tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post1476567982306254208..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Close shave.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-58136345555094796132010-06-26T22:52:26.740+01:002010-06-26T22:52:26.740+01:00You know, pension companies give smokers a better ...You know, pension companies give smokers a better deal than non-smokers because they think we're all going to die within weeks of cashing in. <br /><br />On average, that does indeed happen but there's more than smoking at work here. I could discuss it but then the antismokers won't have any of it anyway, and why throttle the goose that lays the golden eggs?<br /><br />As long as they believe smoking is the only factor in early death, we'll keep getting those good pension deals.<br /><br />Non-smokers could turn up with a zero-nicotine Electrofag and claim to be smokers too.<br /><br />They'll fall for it. The antismoking hysteria will ensure they'll fall for it.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-87342112394505303592010-06-26T12:41:02.613+01:002010-06-26T12:41:02.613+01:00I love being retired (75 yrs old in Dec.)
Every fo...I love being retired (75 yrs old in Dec.)<br />Every four weeks I chortle at the fact that I am at last getting some payback by way of a full state pension + SERPS, after all the money the bastards have grabbed from me.<br />I hope I will be one of the Government's bad bargains, like my father-in-law was for the Gas Board. He drew an index linked pension for 31 years, after retiring at 65.<br />Truly - he surely cost the Gas Board more in pension than he earned from them when actually working.<br />Brilliant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-91536433175481217022010-06-25T20:38:16.353+01:002010-06-25T20:38:16.353+01:00In the year 2026 (sounds vaguely like an old song ...In the year 2026 (sounds vaguely like an old song I seem to recall from the 60's) having banned smoke, drink, salt and fat, it will doubtlessly become illegal to die prematurely and/or of a preventable cause. If you do happen to perish at 66, your closest relatives will then have to pay a fine because your passing will serve as proof that you violated the mandated lifestyle regulations during the preceding years. These fines will serve to fill the revenue gap created by millions of 80-plus year old pensioners being supported by the mere thousands of younger workers subsidizing their retirement.smokervoterhttp://smokervoter.webs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-43003130994657183992010-06-25T20:03:37.913+01:002010-06-25T20:03:37.913+01:00In catch 22,Col.Cathcart keeps raising the number ...In catch 22,Col.Cathcart keeps raising the number of missions a pilot has to fly before they can be rotated out of duty.<br />Wonder if there will be a poor soul with just the right birthday who just doesn't ever retire thanks to some kind of beaurocratic cock-up - the age limit keeps getting raised just before he qualifies.Maybe born on feb 29?<br />If theres a short story in there leggy,you can pay me in daleks :Dnorthern smokernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-33034453649535184312010-06-25T16:56:48.771+01:002010-06-25T16:56:48.771+01:00"Life’s journey is not to arrive at the Pearl..."Life’s journey is not to arrive at the Pearly Gates safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid up sideways, worn out and tattered shouting “...Holy Crap, what a ride...!”<br /><br />Go for it!!JohnRShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021101596935644363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-39936850213703426782010-06-25T14:16:09.440+01:002010-06-25T14:16:09.440+01:00Got me fair and square, I'm 65 in 2016. And I&...Got me fair and square, I'm 65 in 2016. And I'm still smarting from them moving the school leaving age up from 14 to 15 just as I was getting close to that.<br /><br />Ah well, sing a happy song. "Born on a summer day, 1951..."Roue le Jourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099318677226041054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-89122163937383291002010-06-25T12:45:22.642+01:002010-06-25T12:45:22.642+01:00Excess whisky plays hell with my mathematical abil...Excess whisky plays hell with my mathematical abilities. I'll only be 56 when they raise the pension age to 66. So I'm not going to escape.<br /><br />When I started out, I was going to retire at 60 (it was a university job). Then 65. now 66. I'm never going to get to retirement at all at this rate.<br /><br />Anon- the teeth might be plastic by then and the eyes might be cloudy but there'll still be fire in them.<br /><br />Actually, I'm looking forward to cataracts. Everyone I know who's had them removed has improved vision afterwards. Plastic teeth, plastic eyes, plastic heart valves - bring it on! I'll be in that landfill until the end of time.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-24491434629604221642010-06-25T11:49:13.526+01:002010-06-25T11:49:13.526+01:00How about being shot by a rival smuggler and gangs...How about being shot by a rival smuggler and gangster for fooling around with his mistress?<br /><br />And I have it on very good authority that some of the best people, flower of the nation, are turning 66 in 2016.Chucklesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-20022460366728937622010-06-25T10:18:56.916+01:002010-06-25T10:18:56.916+01:00Thought you were 50 ish, not 60ish.
What's go...Thought you were 50 ish, not 60ish.<br /><br />What's going on????<br /><br />CatinthehatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-61590478052767093452010-06-25T09:20:43.626+01:002010-06-25T09:20:43.626+01:00Well said L.I ...
I'm in exactly the same pos...Well said L.I ...<br /><br />I'm in exactly the same position & hold exactly the same viewpoint .. Fuck 'em all ... Lol<br /><br />Anon @ 0837 ..<br /><br />If you ever get the chance, I thoroughly recommend abseiling 200 feet, from a hovering Helicopter .. Beats bouncing off a cliff-face any day .. ;)Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-25779006497277629272010-06-25T08:37:26.939+01:002010-06-25T08:37:26.939+01:00Don't worry LI, there is useful & enjoyabl...Don't worry LI, there is useful & enjoyable life after your pension - since becoming a pensioner I've gone on my first balloon flight, spent a week sailing on a 72 footer & done my first abseil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-85544571312358372772010-06-25T07:50:21.643+01:002010-06-25T07:50:21.643+01:00LI
I thought you'd just turned 50 like meLI<br /><br />I thought you'd just turned 50 like mecharleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03317241772116150413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-2960072536622928472010-06-25T07:43:42.977+01:002010-06-25T07:43:42.977+01:00Hey LI,
I thought you might appreciate this one -...Hey LI,<br /><br />I thought you might appreciate this one - whiskey stones!<br /><br />http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/kitchen/ba37/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-66071735598690006802010-06-25T06:42:40.477+01:002010-06-25T06:42:40.477+01:00"it will find me with teeth bared and eyes op..."it will find me with teeth bared and eyes open"<br />Probably wrong in one way or another. Tooth decay and cataracts will see to that.<br />They last few years can be real bumpy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-50135324739896662102010-06-25T05:24:07.935+01:002010-06-25T05:24:07.935+01:00Liked ths 'Sandman' nod, Leggy.
Perhaps ...Liked ths 'Sandman' nod, Leggy. <br /><br />Perhaps we should put all our politicians on Carousel after their five years are up?Billy The Fishhttp://www.billythefish.comnoreply@blogger.com