What are you all up to today? - part 3

We've been on a wild goose chase for car parts today, I was hoping for a leisurely stroll round town but no....OH has repaired two old cars for family and neighbours, got them going til the next thing conks out.

Quiet on here Got my £10 Xmas pressie from the 'guv' today

Just checked our account OH got his but nothing for me

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I've just checked our accounts and we both have our £10.  'We're in the money'....

Decided to look it up,

It was launched by Ted Heath's Tory government in 1972, back then the £10 Xmas boost was worth more than the £6.75 basic state pension. The basic pension is now £95.25 a week.

I think you will find its £155.65 per week now.

Seems like we are both wrong, mine was a copy/paste from an ancient source , basic single pension seems to be £119.30 per week on the current gov site.

£119.30 is the old pension Dave, I was born after 6th April 1953, just. I get the new state pension £155.65   (1951 for men)

Yes Brue I edited.

well, nice cycle ride over to our local (20+ ml round trip) Waitrose for a few 3 for £10s,

3 panniers full....

2 turtle doves, etc.....

nice pot of tea and a Yumyum for the journey home...

all this talk of cruises etc, certsinly gets the juices flowing...

BIL has taken a large 4 bed house in Florida from 12th Dec, for a couple of weeks, taking our two nieces to Disney and Universal....back on Xmas Eve....

apparently, all we need to do is book the flight......so tempting

Go for it you know you wanna 

well, nice cycle ride over to our local (20+ ml round trip) Waitrose for a few 3 for £10s,

3 panniers full....

2 turtle doves, etc.....

nice pot of tea and a Yumyum for the journey home...

all this talk of cruises etc, certsinly gets the juices flowing...

BIL has taken a large 4 bed house in Florida from 12th Dec, for a couple of weeks, taking our two nieces to Disney and Universal....back on Xmas Eve....

apparently, all we need to do is book the flight......so tempting

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Go on BB. You know you want to.

Dave, I looked up the full state pension on GovUK not the basic, apologies! 

No probs , brue and Tammygirl, pensions are so confusing what with dates, ages, hoops to jump through. Whatever, the £10 whilst welcome today was certainly very welcome in monetary terms when first introduced

I am always grateful when the gov returns some of my money to me.

No probs , brue and Tammygirl, pensions are so confusing what with dates, ages, hoops to jump through. Whatever, the £10 whilst welcome today was certainly very welcome in monetary terms when first introduced

It certainly must have been. I was suprised (don't know why) at how little a pension was then. We got married in 1972 and I know I was earning more than that paltry sum.

Dave the only reason I was aware of the differance is because I have only just got mine so its still all very new to me.

Brue same here whenever I get any back from them its always welcome. Haven't got the £10 yet though

We've been on a wild goose chase for car parts today, I was hoping for a leisurely stroll round town but no....OH has repaired two old cars for family and neighbours, got them going til the next thing conks out.

Snap!  OH has been doing the repairs on a friends old car to get it through its mot , hunting round for parts . Passed the mot until next year anyway.

Not a good day, computer problems at work ,  really annoying !   Was glad to get home.