Only freedom will do

Karmacat

ed, what a great post! And even though you hate confrontations, you kept going - and just look at that result :j:j:j

I must go to the pensions board I'm sure there's information there thats passing me by.

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

Very well done for your perseverance. If you don't chase it, nobody will! And it will make a massive difference.

Squirrel:j

Goldiegirl

edinburgher wrote: »

When I look at our merry band of retirement wannabes (Goldie, KC and the people over on the pensions thread), I realise how important this is. Glad I'm taking the 'pain' now.

I remember at some point in the 90's, making sure I was paying my AVC's to my pension, thinking 'is this really worth it for some day so far in the future. The future gets here sooner than you think, and it was so worth making the effort.

You've got your head screwed on right, Mr Ed. I have so much respect for you and other younger people who are taking their future into their own hands:)

slowlyfading

Woohoo :j :j that's fab

Watty1

Well done on the pension. Hanging in there paid off in the end...well ...will do one day

blackste

Good effort that Ed. Might i add "only" to your "53 weeks". The wheels of the pension world turn incredibly slowly. I think you did pretty well there tbh.

edinburgher

I think you did pretty well there tbh.

Cheers

I realise that pension things are often slow, but work/HR things should never be that slow. I actually got a bittersweet admission from a senior HR person that fixing it was the only thing they'd achieved since being promoted :eek:

I am feeling washed out tonight. Taking tomorrow off to finish the sodding laminate, I now have all scotias cut to size and need to glue them to the walls, fit the threshold strip and re-hang the door. It probably doesn't sound like that much and I'm not skiving off, but it seems to be interminable

Made a couple of £ from a matched bet, £2 to Freedom Fund and £2 to cash savings, getting back into good habits.

Getting rather excited about a bottle of Japanese whisky about to be reduced in Am@azon black Friday, only dilemma is the fact that Mrs E has already bought me a bottle for Christmas

blackste

edinburgher wrote: »

, I now have all scotias cut to size and need to glue them to the walls, fit the threshold strip and re-hang the door. It probably doesn't sound like that much and I'm not skiving off, but it seems to be interminable

Its those bits of jobs, the detail, the fiddly bits that get right on my t1ts. It just never seems to end sometimes.

To cheer you up, tomorrow i have to start sanding every skirting board in the downstairs of my house, to then start glossing them, after doing my own floor. Glossing is my single least fav. diy job.
Ho hum.

edinburgher

Gloss is absolutely bogging. Luckily Mrs E is an enthusiastic sander and glosser, but she does tarnish her angelic reputation by being a very [STRIKE]messy[/STRIKE] flamboyant painter.

Edit: Got the whisky, Christmas just got even more awesome

Karmacat

Good catch on the whisky