ESA & DLA and wanting to work as a musician

evenasus

Neither was he 'hard up' when he was 'rotoguys' receiving benefits of £32814.60 a year.

I'm afraid you fell for his story GlynD

rotoguys wrote: »

Certainly

ESA Support Group 99.85
DLA HRM/MRC 100.70
AA Lower
49.30
OAP
58.95
Pension Credit
223.50
Pension Credit Housing Costs
69.81
Council Tax Benefit
28.94
TOTAL £631.05

What we were previously living on was £308.80 a week, before that it was £259.50 as we claimed Attendance Allowance.

An increase overall after all of the claims had been made of £322.25 a week!!

If you want me to break down the Pension Credit payment I can

evenasus

And....................................

bigboybrother wrote: »

I presume that your post was directed at me as you have failed to indicate the poster by name.

First of all I don't 'hate' anybody and certainly don't go round trying to incite people with hatred.

Jealous, of what? I developed a very successful business from scratch without the need to ask the taxpayers of this country to support me. Yes I too have paid a fortune in taxes & NIC, but that still doesn't entitle me to any more than someone who has never worked in their lives.
Developing the business was a challenge, especially knowing that every penny I had saved and the thousands that I had borrowed meant that it had to succeed - there was no plan B or any form of cushion or backup. That is why I was so determined to make it work.
After 12 years it became to big for one person to run and as I don't particularly like business partnerships, I put it up for sale and made a damn good profit out of it. It enabled me to move my family from the North of England to the countryside of Kent, as take 5 years off relaxing before deciding what I wanted to do next.
I don't read the Daily Mail, in fact I'm not interested in anything that goes on around me other than what my family are doing.

I don't work and have no intention of working again. I set a goal to retire at 60 which I did 4 years ago. Nearly 40 years of work and paying into the system was enough for me.

guilds

His/Her attention seeking is pathetic, I cannot believe the effort he/she puts in to it, he/she must lead a very sad and boring life, he/she is obviously not fulfilled in his/her own real life, sad:(. If it was a genuine poster I like Glyd would be more than happy to help him/her out.
I am off to pack as I am jumping on a real plane to fly to a real place called New York to work for a few months, culminating with a appearance with a couple of acts at the real Chicago Blues festival in early June. Happy imaginary Drumming Bigboybrother TTFN

SingleSue

Lady_strange wrote: »

A gig, in most cases will be 30mins-1 hour. and with in that time, movement in the arms and legs is in bursts of 2-8 minutes, usualy with a gap between songs. Also a few days rest after a gig is often needed.

Sitting behind a desk is different. A) it is longer than an hour, b) the seat is different, c) you can not stop what you are doing every few minutes d) office work tends to be 9-5, 5 days a week. And it doesn't use the same muscles.

I've been to many many gigs over the years and none have been 30 mins to an hour (well apart from that Gary Moore gig where he came on and played for 20 mins and then had to return to the stage because of all the boos ). Most have involved nearer 2 hours, some have been longer with a break mid set for approx 20-30 mins.

The gap between the songs at most of the gigs I have seen have only been very very brief gaps, no more than 20 to 30 seconds, sometimes there are no real gaps at all...my son's band will link several songs together to keep the atmosphere going, nothing worse than having a song, getting everyone going and then having this huge break of nothingness in between, it kills it for me.

I could sit in an office....I couldn't play a whole set on the drums, I would be beggered after 2 songs, if not sooner!