Of course you would Ducky I just love Roast Duck as you should well know by now. Roast Duck with a little brandy dribbled over it , my kind of Yummy. LOL
JRH said
02:01 PM Dec 29, 2009
Cruising Granny wrote:
Statistics are flexible and subject to interpretation. With this new information, are the former hard-working seniors supposed to feel guilty about their impact on the national budget and forego accepting the pension? I don't think so. JRH I'd like your budgetting procedure please. The pension provides an existence, but not a lifestyle. Whoever released that information to the media should be ashamed of themselves for even mentioning it. I am one of those who believed we paid our taxes in our working days to provide for us when we reach pension age. After 10 years of working in the compulsory super times, I managed to raise a reasonable sum with my own contributions to top it up. By its very existence, compulsory super is yet another form of tax which you pay tax on again. Gee I hope I sell one of my books soon.
Granny it is quite a simple budget, travel slowly to conserve fuel, bush camp whenever possible, don't eat out at restaurants very often and stay put in one place for a few days at a time, it is when towing one uses the most fuel. We love to take in the sights and most of them are free.
Wombat 280 said
10:17 AM Dec 30, 2009
May be the system should consider a different eligibility bench mark.
Unless there is some compelling reason (such as a disability or caring for someone with a disability) that has prevented a person from entering the work force then they don't qualify for the maximum benefits on retirement. It could be worked on a proportional basis to the years worked.
There are possibly two generations out there that have never put in a full year at the coal face or have worked on a cash in hand basis avoiding the tax burden altogether.
Governments of all persuasions have made it far to easy to sit on your blot and wait for the postie to deliver the cheques , sorry now you don't have to get out of the cot they pay it direct into your bank so they can have that much needed sleep in.
I wonder how many would remain out of work if they where relocated to where the jobs are irrespective of their so called Uni qualifications in basket weaving or yoga ,
Based on the stimulus package figures consideration should also be given to canceling all pension entitlements for those who leave the country for more than three months in any 12 month period
rosey said
11:25 AM Dec 30, 2009
Good one, Wombat!!
Basil Faulty said
01:04 PM Dec 30, 2009
JRH wrote:
Where else in the world could I receive a pension and be able to go caravanning?
New Zealand, England, Wales, Scotland and some Scandinavian countries....
Disco Duck said
01:30 PM Dec 30, 2009
Canada!!
Basil Faulty said
01:49 PM Dec 30, 2009
ibbo wrote:
Korsakoff played a violin,famous for the Flight of the Bumblebee.Just trying to help.lolCheers.Ibbo.
I think Korsakov was personally a lousy violinist, check out this rendition of jingle bells, full of Xmas spirit...Andie Valentino trully brilliant.... an absolute maestro...
Disco Duck said
02:22 PM Dec 30, 2009
How could anyone who drinks that much be a lousy violinist??
Maybe you aren't drinking enough to listen to him Basil LOL
JRH said
03:50 PM Dec 30, 2009
Basil Faulty wrote:
JRH wrote:
Where else in the world could I receive a pension and be able to go caravanning?
New Zealand, England, Wales, Scotland and some Scandinavian countries....
Yep I reckon you are correct, just one problem those countries are too bloody cold.....................:) :) :)
Disco Duck said
04:19 PM Dec 30, 2009
Maybe the pensions are good enough to afford to heat the van??
JRH said
05:32 PM Dec 30, 2009
Denmark maybe but I don't know about the others. I'll stick to good old Aussie, best country on God's earth.
I think Korsakov was personally a lousy violinist, check out this rendition of jingle bells, full of Xmas spirit...Andie Valentino trully brilliant.... an absolute maestro...