credit crunch

I think he must be much younger than me. When I first passed my test I put 5 shillings worth in :o

 

This site is a true champion site. I have saved thousands on many things. Carl-the car boots really are the places to go for gardening books-unbelievably they have trouble selling these. Also there is a site called greenmetropolis.com-and on there you can barter for books. You put yours on there and sell them and buy books from other people. It can save you a fortune.

 

This is great stuff.
My first REAL wage. 10shillings a week. (50p)
My wages were £42 a week when I got my mortgage.
Some times we only has 10shillings (50p) left after all due payments made.
I have now comfortable retired two years early after many years of graft and mostly due to hard work and never ever using credit.
( Now fade the violins to silence )
Robert

 

First job whilst at school aged 14 - 20p per hour.
First proper job aged 22 after uni- £3300.00 per year.

Can't see retirement in sight- boo hoo

 

Don`t forget the Hovis lad bit Caps! A rickety wheel, yer Mam weaving in the front parlour, Dad in the tin bath. LOL

Seriously though, fair point-if there is food in your belly and a roof over your head you aren`t poor. My paternal Grandfather had it rough as a kid-to say the least. He lived on Liverpool docks and illegally joined the army underage just so as he could have somewhere to live. He was no angel and his life had bad knock on consequences but he knew what it was to want for things. A dishwasher isn`t an essential, neither is a tumbledryer-they are luxuries. We have it cushy in this country, we just don`t have anything to compare it to so because we can`t have a couple of holidays each year, or the new mobiles, or another car we feel hard done by. I`m guilty of it myself, but it will help us all if we start to get a grip of ourselves and realise in this country we are practically loaded.

 

Hey Lollipop - I was kidding when I said a dish washer was an essential - see the winking smilie -:D

I could give real hard luck stories if I wanted but I live by the philosophy that if you are clothed, fed and shod with a roof over your head then you are doing ok.

 

Gonna have to do it some day ...
Must admit for me it was a big decision to make. But the thought of no more regular weekend work every four weeks and 24/7 call and the offer of a package did it for me, that and with a salary of 30k+ was enough.
Now I can do what I want to do, when I want to go it. Its great.
The only draw back is I retired just as this crazy worlds finances went ballistic!
robert

 

23 But ive been buying petrol since i was 10 ish (not actually myself at the petrol station obviously ) :D allways liked power tools me lol

 

Hi Rose,

I did see the wink, your post was good that it pointed out the inconsistencies around us. When I think of how hard it has been in the past, I suspect we will weather it through.

 

Claire
"Dad in the tin bath"
Dont get me going on that story line.. picture this..
Outside rainwater well,
Hand pumped to copper boiler in kitchen.
Wood fire under copper.
Tin bath in front of living room fire.
Bucket hot and cold water from kitchen to living room tin bath.
Fight to see who was first in the bath, and second, and third.etc:
Get the picture of my young days?
robert