It's time to start digging up those Squirrelled Nuts!!!!

marycanary

I was at the local WMC last night - lots of singing. In Mass this morning (with a bit of a sore head) - no singing allowed.

sheslookinhot

zagfles said:

Ibrahim5 said:

I went to the pub but there wasn't any singing. We won too easily.

What, not even "it's coming home"??

Find a better pub, like some of these!

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/euros-live-pictures-teessiders-hit-20964504

No social distancing or masks in evidence there. No wonder this pandemic continues unabated.

Stubod

..veering slightly off thread somewhat?

Sea_Shell

Thanks everyone for keeping my thread alive, but can I ask that we stay away from politics and football, especially football.😉

Thanks.

Terron

german_keeper said:

SouthCoastBoy said:

ussdave said:

Personally I would argue for uplift in private pensions rather than knocking down everyone to the lowest common denominator.

The problem with that is the cost to the private sector would be too expensive  hence the route from db to dc. Imo the public sector need to do the same as currently the public sector burden is just too great on the taxpayer.

We all have our opinions on taxation and spending; that just happens to be yours. I see nuclear weapons and the royal family as a bigger burden on the taxpayer. Probably HS2 as well although I don't know too much about it. Just seems an awful lot of money to enable people to get to London about half an hour quicker.

You are entitled to your opinion, but you are correct you don't know much. The figures show the opposite.

Government spending this year:

Pensions £101 billion

Defence (total) £42 billion

Royal family expenditure £69 million (Most of the Queen's income goes to the government. She keeps a fraction.) The tourism benefit will be much reduced currently but is normally estimated at about £500 million.

Also the main benefit of HS2 would be increased freight capacity from the midlands to Europe.

Sea_Shell

As DH approaches his 55th birthday.. he is now being inundated with pension information from all his providers.

Automatic letter generators appear to have been triggered!! 😉

Our postie's never been so busy!!

atush

german_keeper said:

zagfles said:

german_keeper said:

But the Queen is the most popular public sector employee! Millions will be singing her name in about 50 mins!

I know I said I wouldn't comment further but.......

I watched the match with my wife and youngest daughter. None of us were singing. Particular highlights were daughter: "when they swap sides (half time) don't they get confused" and missus "why is that goulash bloke not playing tonight". I really do need to go down the pub for the semi final.

german_keeper said:

zagfles said:

german_keeper said:

But the Queen is the most popular public sector employee! Millions will be singing her name in about 50 mins!

I know I said I wouldn't comment further but.......

I watched the match with my wife and youngest daughter. None of us were singing. Particular highlights were daughter: "when they swap sides (half time) don't they get confused" and missus "why is that goulash bloke not playing tonight". I really do need to go down the pub for the semi final.

Plus the royal family are effectively German, so you arent going along with your name?

Terron

atush said:

Plus the royal family are effectively German, so you arent going along with your name?

No they are not. It would be more correct to call them Greek, but still wrong.  The Queen was born in Britain, both her parents were born in Britian, as was Her paternal grandfather and great grandfather. Prince Philip was born in Greece. His father was of Greek and Danish descent though his mother was German. He became a naturalized British subject before they married. So their children were born in Britian of British parents.

Sea_Shell

Guys....come on!!!!

Please don't take my thread off topic.

Many thanks

Stubod

..for those sad people who like me like their spreadsheets, does anybody track their "long term" total income v expenditure to assist with retirement planning? If so how much have you spent over the last (say) 20 years, and how much have you saved over the last couple of (covid) years compared with what you planned to spend?

..just out of interest (?) I have calculated that our total spend for the last 10 years is pretty much identical to the previous 10 years.