excoriator
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Post by excoriator on Jul 15, 2022 16:14:34 GMT
Imagine the delight at receiving a full 25P a week increase in my state pension! The rejoicing will go on for days.
This largesse is given to you if you make it to 80.
Mrs E. pointed out that it was possible that if I didn't stop laughing I might not make it.
Messrs Octopus contacted me yesterday with a proposal to increase my gas and electricity direct debit by £140. As I'm in credit, I politely declined but they will no doubt catch up with me in due course, but with an extra 25P a week coming in I can laugh at it!
Hope everyone is well and if you haven't had it yet you can enjoy thinking about how to spend it.
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Post by aubrey on Jul 30, 2022 18:25:54 GMT
Do you get £10 at Christmas? I do. Makes all the difference.
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Post by excoriator on Aug 1, 2022 11:13:24 GMT
"Do you get £10 at Christmas? I do. Makes all the difference."
To be honest I can't remember if I did or not. It probably went on a Bott. of Vino Collapso.
I recall one year our CEO presenting everyone in the company with £5 as a Christmas gift. Coming hard on the heels of a less than successful campaign for higher pay, it perhaps didn't get the appreciation it deserved, particularly as it emerged that the convicts in Walton jail had been give £10 each as their Chistmas gift.
One of my colleagues stamped his 'UNOFFICIAL' and framed it, hanging it on the wall. He was taken aside and castigated for his ungrateful attitude. Shortly after an ad for a course in 'Forelock tugging and Grovelling - 101' at Walton University appeared briefly on the notice board. Happy days.
I was a little disappointed to find my 25p a week is actually subject to tax, but no matter I will be able to perhaps afford a pint of bitter one day if I save diligently.
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Post by excoriator on Aug 1, 2022 11:38:52 GMT
"Do you get £10 at Christmas? I do. Makes all the difference."
To be honest I can't remember if I did or not. It probably went on a Bott. of Vino Collapso.
I recall one year our CEO presenting everyone in the company with £5 as a Christmas gift. Coming hard on the heels of a less than successful campaign for higher pay, it perhaps didn't get the appreciation it deserved, particularly as it emerged that the convicts in Walton jail had been give £10 each as their Chistmas gift.
One of my colleagues stamped his 'UNOFFICIAL' and framed it, hanging it on the wall. He was taken aside and castigated for his ungrateful attitude. Shortly after an ad for a course in 'Forelock tugging and Grovelling - 101' at Walton University appeared briefly on the notice board. Happy days.
I was a little disappointed to find my 25p a week is actually subject to tax, but no matter I will be able to perhaps afford a pint of bitter one day if I save diligently.
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Post by aubrey on Aug 7, 2022 19:17:00 GMT
Tax is the price we pay for civilisation, you know that.
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Post by excoriator on Aug 9, 2022 21:55:33 GMT
THe useless Truss doesn't believe that.
Actually, I am contemplating joining the "Don't Pay" movement and refusing to pay for my electricity. I am pretty sure we will be able to afford to pay without too much difficulty, but I am aware that there are millions in a less happy situation, and I feel I should show solidarity with them and do what I can to ease their burden.
If a million people don't pay, I think this might concentrate minds in these companies and the government. Might even force them to nationalise the bloody lot!
On the other hand, I feel uneasy about not paying a bill.
What do you think?
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