shortly. I suspect any "colour" of party would have pensions on the hitlist so to speak as it is such a large budget. To my mind limts on the length of time you can claim benefits for also need to be seriously considered as well as the amounts paid, but thats another issue altogether.

But the original posting was more to do with the current changes already in place.
Anyway apologies next time will reread the dates before posting lol.

ali x

custardy

TMFTP wrote: »

Less "negative karma" - more "railroading threads" and apparently now "wilful ignorance."

Although, having read a few other threads in the forum recently, it seems like this place has gone a bit nuts.

Crack on. If you must.

I'll make a point of reviewing your posts, to show me the standards to aspire to

artha

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

For my generation in particular I suspect there will be little pension from the state and so will/do make my own arrangements, however we are also a generation with other pulls on the purse strings such as children and the massive country wide debt we will all have to pay for.

All I ask for is an acknowledgment by the older generation that ther is a limitation to the pot of money out there and there are problems that have to be addressed.

ali x

Not sure who you are defining as the older generation but from my perspective(aged 59 and recently retired) I realise that there is a period of austerity ahead and we all face sacrifices in order to reduce sovereign debt. I am fully expecting to play my part in that but I would hope that their will be some choice involved and that those who can afford to pay or have time to make adjustments will carry the main burden. To look at an aeroplane analogy with an emergency: those who have only just taken off have plenty of room for changes, those who have landed are safe but those on the approach to landing are the most vulnerable.

custardy

artha wrote: »

Not sure who you are defining as the older generation but from my perspective(aged 59 and recently retired) I realise that there is a period of austerity ahead and we all face sacrifices in order to reduce sovereign debt. I am fully expecting to play my part in that but I would hope that their will be some choice involved and that those who can afford to pay or have time to make adjustments will carry the main burden. To look at an aeroplane analogy with an emergency: those who have only just taken off have plenty of room for changes, those who have landed are safe but those on the approach to landing are the most vulnerable.

in your analogy i think all will suffer
as the ages stand now i have 30 years ahead of me,however i expect to go beyond 70
more than likely every generation will face the same uncertainty in the decade before retirement