What are you all up to
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That's right, EasyT. That's the reason why I put up with my last employer for so long! Jobs that pay less money tend to be easier to get than jobs that pay more.
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Bright and sunny through high broken cloud at the moment ,here in East Kent,slight Southerly breeze.Received the outstanding road tax back on Saturday from the V70.,,£78.38.All helps !! 
.The new V90-R is tax free for first year 
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That's right, Triky. Since December 2016, I have been using the Smart car for deliveries. So 80 pence per drop should cover the running costs of this particular car, taking into account no road tax.
If I do 4 deliveries per hour for Pizza Hut, that would be an extra £9.60 for a 3 hour evening shift on top of the £7.50 minimum wage per hour. So £32.10 in total for 3 hours work. With my previous employer, I was earning an average of £35 per day for 11 hours which was less than £3.50 per hour and no fuel allowance.
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Busy but lovely weekend. A friends 70th birthday lunch on Saturday and then out for lunch with some long standing friends that we hadn't seen for a few months. After lunch we all went back to one couples home for coffee. The men watched the football while we women sat in another room and had a good catch up. Didn't get home until 6.00pm. We have 2 grandchildren for the day today as it is still school holidays here. They seem to have gone on forever as 2 grandchildren who live over the county boundary broke up nearly 2 weeks before Easter and went back a week ago and these 2 broke up the day before Easter and don't go back until Wednesday.
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No deal certainly frees up a lot of time that can be used for caravanning tasks such as filling the Aquaroll daily, emptying the waste, putting the awning up and then taking it down 21 days later, moving sites after 21 days; especially as you have to leave in the morning and arrive at another club site in the afternoon.
Having said that, my new job should fit in well with all that because it's just 4 evenings a week.
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You know, reading some of the posts on here, I wondered whether people realise that a couple, with no other income and savings of less than £10,000, would be paid Pension Credit to top up their state pension to £243.25 per week.
The strange thing is that they will often be quite happy to claim their state pension (which is a benefit) but won't claim Pension credit because they see that as 'claiming benefits'.
Very strange.
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The strange thing is that they will often be quite happy to claim their state pension (which is a benefit)
It may well be worded officially as a 'benefit', but having paid National Insurance contribution all my working life, to me and others it is a right and an entitlement.
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Hi everyone, Just a polite request to ask that the situation that Malcolm has posted about is no longer discussed on here. I wish Malcolm all the very best but we have to be aware of libel and our responsibility as a forum provider. If anyone wishes to discuss this further with Malcolm please drop me an email communitymanager@camc.com and I will be more than happy to forward to Malcolm. Please be aware if any further posts are made they will be removed. Many thanks for your understanding.
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The difference is that the State Pension is not means tested. Pension credit is means tested.
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We have had our first real rain here this morning, but still garden is very dry. Sunshine again now. House tidy, chase up with Jeep dealer re a bit of work to Jeep outstanding, early dinner then another dose of swimming for me tonight, I am on a mission!
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I have both elec and gas from EDF.
I receive an estimated bill every quarter for the quarter's usage, standing charge etc., read the meters, submit the correct figures online and get a revised bill a few day later which I pay online with my debit card. I won't have any truck with direct debit type arrangements. Suppliers send me a bill and I pay it, maintaining complete control of my finances. Nevertheless, they keep offering me the 'facility' to pay by Direct Debit etc. and 'save' £10 a year or some such ludicrously trivial amount.
In the late 50's the gas or elec man called, emptied the meter coin box onto the kitchen table and counted the money. My mum would 'buy back' the foreign coins she'd used which we kept as an emergency backup since they couldn't be used anywhere else in the village.
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We're with EDF and they've just whacked the prices up. We're on a fixed price deal til next year but I am hoping to find a lower one elsewhere. Yesterday I found one to compare and then found found the EDF website was out of action. Will try again later today.
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Is there anything wrong with that? Pension Credit is there to help those who have been unable to provide themselves, for all sorts of different reasons, with alternative back up to their basic state pension throughout their working life. Qualifying for Pension Credit also opens up the opportunity for other benefits, at least that is my understanding. Pension Credit is not there to protect someone's savings it's to meet genuine need. I tend to agree with Ian in that why put pride before the opportunity to have a slightly better and financially secure life? If you are entitled to it claim it.
David
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Hi EasyT, The situation regarding Malcolm's past employer. We need to be aware that comments could potentially be libelous plus it's taking this topic off track a little. Like I say, I'm happy to pass on email addresses to Malcolm for anyone who is interested in keeping in touch with Malcolm about this but do ask that this is no longer discussed in this discussion. Many thanks.
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