THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

westcoastscot

I work at the sharp end of social care, supporting folks to work with statutory services to arrange for their own care needs or those of a loved one. We have an aging population here, and already there are not enough care workers to go around - it's very sobering to hear a social worker say "absolutely they need assistance, we just don't have anyone" - what are they to do? We've long had a programme of positive discrimination to bring younger people into the area but it's largely ineffective - it's a situation here that is only going to get worse, with more and more people having to be moved to the central belt to get their support needs met

Of course, one day it will be me and possibly you

moneyistooshorttomention

Si_Clist wrote: »

Gosh. I started typing an answer to that, but gave up when I realised how long I'd be sat here ...

Errrm....starters:

- much lower tax rates than there used to be on the higher-paid


which, coupled with the attitude of most of the filthy rich that they are perfectly entitled to spend literally millions of £s on a whim (fancy wedding costing millions of £s anyone for instance?) means they see nothing wrong in holding onto "their" money themselves?

- a largely demoralised public sector workforce that simply arent allowed to get on and do their jobs properly (having worked in a Civil Service department I know that one was more likely to be told off than praised for trying to act like a genuine "public servant" and do one's job properly). We were actively told to "skate through it with minimum of effort". If not put quite in those words - that is the gist of the message we received.

- the public sector has been trying hard not to pay a suitable rate for the job for many of the lower-level jobs. So - "pay peanuts and get monkeys". I often used to say that they could take their pick - either they paid NMW (or not far off) and "get what they were paying for" or they could pay reasonable levels of pay and have someone like myself/capable of and trying to do our job properly. They couldnt have both...

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Time to buy a herbal methinks and time also to get fit or as fit as you can and start living that healthy lifestyle, unfortunately the only thing you can't do anything about is getting older but the right mindset might help in the long run.

Shropshirelass

At least I'm no longer 'rapidly ageing', now I'm just 'increasingly elderly' (sorry Mrs LW, I think we are actually the same age).

I'm so pleased that in the time between the children becoming independent, and OH and I retiring, we were able to save a little. Dental charges alone are frightening. We can still afford a car, and drive to and from appointments. For those out here in the country who must rely on NHS transport, the stress must be debilitating. I'm afraid the attitude of some NHS workers/providers is 'why are you complaining, you get it for free...'

It's that same question, we thought we were paying National Insurance, but where did all the money go...

[Deleted User]

Nothing wrong with being increasingly elderly as long as it's only the old corpus Christie that it applies to, it's when the mind tells you as well that I'm going to HATE it! besides I'm used to being referred to as older when I had DD1 at the age of 30 I was referred to as geriatric! I don't mind the years adding up as I've contrived to ignore them relatively well and we still manage to do all the things that need doing in our version of life, nothing has fallen off yet and everything still works it just takes us fractionally longer to get through it all but that's OK as we don't have many other calls on our time. I think the danger would be in believing other people who regard you as 'elderly' and starting to think 'I can't' when something needs doing. I've seen it happen with perfectly able folks who have just given up because they think they are too old, never going to happen here, life is much to interesting to give up on it, there is so much still to see, learn, do, discover, find that every new day is a small adventure and there's always the hope of a big adventure isn't there? Love life, that's the answer!!!

Witless

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Errrm....starters:

- much lower tax rates than there used to be on the higher-paid

.....

I suspect thee & me are 'of a generation'.

I started work paying 30% PAYE with annual rises to 33% and then 35% before it returned to 30% in 1979.

I now pay 20%.

I most certainly wasn't 'higher-paid' in the 70s. (or now!)

[PDF]UK Income Tax rates 1974-1990 - Stacks

file:///C:/Users/Bill/Downloads/UK__incometaxrates_1974to1990.pdf

Witless

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Nothing wrong with being increasingly elderly as long as it's only the old corpus Christie that it applies to, ............ Love life, that's the answer!!!

Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional: always remember - it's never too late to have a happy childhood!

[Deleted User]

Growing up????????????? Never!!!

Grown ups never have any fun which may be why I'm looking forward to my grandsons birthday party on Sunday, 14 rising 3s and me.....just think of the mayhem that might be!

GreyQueen

Act your shoe size, not your age.

Signed GQ aged 9.:p

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I'm still younger than you GQ by that measure!!!